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Potatoes in the Pacific Northwest
Ideas on the Homely “ Spud” by Men Who Know Whareof They Write.
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th e potassium p erm anganate. F o r each
<s> 1000 cubic f e e t of space it w ill tak e
<$> tw en ty -th ree ounces of potassium p e r S IL E N T
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m anganate and th ree p in ts of fo rm a l
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tato es in th is way, aside from th e e x
pense of the shed, will n ot be over
th ree cents a sack.
“ D ry R o t.”
B y O. M. M O RRIS, H o rtic u ltu rist; J . G.
The “ D ry R o t ” (Species o f Fusar-
H A L L , P la n t P athologist, an d M. A.
ium ) is rep o rted as one o f th e w orst
Y OTHERS, A sst. E ntom ologist,
diseases in the s ta te and is said to have
a t W ashington E x p erim en t
caused as m uch as fo rty per ce n t loss
S tatio n .
to th e grow ers in some sections.
The f ir s t e ffe c t of th e disease is
H E F IR S T p o in t to be observed in
p la n tin g p otatoes is to g e t seed usually noticed w hen th e p la n ts are
th a t is free from disease so th a t about a fo o t high. The p lan ts then
th e p la n ts m ay s ta r t in a healthful assum e a lig h te r color th a n h ealth y
condition. A fte r the p la n ts reach a ones an d th e upper leaves are v ery a p t
h e ig h t of six inches th e y should be to roll in a t th e m argins an d w ilt d u r
sp ray ed w ith B ordeaux every te n to ing the h e a t of th e day. T he p lan ts
fo u rteen days u n til fiv e or six appli then fa ll and ta k e on th e appearance
catio n s have been made. F o r th e firs t of hav in g ripened v ery m uch earlier
tw o sp rayings th e solution should con th an is custom ary in h e alth fu l fields.
ta in four pounds of copper sulphate I f such p la n ts are pulled th e y will be
to f i f t y gallons of w ater and fo r the found to have m any o f th e roots ro tte d
o th ers each f i f t y gallons should con o ff and in some cases the stem w ill be
dry and shriveled b en eath the su rface
ta in six pounds o f th e copper.
i n case in sects are p resen t in the of th e ground. The tu b ers are only
T U B A U T O M O B IL E
field and doing dam age th e poison to about h a lf grow n and do n ot m ake any
That Needs N e ith er G arage N or C h affeur.
k ill these m ay be added to the Bor more grow th fo r th e e n tire season. I f
T h e fir s t m o to r c y c le w a s co n stru cted w ith a s in g le cylinder. T h is w a 3 a b ig im
deaux M ixture an d applied w ith i t a t th e disease has progressed f a r th e stem
such of th e reg u lar ap p licatio n s for end of th e tu b e r will be found to be p ro v em en t o v e r th e b ic y c le and v ery s a tis fa c to r y for th e c ity m esse n g e r serv ice. B u t it
w a s n o t u n til 2 -ey lin d e r m a ch in es cam e o u t th a t cro ss cou n try rid in g becam e popular. O nly
th e la te b lig h t as are necessary to con ro tte n an d dry. One of th e most
th o se w h o h a v e fa ir ly burned up th eir m a ch in es tr y in g to clim b a h ill or p u ll through
tro l th e insects. F o r tho am ounts to serious fe a tu re s o f th e disease is the sa n d know the v a lu e o f su r p lu s po w er w h en touring. A s the s in g le w as an im provem ent
b e added consult th a t portion of this fa c t th a t i t continues to develop a f te r o v e r th e b ic y c le an d th e tw in an a dvance over the sin g le, so is th e 4 -C Y L IN D E R 8 II. P .
b u lletin d ealing w ith insect pests.
th e potatoes are p u t in storage. In H E N D E R S O N a b ig a d v a n ta g e ov er the tw in W rite for illu str a te d cata lo g u e or call fo*
order to avoid th is loss no potatoes a F r e e D em o n stra tio n .
“ S c a b .”
►Scab (O opora scabies, T h ax t.) is th a t come from fields know n to be dis
4 3 1 S tark S tr ee t.
