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If so, to what extoiit? (Oeneral, local, or occasional.) 



About how many hnshels <»f smutted wheat from the past season's 

 <r<)]) (lid yon ImyV 



What was the average dockage on such wheat? 



Kindly estimate as closely as jHissihle the total nnniln-r of laishels of 

 smutted wheat from the jiast season's croi) bought in your county 



What was the general average of dockage in your county? 



Is the formaldehyde (formalin) seed treatment practiced in your ter- 

 1 itory? 



If so, to what extent, and with what success? 



What are the greatest pests of wheat, and the greatest dra whacks to 

 its successful cultiu'e in yo\ir vicinity? 



In your oi>inion how may these be overcome?" 



The following statistics are compiled from 503 replies to tiiese let- 

 ters: Five counties were not heard from. KeiKtrters from lienton County 

 replied that no wheat was raised in that county. Klght counties reported 

 tbat stinking snuit did not occur with them, and eight counties reported 

 it as occurring. Imt did not I'epoi-t the auKMint of snmt estimated present 

 or actually iiurchased. Tliis leaves seventy counties from which we com- 

 pile our statistics. From these seventy counties 422 reports were re- 

 turned, of which piactically all slated that stinking snnU occurred locally 

 or generally with them, showing that it is thoroughly disti-ilmted through- 

 out the State. 



Of these 422 rei)orters who rei(lie<l. only 247 reported the number of 

 bushels of snnitty wheat which they .-ictnally imrchased. Tiiese were in 

 varying amounts from lifty busliels by one correspondent in Morgan 

 County, to l."o.(Mi(» Imshels by another in Vigo County. In all there were 

 ssr),(ilO bushels actually purcliased by them. This was "docked" varyin.' 

 anuinnts, from 2 cents to 40 cents i)ei- hiishel. nNcragin.g si cents per bushel. 

 This made a tola! i-epi'i'<»'d loss (o the Stale for I'.Md of .<7.'..27<'>.srt. Con- 

 si<lering that oidy 247 of the 1,200 dealers written to reidied with figures 

 f:-om wliich we can draw conclusions, it seems very cons(>rvative to esti- 

 malc the actual loss from stinking snmt to be tliree times that reported, 

 or about .$L'1!."..(>(M» for the State. 



