Show HALT SPREAD OF EELWORM INJURY farmers urged to maintain careful watch for 0 galls alls antl and stamp out disease SALTWATER SALT WATER URGED precautionary measures s should so bo practiced to th T rt DI disease se most damage has deen been dono dona in state of virginia prepared by tho the states Ie department parte of agriculture to prevent the ho spread ut of a libat disease that recently lins has done much dai damage lit in certain paris ef 0 the united S states tates espe especially clAy virginia tile the united states department of agriculture it re advises farmers tn lit virginia Virg irila west virginia Al mao aryland land and nd california all to it careful watch tor for galls lit in their grain and to inake ianke all ble efforts to stai out tile ills use case the desense may inny bo be recognized lit in tile ui threshed grain by tile presence pre sence of b linal ard colored gulls galls about oil diio hill holc r the size nf if a 1 these cheso galls contain tile very finall it la Is best to kit get seed need front from fields le lils c tills this cannot tir fit lone done it u saltwater salt water Is recommended for removing the gulls galls frum from the sound grain it to ile 10 sown tho the bas done the moyt most dain lige pc in ill cal ising its us its it 11 40 per betit loss lit in corric fields this ills your i car it occurs lit in minor degree lit in west vest vii maryland find cull call for fortela tila these being flip only states liepp where its positive appearance la Is known lint but it Is feared that lint tin the troll rou file occurs in fit other states and nil possibly may inny have licen been overlooked or ini staken for bunt built cockle cocilo seed or bla bin burnt hent samples of wheat or grain thought to lio lie arrested ed this disease should be 10 sent for positive identification to 0 o the hie state agricultural station or to the office of cereal eions united states department of oc UK ag washington 1 D 0 tile disease li is riot not native to tile lie united states and it cna caa ile bo controlled by careful precaution how to clean diseased seed if free seed cannot bo be obtained the salt brine inetor Is recommend Pil for separating tile infected kernels kernel or gulls galls front the good wheat kornilo kerne korn flo lq A 20 per cent salt bait ho solution should ile be made ly by dissolving 10 40 pounds of 0 common salt alt in sio 25 gallons of water file diseased seed peed should be poured slowly into his faits solution which nican while la Is jirred vigorously tn the sound kernels will sink while the galls light kernels mid and trash will ill float the galls galla and other hoot float lim AN pt I 1 11 ll 41 vp A breaking ground for wheat ing material may ile be sId mined off nf ter which lie milt fruit solution which rally may be elised repeatedly should be drained find and tire the grain rinsed lit in water jill after the grain is 18 dried by spreading tt it on oil a floor or calvas and stirring occasionally it Is ready for planting tle the diseased galls should never if be thiron on oil tire ground or othera ise dl als posed of until they have me been evil phing lil for it a few into boiling water to kill tile HIP eel eelworms worms after being given tills this bolling boiling procesa pr bedecs they may ina V ilu bu frd fd to chickens signs of infection tho disease Is usually li indicated by ba effect on wheat client leads in tile fields although it may occur to some home extent on all il parts of tile the plant above the ground diseased holada ordinarily stay green longer that hut Is open later and nrc are commonly smaller lhnn till those se not arrested ed while tile clinef or blumes glumes may lc be spread pr Lad open a little ly by the black bulls these thebe galls conic in fit the wheat heads in place of if good kernels they tire arc dark find hurd hard and hit shorter and alili tit 11 tr er than wheat hoat grains often those these can be seen plainly in ill the niTe eed heads between the sp rendIng glumes blumes Cel worms life cycle within tho the wheat galls tire thousands of very cry annil living but motion luss lita baby neina tot railed called lanne those when tn lit water can b ba barely been ng as short threadlike fibers which soon begin active movement rn fit tho the spring the young c cape into tile soil boll front gulls golb which have falan to the alie ground or which were erp sown with i ith the seed with an movement they reach roddi tile the young seedlings become located between tile lie genf near the buds and as abo pin pill at grows nrc are arnd rally caprit carrl tU d up to tile the heads there flip tho the aung lowers flowers and produce the dialls where they grow to maturity and lay iny ego which develop into larine anne thus tile life cycle la coin pleated at maturity ol of tho the plant the lie larvae in tile the galls bacomo dried and motionless and can renta remain 11 in that condition alive for tin nany ny years |