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read ily told by the rough p ittin g of eased should be stored, a t least in warm
th e su rface of the tuber. W hen the places such as an o rdinary cellar. I t
tu b e r is a tta c k e d early th e scab is very was found in Ohio th a t p o tato es a f
a p t to be deep, while a la te r a tta c k fected w ith the dry ro t eould be stored
w ill cause only a shallow p ittin g . Som e w ith o u t m aterial loss if th e tem p erat
tim es the diseases becom es so bad as to ure w as k e p t betw een th irty -six and
cause the tu b er to crack. In th e very fo rty degrees F ah ren h eit, w hile th ere
young sta g e th e scab is sm all, reddish w as a co n sid erab le. loss i f th e tu b ers
sp o t upon th e su rface of th e tuber. w ere stored a t higher tem peratures.
Som etim es if the tu b e rs are cut across
T hese spots increase in size and depth
u n til th e y g iv e th e ch a ra c te ristic ap- a t or n e a r the stem end it w ill be seen
Sine« “ T IM E S A R E H A R D ,*' now its th e tim e fo r you to
]>earanee of the scab. Scab is more th a t th ere are black spots in th e flesh
realize a p ro fit on your old bundle o f fre ig h t bills th a t you have
p rev alen t in soils th a t are alk alin e th an about an eighth to a q u a rte r of an inch
perhaps regarded as n o th in g m ore th a n w aste paper.
th o se th a t are acid and on th is aceount from the surface. The developm ent of
Do you know th a t th e fre ig h t and express charges th a t you
i t is som etim es recom m ended th a t wood these spots cause the ro ttin g o f the
pay are m any tim es in error, due to o v ersig h t on th e p a rt o f th e
ashes and com m ercial fe rtiliz e rs be a p stem end of th e tu b e r as noted above.
e le r k in assessing proper charges, or to err © t s in classificatio n ,
plied to in fected soils. T here are also Tn th is sta g e of th e disease th e flesh of
w eights, etc., and th a t w hich you pay to th e tra n sp o rta tio n com
some v a rie tie s th a t a re not so much th e shriveling end of th e tu b e r becomes
panics in excess of w h at actu ally belongs to them for th e ir services
brown.
under th e ir leg ally published ta r if f ra te s am ounts to considerable
su b je ct to th e disease as others.
money th a t you m ight eouiit as p ro fits in th e conduct of your
P re c a u tio n * —T h is is an o th er of th e
R ealizing th a t th is is a soil disease
b usiness! I t is a f a c t th a t unless business concerns, how ever
clean seed upon clean soil will produce soil diseases and a f te r i t is once in tro
sm all, em ploy ex p ert r a te an d tr a f f ic me* to look a f te r th e ir tra n s
a clean crop. In case i t is not pos duced in to th e soil i t is d iffic u lt to
p o rtatio n a f fa ir s th ey lose ann u ally a large am ount of nionev th a t
sib le to g et seed th a t is surely free erad icate it. I t is, however, possible
eould be saved. OUR B U S IN E SS IS TO SA V E T H IS M ONEY
from th e disease i t is possible to tr e a t to keep it o ut o f fields by th e proper
FOR YOU FR O M YOUR OLD F R E IG H T B IL LS.
th e seed and th u s fre e i t from this precautions. Seed from in feeted fields
W e can g re a tly b e n e fit you and your business as a m em ber of
should
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avoided.
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To tr e a t potatoes fo r scab
th is association, our s ta f f o f tr a f f ic ex p erts are th e best th a t
place them in a sack and imm erse plished by careful inspection of th e seed
m oney can produce, and we are sav in g m erch an ts th ro u g h o u t th e
them in a solution o f form alin (one before p lanting. In case th e disease
country thousands of dollars y early in o vercharges found on ex
pense bills w hich w ere erroneously charged by the railro ad s and
p in t to th irty gallons of w a te r) fo r two does not show npon th e suraace i t can
express com panies. A m em bership in th is association e n title s you
hours.
T hey m ay then be rem oved, o ften be detected by cu ttin g th in slices
to these savings, to g eth er w ith such fu rth e r services as q u o ta
d rain ed and dried, th en co t to the usnal from th e stem end of th e tu b e r and if
tio n of ra te s, ro u tin g of fre ig h t to receive low est rates, collection
any black or brown spots are seen i t is
size and p lanted.
o f loss an d dam age claim s, I n te l S ta te f'om n.eree C om plaints, and
■ot safe to p lan t any o f th a t lo t of
F orm aldehyde T reatm ent.
m any o th er
ices benef icial to m erchants.
potatoes.
