Excerpt from The American Elevator and Grain Trade, Vol. 45: May 15, 1927The grain rusts, including stem rust and the leaf rusts, have caused greater losses in the Wis consin grain fields than all other diseases of these crops combined, declare Badger State grain ex perts. The control of these rusts can be obtained in two ways, by eradication of the host plants, which enable the stem rust and crown rust of oats to over-winter, and by the breeding of rust resistant strains of the different cereals. The eradication of the common barberry which has been in progress for several years is giving good results in reducing stem rust losses, and the breed ing of rust resistant strains of the principal cereal crops has also been progressing. Since the bar berry eradication has progressed actively, rust out breaks now occur 'only locally in Wisconsin.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.