Show II I TO COMBAT ONION DISEASES Pennsylvania Growers Preparing to Control Ailments Aliments as Result of Two Demonstrations Prepared by the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- Depart Depart- ment of Agriculture Onion growers In lu many sections of ot Pennsyl Pennsylvania are preparing to combat combat com corn bat onion diseases this year as a n result result re re- sult suit of smut onion control demonstrations demonstrations held In the state last season The treatment consisted in the application application appU- appU cation atlon by means of a drip attachment on the seeder of at a solution one pint to sixteen gallons to the seeds after they the are dropped In the furrow and before the they are ore covered On a plot treated for onion smut the yield was at the rate of aso bushels an acre and on the untreated It was only sao bushels The Increase lucrease as asa asa asa a result of treatment was 96 per cent and the tIle cost was only an acre In the other demonstration mentioned in the report the yield yield yield-on on the treated plot was at the tho rate of bushels an acre and on the untreated only ISO bushels t the c Increase n o being being- ii per cent and the co cost t an n nu |