The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-06-29
BLIGHT MAY BE CONTROLLED BY
TIMELY AND THOROUGH
SPRAYING.
GOSSIP Of THE STATE HOUSE
A Review Of the Work Of the State
Government at the Capitol and
at the Various State
Institutions.

tension SpeCIdllSL IN LIS
formula is prepared as follows:
Dissolve 4 pounds of sulphate in %
gallons Of water. Stake 4 pounds OF
fresh limestone and dilute with 25
gallons Of water. Mix the two solu.
tions together and apply, mixing only
the amount necessary at n time.
Two and a half pounds OF arsenate
may be added to the solution for con
trolling the potato bug. Pyrox, a
combination OF both poison fungicide,
may be used instead.
For controlling potato blight it is
advisable to begin spraying as soon as
the plants are from five to even inch.
es high and repeat every other week.
place the previously applied material
which has been washed off. 1t is ad-
visable to spray after rains and often
during rainy weather. Spraying is Of
a preventive nature-it is of no avail
nee the disease has gained a foot
hold.
Potato blight is a fungus disease
arif consequently finds warm moist
weather conditions ideal. 1t blights
the tops and may rot the tubers. at
least they fail to develop further. In
der favorable conditions, it may wipe
out a crop in a few days.
Meetings Bring Results.
Nearly sixteen hundred extra acres
Of potatoes are being grown in 81
communities in South Dakota this
summer as the result Of special potato
meetings held in the spring by Geo. w.
Dixon under the direction of the State
college extension division. The total
number of signers is 1T who planted
an average of nine acres each. Early
Ohios lead with 1850 acres, Kings,
second with 1875 acres, and Rural New
Workers. third with 134 acres. The
rest Of the acreage is divided un-
equally among 13 other varieties.
These fields will be examined free up
on request during the summer by an
expert to determine purity and free.
dom from disease.
Sugar Beets Profitable.
Results OF experiments with sugar
beets in South Dakota have been
brought up to date in a new bulletin
Just issued by the state experiment
station, Prof. Jas. II. Separd. chemist,
and r. C. Sherwood, assistant. as au-
thnrc Tho ypor;p,opt ~ Tho loo
four years seem to establish those Of
earlier years that sugar beets are a
profitable crop for South Dakota. both
for their sugar content or as seed in
dustry. The results are based upon
experiments conducted in all parts OF
the state. The bulletin may be obtain
ed free upon request to the director
OF the experiment station, Bookings.
island Surveyed.
Representatives OF the state land
department have completed the survey
of IN island in the Missouri just a
short distance down the river from
Fairbank, which is claimed by the
state. The island covers about 100
acres. and contains quite a.lot OF tim.
Der. Several other islands in the Mis-.
souri, will be surveyed this year and
title claimed by the state under the
provisions Of a legislative act declar.
ing title to all unsurveyed islands to
be In the state.
Better Railroad Service Wanted.
A number Of applications have been
made to the railway commission for
better service at smaller towns in the
state, and a number OF hearings have
been set for this month. Barnard
Bette, Hutton, Victor, Hill Top, all
want station buildings. or the installa.
ton OF agents; while Humboldt wants
a new station. and Elk Point wants
safety devices 1t crossings. A mum.
Der OF hearings have also been set
on petitions Of telephone companies tc
increase rates.
Market Commissioner.
Gov. Norbeck has selected as the
state marketing commissioner Dor
OA
Livingstone Of Watertown. and F. O
Simonson Of Vermillion has been Sc
lected as assistant. This office was
created at the request of the different
farmers associations of the state. and
the selections are Endorsed by the as
sociations backing the movement
John Pay of Milbank has been reap
pointed on the state board OF osteo
pathic examiners.
Winans Appointed. :.
Attorney General C. C. Caldwell
who recently moved his office from
Pierre to Sioux Falls, has appointed
e. r. Winans Of Sioux Falls to the
position OF assistant attorney general
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