The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-14
IRISH POTATO ROT.
IT'S SPREAD INCREDIBLY FAST
Whole Fields Hainsd in single nay
There = No Known nemsdy for
the Blight.
l1evl York aun

lNeu York Sun.
The report of the Irish land commissions
ers on the condition of the potato crop al
through Ireland shows that the potato
blight or rot has spread to eli parts Of the
isiand. In West Cork the yield 10 far BE-
!ow the average. In the poorer districts Of
mayo the crop IL . total failure. Nothing
stands between the people and starvation
during the coming winter except the gem
erosity Of Europe and Amerf :.
Whatis this potato blight, or rot, that
can bfing famine to Z nation7 II seems to
b 1disease TO which the potato has been
pore or less subject for many centuries;
out only during the past fifty years has it
prevailed over such great areas of country
- to bring famine. Its prevalence in Can
ada and Ireland in 1916 made IL
known m that year to scientific farmers al
over the civilized world, and toward the
close Of the summer of l845 everyone, rich
and poor, high and low, learned and nm
learned, became aware that the disease had
appeared and threatened to destroy the en-.
tire potato cfops It was first visible in the
Isle Of Wight, about the middle of August
Of that year; about week afterward 1t
had become general throughout the so1th
Of England; early In September II began its
ravages IN Ireland, and shortly afterward
It was discovered In Scotland.
One farmer accurately described It's ap-
pearAnce q follows: Toward the close of
the month Of August observed the leaves
LOT my potato pianist to be marked with
black spots, as If INK had been sprinkled
over them They began To vither emit.
ting peculiar, offensive odor; and in less
than Z fortnight the feld which had been
singnlaylv Inynr;.nt and .Ivrost -.rk -
:. =. I'D .,,J S.;-ss 800 - -. 49, - -
800 ~ s.'u usieo w 40 " .sevele
.,o .au .no potatoes aug our curing
the month Of September. when about two
thirds were either positively rotten, par
TALLY decayed and swarming with worms.
or spotted with brownish colored patches
resemblinp fash that had been frostbittan.
Thase r.rts 80. ,cft 3, az. tn,,oh. .ra -.
~. Ssd -. 80 80 - 80 s -. -.
-. - po'asv,S no'l'0u "ni'e sup-
s'~nce IKE mouio.
~ would occupy too much space to de-
tail the different theories and opinions rela-
tive to the causes of this disease advanced
in 1916 and the years Immediately follow
10. Suffice it TO say that the majority
were l6nacI01S. All such theories as i'm
puted 1t TO electric conditions, sun spots. to
wet weather. or other meteorological con-
ditions have been proved erroneous. The
gradual accumulation of fresh facts and
careful microscopic studies have made it
clear beyond dispute that the potato dis.
ease Is not only ACCOMPANIED by. but re-
suits only from 4 Growth e monld ~
srr-r. ~, $3.50. - -...... = --.se
.-.s--~ a.. -. .'-
sss.u.ss ~, not - mere anytning IN one
sSo,ss ~ pO.ssG plant more IMAM ~ an
osnSI pIeolspose u % the attack
notsto hasstiv o ~ mrpe nH wo,us ~
U Wo can Mlln 1 .ne attacks o. sne mould.
:. .vl &. - nas cset ueen CiscOveIcu.
- - ~. GVuptIu, = any anouht OF ooctoring
III III sne uisoase WAsnous destroying the
pv srsN s
- .hc nou'r = Ee1uy Paant OF colecsIon
pasnss. Escn pians eroWs rom Wnat IS
eer 81 tbs n'.ns rbch y. inS sseo q
y aa ana 80 sma. Is 20 % lnvinDle
~ sne naKea eyG-ln0eed, oVo OF tnem
we're put tOeetner. emo 20 emo, the Wnole
Moulu neasuf9 only one lncn: Inns SEED
sPo1e uoa,s IN Tue aIl untii - .gnss on
spus Sui'aple lor ,ss grown. ms SPOT -
usuay suo un us Sue ~ ieai OF the
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e ss,I s snodouknly Osslsplgao WIN = ciose
snu uaIuSl coveIlns. IA one OF tnese
nolss IA sne unoeI sulisce OF the ieaI the
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, ,oues' ea,ank vus tue SOY insioe cells Oh the
,ea., anu uuMaseiy scnoine OUT 1eftiie
olancnes snrougn tue noies IN the uaoer
. covering. neso olancnes are some
LINES slnSIo stems ana someone's
stems VIII many pfancnes IKE 9
nlnla'uIe trSe' Dut Always a. tne eno OF
csery pIancL sack ContaininE "a nm
tnense ,; nuMoGl "a ekes VI seoos. II taxes
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s anu eis.r sne.r seeus IN Muiuru0es
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WIG .cI l:ss.: Az uvs lew aec.eu PIsnts
ay ua s VIC ulscaS9 ove1 laIko ex.
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.la .',, sael: usu'neSS ~ saylns tuas We
couu imagine .ne wnolc ol ureat britain
~ - iioi euc ulseasT, anu sligie inlec.eu
neio soms wnefs IA rrancS vi ueImany,
snas'e pun VI VIM wonu senu .Ls seeos
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