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Show TO PREVENT POTATO ROT. H The (loriuati government and tho H people who it iv interested in agrictil- H lure have been making exhaustive H study and experiment in order to H find prevention or euro of the po- H Into rot, which has been serious and increasing for several years. H As lo the result of investigation H and experience, tho following has been published by newspapers throughout the nation: "The rolling is caused by tho po- tuto fungus. This fungus, if prcs- H cut nn some potatoes in tho cellar, H spreads to other potatoes and causes H rot. A solution of ono pound of chloride of lime dissolved in 25 gal- H Ions of water is used for washing H .tho potatoes by means of a broom. They are then spread out to dry. H Through this procedure the spores H of the fungus are killed." H |