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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-03
POTATO ROT and THE SEED TRADE
Sound Tubers Selected from Infected Stock
Are Safe for Planting

Orono, Me-, Oct 1.-The following
vas issued today from the office of
Director Charles d. Woods of the
Maine agricultural experiment station
at the University Of Maine:
While losses from late blight and rot
are by no means confined to Maine
this season the reports appear to in
dictate that this disease of the potato
has been more prevalent and has done
more damage here than in any other
important Northern seed growing sec
ton. Some years ago, when some
what similar conditions prevailed, GER
tain agencies in at least one other
state attempted 10 discredit Maine
grown seed on this account. At the
present time the Maine Agricultural
Experiment Station is receiving in
uuiries as to whether potatoes grown
on blighted fields and in which more
or less rot has developed may be safely
used for seed purposes. 1t is well
known that this type Of tuber decay
always begins before harvesting or
during the early part Of the storage
period. After this time no new rot
will appear although it may continue
to increase on the originally infected
tubers. There is absolutely no reason
Why sound potato tubers sorted out
from such lots, and which show no
signs of decay at planting time should
rot be used for seed purposes.
The rot following late blight results
from infection that comes from spores
of the fungus. produced on the blight
ing foliage, which are washed down in
to the upper layers of the soil before
harvesting or which come in contact
with the tubers at digging time. There
is no evidence that the disease spreads
from tuber 10 tuber in storage, al
Trough frequently such appears to be
the case. 1t often happens that pota
toes which appear, with few exceptions,
perfectly sound and healthy when har-
vested show a large amount of decay
after being a few weeks in the cellar
or storage house. This results from
infection which takes place just before
or at digging time rather than from
spreading from tuber to tuber. Pota-
tees which show no signs Of late blight
decay after several weeks in storage
may he considered to be free from the
disease.
The rot following late blight may be
of two types. In wet seasons when the
disease is progressing rapidly in the
field or in the first few weeks Of stor-
age a large amount of the decay may
be soft wet and foul smelling. This
decay is usually secondary and due to
sparophytic bacteria which follow along
after the blight fungus has invaded and
killed the tissues Of the potato. Typi-
cal late blight rot which is the primary
cause Of the trouble appears first as a
brown discoloration on any part Of the
skin Of the affected tuber. At first
this may spread over the tuber fairly
rapidly, involving a considerable por-
ton of the surface. If the conditions
OF storage are dry and cool, dry,
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Bankruptcy Proceedings

Petitions in bankruptcy have been
field with Clerk Warren in the United
States district court in Bangor as fol-
lows:
H. Rogers Staples of Bangor. Sc
cured claim $4,000 to the Merrill Trust
Co. on the Eureka Market building;
amount Of debts, $4,000. Unsecured
claims, $4062.10. The following Ban
gor creditors are in the list: B. r. &
f. Co.. for electric power. $3.50; Louis
KRISTEN & Sons, for land rent, $500;
John Finn. labor and materials, $3.50;
F. E. Hanley, notes, $3.50: Swift &
Co, SIS; Frank Foster, $50: T. P.
McAloon. $40; Wilson & Co., $50;
Eastern Grain Co, s35. Due the city
of Bangor on betterments and taxes
on the Eureka Market building. $1,000.
Frank E. Rundstrom of Mapleton,
farmer. Secured claims, $1240 Unse-
cured. s2,227.O6.
Clarence Tapley of Caribou. laborer.
Secured claims. none. Unsecured, s42.
Chester A. Harding of Thorndike,
laborer. Secured claims, ss4. Unse-
cured. s5e325
Lester 4. McKechnie of Fairfield.
Secured claims, none. Unsecured, Sass.
Alexander z. Cowan of HampNen.
Secured claims. $3.50. Unsecured, 1894.
Alfred A. Starkey and Henry NJ.
Starkey of Ellsworth, doing business
under the firm name of Starkey Bros.
Secured claims, none Unsecured,
S509.92.
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SOLDIER BOYS

