| Show utah s potato crop will bo very short farmer farmers cf utah will loe lose in the aggregate agi regato over as th result of the lois loss caused to the potato crop of this state by certain diseases this is tho the statement made by a party of scientists at lit the stall state agricultural college who have been studying the result results of certain diseases on this year years crop A party consisting of president J A Wid tsoo me dr G R hill dr frank harri harris dr E G peterson and joseph quinney mado a tour of the cache valley farms recently whore where they found crop conditions much as in other section sections of the state field fields which under normal conditions would divid four hundred bushels they say will not produce one fourth that quantity other fields will not cot return the aeed seed planted last spring taking all into consideration the scientists figure that at least one half of the normal yield will be lost in 1913 according to the year book of tho department of agriculture utah produced a potato crop valued at this year fully as much land has been planted to this crop if then as tho the colloff college men say one half the crop will be lost the farmers of utah will lose over one million dollars the cause of thie this loss is duo due largely to three diseases of the potato dry rot or wilt is the worst of these it is commonly seen in the dark ringa rings found in the potato which render the particular tuber having it unfit for use as seed another symptom of thie this disease is tho the brownish yellow streaks running through tho the stem the appe tranae of the potato vines affected bj bi this disease differs somewhat on different soils but in all cases a part to all the leaves leave sturn turn brown and wither tho the vines my mity die dio gradually or they may wilt and dry up in three or four days rozette is the iho disease shown by small black patches on the tubers in this disease the stems below ground show a cracked brown mealy appearance on the outside abaye the ground on tho the stems and arc are therefore unfit for use blackleg black leg is a bacterial disease attacking the stem below the ground rotting ib it and nd giving it an ulmont black color in order to prevent the entire potato industry of the state from being ruined it will be necessary for the farmers to be careful in the selection of their seed saed say the scientists after selecting the cleanest seed possible the stem end of each tuber s should hould be cut off all tubers allowing showing allows shows any discoloration in the potato should be discarded to plant them would mean planting the disease and certain ruination of the crop A after the selected seed is cut it should be soaked for two hours in a a solution either of one pint of to 30 gallons of water or one ounce of mercury chloride to 16 15 gallon of water yet this is not all these diseases live ive for three or four eara ears in the soil if seed thus treated and cared for were planted in the same soil oil resulting would also be destroyed den troyed this is because the diseases will remain in the soil for from one to five years potato land once producing diseased tubers should not be used again fortnat for that Duri dubioso oso until a period of at least fiva year years has bas elapsed clean potatoes on clean land s should hould be the rule the tha news has put in a line of carbon papers of several sizes typewriter papers and ribbons and manuscript covers there is no longer any need of sending sanding to salt lake for these goods hk V |
