Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-04-09

All fields entered were inspected
twice during the growing season to
detect varietal mixtures and the
presence of disease and again in the
bins to detect diseases of the tubersl
that do not show on the tops.
Grading was done by score card
and growers passing certain
grade were given a certificate al
lowing them to sell as certified
seed. A list of these growers for
the past season and addresses with
variety grown is published in the
December number of the Official
Bulletin of the State Board of Agri-
culture which will be mailed free of
charge by addressing l.. C. Cotton,
Chief of the Bureau of Horticul.
ture, Columbus, Ohio.
Potatoe growing is a profitable
business for Ohio farmers, provided
they will give it careful attention
and aim at maximum yileds. AS ad-
verse as weather conditions were IN
Ohio the past season, several grow
ers were found whose yields per
acre were above $50 bushels.
A survey of the State shows that
the main potatoe section Is in the
northern third and principally the
North Eastern corner. Some of the
North Eastern counties plant nearly
as many acres to potatoes as corn.
The more common potatoe diseases
have been classified under three head
ings as follows:
1st. Diseases controlled by select
ing clean seed.
Il Dry rot or fusariln wilt
Black-leg.
Potatoe leaf roll.
i The first two can be detected in the
storage bin by internal discoloration
Potatoes thus infected shoulu, H.,
used for seed purposes. Potato
i, Leaf Roll can. be eliminated only b,
making careful observations during
!. the growing season.
End. Diseases controlled by treat
ing seed tubers.
Scab.
RhiZoctonia.
Rotating the crops and treating tn
: seed tubers with corrosive sublimat
: or formulin for scab ana with corro
! sive sublimate for Rhizoctonia ar
: the recommendations given.
3rd. Diseases controlled by SPRAY
ing.
' Late blight.
Early blight.
Tipburn.
: Spraying potatoes thoroughly wit
4-4-50 Bordeux Mixture or Pyro
5 when plants are about 8 inches hig
L and every 10 days or weeks thert
y after prevents these diseases an
e materially increases yields even
: years when epidemics do not arise.
q A very comprehensive Bulletin o
9 Potatoe Diseases, known as Bulletl
- No. 319 was published by the OH
= Experiment Station recently, whic
: not only gives directions for reco,
!, nizing symptoms of the variot
- diseases, but methods for control ,
- each. A request for this, sent to tt
Agricultural Experiment Static
- Wooster, Ohio will insure its deliver
y y at your door.
h Whether you are commerci
It grower, growing a farm supply,
S only a garden patch, more ca
ID should be given to planting cles
,e seed than has been given in the pa
N and when once started with cles
,e seed, treat, rotate, spray for contr
r of diseases and insects and hill sele
J. from your strongest most disease r
j. sisting and high yielding plants f
your following years seed and "
f. will be amply rewarded in quail
,e and yields and we will hear less abo
o. varieties having run out"
w C. H. Waid
Wauseon, Ohio March 3Oth, 10
~ At the first symptom of cou
a or cold, breathe Hyomei. The be
people always have it in the hou
c. and end cold before it gets dee
lv seated. Sold by Read, Wager
is Gorsuch.
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