Tn case th e re are largo q u an tities
T he cost o f m em bership is only $10.00 for th e firs t y e a r ’s
service; the second y e a r 's service nco* not eost you a n y th in g in
o f seed to be tre a te d it will be well
cash, as we ta k e $7.50 to cover th e second yearns service from
Sunny side S urprises in Crops Raised.
to tr e a t w ith form aldehyde gas, aa
th e overcharges found in the expense bills only, and we fu rth e r
as larg e q u a n titie s can be tre a te d
A few years ago i t was th o u g h t fru it
g u aran tee to refu n d to you under our coo tr a c t more th an th e
m ore quickly in th is w ay. To tr e a t and a lfa lfa w ere th e only th in g s of a
am ount of cash th a t you originally p ay fo r th e m em bership.
seed p otatoes w ith form aldehyde gas com m ercial value th a t eould be pro
L e t ns have your applicatio n today.
bu ild a shed th a t is a ir tig h t and will duced in th e S unnyside V alley, W ash
accom m odate th e am ount of seed yon ington. B u t now th ere are raised th e
w ish to t r e a t T he p otatoes m ay be very best o f vegetable* and hundreds
tre a te d in sacks, b u t th ey m ust be so of acres o f corn a t 150 bushels per acre.
THE TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAFFIC AflԤOCTATION,
piled th a t th e gas ean easily g e t all T his is th e f ir s t y e a r much a tte n tio n
aro u n d each sack. In order to accom has been paid to a d iv ersified system of
411-415 J'araana Building:, Portland, Oregon.
pitsh tin s all th a t is necessary is to farm ing. I t is su rp risin g and in te re st
Gentlemen;
pile them op in t ie r i w ith pieces of ing te note th e tra n sa c tio n s o f one
I h e r e b y a pply fo r m *m hfrfth.p ¡a the above n n m r d A m cxiation to r eceive
sc a n tlin g two by fo ar inches betw een shipper, O scar Anderson. H e ships $6<>
all o f th e bonefitff und er y o u r g en era l m« mbcr&hip contra« t, and 1 uncle»« here
each tie r and allow a little spaee b e to $75 w orth e f poultry, each w eek, and
w ith aheck fur $ 1 0 .0 0 to uovur m em terab if) feu.
tw een each aack in the tier. L eave a 75 te 90 calves. H e has handled 50
spaee in th e m iddle of th e shed rn ears o f hogs, shipping ZZ ears th a t cost
w hich to place th e vessel to eontaia $57.000, and used the other, or 17 ta rs, ]
th e form aldehyde. No potatoes should a t home. T hese anim als, as well as
bo piled d irectly over the vessel osed c a ttle and sheep, were ail raised in th is
fo r tr e a tin g and th ey should n ot be vicinity. T here are alae o ther ship
piled doner open the sides th a n three pew.
f e e t te th is sam e vessel on account of
th e d an g er o f in ju rin g the g e rm in a t
in g q u a lity o f th e tu b e r by th e stro n g
n o i * M a la I T H
Clip this Cpnpcn fluid m all to tho Bom
O ffice for fu lfln fo rm a tlo n .—No
g as a t these points. To m ake th e gas,
obligation Ino«rrod.
p rovide a f la t shallow vessel, lik e a
Mamo:
g a lv an ised w ash tu b , p u t potassium
porm augm nate in th e vessel and add
the com m ercial form aldehyde (40 per
oaut), etir wafl aad quiekly and leave
• rr»«Ti it * r a n i —• • • m »« *•
the abed at sac a. Then close the shed
nearest birthday,
aad leave It alosed fo r tw e a ty four
. lasa ra n oo Raggestod
Warn The tu b aad the form aldehyde
ahonld he at about th e tem perature of
TRACT
a room, that Is a boot seventy fiv e do
gruea Fahrenheit, la order to get the
best results from the mixtag of it w ith
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T his is the th ird o f a series of
♦ articles discussing p o tato grow-
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