672 POTATO ROT. 



ashes, soot, salt, and gypsum, each separately. The last, alone, 

 entirely prevented the disease." 



Application. — At the time of planting, scatter a little over 

 the potatoes, say a gill on each hill, and as much more about 

 the plant, when a few inches above ground. 



Parker, Isaac, Potsdam, N. Y., requests information. 



Parlee, a. R., Skeneateles, N. Y., thinks the disease is 

 caused by a small insect, which commences its ravages in hot 

 weather, the latter part of June. 



Remedy. — Drop a small handful of salt on the potatoes in 

 each hill before planting. About the first of July scatter a 

 handful of lime on the plants of each hill, in proportion of 

 three bushels to the acre. Repeat the same about 20th July 

 and 10th August. 



Perley, Nathaniel, Ottaway, Illinois, found, when the rot 

 commenced, a small insect in the pith of the stock, head down- 

 ward, going down. This insects enters under a large branch 

 of the main stock, which begins to decay — sooner or later, ac- 

 cording to the weather. The insect becomes a worm or mag- 

 got, as it nears the ground. 



Remedy. — Cut the vines by a scythe within four inches of 

 the ground, on the appearance of decay, and sow broadcast 

 from two to three bushels of air slacked lime to the acre, leav- 

 ing the vines on the ground. He has found this effectual in 

 preserving his potatoes in a sound state, for three successive 

 years, while his neighbors' crops have been damaged by the 

 rot. 



Q,DiNBY, JosiAH, Readiugtou, N. J., requests information. 



Randall, Bryant W., Middle Island, (L. I.,) N. Y., has 

 found by experiment a remedy in cutting off the vines, when 

 they first begin to die, within two inches of the ground. 



Riley, James, Cincinnati, Ohio, writes grandiloquently, but 



