The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1901-11-01
TO KILL OFF, SMUT
). !. Bately Will Manufacture a Prepap-
atlSn TO Destroy the Smut in
Corn Fields.
ExDsglm6nted With It Last Spring and
Has Worked Successfully Whsra
Directions Were Followed.
TWO Men Give Their Experience With
The Anti-Smut Powder and Endorse
1t highly.
WILL KILL SMUT IN CORN.
bately's Anti-Smut Powder Doing
Much to Kill the Smut i'll
Corntields This Season.

NOf1iIGluS I1llS season,
EDITOR REPUBLICAN;-r,ast sprinp
you very kindly published my letter re-
ferrlng to ''Bately's Anti-Smut Powder
aod | have no doubt your many readers
Will remember that promised them L.
would give report of the result of the
use OF the anti-smut powder, which |
gave free of charge to such farmers as
cared to experiment by dressing their
seed corn to prevent the growth of
fungus on corn stalks, such as smu1 and
other poisonous fungus which are re-.
sponsible for the death OF 50 many cattle
In this section and other places last
winter.
1t gives me pleasure to write on this
subject now, as I am anxious to give in
formation to those who expressed de.
sire to know further in regard to the
experiments. 1t is hardly time to give
report concerning the feeding of the
cornstalks to the cattle for the corn is
not yet husked and the cattle have not
been turned into the field to any extent
as yet. However, I will give you some
OF the results as given to me by differ.
ent farmers who used the anti smut
powder last spring.
One report [ received was from q
farmer in Charles Mix county, who used
the powder on his corn. He said: "I
did not follow your directions at all
l put the seed corn in barrel and
mixed the powder in enough water to
| cover the corn in the barrel. I let it
stand that way for two days or more for
the reassn that forgot all about it,
Afterward turned it on the granary
floor to dry and when thoroughly dried
[ planted it. This fall on investigating
my field [ find that there is very little
| smut-noJ to exceed three ears to the
acre. l had another piece of corn,
about forty acres, which I planted with
out dressing with your powder and as q
result the field contains 20 per cent of
smut. My neighbor has from Is to 20
| per centeof smut in his field of corn. |
shall use your powder next spring but
will not follow your directions for use
unless you change them. The way 1
dressed my corn is 0. K, although it
was an accident on my part, becsuse l
had forgotten that hsd put the corn in
the barrel. buy and ship hogs and
had 3 car to get off and that's why l
forgot the seed corn. had intended to
plant it right away"
This report is a very useful one and
there is no doubt the seed corn has to
carry more of the anti-smut powder into
the land to destroy the species of para
site whic cause smut both in wheat and
corn, and ii is against this parasite that
the farmers have declared war. No
farmer need have his crops destroyed
nowadays and to save himself from tre-
mendous loss in wheat and corn he must
exert himself to fight his parasitic enc
my aad use any and every means for it's
destruction.
In the report given above the farmer
evidently picked his seed corn-and
not Intentionally either-and it proved
an excellent method. I shall at once
experiment ON this method by picking
some corn for three or four days in the
strong solution of the anti-smut powder
and plant it in boxes, then place it in
greenhouse at the nursery to prove if
the corn will germinate and grow after
such treatment. Every Ingredient in
my antismut powder is powerful ger
micide and together will destroy the
spores Of the fungus or parasite but
will not destroy the vitality of the seed
corn or wheat if dressed On the floor. as
in my directions last spring, twenty four
or even thirty-six hours before plant
ing. Picking is something new to me
and believe it will prove satisfactory
to the farmers. There will be no need
to pickle the seed wheat because the
anti-smut powder used as directed has
proven itself to be perfect cure for
| wheat.
Mr.. 1. W. Seaman, a prominent farm
er and stockman, of Mitchell, dressed a
quantity of seed corn for his farm and
makes the following statement in refer
ence to the good results of the anti-smut
powder: ST used your anti-smut powder