. Agriculture for beginners. Fig. 98. Yield from Two Fields of Same SizeThe one at top was sprayed; the one at bottom was unsprayed One pint of formalin, or enough for thirty gallons of water,will cost but seventy-five cents. Since this solution can beused repeatedly, it will do for many bushels of seed potatoes. Late Potato Blight. The blight is another serious dis-ease of the potato. This is quite a different disease fromthe scab and so requires different treatment. The blight 112 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS is caused by another fungus, which attacks the foliage ofthe potato plant. When the bl
. Agriculture for beginners. Fig. 98. Yield from Two Fields of Same SizeThe one at top was sprayed; the one at bottom was unsprayed One pint of formalin, or enough for thirty gallons of water,will cost but seventy-five cents. Since this solution can beused repeatedly, it will do for many bushels of seed potatoes. Late Potato Blight. The blight is another serious dis-ease of the potato. This is quite a different disease fromthe scab and so requires different treatment. The blight 112 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS is caused by another fungus, which attacks the foliage ofthe potato plant. When the blight seriously attacks acrop, it generally destroys the crop completely. In theyear 1845 a potato famine extending over all the UnitedStates and Europe was caused by this disease.
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