199 
Table 1. —Statement of the method of treating each plat in the wheat-rust experiments 
at Garrett Park, Md. —Continued. 
SERIES III.—PLANTS SPRAYED AND DUSTED—Contiuued. 
Plats. 
Kind of treatment. 
48 and 138 
Plants sprayed every 20 days with ammoniacal solution of copper carbonate. 
49 and 139 
Untreated. 
50 and 140 
Plants sprayed every 10 days with cupric ferrocyauide mixture. 
51 and 141 
Untreated. 
52 and 142 
Plants sprayed every 10 days with ferrous ferrocyauide mixture. 
53 and 143 
Untreated. 
54 and 144 
Plants sprayed every 10 days with copper borate mixture. 
55 and 145 
Untreated. 
56 and 140 
Plants sprayed every 1C days with ferric chloride solution. 
57 and 147 
Untreated. 
58 and 148 
Plants dusted every 10 days with flowers of sulphur. 
59 and 149 
Untreated. 
60 and 150 
Plants dusted every 10 days with sulphosteatite. 
SERIES IV.—MISCELLANEOUS TREATMENTS. 
61 and 151 
Untreated. 
62 aud 152 
Complete treatment with Bordeaux mixture; seed immersed 24 hours; plat 
sprayed before planting with 13| quarts and plants sprayed every 10 days. 
63 and 153 
Untreated. 
64 and 154 
Complete treatment with potassium sulphide solution, 2 ounces to 2 gallons of 
water; grounds sprayed and plants sprayed every 10 days. 
65 and 155 
Untreated. 
66 aud 156 
Seed immersed for 15 minutes iu Avater at 132£° F.; ground sprayed witli am¬ 
moniacal solution and plants sprayed every 10 days with the same prepara¬ 
tion. - 
67 and 157 
Untreated. 
68 and 158 
Seed immersed for 15 minutes in water at 1324° F.; soil treated with Bordeaux 
mixture and plants sprayed every 10 days with the same preparation. 
69 and 159 
Untreated. 
70 and 160 
Seed immersed for 15 minutes in Avater at 1324° F.; soil treated with lime and 
sulphur, equal parts mixed, at the rate of 4 ounces to 20 feet of row. 
71 and 161 
Untreated. 
72 and 162 
Seed immersed for 15 minutes in water at 132£° F.; soil treated with ferrous sul¬ 
phate at the rate of 2 ounces to 20 feet of row. 
73 and 163 
Untreated. 
74 and 164 
Seed, soil, and plants treated Avith ferrous sulphate; seed immersed 24 hours in a 
10 : 100 solution-; soil sprayed before soAviug and plants sprayed eA T ery 10 days 
with 4 ounces to 1 gallon of Avater. 
75 and 165 
Untreated. 
76 and 166 
Seed immersed in ammoniacal solution 24 hours; plants sprayed CA r ery 10 days 
Avith the same preparation. 
77 and 167 
Untreated. 
78 and 168 
Soil treated with common salt at the rate of ^ ounce to 10 feet of row. 
79 and 169 
U ntreaUd. 
80 and 170 
Soil treated with salt at the rate of ^ ounce to 20 feet of row. 
81 and 171 
Untreated. 
82 and 172 
Soil treated Avith copper sulphate solution, 13§ ounces to 134 quarts of Avater 
per plat. 
83 and 173 
Untreated. 
84 and 174 
Plants sprayed with cupric hydroxide mixture every 10 days. 
85 aud 175 
Untreated. 
THE FUNGICIDES AND OTHER PREPARATIONS USED IN SPRAYING AND DUSTING THE 
PLANTS. 
Nine solutions and two powders were used in tlie spraying and dust 
ing experiments. They were as follows: 
(1) Bordeaux mixture. 
(2) Ammoniacal solution of copper carbonate. 
(3) Ferrous ferrocyauide mixture. 
(4) Copper borate mixture. 
(5) Ferric chloride solution. 
