HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1912-4-4, Page 2QT4TO CAKER A DISEASE
Aeets Farm, ii ndS
The Health of
and Is Injurious
The Consumer
A. despatch fzona Ottawa says;
Owing to the ah :mage in the potato.
Vrop this year zlealers in and grow -,I
err of p of zti >s nod it necessary to ;
import 1a1f'e supplies for table and.?
seed purposes from Great Britain,
. 1e;ai1C{ and other Europeaxl, coin-;
tries, Bulletin 63; issued by the
DQmini;,lu Experimental Farm. Ot-
tawa,explains how notate' canker.
has found its warn across the Alan-
t c lino -Newfoundland with. pota-
toes imported from Europe.
Potato (-tanker is a disease at pre-
eta unknown in Canada. It is one
of tlae. most :serious diseases known,
affecting not only the farm lauds on
ldeh
potatoes are ;moat,, but the
dl ease is also. directly injurious to
ilte hea-.la of the consumer oi; affect -
cd 1)a-ts toes, Boiling does not de-
strtry t:lle injuaaious properties, The.
ditir Ilslx i e lar. eterl;ted by nodular
a~cxih? epees, lvlliedt lxlaly often, be
lace that; flab falter itself.. These
"cankers" affect the eyes of the po-
tato and are very small in the- early
stages, Any tubers found with
smaller or larger outgrot+ths rising
from where tholeyes are situated,
should 'under no condition be used
for seed or table purposes,. The in-
troduction and establishment of this
disease woald seriously compromise'
one of the most important agricul-
tural industries of Canada, tviz.,
potato -gr )wing, Farmers and con-
sumers should be exceedingly care-
ful in Using -potatoes that may have
been 'imported from Creat Britain
or the continent of Europe. Suspi
eioa)s-lookin tubers should he de-
stroyed by fire, and not be thrown
on the ground, or the disease, if
present, will establish itself perma-
nently in the, soil.
The bulletin referred to explains
au detail the character o£ the dls_
ea en and i