Show Y WHY POTATO CROP COOP IS ISiH iH A fAILURE THIS YEAR Scientists Caution Farmers to Guard t Against Tuber Diseases Farmers l Farm armert ere in Utah will lose Jose in the thea V a aggregate gate more than thau a million dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars this thill year ear as a result of the failure of the the potato potato crop This Thill is the statement state states x ment made by a party part of scientists aty at y the State Agricultural college who have been studying the results of cerF certain certain F tain diseases ases ou on this years year's crop The scientists estimate that ao at lea least t. t one oner r half half of of the normal yield will be lie lost Utah's potato crop in iti l 1913 1013 was worth wurth according to the rhe year book of the department of agriculture This Thin loss is ill due largely to three dis diseases eases of the potato Dry Dr rot or fusa- fusa wilt is I he she worst of these thelle It is y d' d commonly seen in Iu the dark lark rings yV V in the potato which render the tuber unfit unlit for fur ue use as seed Another syrup to tom tm in is th the brownish yellow streaks running through h the stem n nia a is the disease shown by small r. r black patches patched on the tubers The stems below ground show a cracked cracke brown mealy meal appearance the tubers v are art often orLan found growing above the ground and aud are therefore unfit for use i Black leg is ill a bacterial disease attacking at- at tacking the stem Item below the ground round rotting it and giving it an almost black color In order to prevent the ruin of the potato industry of or the state farmers are cautioned to be careful in the se selection j lection of their lI sued ed Aft After r selecting the clean cleanest st seed possible the stem stein 1 w of each tuber Luber should be cut off a ap p 11 All tubers showing discoloration J should be discarded After the selected selected se se- seed is cut it should be l soaked for two hours houra in a solution of either r F J f one pint of to to thirty gallons of wat water r or one ounce of mercury bi clord to tp fifteen gallons allons of waters water Land which has once produced dis diseased eased pot potatoes toes should out HOD be used for forS S potatoes a ai aut until at least five lve years ears ed because diseases have elapsed the will remain in the soil from one to five scans Farmers should not noli fertilize fer fern their potato land laud with lith manure t from animals to which have bave been fed Y diseased potatoes as the diseases are not tut destroyed inthe d digestive l organs of the animals |