Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-23
CULTIVATION AND DISEASES OF
THE POTATO.

CULTIVATION AND DISEASES OF
THE POTATO.
Like ewry Other crop. the potato has
ils ensmis,. and !. subj,o, 10 many dis
eases peculiar 10 iissll S0ms,imss Il IL
attacked IN the leave. and stalks and
somsiimss Ia The tubsrs. bu, !, always
hs. produced a partial crop in this eoun-
ty. UndG proper cultivation !, Is less
liable b. injured by drooIh than the
corn crop. II will grow and flourish on
land so c'o.c ani low a. 10 De unfit FOR
corr. Many times producing extra crops
vhsre bat little Of sny other crop usually
ni.el On lhs farm could b. produced.
To melhod usually adopted Ia cul,iva-
zion q billing ,h- sf,~ias crop and
lea,irg che ground ia hrgs foss q bills.
n' doubt originated Ia The practice Of
raising plis,oc. on land % los as 20
make ihis riigins rsoessafy The Pota'
% seems 90 have b,cn fret cultivated on
lad who're slffacs draining ~as neces,a-
~. Thsss ridges scfc called "lasy
t,i,- AMI were Gr, m,de by covering
che sets Of potatoes w.'h 'Pii With
the sol taken from bsfscca TIE rows.
tiefcby having small Expressions tia,
served Ia aa inp.rfec' manner ihe par.
poe Of disiaing ih' surface water from
,be so.l Thes. lazy b,i' are s,llI COM
non b. May PER-. q Ireland, bu, are
quite rare 10 Eigaal aal S;o,l'ai.
they are Wy u.sfll "a siroas. hs''y
and somssh.i moist lani.. In such
and potato, are usually caluya'ed in
raised ihu. BAT on lighter soii' ihs fAi''
.as % che d'iils 3, unnecessary
A -ouv.Plaisn' Of the H'n' Frrm.
o giving ihc result. o! esPsnmsa'' ia
r,i,ins p,,alas', say, that o. the Pla'
shers Gle golal va, NJ, raised tie
,i,ll vas no, qs.'c opal 6, those ~hsrs
aI..as "a. prse'ic,d Bat De dos no
tate tle k.ri or coalition u the s5l.
naf We f,il % zee the cool 70 BE- DE-.
lived from raising large hills aroand the
lota.o,s oa ground that l. dry Oar sS-
pru,rce ~i,h most crops leafs us 20 keep
.a,h lard a. level ~ possible. AMI fro'
llsnty riuag che surface 20 Keep dosu
'te wccls an make layer % dfy slr.
face sol that acts a. mllsh. keepios
,te reminder % ih- sol most by pr
venting ,ap1fai.oa Oa 'lrh land there
50 irck of moisture aal by killing. The
rails an w,,h a-sy from The gov ns
rog vhefe their ,a.ci is most nectei
al f1- into ihs hollas, leaving ts
stale ESD ablse surface u m,i,ilfs I'D
,aruos n, ihs lack u neces'sry 'a'i,-
a,acc. Al ihi, l. avoided by level ca
ilfe. Macy farmers think ths pi'ao .
. gto,. fccicf aai thus an eNhaa'ief Of
he ,1.l Others think that wiih the sane
amalai of fertilization. l.ni u In In
Better c,nlitoa Or failure crops BY the
il,sil ihan any other crop. Oar iieA -
.ast any crop cHhslsis the s'il oi other
60. secofdiag a. ihs sroind is prepared
l, maturing. five can ali eaoash plan,
I'D Ia ihr .haPs q MANURE % more
han cover thc amount necessary 10 pro-
la,, a crop. oar lad vii constantly
nproys baiifcoa.inaall, cropped si'h
iai r-,sraias %, bA'aaes b. will As con-
taaily sros poor. ~ matter whA, crops
,rs planted
M.,h care is necessary "a the fer,ilif'
s.oa Of guand Or potatoes. too maeh
luf,rm,ai.d manure placed directly upon
fhe ,c-d being apl 20 cause ~ and other
unl,sl disease. Glano Aai other ar
tfcal maagfc, cause q too laSunani
sros,h of tops wh.-h .h1ald b. glardsd
against by dimiai'lias tae ql.niiiy OF
more thoroughly iac,fP,failas ii With
che col Ia case much bAfn-yard ma
cure D. u.,d. h Is much better - apply
g IN zoe fall or eary winter. and sllos
be- ss,i1a q the frost to Pilssrii' aud
.4biae b.
The po,ai, should never be dug until
'ai'y ripe. The use Of garden potatoes
Ia an uniipe state is very injurious !, Is
greed By high authorities tia, they con-
lace 10, a huls % the prevalsacs Of
ao'era AL kiairsl disease, in sumner.
In storing potatoes fo' Water the Ugh,
.hlall b. excluded a, mach As p,s,be,
q, is ,H,c, b, 20 iora them green, injure
hri, keeping qaalilie. and make ,hsn
lnwholesome.
TIE mos, important disease tina, at
,sck, the potato 9. the Potato Dsedse or
Nsuaia. Thi, was first observed in
icfmany and assumed very serious
haracisf near Liege in 1912 10 1874
81, broke on, ia Canada, and proved very
destructive. In lSij Il was frs, noticed
10 Eagland and IL, ravages were the d.
rec, cause Of the Irish famine ia lsi6.
ltnged ira number Of years. bu, begun
% abaie ia 1871. And nov oaly occa'
.ionaly trssk. on, in particular loeAli-
les. Il IL noticeable, however, that
Dearly al the varieties Of potatoes eul,i-
waited 10 any considerable extent before
/ SO have disappeared and been replaced
BY others. Ba, still. potatoes newly
grown from seed were sonsiimes at