Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-12-28
FARMERS MEET JOHNSON.
Diseases of the Potato Discussed by Prof.
Jones of Burlington-Oth Topics.

Dee. 10 and elected Mr. IL. y. BecChCr OF
johnson chairman.
Mr. Foster of johnson gave n very cor
dial welcome to the board and assured them
of the confidence Of the citizens and farm
ing community of the county Chairman
Becchcr supplemented the address of wei
come with few fitting remarks.
Mr.. Wiuslow, secretary of the board,
opened the meeting with an address ON the
Outlook for horse breeding He said that
he had been informed that there were al
ready too many horses raised in this section,
ard he queried if this was the case, If only
the right class of horses were produced 1t
might be equally true that too many COWS
were being raised, but it's only true on the
principle that it's too many of the kind pro
duccd. and it is always true that the best
animals will always sell for good prices.
Farmers should not try to raise trottcrs,
for they don't need them, but now is a good
time for farmer to go to raising good
horses, and it viii surely pay. There is no
man who. if he desired a good cheerful
driver. with courage and endurance, will
take anything else if he can get Il Morgan;
and my advice to you is to stick to what
YOU Nermonters can do better than can be
done in any other section of our land
Mr. Sinclar--lIow do you feed your colts
and horses
Oats is Il good muscle producing food.
am now feeding all my horses and colts ON
the floor aud find it a good thing for IA
horse to reach down for their food. For
work horses like to feed cracked corn
DO YOU like to feed dry corn fodder to
horses?
think it would be all right to feed dry
fodder for change.
What do YOU feed a weanling colt Bran
mud rots and sweet SKINNED milk.
Mr. Hayward-Did You ever feed sour
milk:
80. Did YOU
Yes. have fed a six quart pan of thick
sour milk with good results.
Do you think it safe to feed four quarts of
oat. day to weanlmg colt?
Ncs. perfectly safe If you feed high you
must give exercise at the same time.
viii colt do well in summer if fed high
in winter
Don't stop your grain feed at once; when
You turn out to grass keep it up for some
time.
Nlr Heccbpr-Should horses be Watered
before feeding grain or after
prefer to water before feeding.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was opened by a
lecture ON the Potato disease 10y Prof. l..
II. Jones Of the State experiment station.
who illustrated his lecture by charts,
showing the diseases of the potato plant.
He spoke especially of three dieeases-scab,
rust or blight, and rust or rot. All of the
three diseases are the result of a fungus
growth Fungus is plant growth. or
rather a plant of itself, Incredible as it may
seem, a single leaf may and will furnish at
least "a million seed bodies. each one of which
is capable of reproducing itself, and by Il
wind will be carried to the whole field.
When it strikes field, i'll a few hours The
leaves will begin to rust. rot and each leaf
will furnish its myriad of seed bodies, which
if carried down by ram to the tubes will
cause them to rot and spoil. In this way
YOU will find the potatoes nearest the surface
are the most affected In this way we may
carry the disease into our cellars, and th'
next spring we carry the disease back to oul
fields and replant it, by which the disease il
continued
Now we have the secret of cure or how tC
stop it. When the spores are carried ovel
the field by the wind they fail on the top OF
the leaves. aud 10y spraying We can destroy
the life Of the spores. The Bordeaux mix
turc. by its use in spraying, has added tC
our yield at the experiment station at leas
20 per cent as the smallest result, and th'
highest result gave Us 800 per cent incrcas
oyer the field not sprayed
Scab il also disease and may live in tn,
soil Tor five wears, even when there are NJ
potatoes planted during that time. 1t is /
simple process 10 cleanse our seed pOtatOe
and get them free from scab, Battle you
seed potatoes in Il weak solution of corrosive
sublhuatr for an hour and half, having
L'm clean to begin with. and you will Sc
cure clean seed potatoes
Enr,nttla Ior1pol1y mi EiNt
pounds Of blue vtriol and five pounds o
lime to pound of water. Use quick lime
for if air saked lime is used you may xii
your vines Stake the lime in small
amount Of water and strain it Off. An oil,
door screen i good strainer. BE sure yol
strain out every lump. Dissolve the vitro
in dish Of water and strain it off into tn
barrel of water. This is for 30 gallons q
water.
Cover ali the top Of your leaves with th
mixture and You have saved your potatoe,
Quc.tion-W Would you soak your potatot
whole or cut: Whole always.
Mr. Brccher-DoeS il make any ditferenc
in blight whether manure or fertilizer
used 1t is more liable to blight whel
VIC use manure than when we use CONNER
cial fertilizer.
How late in the season did you keep you
potato tops green
This year they were green till the 18th {
October and We're then killed by frost.
Mr. Putuan-Will the old varieties ru
out:
Yes. We ought to change our seed ever
three or four years.
Clement Smith-Mv experience in raisin
potatoes shows that they are the most prof
able crop can raise. / use a small amour
of manure and a liberal lot of phosphate
and last year the blight did not affect then
do not plant deep but harrow the field al
Use the horse hoe 10 bring the dirt up arour
them and cover them Prof. Jones said
preferred late planting for profit. AZ
jourued,
EVENING SESSION.
The meeting was opened by music by Il
orchestra of johnson, after which Mr.. Arr
of the, board spoke off the "Agricultal e
hibit at tho worlds fair mentioning Il
leading State exhibits and dwelling som
what AT length on the position held by We