Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . d 129° F. for ten min-utes. Care should be takento keep the water at theproper temperature and tokeep the grain well seed can be dried on abarn floor or canvas. Stinking Smut or Bunt(Tilletia fcetans [B. and C],Trel.).—This disease is verydifferent from the loose diseased grains are shriv-eled, greenish tinted, filledwith a mass of black sporesand have a disagreeableodor. Badly infested cropsare worthless for milling orfor stock feed. Treatment.—Put onepound of
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . d 129° F. for ten min-utes. Care should be takento keep the water at theproper temperature and tokeep the grain well seed can be dried on abarn floor or canvas. Stinking Smut or Bunt(Tilletia fcetans [B. and C],Trel.).—This disease is verydifferent from the loose diseased grains are shriv-eled, greenish tinted, filledwith a mass of black sporesand have a disagreeableodor. Badly infested cropsare worthless for milling orfor stock feed. Treatment.—Put onepound of formaldehyde infifty gallons of water andsprinkle on the grains at therate of one gallon to eachbushel of grain. Shovel thewet grain into a pile andcover with canvas or burlapfor six to twelve and dry. (See Chap-ter on Wheat.) OATSRust (Puctinia coronata,(Ala.).—Also the two speciesfound on wheat. Treatment.—Same as (Ustilago avena [Per.], Jens.).—Very similar in appearance to theloose smut of wheat. Treatment.—Formaldehyde treatment same as for stinking smut Smut ok Shoeing a smutted head, and for comparisona sound oat head. Trout Farmers Bulletin 507, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. DISEASES OF CROPS 965 SUGAR CANE Red Rot (Colletotrichum falcatum, Went.).—This is one of the mostdestructive diseases of the sugar cane. It causes the plants to wilt andfinally a yellowing of the upper leaves. This is followed by a blackeningand dying of the eyes and a gradual discoloration on the outside extendingfrom the nodes. Upon splitting the canes, the fibro-vascular bundles arefound to show reddish discolor-ations. Rind Disease (Trichosphae-ria sacchari, Massee).—Althoughthis disease is not so severe as thepreceding one, it causes a prema-ture yellowing and dying of theplants. The joints become dis-colored and shrunken and theentire plant loses weight. Finally,small black eruptions which arethread-like in appearance appearover the
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