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Table 1. —Statement of the method of treating each plat in the wheat-rust experiments 
at Garrett Parle, Md. 
SERIES I.—SOIL TREATMENT. 
Plats. 
Kind of treatment. 
1 and 91 
Untreated. 
2 and 92 
Soil treated with flowers of sulphur, 4 ounces to each 20 feet of row. 
9 and 93 
Untreated. 
4 and 94 
Soil treatment with flowers of sulphur, 2 ounces to each 20 feet of row. 
5 and 95 
Untreated. 
6 and 96 
Soil treatment with flowers of sulphur, 1 ounce to each 20 feet of row. 
7 and 97 
Untreated. 
8 and 98 
Soil treatment with flowers of sulphur and air-slaked lime, equal parts mixed, 
4 ounces to each 20 feet of row. 
9 and 99 
Untreated. 
10 and 100 
Soil treatment with flowers of sulphur and air-slaked lime, equal parts mixed, 
2 ounces to each 20 feet of row'. 
11 and 101 
Untreated. 
12 and 102 
Soil treatment with powdered ferrous sulphate, exsiccated, 4 ounces to each 20 
feet of row. 
13 and 103 
Untreated. 
14 and 104 
Soil treatment w ith solution of ferrous sulphate, 8 ounces to 1 gallon of water, 
sprayed ou tlio ground at the rate of 4 gallon to each 20 feet of row. 
15 and 105 
Untreated. 
16 and 106 
Soil treatment w ith h gallon of Bordeaux mixture to each 20 feet of row. 
17 and 107 
Untreated. 
18 and 108 
Soil treatment with | gallon of water containing | ounce of potassium sulphide 
(liver of sulphur) to each 20 feet of row. 
19 and 109 
Untreated. 
‘.0 and 110 
Soil treatment with i gallon of ammcniacal solution of copper carbonate to 
each 20 feet of row. 
21 and 111 
Untreated. 
22 and 112 
Soil treatment with i gallon of Bordeaux mixture to each 20 feet of row. 
23 and 113 
Untreated. 
24 and 114 
Soil treatment with a solution of potassium bichromate 1^ ounces in 13| quarts 
of water, sprayed on the entire plat. 
25 and 115 
Untreated. 
SERIES II.—SEED TREATED BY IMMERSION. 
26 and 116 
Seed treatment, immersed for 15 minutes in water at a temperature of 132i° F. 
27 and 117 
Untreated. 
28 and 118 
Seed treatment, immersed for 21 hours in an 8:100 solution of copper sulphate, 
then limed. 
29 and 119 
Untreated. 
30 and 120 
Seed treatment, immersed for 24 hours in Bordeaux mixture, 
31 and 121 
Untreated. 
32 and 122 
Seed treatment, immersed for 24 hours in potassium bichromate, 5:100 solution. 
33 and 123 
Untreated. 
34 and 124 
Seed treatment, immersed for 24 hours in a solution of potassium sulphide 
(liver of sulphur), 1 ounce to 1 gallon of water. 
35 and 125 
Untreated. 
36 and 126 
Seed treatment, immersed for 24 hours in a solution of potassium sulphide 
(liver of sulphur), | ounce to 1 gallon of water. 
37 and 127 
Untreated. 
38 and 128 
Seed treatment, immersed for 24 hours in a 1:1000 solution of corrosive subli¬ 
mate. 
39 and 129 
Untreated. 
SERIES III.—PLANTS SPRAYED AND DUSTED. 
40 and 130 
Plants sprayed every 10 days, from the time they appeared above ground, with 
Bordeaux mixture. 
41 and 131 
Untreated. 
42 and 132 
Plants sprayed every 10 days, from the time they appeared above ground, w ith 
ammoniacal solution of copper carbonate. 
43 and 133 
Untreated. 
44 and 134 
Plants sprayed every 10 days, from the time they appeared above'ground, with 
a solution of potassium sulphide, 2 ounces to 3 gallons of water. 
45 and 135 
Untreated. 
46 and 136 
Plants sprayed with Bordeaux mixture every 20 days. 
47 and 137 
Untreated. 
