TO June, 1909.] Wheat Improvement Committee. 371 



Table B. — Test of thk Effects ok Diffehknt Fungicides oit Pickles 

 ON Gekminatiox. 



No. of 

 Plot. 



How Treated. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



Not pickled 



Bluestone, 1 lb. to 10 gals, water ... 



,. 8 „ 



4 „ 



„ 2 „ 



2 

 (and immersed in lime water for 5 minutes) 

 Formalin, 1 lb. to 50 gals, water 

 „ 45 



„ 40 „ 



., 30 ,, 



Percentage of Germination. 



Note. — 100 seeds in each plot. 



Summary. — Result inconclusive. Factors other than the pickle used evidently 

 operate on power cf germination. 



Table C. — Test for coMrAKATivE Buivt-remstakce of some of the more 



COMMONLY-GROWN WhEATS. 



* This seed was taken from plants grown from seed pickled before sowing in 1907. 



Note. — Plots No. 1 to No. 16, lOO artificially-infected [T. lefts) and (00 clean seeds 

 sown in each Plots No. 17 to No. 19, 50 artiiicially-infected (T. levls) and 50 clean 

 seeds sown in each. Plot No. 20, 16 artificially-infected (T. leuis) and 16 clean seeds 

 sown in each. 



