Williston graphic., 1919-03-27

the black shriveled seeds, or inside
straw particles, bits of chaff, and in
of seeds which grew upon sick moth
er plants. However, such diseased
seeds are apt to be of light weight
and easily removed by proper clean
ing machinery.
Apply the formaldehyde solution
slowly and evenly, with constant
shoveling to prevent mating. A
small force pump with finely per-
forated nozzle set to throw a misty
spray is best for this work. One
half gallon of the solution should be
used per bushel of dry flax seed.
More care must be taken with flax
than with other grains but the work
is done faster, per acre, and the re-
turns are even better with this crop
than for any other. This treatment
has now been tried by many farm
ers. All report satisfactory results.
Do not SOW on old diseased flax
ground; rotate.
Resistant Flax: There are three
varieties Of resistant flax which will
grow on lands which are wilt infect.
ed. Get them. Quit raising non-re-
sistant flax as soon as you can pro-
cure the other sort.
Note: Grain may be treated in the
field. Sow at once. It is not neces-
sary to wait for it to dry. We have
learned that even better yields are
obtained and smut and wilt are more
certainly. controlled if the seed is
placed in the ground while damp.
Treat enough seed at a time to just
fill the drill box. Shovel and rake
the seed over thoroughly until it is
evenly damp but not sticking togeth-
er. Shovel into the drill and proceed
as usual. To do this we'll, use a
tight bottomed box. Mix the solu-
ton and treat the seed at that side of
the field where the drill or drills turn.
One man can do the treating for sew
eral drills.
Drills with forced feed handle wet
grain or. swelled grain easily. One
can decide now to set the drill by
trying out how the grains fall from
the shoes on a dry, hard, even piece
of roadway. Set it so that the right
number Of seeds of the kind of grain
you are sowing will fall per yard.
About 36 grains of wheat, oats or
barley per yard and about 100 or 12O
seeds Of flax per yard will be all
right on good seed bed.
For Potatoes, to Prevent Scab and
Several Other Equally Destructive
Potato Diseases. Soak the tubers
one and one-half hours in a solution
of formaldehpde, pound to 30 gal
Ions of water, or use 10 ounces Of
powdered corrosive sublimate to 60
gallons of water. Select your potato
tubers for planting purposes. Select
the ones which. are the proper shape
for the market, according to the va.
riety. Select sound ones, free from
blemish or sign of disease. Before
treating cut small piece off of the
stem end to see if there is indication
of brown rotting extending into the
tuber from the stem. If 50, discard
that potato. Then treat all tubers.
They can be treated number Of days
before planting. This allows time for
the cut surfaces to dry and the buds
to start. Do not place potatoes twice
in succession on the same land. Po-
tato diseases accumulate in the soil.
Fight bugs and blight Northwes-
tern farmers lost fully one-third of
their crop from thoroughly prevent
able blights, bugs help to spread the
blights, For bugs, use paris green,
! pound to 100 gallons of water or
lead arsenate paste, 8 pounds per so
gallons of water. If dry lead arsen-
ate is used, use 1-2 pounds to so
gallons of water. .. ..
For Potato Blights: Spray twice
or three times during the growth sea-
son with Bordeaux mixture which is
made by dissolving 4 pounds of cop.
per sulphate and pounds of fresh
lime in so gallons of water. The
paris green may be mixed in with
this solution if wished.
Seed Plots or Fields: Those who
are interested in growing seed should
lay off piece of ground and work it
so that the surface drainage is per-
feet. Raise enough clean seed to
sow. the rest of the farm. To sow
the seed field, close one or two cups
in the drill. This leaves spaces in
the field through which one can walk
and pull out the weeds and heads
of any other kind of grain which
produce seeds that cannot be remov-
ed by the tanning mill.
Inspection of Seed Fields. Have
your fields inspected for disease,
weeds and admixtures while the grain
is inhead. All growers who would
like to have their seed certified in