Show formaldehyde good for treating smut in oats smut infection in oats was more general than average in ID 1931 1031 and cut yields sharply on many fields this means that the spores are more widely distributed than usual on oats tb that t will be used for seed this year therefore treating against smut should be the general practice this springs spring with the improved methods of using formaldehyde for treatment nt not only Is treating inexpensive but it eliminates the old problem of swollen oats that might be injured by a sharp freeze and nd always were difficult to get through the seeder at the desired rate it Is now known that applying formaldehyde with the spray gun a method which leaves the oats only slightly damp is as effective as soaking with a sprinkling lins can mercuric dust also has proved not only convenient but highly effective in treating for smut approximately two tto cances of dust Is used poi pei bushel W of f wheat and rye oats and barley require about three ounces dusts are convenient I 1 in n that the seed grain may be treated several reeks ahead of seeding wallaces farmer |