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her  that  “blight”  although  a  fungus  is 
controlled  in  its  growth  by  heat  and 
moisture  just  the  same  as  any  other 
plant.  The  seed  pieces  of  themselves  will 
furnish  plenty  of  moisture,  but  as  long 
as  we  can  control  the  temperature  we  re¬ 
move  one  important  factor  of  growth  of 
the  fungus.  Hence,  h.v  getting  the  seed 
early,  getting  into  the  ground  early  with 
a  good  covering  of  soil  we  are  usually  in 
a  position  to  hold  the  temperature  so 
low  the  dormant,  blight  fungus  cannot 
commence  growth.  By  this  method  we 
can  usually  get  the  seed  pieces  sprouted- 
and  the  sprouts  on  their  own  roots  be¬ 
fore  the  soil  temperature  is  high  enough 
for  growth  of  the  fungus  within  the  seed 
pieces  'and  the  consequent  rotting  of 
same.  These  infected  seed  pieces  may 
later  in  the  season  become  a  source  of 
infection  to  the  foliage  hut  that  is  a  con¬ 
dition  which  we  must  meet  by  spraying 
aided  by  the  weather  conditions. 
Greening  Potatoes. — Spreading  pota¬ 
toes  in  a  sheltered  place  to  “green  up” 
before  cutting  and  planting  may  be  ex¬ 
cellent.  practice  for  healthy  seed  to  pro¬ 
duce  early  and  rapid  sproutings,  hut  such 
treatment  of  seed  from  blighted  areas 
will  aid  the  dormant  blight  fungus  to 
start  growth  in  the  affected  spots  under 
the  skin  of  the  tubers,  a  condition  which 
is  not  easily  cheeked  when  tubers  are 
planted  even  iu  a  cool  soil.  In  a  wild 
state  Mother  Nature  keeps  tubers  cool 
until  growth  has  started. 
Storing  Cot  Seed. — Cutting  healthy 
seed  and  putting  it  back  into  the  sacks 
in  which  it  was  shipped  and  allowing  it 
to  stand  in  a  heap  three  or  four  weeks 
may  not  injure  healthy  tubers,  but  I 
have  seen  mighty  poor  stands  from  seed 
so  treated  that  was  not  even  affected  with 
blight.  Surely  such  treatment  should  be 
avoided  with  seed  from  sections  where 
blight  was  prevalent  last  year. 
Deep  or  Shallow  Covering. — Plant¬ 
ing  shallow  or  planting  deep  and  cover¬ 
ing  shallow  may  aid  in  quick  germina¬ 
tion  of  the  seed  and  be  good  practice 
with  healthy  seed,  but  such  treatment  for 
with  a  shovel  plow  ami  leaving  open  for 
some  time  to  warm  up  the  soil  before 
planting  and  thus  hasten  the  growth  of 
sprouts  is  the  most  ideal  treatment,  that 
could  be  given  the  blight-infected  seed 
to  result  iu  rotting  every  seed  piece  be¬ 
fore  it  sprouts.  By  the  above  method 
the  soil  with  which  the  seed  piece  is  sur¬ 
rounded  i,s  sometimes  raised  to  a  temper¬ 
ature  of  70  dog.  to  80  deg.,  which  when 
covered  over  with  a  couple  of  inches  of 
moist  soil  from  filling  of  trenches  makes 
an  ideal  incubator  for  the  dormant 
blight. 
Precautions  Observed. — Hence  in 
conclusion,  if  we  must  use  seed  from 
blighted  fields  of  1915  we  should  do  all 
we  can  to  keep  the  temperature  low 
enough  to  prevent  growth  of  the  dor¬ 
mant  blight  fungus  within  the  seed 
pieces;  and  at  same  time  get  the  seed 
sprouted  and  on  its  own  roots  early  iu 
the  season.  This  can  bo  done  by  keeping 
the  seed  cool,  planting  early  as  fast  as 
seed  is  cut  and  covering  to  a  depth  of 
two  to  three  inches,  whether  planted 
deep  or  shallow.  These  recommendations  t 
apply  to  the  grower  who  does  not  have 
to  buy  new  seed  each  year  just  as  well 
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under  present  conditions  is.  that  the  man 
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stock  does  not  run  the  risk  of  getting 
worse  blighted  stock  from  some  other 
section  combined  with  other  disease,  and, 
if  he  fails  to  get  a  stand  he  is  out  only 
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