Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1919 — Treated Seed Wheat Makes Good. [ARTICLE]

Treated Seed Wheat Makes Good.

Shelbyvllle. June 18. —A two-day tour of inspection of wheat fields In Shelby county, during which comparisons were made of the extent of smut found In fields grown from seed that had the hot water treatment last year, with fields from untreated seed, was brought to a close. The tour was In the charge of Russell O. East, county agent. It showed good results for treated seed wheat. Shelby county Is the first county In the United States to attempt the eradication of smut In wheat by the hot water treatment, says Prof. F. J. Plpal of the botanical department at Purdue university. Mr. Plpal said the hot water treatment has been known for 20 years, having been devised by a Norwegian botanist and later modified by the United States department of agriculture. For a long period it was used on a small scale, and In an experimental way, he said. Mr. East was the first to demonstrate that the treatment of the seed wheat by hot water could be used on a large scale.