chairman J. ]. Keegan of the Sarada-
noe exemption board received a telegram
saturday that President Wilson ha.
passed on two appeal cases taken IN 70
MN from the District Board No r,
'he case OF Sherbrook NJ Howard, who
appeared IRON the decision of the District
Board the President reversed the dect-
sion as he Is employed at the Bath Iron
Works funny thing about the .eIe-
gram was that it announced thar the a.
peal Of Kenneth L. Patterson had haen
thrown down by the President Patterson
worked at the Texas Co, Bath, and thew
CANNED exemption for him and although
ne waived such exemption and was the
nrst man to ask to be sent to Aver IN
some manner the appeal reached the
President.
Clerk of Courts Michael NJ. Clark a.,
Houiton has received cablegram from
Lieut.. Roland E. Clark. notifying him O.
his safe arrival somewhere in France"
The message also brought the news tina.
Lieut.. Clark was well. Just where the
Houlton officer will be located Is NOT
known or to what division of the service
he is attached
Aroostook Pioneer-In the make 10 OF
the 1881 Regiment. now training at West
field. Mass. and which is destined soon
70 60 to France. Houlton military men
are most prominent The head Of the
Regiment comprising former militia men
from Maine and New Hampshire, is Col.
Frank NJ. Hume. The captain Of IL"
company is Elson A. Hosford Roland G.
Findlay is captain OF &C" company and
Hector ]. Carpenter is ? first lieutenant
in M company. Houlton will have
every reason TO be proud Of its sons who
are holding responsible positions in th,.
regiment and to the many other native
sons who form part Of several COM
panies.
II is reported in Bangor that Lieut.. Ar.
thur Smith Of Co. 6 Of Bangor, now in
the regular army. has been promoted to
the Command OF the company, Capt. Dan
lei l. Gould having been transferred 70
command of a supply company.
Washington special says War Depart
ment has dropped 1000 officers from ~
newly appointed reserve officers and will
drop 200 more probably before National
armies reach France. Twenty officers
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How to Stop Loss of Hair
and Start New Growth

Here's good news at last for men and
women whose hair is falling out. who are
growing bald, and whose scalps are COW
cred with dandruf that nothing they
have tried would keep away, and whose
heads itch like mad. Any American
druggist can now supply you with Paris
ian sage Qiquid form). which has been
acknowledged one of the very best things
70 quickly stop loss Of hair and promote
a new growth. entirely Danish every
trace .: dandruf and itching scalp-yet
perfectly harmless and inexpensive.
Thousands can testify to the excellent
results from its use: some who feared
badness now glory in their abundant
hair while others who have suffered for
years with dandruf and itching head got
a clean, cool scalp after Just a few days
use Of this simple treatment.
No matter whether bothered with fall
Ing hair, gray hair, matted, stringy hair
dsndruN, itching scalp or any form Of
hair trouble, try Partisan Sage tonight
Oaly a few messages are usually needed
70 stop the hair from falling, and very
soon you should be able 70 see the new
hair coming in. The very first application
will make your hair and scalp look and
feel 1907 better
Be sure you get the genuine Partisan
cage Giroux 81. this is non-sticky.
delcately perfumed, and viii not streak
Or stain the hair. sent oTt3
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brown decayed area is slowly produced
on the infected tuber during the win
ter. Typically this decay does not go
very deep into the flesh of the potato
and when cut across has a character
istic rusty brown color. However, as
the result of the secondary invasion OF
the diseased areas by other fungi the
entire affected tuber may be changed
into a dry. withered brown mass.
! AS far as known the means by
which late blight can be carried from
place to place and by which it sur
wives the winter is entirely restricted
to these dry-rot tuberS mentioned
above. They carry the fungus in
semi dormant state. Such tubers when
planted produce plants which become
infected with the disease early in the
season, and serve as the first centers
of infection. Regardless of the source
there is no evidence that as is the
case with some other potato diseases,
potatoes which appear perfectly heal
thy after passing the winter in stor-
jage can ever carry with them the
germs Of the late blight fungus. The
purchaser Of seed potatoes has the
matter in his own hands. If he in
sists on sound tubers and plants only
such there will be no danger of intro
ducing late blight with them, regard
less of the amount of late blight and
rot which appeared upon the fields
upon which they were grown.
Spraying with bordeaux mixture is
the only efficient and safe method Of
preventing late blight and rot. No
tubers should ever be planted which
show any signs of decay whatever, but
this practice will not insure immunity
from the disease the following season,
provided weather conditions during
that season are especially favorab BILE to
its development and spread. If seed
.tuhers are planted without any regard
tC removing those which are diseased
it would be idle to contend that as good
results could be obtained from unsort-
cd seed, from badly infected fields as
fl ON seed grown on fields which were
practically free from blight. However,
there is every reason to believe that in
all Northern states where late blight
has appeared and where climatic
conditions are favorable to its occa-
sional occurrence in epidemic form that
| it is always present to some extent
every year on at least a few fields in
each locality. On account of the Won
derful powers of reproduction and
spread possessed by the fungus which
causes the disease it takes but few
centers of infection to cause a general
I infestation of a large area provided
favorable weather conditions are ex-
perienced for a sufficient period Of
time.
BY planting only sound seed tubers
the grower can prevent centers Of in
! lection starting on his own fields and
undoubtedly delays the appearance Of
the disease thereon. The only way
that he can prevent it's spreading from
his neighbors' fields to his is to spray
with bordeaux mixture early and often.
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have been reduced from ranks ranging
from colonel TO captain to that OF second
lieutenant in Quartermasters corps.
Portland Express.
II was announced last week that Bath
man vas disqualified at Camp Devens.
Aver. Mass, tor physical disability, but
Saturday Chairman J. J. keegan received
back the final acceptance papers for the
men who have been sent from here and it
was found that not a man in the Sagada-
hoe delegation had been turned down on
account Of physical unftness. All were
accepted by the regular armv surgeon
and all are assigned to Battery c, SOSd
heavy field artillery.
Romilly Johnson, '06. or Giovanni
Romilly. as he is known in the circle of
musicians. has recently composed a sol
diers' song which is fast becoming popu-
lar with the enlisted men, says the Bow
doin Orient. After doing graduate work
at Harvard Mr.. Johnson studied in Italy
under Lombardi and was member of the
lombard Opera Company for some years,
returning to this country short time ago
and pursuing his musical career in New
York.
Mrs. Harry D. Mcneil Of Bangor has re-
ceived a cablegram from her husband.
DR.. Harry D. Mcneil. now lieutenant in
the U. S. Army Medical Corps. Sunday,
with this simple message: Safe. Health
good
Word has been received that Sergeant
Gun Co.. now a part of the 1o3d United
Two
Q. A. Peavey. 122 Congress street, has
been promoted to regimental ordnance
sergeant with the rank Of sergeant major.
Private Lee Ellis, member of Battery
F. LIST Maine Heavy Artillery, has been
detailed from Westfeld. Mass. to assist
in recruiting at the Bangor U. S. army
Office and is now a part Of the office
force His home is in Hampden.
Word was received that Capt E. E.
Bennett, the officer in charge of the re-
cruiting service in Maine and New Hamp-
shire. has been ordered to Fort Monroe.
Va. where he will act as instructor.
Major Harry NJ. Smith Of Bangor went
TO Boston Monday night to attend con-
ference Tuesday a the Office of Stone,
Webster & Co, to discuss the feasibility
of raising another battalion of engineers
in New England for forestry and lumber
ing work.
Johnny Stewart, the well-known Ban.
gor boxer failed to pass the final exami-
nations at Aver, Mass. and had to return
to Bangor, much to his disgust. One Of
his eyes failed to come up to the rsqured
standard. Uncle Sam has lost a good
fighter in Johnny. man who was never
accused Of lack OF gameness or mixing
in it.
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SIDNEY

