Fungi and fungicides...

Front matter

PLATK T. A>'THPvACXOSE OF EASPBEEHY.

Fungi and Fungicides

A Practical Manual

PART V. Fux^Gi Affectixg Cereal axd Forage Crops Oats 187

"Wheat 194

Indian Corn 202

Sorghum and Broom Corn . . . 21-t

Alfalfa 2ir

Clover 219i iii

Nothing illustrates so practically and satisfactorily the importance and value of scientific investigation as the results obtained by recent experiments in spraying with arsenites for the destruction of insects, and with the copper solution or Bordeaux mixture for the treatment of fungous diseases. After long and patient study and experiment, scientific experts have discovered several causes of the failure of the fruit crop, and have recommended remedies which are proving effective and reliable.

These discoveries are of inestimable value, since without the remedies suggested the spread of diseases and the ravages of injurious insects would soon have put an end to several branches of the fruit industry. — W. C. Barry,

The day is not far distant when fungicides, and the means of applying them, will be as much a part of the equipment of a first-class farm — particularly one devoted to fruit or truck — as is the cultivator or market wagon. — B, D, Halsted,

We shall conquer when we know how. When we, with open eyes and unstopped ears, as true students of nature, acquire the knowledge within the possibilities of our reach, we shall be able rightfully to assert our royal authority and effectually to have dominion over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. — T. J. Burr ill.

The time is rapidly approaching when a farmer or gardener will as little dare to neglect the study of the physiology and pathology of plants, as a surgeon dare practice without a knowledge of anatomy, or a sailor hope to become a captain without studying navigation. — H, Marshall Ward, ir