Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-09-22
SWEET POTATO DISEASE
Plant Pathologist Urges Cleaning and
DiSinfeetiOn of Storage Houses

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DisinfectiOn of Storage Houses
A. 4 II. College, Mss. September
I6-iu q statement Jod~y tnat me
amount OF alSeaSe among sweet po-
tatoeS in Mississippi Was n~ouceaoy
decreasing, D. {. Neal, Pant Patho-
logIst of the Agricultural Experiment
Station. asserted taat Tar more On
plants of loss from rotllng were made
0y farmers and country agents a few
years ago than at present, ard at
tmouted this condition to the fact mat
growers generally are informing them
selves about sweet potato diseases
and adopting the precautions neces-
sary to prevent rottlng.
An important measure urged at this
time is the thorough cleaning and dis
infection of storage lclSeS. In a
personal letter, the State Plant Board
has already appealed to all storage
house owners to clean and dlSlntect
their houses before putting IN the
new crop, and any grower expecting
to store his potatoes in a curing
house should insist on its disintec-
ton as a rightful protection to has
interests. The storage house should
be cleaned out carefully and sprayed
thoroughly with a solution made by
dissolving | pound Of copper sulphate
(bluestone) in % gallons of water, or
a solution made of l pint of commer-
cial formalin in 80 gallons of water
NAV be used. Either a knapsack
sprayer or a compressed air sprayer
is excellent for applying these sol
utions, or if a sprayer is rot avail
able a mop will serve the purposa.
Equally satisfactory results may DOE
obtained with a solution of | ounce
of bichloride of mercury in 8 gallons
Of water, adding enough lime to give
the consistency of ordinary white
wash This may be applied With white
wash nozzle or with a mop. All crates
or containers should be dipped into
n of these solutions.
Another important precaution urg-
ed is the hand -culling of all potatoes
before placing in tho STORAGE house,
Care in this operation will almost
eliminate Black Rot--~m potatoes
stored in clean houses. For any IN
, formation about sweet potato diseases
or the disinfection Of potato STORAGE
houses. write the State Plant Board,
i, A e M Co1'o~e Me
: CLAY LYLE, Inspector
: In Charge Educational Work
Two gasoline engines, one 4 and
,ne 8 II. P, both on trucks. Also two
. Jersey bulls and t7ro J lsey heifel
n ,%alves, registered: iwo Grade cows
s%pringers, &. 6 THOMPSON
t COTTON RECEIPT LOST.
Grenada Cotton Comp'tess cotton rec'1p
has been lost and duplicate applied for, AL
rarties are warned not to buy or trade TO
same. G ?. WALLER
CITATION NOTICE
: III II of MHs}s5ippi
In ~" Cho~ "o"~' "f N"vn'"" Count
Mrs. Beatty Cockrell. Complainant, VS. c. 7
It Grace ct al, Defen6ants.-No 1850. 49,.
To Mrs. nrlt, Rr"vn " non 80 'A"r' rf ~
, State of Mississippi, whose Post Office ad
/ dress is Greenville. Virginia, Mrs. Eff
Is Williamson a non resident of the State q
mississippi, whose Post Office address
,;ut SprH = Art"p 81 'rs. u" PHTt"'
It a non resident of the State of Mississippi
chose Post Office address is Dallas. Texa
6 and tn unknown heirs If DR.. j. + Plat
>, and Nvs N. iris. ari Mrs. -rs4a F"ner
whose Post office address, and place
II sid nee and whereabouts are unknown
Car 'n"nt nd cannot r. asc rtaine
= after diIigent inquiry. and to Mrs. DR.. De
tsoy. "A non resident of the Stite of vi
ii - ~f~r- post office address is Lift
Rock, Arkansas.
n NJ to he and appear befo,