SMUT IN OATS.
■<©« We have just noticed in the "Land" an article unner this heading. We have also noticed the recommendation of the "inspector" abcut bluestone. Ten years ago W8 published an infallible remedy for thi3 curse, and we reproduce it here for the benefit of "inspector" and any others similarly afflicted: — "Soak the seed in a solution of formalin* One.quart of iormalin to 20 gallons of water. There will then bs no smut in tbe oata if this is done. This was discovered at one of the experiment stations in America some ten or twelve years ago, and it ought to be painted on evsry telegraph nole in every agricultural country in the world. If that fails we suggest that each farmer who growa oats should be compelled to carry the prescription round the band of his hat." — Dairyman.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 662, 22 April 1914, Page 7
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140SMUT IN OATS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 662, 22 April 1914, Page 7
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