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Newspaper
Melfort Moon
Location
Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 25, 1918
Page
9
A local agricultural note explains bunt or stinking smut losses in North American wheat, noting about three percent of the crop and potential 10 million bushels annual loss in Canada. It describes spore balls, detection cues, and seed treatment with formaldehyde solution to kill spores, plus drying and handling steps.
The article describes three dampening and soaking methods to treat grain before planting, using a formaldehyde solution to remove spore balls, and stressing that treated seed must be kept free from reinfection and not allowed to freeze. It also notes loose smut as a different form not prevented by formaldehyde and advises selecting seed from smut-free fields.
No 1 seed oats from Minnesota are moved into Manitoba and Saskatchewan by the Seed Purchasing Commission of Regina to meet demand. Wild oats and frost injury in the oat districts hinder germination, preventing the Dominion seed inspection staff in Saskatoon Moose Jaw and Winnipeg from collecting quantities of No 1 Canada Western Seed Oats.
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