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Show Don't Use Foreign Grown Potatoes Stnto of Connecticut, Department of Agriculture. Large quantities of foreign-grown potatoes nro Loing received re-ceived in this country. Their fine appearance ap-pearance nnd reasonnb'.o cheapness, In comparison to homo grown, Is a strong temptation for ninny of our fanners to uso them for seed. Don't do It. In testing more than ouo hundred hun-dred varieties our national departments depart-ments hnvo proven thnt they do lot equal rur home-grown seed ns pro-din-eib Tho grent danger, uoWovor. Is In introducing soveral now diseases as yet unknown, here. Tho most dreaded is tho 'Wart Disease." Bulletin Bul-letin No. 52 of tho Burenu of Plant Industry nnd Farmers Bulletin 189 of tho Deportment of Agriculture, Washington, fully dtscrlbo tho same. Spongosposa scab, black leg, and leaf curl nre others. The danger from these diseases is not limited to n sin-ulo sin-ulo season ns sells once Infected remain re-main unfit for potnto culturo for main enrs. Foreign-grown potatoes pota-toes should under no consideration bo used for sood potatoes. Such potatoes po-tatoes nro not adapted to our soils and cllmnta and will not return pror-ltalilo pror-ltalilo yields. Sovornl serious diseases dis-eases not now prevalent in this country coun-try ure nlmost certain to bo Introduced Intro-duced if such stock is used for seed. -L. H Healy, Secretary Stato Boar o; Agriculture, Haitford, Conn. |