634 ADVERTISEMENT. 



2. That it is doubtful if any specific cure has been, or 

 ever will be discovered ; but 



3. As in cholera, certain preventives are well ascertain- 

 ed, by the application of which, the liabilities to disease 

 may be greatly lessened. 



4. That by obtaining the soundest seed, by planting 

 in the most favorable soils, and by using the most suita- 

 ble manures, we may have a good degree of confidence 

 in the successful cultivation of this useful vegetable. 



5. That we may expect, that like the cholera, the po- 

 tato rot will become less and less formidable from year to 

 year, and eventually subside into a mild and manageable 

 epidemic, if that term may be used in such a connection. 



