Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27
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Bulletin Issued by the North
Dakota Agricultural
College.

no tdSt TWO seasons nave IOu00 NOftQ
Dakota wheat more free from smut than
ever previously known. This is undoubt-
edly due to the fact that farmers have con-
tinued the formaldehyde treatment with
success. There should be no neglect in
this matter of seed treatment. 1t pays.
The crop is always much improved in yield
and in quality. no matter whether the seed
has smut in it or not. The formaldehyde
improves the first growth from the seed.
In the past ten years. we haye learned
much about smut. The following points
are plain: ~. The small particles of dark
dust or powder which come from the smut
balls. when busted upon the grains. produce
the disease in the crop the next year. (2).
The young plants are attacked just. as they
are coming thru the soil. (3). Smut does
not remain in the soil in form to do any
damage to following crops. l4). 1t has
been said by some that seed wheat that is
two or more years old will not produce
smut, even tho smutty. This, by expert
ment. / have proved to be erroneous.
Smutty wheat kept two and three years,
produced assmuch smut as year old wheat
Of the same strain. The formaldehyde
treatment by sprinkling or by spraying has
proved 4 perfect success. There are also
number of smut treating machines on the
market which do very satisfactory work
SUMMARY: Procure the plumpest. best
colored grain you can get for seed. Use
no other, if it can be avoided. 1t much
more certain way of getting rich to feed
juferior grain to stock than to use it for
seed. If in doubt whether grain will ger
inmate or not, it is easy to make test of
it in small box of moist sand or dirt.
However. it is hardly wise procedure to
use any grain for seed purposes which looks
50 poor as to cause one to doubt whether
it will grow.
Grade out all small or shrivelled grains.
This will also remove the weed seeds.
Treat all the seed used.
TREATMENTS: Use formalin or Cooper
cent formaldehyde) at the rate Of one pound
of the liquid to forty-five gallons Of water.
; Apply this water solution to the seed grain
in any manner which allows all grains to
become moist over the entire surface.
sprinkling and shoveling is as effective
as dipping If we'll done. and Of course much
more rapid. A small hand spray pump
viii be found very useful for applying the
solution. Place the grain upon tight floor
space or upon canvas, spray or sprinkle
on the solution. and shovel or rake over
the grain until seen to be evenly moist.
Leave piled few hours before sowing.
The grain for seed should be measured
: before treatment and again before seeding
to ascertain how the drill should be set in
order to sow the required amount Of the
swelled seed.
The same method of treatment prevents
smut of cats. barley and millet.
It takes about three-fourths of gallon Of
the solution to each bushel of wheat ant
one to one and one-haif gallons to each
bushel Of oats. barley or millet.
The same solution prevents potato scab
if the tubers are soaked in it for one .ant
one-half hours before being cut for planting
This solution is also preventative of fla,
wilt. Treat the seed by the spraying meth
Cd. Later we will publish extracts from
the bulletin issued by the Agriculture
College on fax wilt.
Beach Drug Company handles standard
{ strength formaldehyde.
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
TO the voters Of Billings county;
hereby announce myself as candidate
for reelection TO the ONCE Of ofsuperintenden
to the primaries to be held June a, 1908.