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Fort Hays State University FHSU Scholars Repository Buildings & Facilities Campus History Collections 7-31-1933 The Dutch Elm Disease Breaks Out Anew U.S. Department of Agriculture Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/buildings Recommended Citation U.S. Department of Agriculture, "The Dutch Elm Disease Breaks Out Anew" (1933). Buildings & Facilities. 425. https://scholars.fhsu.edu/buildings/425 This Document is brought to you for free and open access by the Campus History Collections at FHSU Scholars Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Buildings & Facilities by an authorized administrator of FHSU Scholars Repository. INFORMATION FOR Ti-rE PRES,SU. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREO FFI O E O F 11'l P O .R M A T I O NPRESS SERVICEIIIIII.",~ llRelease - Immediate WASHINGTON. D. C.THE DUTCH ELM DISEASE BREAKS OUT JlliEWJuly 31, 1933"The 1)u t ch elm disease has bro ken out anew in the Un ited, St at es.This t i me it has been fo~~d in the state of New Je rs ey . Already sixty-nineauthentic infected trees have been found scattered among the elms of an ~rea ofperhaps a hundred and fifty square miles in Essex , Huds on and Passaic count Les , IIsays R. Kent Beattie of the Bureau of Plant Industry, who has jus t re turne d t oWashington after investigating the outbreak i n New Je r sey . The Public WorksAdministration; acting un,der the National Industr ial Recovery Act, has authoriz-ed t he Department of Agri culture to spend up to $80,000 to combat the disease.This new epidemic infection is in tpe vicinity of our largest seapor tand is in an area where the elm is one of our most important trees, and it isal so feared that the disease may be present in ot her locali tie s from which ithas not yet been reported. Therefore, tree lovers everywhere should examinetheir elms."Watch for Wilting or yellow or brown leaves ·accompanied by brownstreaks in the young wood ,, " Mr. Beattie advises . "When such cases are f ound ,cut pieces of the infected t wigs as big as a l ead pencil and send t hem t o t heDutch Elm Disease Laboratory, care Experiment Station, Wooster , Ohio. I fyou a r e in the . infected region or its yicin i t y send your spec i mens to, orcommunicate With, t he Dutch Elm Disease Office - - - - - - - - - -197-34jl "\I • f .,...,. ../- 2 -care Sha d.e Tr e e Commi ssion , City Ea.I l , Eas t Or a nge , N. J . .tc} ephone No, Orange3-4100. There are other di s ease s wi th th;; s ame s;yclpt oms and we cannot oe sur eof the cauce of t he trouble t ill the spccinlcrw have b e en cultured . IIli Th e Cl eveland, Ohio, infection of this disease seems t o be wel l Ln vhand , Ifsays Mr. Bea t t i e. "T~l.1r 0 6 t r e e s were found in 1930; four in 1931; non e in 1932, andone t :ree tree thus far t hi s year . OnJ.;1 O~"1e t r e e was ever found in Cincinna.ti andthat in 1930. These ar e the only infections fO'IBld on t h i s continent till the out-'b r eak in New J e r s ey."Al l the New J e r s ey St a t e and local authorities are coope rating with theFe~eral department t o find and eradi cate this disease b'ef ore i t sp r ead c f'ur thcr ,A fo rce of men is alrE:8.dy at work in the region . But t h e working forces nre in-adoquc.t e . Eve ry t r ee lov er mus t help . i7atch your el ms . "The U. S. Department of .A.gri c1.1_l tlu~ e Ci r cu l a r 170.....C, entitled , "Th e DutchElm Dt seas e " gives detailed i nf or mat ion i n r egard t o t~L1is dis ease.- - - --DP--- - --

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