Agriculture for beginners . ent. Try this and esti-mate the per cent of smut at next harvest-time. Write to your experi-ment station for a bulletin on smut treatment. Potato Scab. The scab of the white, or Irish, potato isone of the commonest and at the same time most easily pre-vented of plant diseases. Yet this disease diminishes the Fig. 123. A Scabby Seed Fig. 134. A Healthy SeedPotato Potato profits of the potato-grower very materially. Fig. 12 3 showsa very scabby potato, while Fig. 124 represents a healthy scab is caused by a fungous growth on the surfaceof the potato. Of cours
Agriculture for beginners . ent. Try this and esti-mate the per cent of smut at next harvest-time. Write to your experi-ment station for a bulletin on smut treatment. Potato Scab. The scab of the white, or Irish, potato isone of the commonest and at the same time most easily pre-vented of plant diseases. Yet this disease diminishes the Fig. 123. A Scabby Seed Fig. 134. A Healthy SeedPotato Potato profits of the potato-grower very materially. Fig. 12 3 showsa very scabby potato, while Fig. 124 represents a healthy scab is caused by a fungous growth on the surfaceof the potato. Of course it lessens the selling-price of thepotatoes. If seed potatoes be treated to a bath of formalinjust before they are planted, the formalin will kill the fungion the potatoes and greatly diminish the amount of scab atthe next harvest. Therefore before they are planted, seedpotatoes should be soaked in a weak solution of formalinfor about two hours. One-half pint of formalin to fifteengallons of water makes a proper
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