The Republican journal., 1897-08-19
Potatoes are Rusting.

Potatoes are Rusting.
Until this week the outlook for a bic
potato crop in Maine was excellent. There
was good area planted, and though they
We're put in Late, the plants were unusual
ly thrifty. Since Monday a score of let
ters have come to the News office from
different parts Of eastern Maine, saying
that the side leaves had begun to rust and
the indications were that the plants would
be killed before the tubers were grown.
Potato rust and potato rot are one and
the same malady. They are both due to
a microscopic tiowerless plant--alied to
mildew and mold--which sprouts aud
comes up on the leaves, absorbing and
destroying the vegetable tissues and caus-
ing the plant to wither and lie. Later
the action of the rains wash the spores of
the plant rust down among the roots, and
they attack the tubers, causing potato rot
Various remedies have been tried with
fair success. The old method was to cut
the tops as soon as the rust had killed
them and carry them away to a place
where they may be burned. In this way
the spores are prevented from reaching
the tubers and no rotten potatoes are
found. But the cutting of the tops al
ways lessons the yield, and few farmers
have practiced the method with success,
Agricultural experiment stations report
that the common bordeaux mixture APP
piled to the tops as soon as the rust APP
pears is an etfectual remedy. Ii farmers
could be induced to spray their potatoes
with this inexpensive compound no doubt
they would find it a good investment
Meanwhile, the potato rot, which ragged
so badly 30 years ago, and which caused at
least three terrible famnes in Ireland. is
losing it's virulence-getting run out, as it
We're. Potatoes rot more or less every
year, but the per cent. of loss is not great
The practice Of planting early and rapid
growing varieties has robbed the rot Of its
terors and made the careful farmer sure
Of fair crop every year Beyond doubt
the harvest of Maine potatoes will be
good this year, rot or no rot. 1t is hoped
that better times and q generous tariff
WI tend 10 keep the prices mp so that
the farmers may get a good return for
their labor, Bangor Daily News.
"What is your darling little baby crying
about, Mrs. Stebs? %
so, her papa thought she wasn't old
enough to notice, and went and bought her
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Free Press.
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Young Peduncle (mopping his heated brow
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He-They say there are microbes is kisses
she-l have always wondered what mi
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