Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-24
DEPT. AGRICULTURE
SEES ERADICATION OF
NEW WHEAT DISEASES

lndlcaf ions are fAaN TIC IN " 9lEtANN0
foreign foes 81 wheat ilag NUT and
ia wlil not become widespread
iii me United States. The United
states Depart meni OF Agriculture an.
81 siiess that tiae<two States where
hose diseases appea red Indiana AMI
Illinois. have taken steps that viii pre-
vent the spread q the diseases from
he injected fields and that should
wipe on in few years the infection
Il fields where il exists
Tndiana oficials came 60 the recent
hearing in washington with adeGrase
safeguards already placed Shortly NJ
Ter The hearing. Illinois established
siiniiiar safeguards All the infected
wheat III both States is under control
ana viii BE tlislnfected before any use
y Iiatever Is made Of It Al straw and
s,nbble are 10 BE- burned. thrashing
machines are 10 b thoroughly disin.
.Scted. and no wheat Is 10 be grown in
infected areas Ter several years
Bni Fight Ii Not Over
Under these conditions full conn
dcnce ii felt that neither q the dis
cases viii spread from the diseased
areas iii Illinois and Indiana THAT
loes net mean. however, That the fight
sgainst dag NUT and take.all Is over.
Ff III possible th;at one 81 both IL the
hseaxsss exist this year III places where
hey ii;tvc moi been recognized. There
is. however, no great probability hat
This III trlie The Depa rtnaent IL Agri.
culture and its cooperating agencies
have been diligently Oh The lookout
III hose two diseases all summer and
have fa;Ind no evidences of hem exs
rept iii the two areas Both tag NUT
ana tskeaIl occur tn Illinois and take.
al only in Indiana The experts. how
ever. realize the possibility that some
infested spets may have escaped obser-
yation and il would not be surprising
II diseased fields are found elsewhere
next spring
III the meantime. there will be no
Ietsup Iii The work Of preventing either
OF the diseases from getting real
footh0ld anywhere in the United
States. The Federal Department is
working with the authorities of Illi-
nois and Indiana. giving them every
possible aid It's pathoIogists are ener-
geticalIy studying Tie diseases. and its
are searching the cean-
try over to make certain whether or
not there ire other infested areas and
Is soc that effective measures Of con
irol are available. II any such areas
arc discovered
Prompt state aetlan Prevents
Quarantine
The cooperation Of State authori-
ties il essential III order 10 prevent
hardship ii further infestations should
be discovered Only the prompt ac-
ten Of Indiana and Illinois prevented
the placing of j quarantine against
all the wheat iii those States. meas
ure which would have meant hard.
ship, not only ID all the wheat grow
ers Iii the two States, but to dealers,
miIlcrs, and consumers Even prompt
en- State action will be desirable Il
either OF the diseases il found later
to exist Ia any other State
Neither ri these diseases Is likely
TO find It's way into the country again
from outside sources The Depart
ment of Agriculture has established
regulations against all the
rest Of the world IN which either 81
tffe diseases exists. No small grain
Gin come III for any purpose unless i
has been thoroughly sterilized with
steam heat f is the purpose Of the
department. say its officials, 70 make
the cleanup OF these plant plaques as
thorough and as prompt as il did the
foot-and -mouth diseases Of animals q
few years ago