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FACTS FOR FARMERS

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G Potato Blight Disease | Of Major Importance |

By LORNE C. CALLBECK

Research Scientist > oa : Experimental Farm, Ch'town 4 Late blightgpf potato has been bers, somé ‘of -which may © fry‘ In seasons when rgbawe bbs A eeees Geaiord aus Mk tee eeeeneneel se) en occur, it is necessary|

wo sent growers since Sins ee 4 a carried over the to apply more treatments than DELS norhlthe ee i Ree : Wie i ae =Peperinental Farm countryside by winds as fast as in’ drier seasons

“show that in the past 44. years they are produced. "To aid the grower in pinning ‘ 3 << ae Sok there were only five’ in which) proper disposal of discarded his spray schedule, a = : bed / TA, , ; : 4 eS , ° * ie SAase Was unreported. {ybers is the first” step ur_tate-weekls_bulletins is _issu rom F a : , Bett The 6 ght 2 s_in 13 ‘phic ontrol programs. When the Experimental Farm at Char- |

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d 0 ? a eae Sa — A 2 years .These records ~show ae the discard . may be through several newspapers and that proper methods for the con- spread outdoors where the low radio stations in Prince Edward | trol of this devastating disease temperatures will kill the fun- Island and * Nova Scotia. They} must be applied almost annual- gus Tubers discarded in the include information on the ved ly spring should be burned or deep- valence and control of both is-| . i Late blight disease is caused ly buried. If a:cull pile is found, ease and insect pests. Benn a ‘by a fungus organism, and, like all. sprouts and plants in it The third phase of blight con-| , ‘other forms of fungi, such as should be destroyed_by fire” or trot comes it thefalt-and—it—is+

* molds,’ mildews. and mus h-|by spraying them with a top kill- designed to prevent losses from) oo? ower rooms, it requires moisture for er. early in the season tuber rot in storage. No field in| . ‘ o : fe j 8 Ewa its development and spread. jt is generally necessary to which even a trace of the dis-; <i 6 Hence -periods of showers, abun- ‘spray potato fields with a rec- ease has been seen Should be| ae 7 -dant dews, and high atmospher- ommended fungicide at regular duc while any green olants oi eed r “a ic humidity are alwayg danger- intervals through the season. parts of plants” are present. | . . ’ 3 ous. Warm, dry Fane such aS The important thing to remem- Spores are certain to be present | & il ie, ne that experienced: in 1965, are |ber in this phase of blight con- on plant lesions and on the soil | aaa ~ . ue "2 ' likely to be free of disease. . |trol is that fungicides are toxic surface and, if the crop is dug at | e. 5 he : 3 The fungus overwinters in in- to the spores. This means that this time, the tubers a pick tr. - a : hr Pee wd lfected tubers. If a seed piece is spraying must not be consider- — of ae i s e' 7. Be and , rn ii a leut from such a tuber, the fun-'ed as a. medication or a cure. spores W : Lived 7 a |gus threads invade the sprouts, but only a$ .a preventive mea- shipment or in storage, causing | NOW HAS ELECTRONIC HANDS tn. my 4 usually killing them before they sure. -Once a spore germinates severe losses. from rotting. | . ; , ip hes le es MRS emerge. However, some infected |and the-fungus invades the leaf, The tops should be complete-| Joseph Weist of Hyattsville. to work using electronically he went to the Institute of Re- iid ; = ee , <= \sprouts. may produce plants and Ino amount of spraying will save ly dead for at least 10 days be-! fd, who lost both hands at operated plastic hands. At the habilitation in Montreal, Can, INJURED BOY AIDED ome eee Tan p< oo saneh ion peerer ip ig eo, 5 Ae eaiy nari 4 an Alexandria, Va. meat time of his aceidént. surgeons _where—he was fitted with. the ee stems: These lesions quickly |absolutely necessary to have the } ~< ‘ i acking plant last fall is back attempted to er Wein’ new devices, designed in Rus- = 54—wittems——#2—ot-—ed--by-potice—endi-guandomei—ehich—he-was—ridi hear spores_—which—are—carried elie ca_the ians_tetere comme at - = time - = oo) ® : ~ hands-back-on,bit-they-had-to—sta—His~hands~are~transistor-— Cleveland is alded by police- “gunfire near riot area in stop at checkpoint rents. The spores germipate rnd \eide kills the spores and thus in- ease spores as well. Usually, before . starting to dig. this be ee a es 18 powered and controlled by his gman after he had been wound- Cleveland when aytomobile. in (AP Wirephote) | he newly- infected plants, in fection is prevented. however, it is necessary to use \treatment will destroy any living ee ae “te tae arm meuscies (AP Wireph aes Py niece . ke turn, develop leaf lesions and a REGULAR SPRAYING . - 2” artificial method such as ro. that may be resting on aes teceheertemebotrtbert ioe etre boa id ainiioidaiesieecindie rote — ) CATCH TUNA heaviest fish taken since the dents have failed one or more ..., crop of spores. Thus the dis- Spraying should begin aboit tobeating or spraying witha wy il Peat t ee . ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. (CP)—To. first of the season was caught of their matriculation ‘examina- ease spreads‘ rapidly over the mid-July and continued at fairly commended chemical. In years| e soil surface. ig PURITY DAIRY $3 H. BENNETT CARR tal tuna catches in nearby Con- July 13. tions. A-spokésman for the Mon- field and to. other fields. No. tub- regular intervals until_ the tops of severe attack, it is sometimes | atin ene’ ‘ \¢ aT. $ ° $ ception Bay this season reached ae ltreal Catholic School Commis- €F Showing an area of rot should are killed by frost, mechanical advisable, especially “if a roto WS OFF 32 Sun Life of Canada~~ 4 91 Wednesday when 25 more of FAILURE RATE HIGH |. id ke could wiv be used for seed. ‘beater, or chemical top killer. beater or other mechanical de-| ry. peruvian’ hummingbird Parents Prefer ee District ee : the’ bluefins were boated by — couk! give nO_Teu- CHIEF SOURCES The number and the frequency vise has been used, to spray the é ¢‘ Purity Products” $$ imsarance Counselling ¢ sports fishermen. John: Cahill of MONTREAL (CP) — Sixty- son for the high percentage of; The chief sources of our epid-lof the applications «depend. of ground with copper sulphate |has only four ‘tail-feathers, two i? =e . Charlottetown, P.E.1. $ St. John’s, with catches weigh- two per. cent of Montreal’s 7.695 failures but admitted it is much | emics are the cull and dump pil- course, on the kind of weather (bluestone) at the rate of about of them much longer’ than the ¢ 317 Kent St. _— Dial 4.7125 t3 Phone 4-8817 4-5433 z ing 780 and 740 pounds, has the French-speaking Grade II stu- higher than last year. es. These piles of discarded tu-|that characterizes the season. 15 pounds per acre, a few hours [bird itself. : ooo & tCeccccecce Coeercecseoed

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