NORTH--A little daughter vas born
70 Mr., and Mrs. George A Graves
Wednesday, Sept. %. The little one
has been named Muriel.
Miss Evelyn Jones of Quincy, Mass,
who has been passing few weeks in
the home of her uncle, W. +. Lyon, re-
turned home last week.
b l.. TAYLOR of Farmingdaln attended
Sidney fair Saturday and visited over
Sunday with his brother Charles S.
Taylor.
Sarah Swift os Lewiston is passing
a few weeks with her niece. Mrs.
Charles Philbrick.
Mrs. Charles H. Burgess. Mrs. Ina
Proctor and son. Kenneth, Harry Bur
CESS, John Crowley and Miss Leonie
Boudreau Of WaterVille, who attended
the Sidney fair Saturday, We're guests
over Sunday ~ the formers daughter,
Mrs James A Field.
Miss Arm Taught who has been pass
Ing few weeks with relatives in
town. returned Tuesday to her home In
Foxboro, Mass
Miss Alice NJ. Moore of Augusta, ar
rived Friday noon to pass the week.
end at her home in town.
Mrs. W. r. Lyon, a poultry fancier
Of this town, has a spring pulet hatch
Cd March 4th which stole her nest and
last week came out with a brood Of II
chickens. Can anyone beat this rec
ord
Charles 4. Waite has had the Farm
er's telephone removed from his res
idence and the New England installed
instead His ring is %.
Mr. and Mrs CLYDE H. LYON Of Au-
gusta, Miss Leonora Runnals Of Pitts
field Nrs. George Goodwin Of Kendus-
LYNN. Mass and the latter's mother.
Mrs John II Field were guests Sun
DAY ~ Mr. and Mrs. W Scott Bracket,
the former couple passing Saturday
night
Mr. anf Mrs Everett Homes OF An
eus'a who were in attendance at Sid
rev fair SATURDAY, were guests over
SUNDAY az the latters parents, Mr.. and
Mr. Edward Sihley
Mrs NJ C. Moore and Mrs w. s.
Prackett passed Monday in Togus.
r is reported that the ladies' Of the
Rcd Cross who furnished dinner in
GRANGE Han SATURDAY. during the Sid
rev Town Fair. netted So A much
larrer sum could have boon realized
lad there hoen food sufficient to supply
the dema~f
Nr and Mrs Francis Thwinc and
lI'tle ron Foster of Belgrade Camps
end Mr. and Mrs s c Savtollo Of
oakland wore auto callers SATURDAY, At
~ g Noo-e's tonnes Johnson Of VAS
salhoro was also a caller
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NORTH ANsON

