. Farmers' foes and their remedies [microform]. Pests; Agricultural pests; Agricultural pests; Animaux et plantes nuisibles, Lutte contre les; Ennemis des cultures; Ennemis des cultures, Lutte contre les. !>7 is \yiiat the ,Siniit in. Wheat smut Is ciinscd by a small i»laiit \vlii wheat The siiint plants are <listrlh\ited the thie. Mack grniiis of smut which cliiitf to the slants the snnjt. As the smutted l<eni<-l ;:<m'h into th.« ground it carries witii it .sev«Tai grains of smut. After heing , tlie wlieat grait, grows and brings for
. Farmers' foes and their remedies [microform]. Pests; Agricultural pests; Agricultural pests; Animaux et plantes nuisibles, Lutte contre les; Ennemis des cultures; Ennemis des cultures, Lutte contre les. !>7 is \yiiat the ,Siniit in. Wheat smut Is ciinscd by a small i»laiit \vlii wheat The siiint plants are <listrlh\ited the thie. Mack grniiis of smut which cliiitf to the slants the snnjt. As the smutted l<eni<-l ;:<m'h into th.« ground it carries witii it .sev«Tai grains of smut. After heing , tlie wlieat grait, grows and brings fortli a small plant. So also th»! snuit plant p-rmlnates and sends out a fine tliread-lik.' so small that it cannot b«' seen with tlie unaided eye. Tlie smut plai soon prcnluces small wlilch ; into the small wheat Its and delicate .sUHi. After a few , lio\vev«'r. at about the time that the wheat unrolls Its first leaf, its skin gets t(K. liard to be itenetrated by the smut, so tliat if the wheat has escaped thus far it is no longer in any danger from the smut. Jf the smut has penetrated the wheat skin <luring its danger period it contiiuies to grow in the wlu-at plant up through the stem. the tinu that the wheat plant niak«-s its seeds the smut sends its thread into tlie wheat kernel. As fast as fowl is stored up for the young wheat , the smut steals it and replaces it with its smut grains. In the covered or stinking smut of wlieat only the Inside of the kernel is removed by the smut and a sliell is left around it, but in the as for example the loose smut of oats, the whole kernel is destroyed and the spores are left exposed to be blown about by the wind. The wheat kernels which have been smutted are broken in handling or in threshing, and the smut grains are thus scattered on to new wheat and are ready for the next year's planting. Very evidently, the only way in which this disease c
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