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I potatoee th e preceedtng year
ln dispensible to success th a t th s cull*
of th e la st crop were rem oved a*
m ade non-vital. since o th erw ise they
m ay have ca rrie d th e spores of t h s
Standard Strains of Potatoes Rapidly D eteriorating—W hat
w orst diseases over in to th s gro u n d
Must Be Done.
w h ere they w ill infect th e new c r o ^
W here plenty of p o tato land Is a*
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po tato es on th e sam e field n o t o »
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ten er th a n every th ird year. 1»
tio n th a t in th e e n tire U n ite d S tate» X exceed one cen t a sack, according to.
In o rd er to select th e best hom e­ fected gro u n d is as fru itfu l a s o n rs f
th e re a re no p o ta to e s e n tire ly free <•> P ro fesso r Bailey.
grow n seed th e co n d itio n of th e tops of infection as Infected seed, an d
from d is e a s e o r in s e c t p e sts. W h at ia <* j
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Northern Seed Best.
to be do n e in c o m b a ttin g th e se evils
of th e p la n t an d of th e g ro u n d in both m ust be en tirely free from Lh*
is d e sc rib e d in t h e fo llo w in g a rtic le X
One fe a tu re of th e situ a tio n th a t w hich th e crop w as grow n a re m a t disease if th e p o tato es a re d is e a s e
by C. J . M cIn to sh , n ew s e d ito r fo r
(.. is p erh a p s n o t g en erally know n, is Ite rs of im p o rtan ce th a t can be at-
th e O regon A g ric u ltu ra l College.
fre e.
«> th a t seed p o ta to es even fo r so u th e rn ; ten d ed to only by field selection. If
And it is only p o tato es th a t a r e
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I use should be n o rth e rn grow n. Some : selection is m ade o rig in ally from th e
(Special to th« Farm Magazine.)
I of th e m o st successful grow ers in bin, good lo oking specim ens of de- disease-free an d of d esirab le ty
HAT th e re a re no potatoes grow n s o u th e rn C alifo rn ia g et n o rth e rn sired type m ay be selected, an d yet an d v ariety, th a t u n d er th e rules
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th e e n tire U nited S tate s grow n seed as fre e from pe3ts of all I th ey m ay h av e show n se rio u s infec- th e W estern P o ta to G row ers' As
w holly free from insect and kinds a s p ossible and m u ltip ly th is tion in th e p lan t.
On th e o th e r ciation a re en title d to th e bonus.
disease pests, and th a t th e race of see(j fOr g en e ral p la n tin g th e next h an d , th o se seed p o ta to es th a t a re
fp u d s th ro u g h o u t A m erica is rapidly y e a r by grow ing an in te rm ed ia ry selected in th e h ill an d th e n exam ­
Ejurt Third and
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d e te rio ra tin g , w ere tw o facts of vast crOp on a co nvenient h ill location in e d . carefu lly a fte r being cleaned,
i mportance b ro u g h t o u t a t th e em er- n e a r th e la rg e d elta fields.
Mr. w ill be alm o st ce rtain to show sym p­
Portland. Ora
gency p o ta to convention recently Shim a, th e m illio n aire Ja p an e se po- tom s of pests of any im p o rta n t kind,
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held in S tockton, C alifornia, It w as t a to g ro w er of th e C alifo rn ia D elta if such p ests a re p r e s e n t
Ratal 60a. T8a, 11 and » l-» 0 P « *«»1
ciaim ed in th is connection th a t some region, h a s q u ite successfully prac­
B u t even th o u g h th e seed show s »2.50 par weak; with bath, »6.50 and a »
of th e g re a t and sta n d a rd strain s, ticed th is m eth o d of se cu rin g d esir­ no in d ic atio n s of disease or insect All nutsida room»
Under Penonal BnparrlaloB of Owners. \
such a3 th e B u rb an k in th e W est able seed fo r several years.
T he p ests it is b est to m ake assu ran ce
THK HOUSE OF WELCOME.
: nd th e E arly Rose in th e E ast, are fun g o u s d iseases th a t la te r a tta c k doubly su re by giving every b it of
■ bow ing u n m istak a b le signs of d e te r­ th e p la n ts grow n in th e low, rich it used as seed th e sta n d a rd fu n g i­
M IL IT A R Y
ioratio n .
plain s affect th e firs t crop b u t lit­ cide tre a tm e n t. Some of th e disease
ACADEM Y
T re a tm e n t by fo rm alin and o th e r tle th e firs t y ear. A fter th a t, how ­ spores are very sm all an d y et ex­
fungicides has proven of m uch p rac­ ever, it is n ecessary to secure a trem ely ten acio u s of life, an d m ight
tic al use in th e e ffo rt to secure dis­ fresh supply of seed or infection sets be b ro u g h t in to co n tac t w ith th e
seed w hile it w as sto red . H ence the A Select Non Sectarian Boarding and D«y
ease-free potatoes. F o r som e of th e in badly.
