Show I POTATO GROWERS TOO CARELESS Lose Large Sums Annually On Account Improper 1 Care o of Tubers Utah potato growers rowers are aro annual annually losing large sums of money through tho the careless dl digging and storing of I their crop according to Dr George Georg H. H I lull Hill director o of tho the school of or agriculture ture of the Utah Al Agricultural college I Iwho i who has had hn spent sove several al years rears st studying potato diseases in the tho west Dr Hill I stat states 8 that ho he has seen whole carloads of ot potatoes spoiled by dl dry ciry rot before I reaching their destination This disease disease dis dis- ls- ls ease which appears in potatoes both In storage and during shipment Is due to toa toa a it fun fungus us known commonly as a wound parasite This parasite cannot enter a healthy potato un under er normal conditions conditions conditions condi condi- but must find access through a broken skin Wherever the parasite enters will appear an area of dry rot The obvious method metho to pursue uc to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent this thili disease is l to harvest the tho po potatoes po- po without bruising them While hilt some sorno types tye of potato diggers ors are more i apt to cause bruises bruiser than others most damaged damage 1 skins are aro caused b by tugging dicing n h tho the potatoes while still green The skin Is th thin then n easily bruised and und will slip Dr Hill HilI reports that oftentimes 50 60 0 per percent percent percent cent of tho the whole crop from Crom a field of potatoes will be damaged ed because the potatoes are ale dug dug- too early arh Under such condl the losses arc are very verj hea heavy Harvesting should bo be postponed until the tho potatoes arc are fully fuBy ripe If the rows have havo been well weli rl ridged g-cu g there thoro i will be little or no danger from Crom frost iI After harvest if the potatoes are aio not notto notto notto I to be disposed of immediately tho they thoy the they should ho bo stored in clean well ventilated pits or collars collar In pits or cellars where potatoes have been at attacked attacked at at- tacked very cry extensively cly by hy dry rot lot tho the fun fungus lIs is so prevalent that even o healthy health potatoes are arc a affected tho parasite parasite par par- 1 gaining entrance through the breathing pores bores There is also great danger from dry rot and other fungus US di diseases If Ir potatoes are arc stored in moist collars or 01 pits or In storage places in which potatoes have been stored for a 11 number bl I of years without tho the cellar or 01 pit being cleaned and disinfected DIZ Di Direct DI- DI Direct Z ct sunlight whore where available acts as asa asa asa a wonderful disinfectant Where not available tho the walls and antI floors ma may be ht strayed sprayed with a solution of or mercuric chloride A |