Jane E. Crane of Sterling, Mass. has
sold to Mrs. Alice p. Simmons the
Gahan homestead on Elm street
frank II. Holley who has been i'll
Tor number of weeks is now reported
as improving.
Inc meeting Of the Womans Club Is
to be announced later.
Andrew Gushing has been the guest
of Ira Gushing recently.
LinWood Clifford has gone to the
training camp at Aver. Mass.
Elwood Hunnewell is among the new
students to enter Arson Academy. He
comes from Emblem.
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WISCASSET

Miss Ruth Rines is visiting relatives
and friends in Bath.
Dana Quinnam and Lawrence Dick
inson motored to Beverly, Mass. Sun
day.
Roscoe Reeves Of Bangor Is visiting
Walter Groves.
Miss Blanch Dorr Is visiting friends
in Providence, r. I.
Miss Alice Shea passed the week
end in Southport with Mrs. Charles
Gray.
Everett McPhee went 70 Yynn
Thursday to attend school.
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RECIPES FOR PoTA-
TO DINNER DISHES

Are you eating your share Of the
country's bumper potato crop, asks
the United States Department of Agri-
culture in a recent statement. NO"
that the tubers are once more plenti-
full ard cheap they may we'll he given
n prominent place on the dinner table
continues the statement.
The department makes the follow
ing suggestions in regard to the use
OF potatoes at dinner:
Potatoes at Dinner
Potatoes may be freely used at dim
ner, the variety Which we all like be-
ing secured by varying the ways in
which the potatoes are served. Then,
too one should not overlook the fact
that, since both Of them are foods
which are very palatable sources OIL
starch, by eating more potatoes one
can diminish the bread eaten and thus
help to save wheat, which is such an
important matter at the present time
Many think that potatoes are at
their best when prepared IN the SIM
plcst ways, that is. baked or boiled,
but even so some variety is possible,
for they may be baked in their jack
cts, or with the skins rubbed or scrap
ed of, or pared and baked in the pan
with meat the juice they absorb I'M
proving their flavor. The Skins may De
easily rubbed off new potatoes. and a.
most as easily from old potatoes pro-
vidcd they are first dropped Tor Ten
minutes in boiling water.
Potatoes may be boiled or steamed in
the jackets, peeled entirely, or with
only ring peeled arounG the center.
The boiled potatoes may be served as
they arc, or mashed or riCed. Such
simple changes as these help to give
variety.
Minted Potatoes
Boiled potatoes are at their best
when mealy, SO. after boiling, the wat
or should be poured off, little salt
sprinkled over the potatoes and the
Kettle not quite covered. and placed on
the back of the stove, SO that they
may dry out" If YOU wish a novelty
in boiling new potatoes add a. few
mint leaves to the water in which
they are cooked. In baking pota-
toes one should always remember that,
to be at their best, they should be
served as soon as they are done. If
one can rot serve them at once. the
skin on one side should be slashed
in order to allow the steam to escape
and the potatoes kept hot.
Fried potatoes are also favorites
and the ways IN which they can be
either fried in deep fat or pan fried
are numerous and are we'll known.
Fried potatoes seasoned with onion
are a common dinner dish. and one
should remember that green peppers
can be used with the onions or in
place Of them.
Potatoes with Sauce or Cheese.
Potatoes baked with white sauce and
cheese, scalloped potatoes, and similar
dishes can he used in place Of mac
aroni and spaghetti. and potato dump
lings can be used in place of wheat
dumpiings. Cooked in combination
with other foods, in meat pie for H.
stance. potatoes may be depended up
on as the principal dinner dish. There
ire also number Of dishes. such as
potato pudding. which can be used at
dinner in place Of sweets made Of
wheat -four.
Tested Potato Recipes.
OF the many possible recipes. the
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vIN0L MAKES
WEAK women
STRONG
Positive - Convincing Proof

