| Show SWEET POTATO DISEASES LIMIT EXTENSION OF VALUABLE CROP use of immune Varie varieties Is urged prepared by tho united states department DC par tin in of agriculture much more profit could be from the growing ot of sweet potatoes than Is now made if diseases in the held storage Bt ornge and transit were reduced the inability of farmers to keep swe sweet et potatoes in storage forces them to sell the bulk of their crop ns as soon as s it Is dug a time when prices are ot at the low point specialists of the united states department 0 agri cultic are of the opinion that ilia t more s sweet bec A potatoes would be available for winter use and disposed of at a g good price if storage methods and principles were better understood in formers bulletin no F sweet P Dl diseases senses just issued by the sweet potato grow ers will find much of value concerning the prevention and control of storage and other lisenbea lisen sea of crop of the seed use of immune varieties varlet leSt and crop rotation are some of the practices advocated for the control of disease sweet potatoes infected with field diseases should never be placed in at jt orage for heavy losses will follow numerous diseases are described in the bulletin together with practical men measures to adopt in reducing losses A copy of the bulletin may be sucu secured red from the united states department part ment of or agriculture washington ID C |
