The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-11-08
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How 10 save the I,otntOcs.

How to save the POtatOrs.
The Ahaigbty has esiaHlisiisd certain
laws hy which auinal aud vegetable hfe
ARE pertielaatod,- aud although man may
for a tigfe vialaie these laws with benefit
TO hiulsef, ultimate destruction ousues
Look at The potato as II comes from the
band ofits Maker, rank weed, bearing
few tubers OF no value TO man. bnt
plenty OF blossoms, plenty Of seed, SOW
ing itaell and perpctuitng its kind ad
ilRanum and in infinite variety. Man
steps in now and modiGcs the original
law ;hc ignores tho seed the true life, but
selects n trbor and plauls IL instead. ten
jerly cares for II, stimulates an abnormal
growth, increasing IFS sizo aud improving
edible qualities, and calls il one of The
Bsst e.Es OF Providence. But the potato
now lives an individVdi life, not from "gen
GRAFTON to generation, "Q,ke wheat reproduo
ilg itself according 10 its primal law J aud as
an individual, must succumb like mSn Co
tho inevitable feeblcness OF ago. II can
now hardly raise ils own seed Its sap
vessels are weakened hot sun after q
moist day, the most stimulating weather
for growth, causes such rushing crcua
tion that the almost decnyed arteries burst
under the pressure, and blight and de
structiou ensucs, Just as the same causes
produce rust IN wheat II is probable also
that this gradual decay has produced
change In the luids of the plant, rendering
them less rank, than in it's vigorous coudi
tiou, and moro inviting to the insects now
preying upon it. 1t is evident that death
is coming over tho whole spooios, aud in
few years it will be utterly extinct, in spite
Of the so called remedies suggested by
fumbling among second causes, instead of
digging down to the great underlying laws
of God in nature.
There are two rene les Ono Ia to go
back to tho original stock untouched by
the hand of man and repeat the FIRST pro.
cess. lfthis is not possible, then plant the
seed Of the present potato in two years
you have new seed one remove from
rotten potato then plant from this seed
ignoring the previous, and in two years
more you are fJs0 removes from the rotten
potato, and so continue. Thus in every
series you are receding from the artificial
and approaching the natural life OF the
plant and suppose that in len removes
or.twenty years, you may be near enough
TO the original TO begin TO make selections
aud bring them from the tubcrs. Now
where will you find tho young man patri.
otic and persistent enough 10 do this thing Z
Who would venture to run the riBk of he.
ing sent TO a lunatic asylum by talking in
Congress about potatoes l--when every
one there is engaged in President making
aud in getting up petty schemes of per.
sonal ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Unless tho Bureau
OF Agriculture is force9 to give attention
to it, Qor thcre eau be no money made out
oG it for great whilc), we shall have to
fluid something else before many years 10
Pnt into the potato pot.
Apples, peaches, pears, grapes, and all
vegetable life grated or budded, OF in any
way propagated 10 an unnatural method are
all slowly paying the penalty for the viola
tion Of this same law Of ecery hing fyom
bo seed and before many generations pass
away, they will all follow the po.ato to the
ENaYe,--N y Observer.