Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-10-04 | Page 12 | How to Protect the Potato Supplies in Utah

ROW TO PROTECT THE POTATO SUPPLIES II UTAH v Alma Wilson, plant pathologist of tho U. S. Department of Agriculture, was in tho city on business at tho Weber county Farm Bureau, and in connection with the subject of this season's potato crop called attention to the fact that tho crop is considerably consider-ably below what was expected and the cause ho traces to tho poor seed which was planted in tho spring. Mr. Wilson Wil-son pointed out that attention needed to bo called to the fact that tho small crop must bo conserved, and, speaking of storage he said: "Dead potatoes carry along the fungus fun-gus organism that causes roL Whcro cellars now contain rotten potatoes, left over from the frosts and decays of last year, thoy are the best possible sourco of, attack for the new crop. Besides, Be-sides, the collars become seeded down with these organisms, and make it harder and harder to get clean. Cleanliness Clean-liness is tho order of the day In the cellar.' Clean up now and do not wait until harvest. The easiest and quickest quick-est fungicide is formaldehyde gas; for each 1000 cubic feet of space use ten ounces of formalin and fivo of potassium potas-sium permanganate. Pour tho formalin forma-lin over, the pcrmaganate and leave immediately, for tho gas is given off at oice. Bordeaux mixture is also recommended. This Is effective and inexpensive; mix in proportions of 5-5-50."