Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-10-14

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% ths sssjeet of ths petaso csop, - i
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remove from tbs sssd 81 "sprosts." H
Obtained potsasss e.. .asbis ~ too vseka
sasiies shas sbsse vhe seklscssd Ills pse
csstios, end ~ sssasised - Iess ffoa
shs petstos disease. rhs samples eshib.
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spssi6estisssss Ne sppesnscs = tbe e.
sieslssmi speeiosss. sslss - . wboIs.
wAss Il " . sosres n regret sbse ve sss
~ set by . hsyes ssmbes n or isrm
~ sbeo de eastern portion Of orr county,
this mestiss hss demoosirssed de ippor-
isst het thsf ve seed not TO Be Ashamed
Of Tie prcducss osr eovsty is cspsbIe ol
Psosscisg. IDdulgisg . hope tbae our
fsrmeu will se6oabIe tbeis eEosss during
The next s<ssos, SD join viii - 1t oss
next ssssai sesdsg, IN denoosssssine
wose fsIly vsr agricultural rssosrces, ~
ceseIsde tbs isbors you hsss assigned ~.
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Mr.. Ws. yAy OLssDA ssboittsd he
follosiag comm usicasios:
FoTAfve IssEAse. 's'
The general prevssenee Of The potasoe dis
ease this fsH tbreugbsst our County, viii,
I doubt not, render any suggestions - to
the csss> or anything psrpo1inE TO be >
~~eds . subject Of interest to III, ssd e.
pecisily, 70 The isrmer.
Previous 70 1874, fotstoes Of vhstevsr
kind or however cultivsted we're free from
what 10 nov known ss the Potssoe roe.-
No.vitbstsnding the opinion Of many able
writer's thss Tie p'ise.pse Of ths disease
does not lie N the ssuosphers. nor depend
upon any external influence, / am in.
clined to believe thst the disease never has
occurred to any considerable extent EXCEPT
in two connectiops-6n., when dry, hot
weather has suddenly been followed by
~e: cold wind; the intensity Of subsequent
disease seems to bs graduated ty the in.
tessity Of these qualities in she ves,hss,
aud 0poo the return Of good weather, the
leaf becomes discolored and the blossom
falls, BY premature ripening Of the plant,
snd usually BY diseased stste Of the tn.
Der; most other tropical plants, Il will be
suf4er ., the ,ams time, such o.
melons, eucumbers, tomatoes grapes &c.
Is this liability Of the potstoe and other
tropical plants. to become diseased, strange
when we consider the uniformity of their
native climates compared with cur own
Second, the other condition which ve wish
70 notice il, the season Of frequent warm
rains. alterpated BY burning sunshine. snd
continuing for some two weeks Or more,
not only the potasse becomes diseased,
but rust and miIdev are the result Of this
state Of the wesshsr, tbsse being the effect
and not the cause in this case.
Il sometimes happens, however, that the
potstse does not show any indications Of
disease when put into the cellar, until the
wister or early spring, which ve think
may be tracesble 70 the fact that they
ripened late. and the weather too cool and
damp TO suit the constitutions Of the plaot.
There 10 perhaps one ebjeetioa 70 the
above theory which deserves sosice here,
and that is. the regency Of the occurrence
Of the disease. True, tbsss causes to
~b,ch we have attributed the disesse, ex-
listed prior TO The occurrence Of the disease
itself; but We would observe in the expIi.
cation II ,his difficulty, Grst. thst It Is not
. new thing thst plants, like the potatoe,
brought from bot, uniform climsss, into
. cold, changssbls oss, should suffer vber
subjected 70 . highly stimulating course
Of culture, Of raised yeas after ysas from
The Old tabes, OF potasos, instead Of he
seed ball, st least. aiiss ~ Interval Of >
fev yeass. Again, new varieties have been
Introduced into our coustry fro. South
America, which have resisted these in6u-
ences Of the weather, and is short time
become adapted to our norsbern climate.
With ,hess few and hastily prepared
thoughts, We Iesvs this part Of the subject
Tor sbier minds to psrsue, and tsrs 0ur
for few oomsnts TO the sub.
ject 6
A remedy for the pststoe sot, - il was
called, vas publ,shed 10 Europe b Pro-
fessor BoLLAAs, in 1851 or 2, and re-pub-
lished, " some extent, in this country.
The remedy sllsdsd 70, consists io drying
the potstoes 10 $ kiln Or stsvs previous 70
planting. In The State Of New York,
market gsrdsaers sDd private individuals
bavs pssct;csd . sinilss method, BY put.
liag tieir sssd potaaoes iste . dyy And
wars roo0 for seus days Or weeks bssose
planting.
This treatment doubtless is philossphie.
d, although not gsaersily ce@pSsbsodsd
by those who adopt Il. These - called
although beneficial in many in.
stances, failed in 1886 snd 1851.
The chemical chan 0es fr fraaafcema.