plant stands more erect, and, in fact, is but a mass of short overgrown 

 leaves that usually kill with the first frost. Fig-ure 10 shows a young 

 tiller starting out from below the ])art attacked l)y the Hy. If this 

 tiller were to be attacked after it appeared al)ove ground, there would 

 follow the same appearance as in case of the original plant: that is to 



Fig. 9. — Healthy youns wheat jihuit (urig-inal). 



say, the leaves would become broad(M- and of a darker color. The 

 foregoing statement will apply to a severe attack on fall wheat in 

 spring and on young spring wheat. The only exception in the appear- 

 ance of infested young plants is in the case of the hard wheats, whose 

 foliage is broader and of a darker color, but the erect positiou will 



