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SOUTHERN FIELU CROPS 



Dry weather checks the progress of the disease, and it 

 may then appear only as a reddening or spotting of the sur- 

 face of the Ijoll without serious damage to the crop. 



FiC. 1S3. ANTHRACN08E ON CoTTON BoLLS. 



No method of spraying for the prevention of l.ioll-rot 

 has been devised. But since anthracnose develoj^s most 

 rapidly in the shade, "[jreventive measures consist in (1) ad- 

 mitting the maximum amount of sunlight by *videning 



