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Show SHALL POTJTO GROWERS SPRAY7 This Is tho question asked by Bulletin Bulle-tin No. 221 of tho station at Geneva; and tho figures given in tho bulletin go far toward answering tho query with a very strong alllrmatlvo. Iu seasons when blight and rot aro very destructive, as thoy were In 1902 in nearly all parts of tho state, thoro can bo no question as to the profitableness of the use of Bordeaux mixture Tho results at Geneva showed this very plainly; for spraying seven times, at an expenso of about $10 per aero, gao an Increased yield of 123& bushels of potatoes, and thrco sprayings Increased Increas-ed tho yield 98' bushels. But growers grow-ers generally think they cannot afford to pay tho premium for disease Insurance, Insur-ance, through spraying slncu rot and blight do not come, destructively, very often. Tho results of the test on Long Island, though, Indicate that ovon In sections seemingly frco from dlscaso, the spraying docs more than enough good to repay Its cost. Both early and lato blight were absent from tho experimental ex-perimental area near Illvorhead, Long Island, yet hero spraying seven times gavo a gain of 45 bushels per acre, and spraying thrco times a gain of 7 2-3 bushels. |
