The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-03-13
Hot Water Treatment for Smut.
By II. L. BOLLY,

s By n. L. BOLLY.
The literature Of the different Ian
guages is rich with little myths aud
stories, illustrating to us how foolish
it's not to be prepared to do the cor
rect thing, properly, at the right
time. Unfortunately the story of
how some people failed to get to a
certain wedding is markedly in point
even yet-especlally with certain
farmers.
Let me again remind you that now
ls the time to prepare to raise a crop
OF wheat free from smut. A little
preparation now will be much more
effective than ''post mortem" talk
over the crop at thershing time.
now SMUT ATTACKS THE CROP.
Farmers often wonder why smut is
worse some years than others. Smut
in cereals is due to the growth of a
microscopic plant within the straw
and grain of the cultivated plant. It
is found by careful termination of
the smut spores and wheat grains,
and by inocculation of the former up
on the latter, that the smut plant
cannot enter the young wheat plant
after the latter is old enough IT, have.
fully developed the first leaf. Thus
anything which retards the first
growth of the wheat from the seed
will give the smut plant a better
chance to enter. Through the ener-
getic interest Of the Dakota and st.
Anthony Elevator Co.. over $1,000
copies of my circular explaining how
to apply copper sulphate will be dis.
stributed in the Dakotas and Minnea-
sofa.
WHERE TO GET THE CHEMICALS AND
SPRAY PUMP.
Many letters have come asking for
information upon these points. For
copper sulphate and potassium sui
phide apply to your home druggist,
or write to either Of these firms:
Malllnckrodt Chemical Works. St.
Louis, Mo-, 80 William ST.; Noyes
Bros. s. Cutler, St. Paul, Mimi; Ly-
man-Eliel Drug Co.. Minneapolis.
MINI. The cost about, copper sui
phate, eight cents per pound; potas.
stun sulphide, twenty cents per
pound. Ask your hardware man to
procure for you the '"Little Climax
Spray Pump No. l." Nixon Nozzle s.
Machine Co., Dayton. Ohio, or the
douglas Spray Pump" Harrington
& Knight, Fargo, N. D..
HOW TO USE THE HOT WATER TREAT.
MENT UPON A LARGE SCALE.
/ recommend the hot water treat
ment above all treatments. for rea-
sons too extended to give here; but
here are two: 1t always increases
the yield 1t entirely prevents oat
smut, which chemicals cannot do. be-
cause the spores are often inside the
husks, and copper sulphate Injuries
oats. -
TREATMENT.
Have q large, tank as large as a
threshing tank, full of water; fire up
your threshing engine, or other steam
making appliance Attach a hose to
the boiler and run the steam into the
water until temperature Of 135 de-
grees farenheit is attained. Place
the grain In partly filed sacks or wire
baskets, or perforated pals, and i'm
merse it in the water five or eight
minutes. Empty out the grain and
shovel It over for time. 1t may be
drilled at once. 1t dries much more
quickly than when dipped in copper
sulphate solution.
CAUTION.
Have a good thermometer. Do not
let the water ever have tempera-
tnre Of less than 1913 degrees. or one
Of more than 40 degrees farenheit.
This is easy and rapid IL you are bust.
nessiike In your work.
Government Experiment Station for
North Dakota.
During the winter of. 1893, F. M
Martin. Of Long Reach. West Va.
contracted a severe cold which left
him With a cough. In speaking OF
how : he cured 1t he says: II used
.severalkinds Of cough syrup but found
no relief until.I bought a bottle o.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which
relieved me almost instantly, and ii
. short time brought about a com
plete cure" When troubled with ,
cough or cold use this remedy and 70,
will not find it necessary to try sever
a kinds before you get relief, It ha
been In the market for over INVENT
years and constantly grown in favo
and popularity. For sale at 25 and S
cents per bottle by T. B.. Shaw
Co. 1898