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diseases it has proven to be a p e r - 1, j n ^ ¡ g p ro duction, O regon should need of th e tre a tm e n t.
Classes; Men Teachers. Careful superrtsts*
feet control, b u t for o th e rs it is not ! have a la rg e and im p o rta n t p a r t
Rem ove C olls.
secures results that are not attained e k *
of th e slig h te st value. T aken all in t b a t w ould a t th e sam e tim e g rea tly
In selecting th e field it is h o t, „here. Send for .catalog.
all th e m ain dependence fo r grow stim u la te th e in d u stry
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o u r own pnough th a t It w as n ot p lan ted to
in g p o ta to es th a t are fre e from all
these p ests is to be p u t in th e devel­
opm ent of re sis ta n t stra in s, supple­
m ented by p roper c u ltu ra l m ethods.
No Perfect Potato Seed in U.S.
■ state. Some of th e th in g s th a t w ould
go f a r to w ard fre ein g th e O regon
I crop from th e o b jectio n ab le fe a tu re s
a re field selection of seed an d Its
tre a tm e n t w ith a good fu ngicide, th e
ro ta tio n of th e p o ta to field s w ith
! crops th a t a re n o n -h o sts fo r th e po
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Special Investigation.
A special in v e stig a tio n of th e po­
ta to -d isease question is being m ade
by th e d ep a rtm en t of P la n t P a th ­
ology.
It w as in connection w ith
th ese inv estig atio n s th a t P rofessor
B ailey m ade th e trip to S tockton
w ith th e p a rty of p o ta to experts
from th e U nited S tates D epartm ent
of A g ricu ltu re and from d iffe ren t
p a rts of E urope.
F o r th is potato
disease condition is n o t confined to
th is country, b u t h as grow n to be
one of th e serious p ro d u ctio n prob­
lem s in some of th e leading potato
co u n tries of th e Old W orld. It is
expected th a t v aluable in form ation
w ill be secured in th e in v estigations
ca rrie d on by th e A g ricu ltu ra l Col­
lege sta ff of experts, and th a t m uch ;
useful know ledge w ill soon reach ;
th e grow ers th ro u g h th e ir efforts.
To Meet Expense.
W hen asked how grow ers are ex-
p e tte d to m ake good on th e in- j
creased cost of producing potatoes W
fo r seed th a t are free from p ests 4)
and of good q u ality otherw ise, P ro- g )
fessor F . D. Bailey, research assist- {v
a n t in p la n t pathology a t the A gri- W
c u ltu ra l College, replied th a t th e re jV
a re two o r th ree w ays in w hich they 5)
w ill be recom pensed fo r th e ir atidi-
tio n al tro u b le and expense. In the
firs t place, C alifo rn ia grow ers offer
a bonus on clean, w ell grow n and
p roperly inspected seed. W hile th e
am o u n t of th is bonus w as not stated,
an d p erh ap s ca n n o t be definitely
know n u n til d eterm in e d by actual
experience, it w ill surely be enough
to cover cost of inspection, and to
pay fo r th e e x tra w ork in ra rin g
fo r th e crop d u rin g its grow th and i
a fte r it is h arvested. E x tra effo rt .
and expense w ill also be rew arded i
in increased production an d m ore j j
salable potatoes. T he system of ro- i
ta tio n by w hich alone disease-free j
potatoes can be econom ically grown t
should also prove of re a l value in ,
th e gen eral farm in g system .
Inspection Necessary.
In view of th e r a th e r s ta rtlin g j
announcem ent th a t disease and i n - ;1
sect-free p o tato es of desirable var- ■ (
leties an d type a re n o t produced
w ith in th e U nited S tate s and t h a t ; j
im m ense q u a n titie s of such a re de- I1
sired fo r seed in m any sections of
th e co untry, com petition may be de- i
pended upon quite la rg e ly to a d - '
vance th e price of p otatoes th a t 1
m eet all these req u irem en ts. It will
be necessary in all cases, how ever, to ,
have th e p ro d u ct inspected by c o m -' j
p eten t a u th o ritie s w ho certify to th e j
qu ality of th e p ro d u ct if it is to
secure th e bonus o ffered by po tato ,
men. T his inspection need n o t be
very burdensom e if generally prac­
ticed. and in c e rta in sections of th e j
M alt Rainier is the Pure M alt T onic
For M others W h o Require Additional
N ourishm ent and Strength.
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