Show PARASITES HIT STRONG UC PLANTS By NEA Service Vat V Pet pct 8 Keep Keel your eyes eves on the strong plants for lor parasites s that would attack them For Tor the impression that only the weak in plant life are arc de destroyed de- de destroyed destroyed is wrong says say's Prof F. F D D. Fromme specialist in botany and ond plant pathology at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute It It is the popular belief beller Dr Fromme warns that parasites are arc more apt to prey on weak indi indi- individuals individuals than on strong vigorous ones Although this tills Is the gen gen- general eral rule as applied to man and the domestic animals it is 13 by no means true of plants Contrary to popular opinion itis it itis itIs is not the He universal rule even among amon animals Such diseases of man as smallpox whooping cough measles typhoid fever and tetanus may attack ot ck the strong stron and vig vig- vigorous vigorous vig- vig vigorous orous as S readily as the weak and the leg black-leg disease of cattle caUle is known to occur more commonly in robust than In poor weak eak ones It is in the plant world however how how- however ever where the most numerous and striking examples are arc seen of parasites which show strong prel- prel preference preference for the vigorous healthy host |