South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-05
MAY PLANT OATS
WHERE TAKE-ALL
WEED HAS GROWN
State Entomologist Partially
Lifts Quarantine in Three
Northern Counties.

INDIANAPOLIS. March s.
Eleven farmers in Porter, Laporte
and Tippecanoe counties upon whose
land the state department OF con-
seTvation placed a ground quaran-
tine IN September. 1919. prohibiting
the planting Of any small grains due
20 an outbreak OF 'Take-al." disease
in wheat may SOW oats next spring
on land subject 20 the quarantine.
through removal OF the restriction
by Frank y. wallace. state entomo-
logist. department officials hope 70
remove the quarantine on planting
barley. wheat and rye by next sum-
mer in order that quarantined land
may be planted 20 these crops for
rotation TO preserve soil fertility.
Mr.. Wallace has determined that
"take-ali' does not affect oats and
his opinion is supported by expert
ments conducted by the bureau OF
plant industry. L. s. department Of
I agriculture. which show that oats
are immune from this plant disease.
Quarantine to Stop Spread.
The "take-all" quarantine was
put into effect by the state depart
ment Of conservation following an
outbreak of the diease in Porter
/ county and subsequent spread TO
/ Laporte and Tippecanoe counties.
\ BY quarantining IL farms where the
! disease was found and throwing a
restricted zone over half mile
radius around the disease center, de
partment officials were able to pre-
vent general infestation, wipe out
the disease by burning the straw
and treating the grain with n for
maldehyde solution, thus saving
farmers of Indiana many millions of
dollars invested in growing crops.
When the federal government in
vestigated the Indiana situation 1t
took the position the entire state
should be quarantined and no small
/ grains such as wheat, rye, barley
and oats should be SHIPPED from the
I state. Department OF conservation
/ officials, officials from Purdue exper-
iment station. and John G. Brown,
president OF the Indiana Federation
/ of Farmers clubs. mades trip to
Washington and convinced depart
ment Of agricultural authorities they
could safely handle the situation
/ without resorting to such drastic &C
4 ton. The government experts ac-
cepted such argument. withheld the
statewide quarantine and Indiana
officials wiped out the disease with
a minimum loss 10 crops.
20 Farms Affected.
4 total Of % farms were quaran-
tined and small grain crops thereon
properly cared for. All of the grain
was sprayed with a formaldehyde
preparation and shipped direct TO
New York city for foreign export,
thus !nsuring none remained in this
country for seed. Straw on IL farms
was burned and the state reimburs-
ed the owners in the aggre gate
sum OF s1.274.
The IL farms quartined against
growing wheat, oats. barley and
rye and which may now be planted
TO oats are those Of Emil Swanson.
Henry Spier, j. o. Ault and Thomas
Murphy in Laporte county; Leo
Geotz. Ralph Wright, J. T. Ander-
son, Mike Kosselke, L. Witthong
and H. II. Dolan in Porter count,
and George II. Blackstock, near
Lafayette In Tippecanoe county.
Mr.. Wallace expressed the opinion
today that by next summer all dan
ger of a recurrence Of ''take-all'
will have disarpe cared and said the
conservation department hoLed TO
be able to remove the quarantine
on wheat, rye and barley, in order
that the owners of quarantined
farms may plant small grains so
essential TO proper crop rotation
necessary TO successful agriculture.