The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-26
FARMERS APPRECIATE
RESULT OF DRIVE TO
ERADICATE BARBERRY

Completion of the barberry eradica-
ton campaign in Wayne county is in
sight, announced R. H. Rogers, who,
with Druley Parker, has been engaged
in locating and destroying barberry
bushes in the county this summer. The
two men will leave for Purdue next
week after destroying 20 rods of
bushes of purple barberry in the Earl
ham College nursery grounds the last
task in the county.
Grateful appreciation to Wayne
county farmers for the cooperation
they have given in locating and identi-
flying the bushes and their cordial re-
ception of the efforts of the two state
agents, was voiced by them. Farmers
of this county have shown intense in
terest and a lively desire to rid their
farms of the bushes, so that work
here has been a pleasure, they said.
Whole County Covered
The whole county has been covered,
stated Mr.. Rogers, who said, however,
that other portions did not show such
extensive colonies as the eastern COM
munities of the county. One large
bush was found across the county line
in Randolph. 1t had been reported
with request for visit, by farmer
who saw the demonstrative display at
the farm bureau picnic Several other
cases were located in the same way.
Other examples were found near
Green's Fork and Hagerstown, and in
other sections, but only in one case,
of a bush in the edge of Whitewater,
were any bushes found on city or town
property outside of Richmond.
IN match Pnvorod wit h
numerous bushes, 81 in number, was
the largest colony found. This was
on the Jack Knollenberg farm The
agents are now working on group OF
40 or so bushes on the Bert Jennings
farm. Both of these colonies came
from an old hedge on the Minor farm
near the Chester pike. A total of about
], 700 bushes have been located and de
stroyed in the county.
.. Must Watch Bushes
The importance of watching the bar
berry bush patches and of cleaning out
all new bushes and sprouts that grow
next year from all roots that have
been overlooked was emphasized by
Mr.. Rogers. with a little care, the
whole country can be made absolute,
ly clean" he said, land in a few years
there will be no rust in the county"
Agents will be sent out next year
again to re-check the patches where
bushes were destroyed this year and
to take a census of the black rust
damage in the county. Farmers vii
be reminded of the bushes and asked
to cut out the sprouts by letters sem
out in the spring.
Will Eliminate Rust
All of the northern part of the state
has now been surveyed for the bushes
reported the agents, and the whole
Indiana-Ohio state line has beer
cleaned up. The northern third of the
| line has been rust-free for two years
and this year both the states cooper
ated to connect their work and pre-
vent re-infection from across the STATE
line in the future.
The saving that will result is indi
Gated by the estimated rust loss in In
diana of per cent of the whea
yields. Yields for he last 10 years
! average 15.4 bushels per acre, and fol
the last five years were valued at S3t
an acre. In 1920 the whole state
sowed 100000 acres, from which /;
! yield of 23,540 bushels was harvested