ACiRK TLTUIIAL AlMMt(»l»HI.\T!<>N HIM.. IW4. 



207 



• luriti;: ciu\\ nf tlu* tlin'O years liM'.J. l'.»_'i). ami I'.rjl wh-^ .')(). (MM), («»0 

 hii-^lu'ls. Tluit i-^ a vrrv clonic approxitnntiori. I have lu-n* an t^U- 

 rn.ito of the loss diip t4) hiark stom nist in 1022 sluiwinj; an nmi^o- 

 •xato loss in the area in whifh wo an* int«Ti*HU*<l. <»f fil .U7.'J,0(M) husnoU. 

 I tliink that statriiimt is rxaj^^rratiMJ o\vin<4 to tin* fa<l that tin* 

 North l)akt)ta ostiniato is ohvioiisly inurh too lar«rt'. I w«nil«l lik«* 

 to havo this stattMncnt includtMl in tho rtn'oni. Th<>s«» (i^uros were 

 pn'{)arr<l hv thr plant disease survey of the I'nited Stat^-s Depart- 

 nierit of Aiiricultwrt'. 



(Sjiid stjitcniciit follows:) 



L*>»*t» dut lu blurk flevx nut in I9JJ. 



I Production. 



Psfccnt* 

 sitelort. 



Buabibkst 



-|. 



Wheat ...' KIO. la.ooo 



B»rtey ' W •■ " 



0»ta l.-'-M 



Bye , 7a,.-...^-. 



4.9 

 l.K 

 I. A 



. I 



ix.w. 



Thfso arp simply proliminarv estimates, of courso. and aro subiort to chanRf. of 

 the l;{ Slates iiirlu<le<l in the area of our <am|)ai<;ii. Colorado, Wyomins;. and Mon- 

 tana do not report any lo!<s. Th<*9e arc the States in which eradication of the com- 

 mon harlx'rry Ls practically complete. The other 10 States in our area report Io(W<>s 

 in the three more BUsceptiblc croj)s as follows: 



Wheat. 



Baitoy. 



o»t*. 



' The tlRiires for losses in North Dakota have bo<>u ntiestioned. and it is dniifiifiil if they will !>■ '. 



when final e-stimates are made. It is prohahle that, afthongh the losses In N"--rit> !>iW..t . 'v..r..ii. ; 

 large, these figures will Ix- materially reduce<l, thus re(hici:ig ihc totals. 



In Nebraska. Ohio, and South Dakota there were losses of rye agJ!T«^«jaMaK SS.OOO. 

 This ficnire. added to the totals for wheat, barley, and oats as piven. makes a urand total 

 of »il.97:i.(H)0 bushels as the loss during the paist season due to black stein rust in the 

 an*a which we are tr>-ing to free from t>arberries. 



Mr. FuLLKK. 1 should also like to include in the record the resolu- 

 tions which were adopted jit our nieetint; on the 14th of Xoveinher in 

 St. Paul, appendinjj: to those resolutions the -^iL'tiMtiires of the -V.) 

 delej^jites n>piesentin^ the 13 States. 



Mr. Andekson. Without objection the resolutions inaiy he inserted 

 in the record. 



(.Said resoluti(»ns follow:) 



^^liereas observation and experience <lurinp the past year have strongly reinforced 

 the fact that the common barberry is the vitjdiy neceseary factor in the dissemination 

 of black stem rust and have proved conclusively that era>liaition of the common bar- 

 berry Ls essential to the continued prowinj; of urain in the north central pari of the 



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