We publish the formula of Vinol
TO prove convncrgly that 1t has the
power to create length.
ID. cod Liver and Beef Peptones Iron
d and Manganese Peptonates. Iron
and Ammonium Citrate. Lime and
Soda, Glycerophosp pilates. Cascarin.
Any woman who buys a bottle Of
vinol for a weak. run down, nervous
conditions and finds after giving it
fair trial II did not help her. will
have her money returned.
You see. there is no guess work
about VinoL Its formula proves there
lie nothing like it for all weak, run
down. overworked. nervous men and
women and for feeble old people and
delicate children. Try it once and be
convinced.
Bowd.tch- Webster Co. druggists. Au-
rusta Vinol Is sold in Waterville by
w. c. Hawker and In Hallowell by Guy
X. White
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following are suggested as more or
less typical:
Potato Soup.
potatoes Of medium size, cups
skim milk, l small onion, tablespoons
butter or other fat, : tablespoons -four
l IL teaspoons salt IA teaspoon eel
cry salt or l stalk celery cut in inch
pieces, is teaspoon chopped parsley,
little cayenne pepper or paprika.
Boil the potatoes and when soft rub
them through seive. Slice the onion
and scald this and the celery with
the milk. Take out the onion and
celery and add the milk slowly to
the potatoes. Melt tablespoons but
ter or fat, into which mix the dry
ingredients. and stir into the boiling
soup. Boil one minute. strain. add
the remainder of the butter or fat, and
sprinkle with the parsley when ready
to serve. The parsley improves the
looks and odds little to the flavor
but may be omitted if this is more
convenient
Stuffed Potatoes.
A nice way to secure variety is to
cut slice from the top of each baked
potato and sorape out the inside
Mash. season with salt. pepper chopped
parsley or chopped celery leaf, or
onion juice Of liked), and butter, or
savory fat, and heat in little hot
milk; add we'll beaten whites of
eggs. Refill the skins, sprinkle with
grated cheese or hreat crumbs. and
bake in a hot oven about min
utes.
Dreamed Potatoes.
There are several different ways in
which Creamed potatoes may be pre-
pared. % Freshly boiled or colo
boiled potatoes may be cut into small
cubes and served heated in cream
sauce. (2) Wash pare, and cut po-
tatoes into small cubes. Put into
frying pan with a few slices of onion
cut up very fine and parboil 10 min
utes. Pour off water. Add one tap,e-
spoon butter drippines, or ether fat,
seasoning of salt and pepper and milk
enough to cover, Cook for Is or 20
minutes, or until the potatoes are
we'll done and the sauce is thick and
creamy. 1t Is necessary to stir the
potatoes frequently to prevent sticking.
The starch in the potatoes thickens
ticularly good to serve with fish or
chicken.
flashed Brown Potatoes.
Cut cold boiled potatoes into small
pieces g cupfuls). season with salt
and pepper, cook minutes in one
third cup bacon drppings, stirring
constantly. Let stand few seconds
to brown underneath; fold like an
omelet and serve on a hot platter.
These are very sood with hroiled or
fried fish or meat.
Meat and Potato Pie with Potato
Crust.
Boil meat, cut into small pieces,
Mix with potatoes separately boiled
and cut up. and put into a baking
dish. Make crust by mixing smooth
ly mashed potatoes TO which a table
spoonful Of shortening has been added,
with enough -four and water to make
them roll out easily. A pie made Of
a pound Of meat will require five or six
small boiled potatoes. a cupful Of
mashed potatoes, and eight or ten
tablespoonful OF -four, and should be
baked about twenty minutes in a hot
even. Salt. pepper and other season
ing, as onion and carrot. may be added
to taste tablespoonful Of baking
powder makes the crust lighter.
Potato Pudding.
1-2 ID. mashed potatoes & small po-
tatoes> 4 tablespoonful butter or good
cooking fat, eggs, IL cup milk, IA
teaspoonful salt, 1o lemon Guice and
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end guests Of her mother. Mrs. Matilda

end guests Of her mother, Mrs. Matilda
Watson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Watson and
mother and the Misses Leota Kelley
and Alice Taylor made a pleasure trip
Sunday In their new car to Augusta.
Alice Young. the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Young. is very i'll.
Miss Inez Watson. teacher of the
Robbins school, passed the weekend
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Watson Of New Sharon.
Miss Eva Blaisdell who Is teaching
In Readfield came home Friday night
to spend the week end with her par
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ents, Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. BlaisdeD >
this town.
Ashman Ladd, who has finished st
work in Belgrade, has moved 20 N1
Vernon where he will take up "
work Oct. LIST as mail carrier.
Mr.. and Mrs G. II. LeBaron wtr
weekend guests OF Mr.. and ,lrs. Z
A. Wright Of Waterville.