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A NEW METHOD OF TREATING GRAI M BY THE JENSEN PROCESS 
FOR THE PREVENTION OF SMUT. 
By B. T. Galloway. 
During the past year Mr. Elam Bartholomew, of Kockport, Kans., a 
special agent of the Division, made some interesting experiments in the 
treatment of oat smut by the Jensen or liot-water process. Among 
other things, Mr. Bartholomew devised a method for treating large 
quantities of grain without resorting to the tedious basket-dipping 
process. The latter, he says, will answer fairly well for a few bushels of 
grain, but where a large acreage is to be planted the labor involved and 
the general inconvenience of the work will prevent many farmers from 
adopting the method. Mr. Bartholomew^ method of treating 5 bushels 
of grain at a time was essentially as follows: 
A common kerosene barrel was procured and after removing the head 
a 1 J-incli hole was bored in the bottom close to the rim. The hole was 
then covered with a piece of wire window screen, the latter being tacked 
to the bottom of the barrel on the inside. A pine plug was then fitted to 
the hole from the outside in such a way that the end barely reached the 
fine wire screening. After making these preparations the barrel was 
placed on a box high enough to allow a pail or tub to be slipped under the 
bung. An old well bucket, such as are used in bored wells, was then 
obtained, and after removing the bottom, four rows of half-inch 
holes, running the entire length of the bucket, were punched. The 
holes were punched, as nearly as possible the same distance apart, six 
being placed in a row, making twenty-four in all. After punching the 
holes the bucket was placed in the center of the barrel, bottom end up, 
and resting on its bail, thereby raising it 4 or 5 inches from the bottom 
of the barrel and causing it to project a little above the top of the 
latter. 
Holding the bucket in position, 5 bushels of badly smutted oats were 
emptied into the barrel. There were already on hand a common wash 
boiler and an iron pot filled with water which had been heated to boil¬ 
ing point on the cook stove. The contents of the two vessels were 
cooled to 130° E. by the addition of cold water, thereby increasing the 
quantity of liquid to 15 gallons. This was then poured into the bucket 
in the center of the barrel until all the grain was covered. The float¬ 
ing grain was pushed under with the hand and the barrel covered with 
a cloth to hold in the heat. After standing ten minutes the water was 
drawn off through the hole at the bottom of the barrel, tbe temperature 
in the meantime having fallen to 100° F. More boiling water was 
added to the water drawn off, until the temperature reached 133° F., 
when the liquid was again poured into the barrel and allowed to stand 
ten minutes, as before. Again the drawing off and heating process was 
repeated, the water being poured back into the barrel and allowed to 
