670 POTATO ROT. 



Lambourn, Isaac E., Cassapolis, Mich., professes to be *' in 

 possession of the information required ;" and makes proposals. 



Lazelere, a. De, Columbus, N. J., by way of preventive 

 uses slack lime and salt on stable manure, in proportion of one 

 bushel of lime slacked, and one bushel of salt, in a cask of 

 liquid, large enough to make a whitewash, to four loads of 

 stable manure. Then saturate, and use one fork-full to each 

 hill. 



Lewis, Abner, East Poultney, Vt., " has found a new way 

 of raising potatoes, free from rot or rust, of a much better 

 quality and more abundant crop. Plough, harrow, and furrow, 

 lightly. Plant early, covering the potatoes first with a hand- 

 ful of leaves, then lightly with dirt. Hoe the plant when 

 small, then plaster." 



Probably the leaves and plaster have a tendency to preserve 

 the soundness, and improve the quality of the potatoes. 



Morrison, Thomas D., believes the cause to be overheating, 

 which commences in the tops and descends to the roots — occa- 

 sioned by the south winds. He planted an acre of potatoes, a 

 part of the field being near to, and north of a shed 50 feet long, 

 and when the storms came and the wind blew and beat upon 

 that field, that part protected by the shed, stood its ground un- 

 molested, while the remainder withered and perished. Remedy. 

 — Plant three or four kernels of corn one side of each hill, to 

 protect from the wind. This experiment has proved perfectly 

 successful two years. 



Moore, John, Candia, N. H., like several others, believes the 

 cause a small fly or bug, which perforates the leaf and stalk, 

 causing the virus, thus introduced, to descend and poison the 

 potato. He believes that the remedy is in tobacco juice, lime 

 and salt, sprinkled upon the tops repeatedly during their growth, 

 in proportion of one pound of tobacco, (or all its strength in 

 juice) two quarts of unslacked lime, and one quart of salt, to 

 half a barrel of water. Sprinkle and wet the tops, especially 

 after rains, three or four times during growth. 



