Merit Of Blight Forecasting
What was probably the first potato blight forecast In Canterbury was made by Dr. I. D. Blair, head'of the department of microbiology at Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, some 12 months ago, and where it was acted on by farmers there were spectacular successes. \ On December 20 "The Press’’ published on the Farm Page comments by Dr. Blair and Mr Driver which intimated that a "blight period’’ had occurred again. At
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28805, 28 January 1959, Page 15
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