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is likely to recur at intervals the information contained in this 
publication will be valuable to any who are interested in garden- 
To develop varieties of wheat which will resist black rust, the 
United States Department of Agriculture is working in codpera- 
tion with the state experiment stations of Minnesota, Kansas, 
Tennessee, and oe ie the nope of oe rust resistant 
strains of aud it Val ies 
are being Geert on varieties known chiefly tat their milling 
and bread-making qualities. Extensive milling. an king 
experiments already have been made with a ee of these 
hybrids 
water to remove the sizings and then dried and smoothed with a 
hot flatiron. Data are written with India ink, using a round- 
pointed pen. The ink soaks in but does not run. Such tags 
will last a year or longer. When they are to be used for longer 
tur 
(proportion, I quart of gasoline to one-half pound paraffin). 
he gasoline evaporates, leaving a film of paraffin. If the tags 
become coated with mud, they can easily be washed and the ink 
shows up clearly. Such tags may be used in a variety of ways, for 
when treated in this manner Pon last Coeeacnaly well. 
The campaign to eradicate the common barberry, which was 
ring, ha ady met with gratifying results n 
barberry harbors the black rust o , oats, barley, and rye, 
disease which ses enormous losses in this country. In 
the amount of damage caused by this disease. In central and 
