RUST IN WHEAT.
[Correspondent of the " Queenslander."] The dressing my father and most of the farmers used thereabouts wa9 this:—First, submit the wheat to a bath in strong brine (strong enough to float an egg), thus: a basket that would hold a bushel or more was held in the brine, and a bushel of wheat was gently poured into the basket, so that the thin wheat, smut, &c, would float, which was skimmed off. The basket was then lifted out and stood over the vessel to drain for a few minutes, when the grain was put upon a brick floor and a good shovelful of lime was sifted over it and stirred amongst it to dry it; it was then covered over with bags, and was ready to sow next day. Tbe wheat sometimes remained three or four days before it was sown. We did not suffer from rust. I have known the straw to be a little affected but not the grain.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1928, 29 April 1880, Page 3
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