The Penn's Grove record., 1891-05-01
SALEM COUNTY BOARD OF AGRI-
CULTURE.

The regular quarterly meeting of the
Salem County Board OF Agriculture
was held in WoodstOwn OIL the 22nd.
There was a fair attendance, consider
ing ii is a busy season with the farmers.
After tile usual routine business, Edw.
e. Brick, a delegate to the State Board
made a brief report Of that meeting.
An instructive paper OIL Market
Gardening for Profit" was read byTheo.
L. d. Baker, the successful market
gardner, Of Bridget0n.
Prof. Byron D. Halstead, of the
State Experiment Station, New Bruns-
wick, addressed the meeting on dis
eases of the sweet and white potato.n
His remarks were brief, owing to limi-
ted time. He stated that the Station
had been making Investigations cover
ing over a year past, but they had not
reached such u point as to be able to
offer any remedies, as those tried we're
too expensive to be practicable. His
remarks were confirmed to the cause
and effect of the diseases, and lie made
his remarks more practical by exhibit.
ing drawings of diseased potatoes, en-
larged microscopic views, &c, &c.
All plant life being divided into two
great classes-flowering and flower
less,-in the latter W have the fern,
moss, lichen, water plants and fungi;
the last being the lowest in order, 'iav-
ing stems, leaves or roots, but being
made up Of so intensely minute cells
that $4,000 of them would occupy but
an inch of space. Plants may lie eff
fected by fungi or insects, Or by all
ments caused by neither of those; but
! his remarks he dealt with fungoid
diseases.
The first mentioned was soft rot of
sweet potato, developing after dug,
due to the fungus, and is not confined
to sweet potatoes, but could and has
been transferred to carrots, beets. tur-
nips, apples, oranges, etc. he rot
usually commences during the sweat
ing of potatoes, and IL spread by the
spores of fungi dying and carried by
the wind. The black rot perhaps is
the most serious to growers, can be
carried from one season to another by
using diseased potatoes to secure sets,
the disease not being always noticeable.
Field. soil or ground rot of the sweet
potato is not transmitted so readily,
attacks potato early and stops its
growth at point attacked; cannot spread
Over whole potato as black rot, nor
after potatoes are dug. These diseases
may have to be starved out by plant
ing other crops until the germs are
dead. The bin rot, a dry decay, at
iacks and dries up the potato, and il
,,,,t uarp abundant III. uorrf 40.
rusty-coat, is only skin deep. and does
not rot the potato. The white. potato
rot, such as was so prevalent in this
vicinity last year, is a fungi attacking
the leaves, turning them brown, pass
ing down the stem into the potato, or
may reach the potato by ia. ling and
soaking into the ground. 1t travels
several inches in a day. but if vines are
taken of soon enough may be preven-
ted from reaching the potato. 1t de-
vslops fast in fOpgy weather.
Prof. Halstead was extended u vote
of thanks for his remarks.
A paper by Hope l.. Moore, of
Mulllca Hill, ON production of Eggs
for Market" was read by the Secre-
tary.
Empson Atkinson made some re-
marks in regard to spraying fruit trees
and a committee consisting Of the fol-
low ing, were appointed TO make ex.
perimpnts and report at a future meet.
ing: Empson Atkinson, Moses L. NJ.
Garrison, Woodruff Petit, Edgar G.
Moore, Howard Bassett. and A. j.
Davis.
"CauSes, prevention and cure of scab
in white potatoes" was named as one
of The subjects tor discussion at the
mex meeting.
ADJOURNED to iueet at Elmer in July,
next.