206 Our Farming. 



kick a man that is down. Do you think this has no practical 

 bearing ? Well, it has. A rich soil, plenty of feed in it, strong 

 plants, as may come from good seed, and good tillage that may 

 help them along rapidly, will lessen very much the cost of fight- 

 ing bugs. The potatoes quickly outgrow them, and some way 

 they do not seem to thrive as in a poor, starved, neglected piece. 

 "Unto him that hath shall be given, and from him that hath not 

 shall be taken away even what he hath." Do not even beetles 

 and the Hessian fly have to obey that law ? 



Later : The scabby seed we treated produced almost entirely 

 smooth potatoes. Good, smooth seed, or almost smooth, mixed 

 with the scabby in picking up, and washed well before planting, 

 gave moderately scabby crop. As far as I can tell from one year's 

 trial, corrosive sublimate will destroy, practically, all germs of 

 scab on scabby seed. 



