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typea. It may be possi])K' for eiicli pupil i«> uuikc a table 

 giving for each fruit, vegetaljlo, and farm (idp ih«' loss caused 

 by fungi — that is, to answer tlic (piestion, What jjart of the 

 half-biUion-dollar tax (hx's my Ikuih* ]>:iy? A su(j:gesti<tu for 

 such a tabic is o-ivcii below. 



LossKs Cacskm 15V Frx<;i <»\ a (iitvix Kaijm «>f -VH) Ai i;k8 1 



National and world problem. Tlic general situation is aptly 

 expressed by the complaint heard on every hand : 



The woi'ld is not fit to livf in any more, and it 's Gf«4tinq; worse and 

 worse every year. We never used to lu-ar al»oiit all tlies.- new-fan.uled 

 diseases all the tinie^ and everytliing did n't nsr to rot and >ninl and 

 l)light wlien 1 was a u'irl liaek on tin- old farm. 



This is literally ti'uc and for several good rea.Nt)ns. People 

 did not then ktiow what was eatino- tlicm out cd" house and 



1 Wheat is supposed to be affected witli stinkini^snnit, whiih Diigpfar says 

 sometimes takes "from one half to two thirds of a crop" of some sections. 

 Loose smut, corn snnit, and early l)li<,dit are the funiri sni)|)osed to have 

 attacked tlie oats, corn, and potatoes respectively. Estimates are not ex- 

 cessive. The percentatres for tlie wheat, oats, and corn are fii^ured by coinif- 

 inij 100 stalks taken at random in ten different jiarts of the lield. (Save 

 several of these bundles of wheat or oats for demonstration in tlie labo- 

 ratory and at neighboriiood meetings.) The potatoes are estimated from 

 u.sual results in case of sprayed and unsprayed field ])lots. The cost of 

 treating the wheat and oats with formalin would liave been a triflini,' 

 insurance agaiiLst the loss incurred. 



2 Cost of three sprayings and one i)runing f^r bJiLdiC liiti.r y,,\, .•(.•. 



