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Show . Make a solution of formalin at the rate of one pint Formalin (40 per cent strength) to 3 0 gallons of water (measured quantities not guesses). Soak seed oats in this for four minutes. min-utes. (A bushel of oats in a burlap sack is easily handled). Take out, 1 drain and let dry in open air, standing stand-ing sacks on boards or racks where air will circulate freely around them. Treated seed can be planted as soon as it will run through the drill or it can be thoroughly dried and kept indefinitely in-definitely leaving it in dipped sacks to avoid re-infection. |