Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-03-06

other studies and experiments whina
the forest service Is undertaking 20
help stock growers secure better
utilization Of the forest resources and
said that the success In the work has
been due largely to tho hearty CO.
operation Of the stockmen. r#-
| Heavy losses from preventabls dis
eases in the cereal crops alone cost
/, the people Of the
Loss From Dis country each year
eases of Cereals moro than twice
&'@ as much ~ 1t
takes to run the whole department Of
agriculture. This fact was brought out
In hearings before the house commit
tee on agriculture, when Carleton H.
| Ball, government grain expert. told
the members that the Office OF cereal
Investigations of the department had
estimated the losses to the grain crop
from preventable diseases each year
to be approximately $35 1000. - &
Representative Helgesen Of North
Dakota added that in his state alone
the disease known as black smut"
! wiped out from six to ten million dol
lars worth of the farmers profits in
two to three weeks time some years.
The loss Of money by the farmers be-
cause of cereal diseases Is much more
than $50. 100000 each year, according
to grain experts. The sum named COW
ers only the loss from disease If the
farmers will make use Of the informa-
ton which scientists have already
gathered in their various experiments
The disease known as smut" is a
peculiar fungus growth on the surface
Of the grain, which either reduces it,
value great deal, or destroys 1t al
together. With the exception of corn.
this disease can be prevented In prac-
tically all OF the grain crops, accord
ing to government cereal experts. The
best method is to use seed from crop
which is known to have had no smut
in it, and the second method is to use
hot water at varying temperatures in
a manner which will kill the smut and
yet leave the seed uninjured. Great
care must be taken In following out
the hot water method, because II the
water is too low In temperature the
smut will not be killed, and II 1t lie too
high the grain is injured, and germina-
ton is prevented.
The government has an office In the
agricultural department, the principal
duty of whose grain experts is to ad-
wise the farmers OF the use Of these
methods in preventing these diseases.
and the proper method to check the
spreading OF smut through the wheat,
oats apd barley crops. There are still
some questions Of the smut problem
which are yet undetermined. and gov
eminent scientists and cereal experts
under the direction OF Mark A. Garlic
ton are working all the time to devise
methods by which practically all OF
the troublesome diseases may be pre-
vented. t'"
Two senators on a dining car were
very much absorbed in the menu.
Written in ink
He Had an was something
Unusual Melon. that looked new
1t was called
melon, and q melon In winter attracts
attention.
Waiter" called one of the senators
in parliamentary tone, whats this
amendment recorded here on the
fourth line?"
THAT, sa, am Cassenaba melon"
What is it like? You look like .
melon expert"
1T looks like a muskmelon, tastes
like a watermelon, but eats like Gu
cumber" The new hybrid product was
tackled with mingled palate sensations
OF cucumber, watermelon and canta-
loupe, and the testimony given by the
waiter was fully verified.
7 The provision of fruits, cucumbers,
melons and other vegetables out Of
season has become an important indus
try Of the United States. One firm
has Is acres of cucumber plants under
glass and in winter sells the products
at high prices to all hotels and high
priced lobster palaces in New York
city and elsewhere, where the four
seasons are eliminated as far as the
palate Is concerned.
The high cost of living when care
fully analysed often shows that Presi-
dent James ]. Hills statement. that 1t
was 1.-The cost of high living" that
caused most Of the trouble is worth
serious observation-disclosures Magazine.
There's many a slip 'twixt the stub
and the check, and any one who has
mind to make q
Business Mans contribution to
Little Slip. any worthy cause
this story before it's too late. g.
"A big business man Of this city re-
ceived a nice little letter in the mail
one day reminding him that he had
subscribed IS to certain charitable
organization last year and that the
time was now ripe for another one.
Whereupon he sent, as he thought, a
f1ve-dollar check. - II, go.
Two days later he received an &C
Acknowledgement OF check for twenty
one dollars. That's strange, thought
he, and Immediately looked at the
stub. The memorandum showed IS,
but Immediately preceding it was q
stub for another check for $21. His