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.87 



32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 3(3 

 •"> ( 

 3S 



40 

 41 

 42 

 43 

 44 

 4n 

 4(i 

 (i3 



Tripola 



Me<leah 



tj j Grains Grains 



ii Sown. Germinated. 



Bobs X Medeah 



" ! ~' 

 8 



i 8 



i !) 



I n 



Bobs X Medeah 10 



25 

 25 



16 

 17 

 17 

 23 

 23 

 20 

 23 

 22 

 24 

 24 

 10 

 23 

 21 

 22 

 24 



Percentage 



of 

 Germination. 



Til let la If-ris 



Til let ia leris 



Tilletia leris 



Tilletia levis 



TWetia lerin j 



Tilletia lerix ! 



Tilletia leris 



Tilletia levis 

 Tilletia leris 



68 



64 

 68 

 68 

 1)2 

 92 

 80 

 92 

 88 

 96 

 96 

 76 

 112 

 84 

 SS 

 96 

 60 



Percentafj^e of 

 Bunt. 



7 plants =43'7 



13 plants =76-4 



21 plants =91-;?; 



21 plants =91-3: 

 2 plants =9 



23 plants =96 



17 plants =89 -4- 

 20 plants =95-2 



24 plants = 100 

 7 plants =46'(> 



CoMP.\RisoN OF Various Fungicides for Bunt. 



There are several preparations on the market for smut and other 

 diseases, and it was considered desirable to test them in comparison with 

 such recognised substances as bluestone and formalin. The powder known 

 as " Fungusine " was applied to the seed wheat according to the instruc- 

 tions given and a 2 per cent, solution of phenol was also tried. 



The varietv of wheat chosen for treatment was naturally infected as it 

 came from the machine, and it was certainly as smutty a sample as had 

 ever come under my notice. The seed wheat was all treated at the same 

 tmie and sown on the same dav (28th June) in ground which was as nearly 

 as possible equal throughout ; 500 grains were sown in each plot, arranged 

 in rows of 100 each, and the results were taken on 30th December, when 

 the wheat was fully ripe. 



The following table shews the relative efficiency of each of the sub- 

 stances tested, compared with the untreated or check plot, in which there 

 was 88 per cent, of bunt : — 



Apart altogecher from the relative efficiency of the various substances 

 used, the fact stands out prominently of the great saving effected in com- 

 parison with no treatment at all, although, of course, no intelligent farmer 



