Show Is IsH H rj Best es for or Scab Kills Organisms on Tuber fuber and Prevents Introduction tion Into Soil Time importance of seed In the time growing g of a clean crop rOI of potatoes potatoes po po- is much greater grenter than time tile average aver aver- age grower realizes Potato special specialists ISIs at the tile college of agriculture in New Brunswick point out that limit In tests testa conducted In n t 1020 o disinfected seed eed showed cd an nn increase of bushels per acre over untreated s seed ed In addition addition addi addi- tion tRw to the thc Increase in yield there was wasa a considerable reduction n in the number number num num- ber her of or scabby potatoes Kills Organisms ms Not only will kill organisms organisms organisms or- or on the tile tuber tubel but it prevents their Introduction Into time tile sell sl-il as aswell well This Thi Is especially true of scab organisms organisers Unquestionably hl If seed treatment had been more generally adopted in the past more growers would not now new he be growing scabby po po- I tn toes There are two chemicals commonly recommended for seed treatment for for- formaldehyde formaldehyde mal ell de and corrosive sublimate F Formaldehyde de does not give as ns efficient effi pm- I dent control ol of scab so the use us us of corrosive e sublimate is advised This material Is a n poison polson and must roust be k kept pt awa away from animals furthermore it corm corrodes cormes es metal and must be he made up and used in wooden woodell containers Mix Corrosive Sublimate Mix lix roS cO corrosive cOroSe e sublimate at the rate of 4 ounces to 30 gallons of water The potatoes should be soaked in this solution for COl at least one-half one hour but if it heavily Infected with wilh scab or continue the treatment one hour As soon as potatoes are treated they should be removed remo from the tile solution and dried Corrosive e sublimate sub is removed from the solution b by the potatoes so measures must be adopted to keep it up to original strength This ma may bo he done by add add- adding adding ing one half f ounce of dissolved corrosive corrosive cor cor- sublimate after treating every four bushels bus Seed can be treated for fOt from rom four to five ive cents a bushel |