144 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Many others have reported favorable results in arresting the progress 

 of the potato rot by laying down the stems of th(» potato plant when 

 the disease first makes its appearance, and covering with earth. 



In this paper, the writer has onl}' attempted to dwell upon a few 

 points of practical importance in connection with potato growing on 

 which the evidence is tolerably clear. 



To discuss all of the data on this subject that have accumulated 

 from scientific experiment and investigation would require more space 

 than could be profitably devoted to it in the Report of the Board of 

 Agriculture. 



