Stem rust attacks the US wheat crop forcing Herbert Hoover’s Food Administration to declare two wheatless days a week

In 1917, Stem rust attacked the U.S. wheat crop, destroying more than two million bushels and forcing Herbert Hoover’s Food Administration to declare two wheatless days a week.

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Source: The American Phytopathological Society
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