Show 0 AT STEM RUST KUST in the hope ot of finding facts that will ill be of 0 value in fighting the stem of 0 wheat in this country dr E 3 St aliman agent of the united states department of agriculture ind pathologist of the minnesota agricultural experiment station Is pending the summer in various oun countries tries of 0 europe making detailed of the tha occurrence and severity of at the tha with deference ete efe rence to ija on bar jerry junes b ashes lie he la Is also tang irnie aff arl information on oil rusts lu in gerner i il in ili france and spain where he lulled the principal wheat growing eglons egions he found no stem rust on choat oats barley or rye although Altho there were many barber bayberries barberries bar berries riez tow few it if them showed any signs of 0 this rust hut it ir spain plant nt ormed alm litin ilm that the common commie barberry erry and in an in genous specter ire responsible for or the early appe ap acal a e of stem rust in the spring r octor roctor reports great in ili rest in breeding and action r of wheat varieties yari etlea resistant to this disease and emphasizes particularly the work ot of several eminent french whyel traveling through france spain and italy he found little stem bill this little was always associated with barberry bushes the I 1 consensus census sen sus of opinion countries is that although stem rust does occur remote froni from the barberry it develops later in the crop season and causes very much less damage than in those sections where the shrub Is common |