RUST AND SMUT.
No farmer should omit to steep his seed wheat in some, caustic solution that will destroy the germs of rust' and smut, A solution of four ounces of blue vitriol—sulphate of copper—dissolved in aigallon of 'water for each' five bushels of seed, which is steeped in. it till it is absorbed, has been found the' most effective.- Strong lime-water, salt brine, and old/chamber lye, which contains a ; large quantity of ammonia, have all been used with BenefitV Smut ia increasing rapidly, Few grain crops are free from it,and all we can do to help ourselves 'to.preyent . it is to use these
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1664, 19 April 1884, Page 2
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104RUST AND SMUT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1664, 19 April 1884, Page 2
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