Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-02-15


icy cunt kllledon the seed gram With
out Killing the grain, thus preventing
the occurrence OF smut ia the crop.
Many farmers in South Dakota have
ALREADY tried some OF the treatments
recommended for these slnuts ana
have been very successful. The few
failures reported have been shown Ia
he due To some carclcsSncss in apply.
ing the treatment or to the poar
quality OF the chemicals used. 1t
must be understood that corn smut
and loose smut OF whca, cannot be
prevented by the seed treatment
recommended here. In fact all cx.
perlments with seed treatment of com
to prevent smut have shown that such
treatment is absolutely useless. For
the smutS that can bc prevented by
Seed treatment, the tu,maldehydc
treatment has seemed to give AS good
or better results than any other. This
is the treatment which recommend
for use.
Formadchyde can lG obtained of
most drug stores 1T IL small cost. IL
Is used at the rate of one pound Of
formaldehydc To forty-tivc GALLONS of
water. From one half 10 two gallons
of this mixture is required for each
buslel OF seed grain To bc treated, the
amount depending upon seed and
method used. More is acknowledgements
and barley than for wheat. Three
methods of application arc i'm common
use, viz. hand sprinkling, soaking and
machine
Spread the Secdgrain upon a smooth
floor and sprinkle it with the formal
dehyde mixture \ common sprinkling-
can may be used for this purpose
Then shovel the grain over thorough
ly until 1t is all wet 10y the formalde-
hyde. After this treatment pile upon
the floor and allow to stand for two
hours, not allowing amy part OF the
pile to dry during that time. After
1t has stood in the pile for the rcq,li red
time spread out upon the floor To dry.
Sow as soon as dry enough to handle
Mix the formaldchydc solution i'm Il
barrel or vat Shovel the seed grain
loosely into sacks and place these i'm
the barrel OF vat so that they will he
entirely covered 10y the formaldchydc
solution and ALLOW To remain until
thoroughly wet through. When this
is accomplished remove from the bar
rel OF vat and pile ON the floor or leave
In sacks for am hour. Then spread
out to dry
The handling and treating Of large
quantities of seed grain may lie facili-
tated 10y the use of Il machine. Sew
eral machines for this purpose are on
the market. One of these, the Owens
Smut Cleaner NO. Z, has been sent 10
the South Dakota Experiment Sta
ton for trial. The trial demonstrated
the following facts: In the treatment
of wheat this machine insured the
wetting OF every grain which passes
through II and also removes smut
balls and amy other material whicl
Will float, such as wild oats, ligll,
weight grain OF pieces of straw IN
treatment OF oats or barley it insurct
the WettiMg OF grain but does not re-
move any foreign material
All grain treated should lie allowed
to stand for at least an hour before
being spread out TO dry. Sow THE
grain as soon as tits dried sufficiently
for handling
III all farmers would realize tho
efficiency of formadchydc in prevent
ing these SHUTS Of wheat, oats ant
barley, none OF these grains would b'
sowed withou!, treating.
l. Test all seeds 10 bc sown, o
whatever kind, for termination. D'
not SOW seed which terminates poorly
| ,. Always secure the heaviest see,
obtainable, other things being equal
Use tanning mill and clean so tina
only the heaviest, plumpcst seed re
mains. even though one lifd or one
half OF i'm extreme cases, two thirds o
the seed is removed. 1t pays To do
this. The discarded seed can be usct
for other purposes than for seed.
B. With small grains, where thcr,
Is the slightest doubt about smut he
ing present, treat the seed grain Will
formaldehyde as a preventive.
4. III your seed las become mixce
with other varieties, sow il small patel
| of the very best and cleanest seed b.
itself and pick out the foreign plant
| i'm the field when they can best be dis
tinguisLcd from the variety you wisl
to save. \ mixture Of varieties is al
/! ways undesirable for several reasons
This is especially true Of "A mixture o
macaroni and other wheats. MiXin,
OF varieties is often brought about II
the thrashing machine and can b
largely avoided by thrashing THAT 10
seed purpose last after the bulk OF Tn
same variety has gone through th
machine.
B. Always keep small amount q
seed of all desirable varieties owe
from year to year, 50 as not toentircl
lose a choice variety by the dcstrut
tion OF "a crop in an adverse year.
6. III it becomes necessary To loo
for seed elsewhere for any reason a
ways select that which has bee
GROWN in YQur neipnINrhOuI or q