EXPERIMENT STATION REPORTS. 309 



SPRINKLING METHOD. 



Mix one pint fresh Formaldehyde with 40 gallons water. Clean a 

 place on the barn floor and sprinkle Avith this solntion. Spread the oats 

 in a thin layer (4'') and si^rinkle with tlie dilute solution of the Formal- 

 dehyde. A sprinkling pot is handy. Shovel over and over until every 

 kernel glistens with moisture. Add lajer after layer, sprinkling as be- 

 fore. Two men can do the work quickly and easily. When all the grain 

 is moistened shovel into a compact heap, cover two hours with a blanket 

 or canvas. 



Then spread out to dry. 



Do not let the wet grain freeze, mould or sprout. 



The grain may be planted as soon as it is dry enough to run through 

 the drill. Make allowance for the slightly swollen condition. One pint 

 of formaldehyde will treat 50 bushels. 



The treatment nmy be modified by dipping the grain one-half to one 

 bushel at a time in a barrel or tub of the dilute solution. Drain, cover 

 for two hours, dry and the oats are ready for planting. 



THE NEW CONCENTRATED FORMALDEHYDE TREATMENT. 



Use Formaldehyde at the rate of 1 pint to 50 bushels of grain. Put 

 the amount of fresh formaldehyde, just as it comes from the druggist, 

 into a pint or quart hand sprayer (cost 75 cents) and spray the grain 

 which has been spread out on the barn floor. Spray the grain as it is 

 shoveled over and over. Keep the sprayer close to the grain and the 

 penetrating odor of the Formaldehyde Avill give no discomfort. 



When the right amount of Formaldehj^de has been applied shovel the 

 oats into a heap and cover for exactly four hours with a canvas or blan- 

 ket, or the grain may be sacked immediately. 



The grain should then be spread out for a few hours' airing. 



It may be sown at once, or stored in clean or disinfected sacks. 



NOTES ON SMUT TREATMENTS. 



With either treatment, avoid reinfecting the grain with old sacks or 

 with the drill. To disinfect the sacks soak in Formaldehyde 2 table- 

 spoonfuls to a pail of water. To disinfect the drill, pour this solution 

 through it. The cost of treatment is less than 2 cents a bushel. Ask 

 TOur druggist for fresh Formaldehyde. 



The patent smut cures contain Formaldehyde as their active agents. 

 Formaldehyde costs 35-40 cents a pint, the smut cures cost |2 or more 

 a pint for a weak formaldehyde solution. Do you see the point? 



