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IN reply to a question by Major Thorneycroft in the House of Commons on February 4, as to whether, in view of the importance which the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries attached to the increased production of spring cereals, he would consider making it compulsory on all farmers to disinfect their seed according to the best modern practice, Mr. Hudson said that he is anxious that all oat and barley seed should be dressed this spring with a mercury dressing to prevent disease but he prefers to rely on propaganda and advice rather than compulsion. War agricultural executive committees are carrying out campaigns to this effect.
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Disinfection of Cereal Seed. Nature 151, 194 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151194e0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151194e0