Show POTATO SEED TREATMENT NT from county farm bureau news all ail seed potatoes should bo be soaked in a solution ot of mercury erro sive sublimate four ounces in shirly gallons ot of water tor for one aud cle cie tak half hours malin treatment will no not t kill as comple completely completed tel y as mercury the solution should aboul be placed in III a wooden bar burcl cl tank or bucket it corrodes metal it should bo be poured out and made up after it has been iipp to disinfect tour four lots ot of potatoes it Is poison to cat but not to the touch treated potatoes should not be eaten or fed after the potatoes have been treated they should be stored in new sacks or sacks that have been dis infected in the solution many potatoes throughout the anft un ed states have at least a slight attack ol of one or more of 0 the following diseases Fus arlum wilt and the common scab it if the potato gives evidence of a bad attack of conla or wilt ailt it should be used on the table or for livestock teed feed this should be determined before treating the seed every farmer should take the precaution to guard his crop against these diseases by carefully selecting and treating the seed before planting it would be an excellent practice t every farmer would hill select sufficient seed each year for or a seed plat |