The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-09-04
POINTS THE WAY

j POINTS THE WAY
The Statement ofThis Adrian Resides,
VIII Interest Our Readers.
! Our neighboring town, Adrian
points the why in the words Of one Of
| its most respected citizens:
| E. p. Howe, Adrian, Mo-, says: II
can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills
just as highly today as ! did some
years ago, when l gave public state
ment in their favor. l was troubled
with kidney complaint and backache
for about six years. My back was SO
lame and sore at times that I could
hardly stoop or lift. The kidney Sc.
cretions were too frequent in passage
and when being voided, were attend
ed with pain. was on the lookout
for remedy that would relieve my
trouble and l was finally induced to
try Doan's Kidney Pills. Iprocured
a supply and as they helped me from
the first continued using them until
had finished the contents of three
boxes. BY that time my trouble had
entirely disappeared and l have had
no return of the symptoms up to the
present time"
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sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no Observation-Disclosures. 46-9
Treatment of Seed Wheat to Pre-
vent Sinking Smut.
by c. B Hutchison.
Sinking smut or bunt is fungus
disease which attacks the kernels Of
the wheat plant and causes very
serious loss to the crop. This dis
ease is propagated by means of
spores, which are formed within the
grains of the diseased plants. An in
fected kernel, when broken open,
has very fetid odor, which gives
the disease its common name.
During thrashing a large number
of diseased kernels are broken open
and the spores set free which adhere
to the healthy kernels. When these
kernels are planted the fungus spores
terminate. and Immediately pene-
trate the young wheat seedlings. The
fungus continues to grow within the
tissues of the plant at the growing
lip, but gives no apparent evidence
Of its presence until the wheat plant
begins to form the new grain. At
this time the fungus develops very
rapidly, and forms its spores within
The wheat kernels. The diseased
kernels are enlarged which cause the
ylumes of the wheat flower to stand
,ut, giving the head an enlarged ap-
,earance; but other than this, there
S no evidence of the disease condi-
ion of the field until some of the
lernels become broken and the odor
,iven off.
A machine that has thrashed smut
ed wheat becomes badly contaminat-
ID with these dust-like spores, and if
his machine is afterwards used to
hrash crop in which no smut is
present, the grain becomes contami-
lated. In this way the smut may ap-
'ear the next season on farm where
has previously been absent. Clean
eed may also be contaminated by be-
ny placed in sacks that have previous
Y held smutted wheat. In the same
way, contaminated drill may be a
ource of smut when clean seed is
sed.
There is no danger of infection
rom spores which occur in the soil.
he only danger from reseeding a
ield which has produced smutted
,heat is the chance of infected grains
living rise to volunteer plants.
The disease is treated as follows
Xix one pound of 40 per cent COM
,ercial formalin, with 40 or so gallons
water in barrels. This formalin
an be secured at most any drug
tore. Divide the solution between
Nh nr three harrols end r0alr n hush. l