Millet Smuts and Their Control 
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use of a simple seed treatment, we are able to eliminate smut from 
millet crops with a minimum of expense and trouble. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE APPEARANCE OF SMUT IN MILLET 
In these experiments, two types of millets chiefly were studied, 
namely. Foxtail millets (Setaria italica), represented by the common 
German, Kursk, Goldmine, Hungarian and Siberian varieties, and the 
Panicum millets (Panicum miliaceum), represented by Proso, hog 
and broom corn millets. 
Foxtail Millets (Setaria italica) 
In general appearance, smut in the Foxtail varieties resembles 
the stinking smut of wheat. In affected fields of the common and 
German varieties there may be seen the somewhat sickly yellow heads 
early in the season and the slightly darkened heads in the fall. If a 
smutted head be carefully examined, one sees at the base of the un¬ 
developed grain (ovary) the dark mass of spores dimly showing thru 
the thin membrane that encloses it. (Fig. 3 .) The base of the ovary 
appears enlarged. Generally, the spores are not disseminated; they 
usually remain so enclosed that close examination is necessary in order 
to recognize heads that are smutted. It requires examination of each 
