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have been made in England, Ireland, France, and other 

 countries, and these show conclusively how great the 

 efficacy of the spraying is. We personally conducted 

 a series of experiments in Ireland in the years 1893 and 

 1894. These experiments were carried out by thirty 

 farmers in various parts of the country. An epitome 

 of the results for the year 1893 is given below : 



The striking feature in these results is that they 

 were obtained in the driest season on record in the 

 country, and one in which the disease was very light ; 

 in fact, it was commonly stated that there was no 

 disease in the country. Very few tubers rotted in any 

 part of the country, and even on the duplicate plots, 

 alongside those which were sprayed, there were rarely 

 any diseased tubers. The haulm, however, was 

 generally affected, though it was not commonly 

 realised that the yield of tubers was lessened by it. 

 The whole of the results were collected, and the 



