RUSTS IN DIFFERENT STATES. 15 



Illinois. — Oats is commonly and often seriously damaged by rust. 

 The damage to wheat is much less, although it, too, often suffers 

 severely. In 1890 and 1S91 rust was unusually severe in some locali- 

 ties. It is always worst iu fields of grain that have winterkilled. The 

 damage is particularly severe once in three to five years. Wheat 

 seems to suffer more in the extreme northern and southern portions of 

 the State than in the central part— due in the southern part probably to 

 the latitude and climate, and in the northern part to the large propor- 

 tion of spring wheat grown there, but spring wheat is rapidly losing- 

 prestige and is not grown so extensively as formerly. Fultz wheat is 

 a popular variety throughout the State. In some localities tile drainage 

 is said to reduce the amount of rust. Some believe that although 

 bearded varieties are less liable to rust on prairie lands, they are more 

 liable to it on timber lauds, but on what this belief is based the writer 

 does not know. Some of the counties in which much rust seems to 

 occur are Hardin, Morgan, IMassac, Williamson, Whiteside, Edgar, 

 Dekalb, Grundy, Cass, Menard, Cook, Boone, Lee, Carroll, Woodford, 

 Stark, Pope, Lawrence, Stephenson, Pulaski, Johnson, and Jersey. 



Kentucky. — The reports of correspondents, as well as the writer's 

 observations, indicate that in this State wheat is very commonly and 

 severely damaged by rust. In other States the comi)lete destruction 

 of the crop occurs occasionally, but in this State this is a common 

 occurrence, lilack stem rust is very common and, as it ai)pears later 

 than the orange leaf rust, the introduction of early- maturing varieties 

 is a matter of much importance. Some make a practice of harvesting 

 the grain while in the "dough'' stage in order to escape the rust. Oats 

 is also extensively injured. Some of the counties where the grain is 

 most affected are Trigg, Harrison, Metcalfe, Simpson, Jackson, Caldwell, 

 Henderson, Nelson, Allen, Garrard, Grayson, Adair, Magoffin, Crit- 

 tenden, Fayette, Casey, Calloway, Webster, Christian, Livingston, 

 Letcher, Grant, Graves, McLean, Ballard, Muhlenberg, Marshall, 

 Martin, Lawrence, Estill, McCrackeu, Kenton, Montgomery, Knox, 

 Clay, Monroe, Boone, and Ohio. 



Tennessee. — The information concerning rust in this State is still quite 

 meager, though the writer has made two trips of observation to different 

 localities. However, the indications are that wheat is rather commonly 

 injured by rust. The stem rust is very severe some years, but seems 

 to be less common than in Kentucky. Little injury is done to oats. 

 Kice wheat is considered by some to be a rust-resistant variety. Fultz 

 and Fulcaster are favorite varieties in some localities. Stem rust 

 becomes abundant from May 20 to June 1. Greene County seems to 

 have considerable rust. 



Georgia. — Yery little wheat is raised in Georgia, but usually what is 

 grown is badly injured by rust. Leaf rust is the species most prevalent, 

 hut frequently the grain is not severely injured until the stem rust 

 appears. In this State, as in all the Gulf States, oats is seldom injured 

 by rust. The variety of oats most commonly grown is the Texas Eust 



