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The  hired  man  must  have  dropped  some  sparks  from 
his  pipe  on  the  straw-strewn  ground. 
One  brooder  was  ablaze.  The  flames  were  rap¬ 
idly  destroying  it. 
I  was  helpless — panic-stricken — I  could  already  see 
our  chicken  farm  in  ruins. 
Then  John  came  dashing  from  the  house  with  the 
Pyrene.  Four  shots,  and  the  fire  was  out. 
Our  farm  has  been  safe  since  John  got  a  book, 
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The  Potato  Crop  in  1915 
(Continued  from  page  414.) 
Result  of  Spraying. — Of  the  100 
bushels  per  acre  gained  by  Mr.  Fagan 
through  spraying,  I  believe  at  least  oO 
bushels  were  due  to  the  increased  yield 
obtained  by  keeping  the  vinos  alive  long 
beyond  those  of  the  average  unsprayed 
fields,  and  the  other  fit)  bushels  to  the 
prevention  of  rot.  We  conducted  a  spray¬ 
ing  test  at  Mr.  Bedford’s  farm  at  Greens 
Farms  this  year,  the  results  of  which  con¬ 
firm  this  belief.  Here  the  potatoes  were 
hand-sprayed  four  times,  and  while  quite 
a  considerable  part  of  the  foliage  of  both 
the  sprayed  and  unsprayed  vines  had  died 
from  prematurity  before  the  blight  ap¬ 
peared,  the  first  of  August,  yet  the  spray¬ 
ed  part)  by  actual  test,  showed  an  in¬ 
crease  of  50  bushels  per  acre  over  the  un¬ 
sprayed.  The  vot  in  the  unsprayed  rows 
was  estimated  at  10  to  15  per  cent,  as 
against  practically  none  in  the  sprayed 
rows.  At  the  Station  farm  at  Mount  Car¬ 
mel,  where  this  prematuring  was  very  se¬ 
rious  and  blight  was  not  present,  the 
sprayed  vines  only  gave  an  increase  of  19 
bushels  per  acre  over  the  unspni.ved.  I 
have  heard  of  unsprayed  fields  where  the 
rot  of  late  potatoes  varied  from  a  small 
amount  up  to  75  per  cent.  One  is  apt  to 
be  misled  about  the  amount  of  rot,  espe¬ 
cially  if  he  does  uot  examine  the  pota¬ 
toes  within  a  couple  of  weeks  after  the 
blight  has  killed  the  vines.  At  that  time 
he  may  think  that  he  is  going  to  lose  all 
of  them,  whereas  if  he  does  not  examine 
them  until  digging  time  in  October,  he 
may  find  very  few  rotten  tubers,  and  de¬ 
cide  that  he  suffered  very  little  from  rot. 
This  is  due  to  the  fact  that  after  rotting, 
insects  and  other  agents  usually  distrib¬ 
ute  the  rotten  tissues  through  the  soil, 
and  practically  all  evidence  of  decay  ex¬ 
cept  an  occasional  empty  skin  is  de¬ 
stroyed. 
Early  Digging. — This  brings  up  the 
question  whether  one  shall  dig  his  pota¬ 
toes  as  soon  as  the  blight  strikes  them  or 
not.  With  early  potatoes,  provided  there 
is  no  glut  of  the  market,  I  rather  favor 
early  digging,  of  course  throwing  out  all 
rotten  or  suspicious  tubers.  Such  pota¬ 
toes  are  handled  quickly  and  usually  used 
up  before  many  of  them  rot.  With  late 
potatoes  I  believe  in  leaving  them  in  the 
ground  until  October.  After  the  foliage  is 
dead  not  many  additional  tubers  will  be¬ 
come  infected,  aud  those  that  are  already 
infected  will  mostly  rot  in  the  soil,  thus 
saving  handling  and  re-sorting  later. 
Such  potatoes  should  be  dug  in  dry 
weather,  allowed  to  dry  somewhat,  and 
stored  in  a  cool  dry  place  in  piles  not  so 
deep  as  to  prevent  the  escape  of  moisture. 
Rehandling  to  secure  this  and  the  re¬ 
moval  of  rotten  tubers,  or  the  use  of 
slaked  lime  scattered  over  the  tubers,  may 
be  necessary  as  extra  precautions  in  cer¬ 
tain  cases. 
In  conclusion  I  might  say  that  I  know 
of  a  number  of  growers  who  sprayed  their 
vines  in  June  and  July  and  got  no  par¬ 
ticular  results  either  in  keeping  the.  foli¬ 
age  alive  or  preventing  rot  of  the  tubers. 
This  was  partly  due  to  not  doing  the 
work  thoroughly,  but  chiefly  because  the 
spraying  was  stopped  just  when  the  blight 
season  began.  It  does  not  pay  to  spray 
unless  the  vines  are  kept  coated  until  the 
end  of  the  season.  g.  i\  clixtox. 
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Shrubs  Near  Evergreens 
I  am  up  against  this  problem :  The 
half  acre  south  of  my  house  where  I 
wish  to  plant  flowering  .shrubs  and  trees 
is  half  covered  hy  a  fine  growth,  planted 
by  nature,  of  lied  cedars  aud  junipers. 
These  make  a  good  background  and  set¬ 
ting  for  the  trees  aud  shrubs  I  propose 
to  plant.  But  how  near  to  a  Red  cedar 
that  is  from  12  to  20  feet  in  height  can 
1  plant  low-growing  deciduous  trees  and 
shrubs  aud  expect  them  to  thrive? 
Amherst,  Mass.  A.  p.  al 
Flowering  shrubs,  etc.,  may  be  plant¬ 
ed  just  outside  the  radius  covered  by  the 
branches  of  the  evergreens.  The  ground 
near  the  evergreens  should  have  a  liberal 
coat  of  lime,  aud  each  plant  should  have 
three  or  four  shovelfuls  of  rotted  manure 
thoroughly  mixed  with  the  soil  in  hole  at 
time  of  planting.  Evergreens  impoverish 
and  sour  the  soil,  so  that  small  deciduous 
plants  will  not  thrive  well  near  them 
without  a  liberal  use  of  mantire.  K. 
