Round Pond, Maine. Aug. 21, 1917 
Dear Collins:- 
Thanks for the copy of the Weekly News Letter, that I 
return herewith. It so happened that one of the local papers putlihhed 
the article ahoutthe potatopblight, and that I had the formula from 
that article. It was a, complete reprint of the note in the News Let¬ 
ter. Blight has hit here, and hit hard. I hope that I have 
saved mine. Haying was almost doi© , and the last time that I looked 
over the patch,the spuds looked well. Then there came three rainy dyays 
and th blight showed up strong. I had planned to go over them anyhow 
at the end of that week, as it seemed that the/ hay was where I could 
then leave it. However, it should have been done beflre, no doubt. 
It is hard to get copper sulphate here, and that has made delay. 
However, I went over all the colony patch on Sunday, and had all but 
about 400 hills of my own treated yesterday when a regular tantoaster 
of a tempest came up, and maybe I have lost the whole labor. I have 
still a little solution left, and hope for more CuSO^ by Thursday. 
Pteronospora is still where it can be checked by sharp work if the 
weather clears, but today has dawned pretty foggy, and may not clear 
enough. I shall go out a little later to estimate the damage. If 
all goes well, there ought to be spare material enough to go over 
those four rows that were not treated, and trust to the Lord for the 
rest of the thing. I have had to use air slacked lime for the 
mixture, or else wait interminably for the other, but hope I can later 
get a little quicklime. Chemically, there should be somewhat the 
same action, but of course there is considerable more waste. I am 
not going t o lose those, spuds without a fight for ’em. 
We are all mighty glad that there is a, chance that you will 
