HMIPSHIRE COUNTY FARMERS' MONTHLY 



Coutinued from pa;?e 2. columnli I 



J. R. Clapp of Westhampton left part 

 of four rows undusted while the rest of 

 the field was dusted every 10 days to 2 

 \veeks. The undusted part was dea-i 

 with blight the middle of August while 

 the rest of the piece stayed green nearly 

 a month longer. The undusted plot gave 

 li bushels while an equal area of the 

 dusted plot beside it gave 21 bushels of 

 marketable potatoes. This means a gain 

 of 80 bushels of marketable potatoes per 

 acre. 



Ralph Bridgman of Westhamtpon left j 

 an undusted plot 71 by 10 feet. This 

 area gave 12.5 lbs. of market potatoes 

 while the dusted plot yielded 146 lbs, , 

 This is a gain of 21 bushels per acre. 



C. N. Rust of Granby planted his po- ^ 

 tatoes in hills three feet apart each way. 

 He left a check plot 9 hills by 9 or 81 

 lulls undusted. The dusted plot gave 

 255 lbs. of firsts while the undusted plot 

 yielded 170 lbs. This equals a gain of 

 85 bushels of firsts per acre. The un- 

 dusted plot was dead in early August 

 while the dusted part kept growing for 

 about a month. Incidentally Mr. Rust 

 had the best crop of potatoes we have 

 seen in Granby. 



M. H. Briggs of Enfield left three rows 

 undusted while the rest of the plot was 

 dusted about 8 times. In this case also 

 the tops were dead on the undusted part 

 eai-ly in August while the rest of the field 

 showed very little blight. The dusted 

 plot gave 170 lbs. while the undusted gave 

 140, making- a gain of 45 bu.shels per acre 

 ■due to dusting. 



After this years experience we know 

 blight can be controlled. We also know 

 that the difference in control does not de- 

 pend so much on the spray materials or 

 equipment used as on the man using them. 

 For this work there is no easy way out. 

 Blight control demands that a farmer 

 lieep his potato tops covered with spray 

 ■or dust through the entire season. It is 

 ■one of the few cases where if a little is 

 good, a lot is better. The experiences of 

 the men given above show what can be 

 done. They are no smarter than many 

 ■of the other farmers of the County. 

 What they have done this year, others 

 can do and we hope that another year 

 more farmers will be prepared. 



Coutinued from iMKf 1, column H 

 acre. The fertilized plot gave 3800 lbs. 

 per acre while the unfertilized gave 1980, 

 a gain of 1820 lbs. pr acre for fertilizer. 



In Westhampton three demonstrations 

 wei-e conducted. A. D. Montague top 

 dressed an old mowing which had been 

 top-dressed with manure for several 

 years and was in good shape. The fer- 

 tilized area gave 4.320 lbs. per acre while 

 the unfertilized gave 3080, a gain of 

 1240 lbs. for fertilizer. John Hathawey 

 of Westhampton obtained these results: 

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ytock judging luaui. First at M. A. U. High «oliool Day, May (•. l'J2i. 

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(I) I'Olil.TKV lirsiSAN IHt^' : The cHl■^^ feeding and breeding of producing hens. The 

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(21 I>AIB'VIN<i: The balancing of rations. The testing of milk and its products. Advanced 

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