The New York herald., 1872-09-16

abundant eecrcy Ths act a ' he noe
Of and may be improved upon by scientific men.
A Mr.. Hallett suggests that the great remedy for
the disease in potatos is to select proper seed.
Disease" he says, "ds as much hereditary in
plants as man." Acting" he says, "upon this
view have for years carefully selected my potatoes
for seed and, upon the assumption that the disease
reaches the potato through the haum, have
always rejected the whole Of the produce Of any
plant which presented any appearance Of disease,
and although this may have been manifested on
only one or its forty or fifty potatoes, and even
on this but slightly, have rejected them all re
tainted blooa6 \ And the writer thus Concludes
"Y0ur own report from Wolverhampton as to the
freedom from disease OF the imported American
red-rose potatoes seems to support my view."
venting the disease. Having begun by the state
ment that while In gardens on each side Of his the
den have escaped altogether, he goes on to say
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Another fact OF Importance in relation to the
present failure is that the earlier crops escaped
almost unhurt. 1t is the later crops which princi-
One thing above all others brings ont in relief the
appalling proportions OF the catastrophe-namely
daily proposed in the newspapers. Dr. Hooker, the
Curator OF Kew Gardens, was actually asked by
as sS U poso
be saved. DR.: Hooker accordingly writes to state
that the starch Of the potato is not affected by the
uss s rest s potato ss,sss Msd tie &c " STARCH
bread CRATER nto tSS Of cold water Ii few
minutes the starch sinks to the bottom, while the
I1 Should be ptSi poured ed away along with the water
Fresh water should be again added the starch stir
red up and again allowed to settle; Two or three
washings of this kind remove all impurities and
render the starch ft for use. DR.. Hooker also sug-
gests that efforts should be made to spread among
the turnip and other vegetables now wasted or
given only to cattle and sheep.
THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
In addition to the failure OF the potato disease
agricultural interests In England are threatened
with another calamity-nameiy, the spread Of the
The following article from the Daily Ne,cs of to-
day gives an interesting account OF the progress
already made by this disease:-
Seeing tina! ihs p malay malay has now extended to almost
land some statistics as 70 the aeaal number Of animals
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% BY foot Snd
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The ncrent local authorities the corresponding
widespread as It has been this season We question
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legislative body who has taken deep interest In all
%setns meeting held az xor%e he other the
last live weeks there had been returned 10000 cases
tleman present whether those figures represented
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fully Justify the Prvy Council, in opinion, in en-.
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disease In Us normal state but p M emergency such as
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Immediate steps should be taken with view to protec
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. bad reputation Tor hsrborins foot and