Show P prevent re vent S smut M ut by dust treatment method Is much more con lenient than use of any liquid Ordin ordinary afy stinking blinking smut of wheat or bunt built ns as it la Is culled called lit in the west joea does not destroy tile entire head fiend as does loose smut but it stacks the interior ot of the aced find for this Is a often overlooked the affected kernels tire shorter more plump imd find darker thun the healthy liva lilly berf kernels aels jels when such kernels are crus lied they alic y are found to contain a mass of black pow der abe spores of the fungus that eliat causes the smut wheat that alint Is hid bad h id ly ay infected lias has a distinct fetid belld that Is if noticeably noth I 1 when it Is thre threshed sied according to it ft report from the lie state slat college pt agriculture ut at ithaca common treatment tile treatment dmd uti d in ali the for the control of tills con on slated lit in immersing tile clennard grain in it solution by bv one pint of formaldehyde lit in 10 40 gallons of water antei the immersion continues not more thon a few minutes during time the guillo should be stirred and the light und and sin tilled h lp rids il clont jo to tit tin top should he be skimmed on ait oit ilie irhe grido ta Is then removed from tile solution itna should be placed in a pile pale find and covered cohered sacks or blankets for two MO hours aft r which time it must bo be spread out to dry this method should lie he used it if tile gribin is badly but where tile smut Is not had hi d it may he be controlled by dusting fhe seed with powdered pondered copper carbonate bonate dust more convenient the dust method is more convenient than the liquid ni method ethod and file grain Is not injured by this treatment re gard less of when it Is done the grain Is mixed with the dust so that every kernel Is booted using two ounces of the dust to each cadi bushel of grain the dust should test lest tit at least 50 per cent ine taille copper and should be fine enough su rw that 00 per cent of ll it will pass through biesh sieve atie tl ie mixing be done don e a shovel on a ammoth floor door or a mixing wavid ne cueli us a concrete mixer or a ban el churn with alth baffle boards in it will do tile the job |