POTATO MATTERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 620, 24 September 1909, Page 8

POTATO MATTERS.

p^MfeSfNrplzEM^S''rai^^ m<u ■■:'i oulturistVof*New'Zealand; who: ; hos W-- ;Vi.y{r'o'm :.his2offiiiial : .visit i ',tO'.'rasman)a'- and-' other a; -'-'SSpeakihg .of: the j potato. hK; S^tlight; sriid : the -Irish; widespread,;' .was^nqt-'iiii $'i' ; j'iits cWorstjUbrtei;: except ;in. one or .'.two '.districW.'. :;calte£L;\there j"biown : rust,". v-b«t;';:was ';S.t "■MtB- ooe.vstage of,;;, the ..Irish ■.blight. *'S'^u2AS' ; 'a''ire i SultV^of'Vthe; i inyestigation3,''Conducted, t''t :^rthe:I ;Tasmanian.'-'Government last-;, week'passed I'lSj'tKithroujh Vbptrr.'HoiMes : of '.Bill, Pii';iJ'i:ca.lled.: ; Tlie' frPotatofDiseases; 7 &ct, ;;whicK vpro-. a-;.; • ? vidod if or '"defining ; . clean ;and 'infected." districts.' fe p-'lSi'heVpotaw^ fv';V;- ; S;pbrted» to -'Mer; Australian I States ;'• those' from |'-.".5 r v?Tli.ese' pMpaflnsyare- , intended : ''to> relieve, ;jthe_ makes 'compulsory r thd'' sprayiug: J-';S:"i : and: ".tomato.-tijjpps,- (i fiVi.gardens, ■in , >deatf- ; '6rVinUk{ected , ;,!'.tTwpTl^i^.ti)^fe' o tii6'':teS ,k l co&w;':tp'>iiiii£e i 'tiie.' .. . The: "< ; A iSjk penalty'.ior-default'is v iE2fe\,;; ; .'• ;yfs^-'-St ■■'■ f'■< "^S-w: »;^risa i Kirk, Si-■' *J'Cv-been';;existent ■■;in'. fc'artaia■-. districts ?pf eaoH : ! i qf("iii'iS^M^*^^?^6B'^/'^.'^^^*!^^^, l^'.vi^-jmaniaS'hopeg'^thati^.j'byv ►'■iAH*i : eWct uMpectipnibefore' |.:'4;i"ti',ifasti.ectipn at. ; th : e,;poyt: ; ()f -Jailding,■•i<thei-!other> jZijli'l^Stalea^may.'bo .\ indnced td : idmit.their,'potatoes:' g.f^fjip3lff;thp/)Aot:-;is^prdpOTly.-.-"eiifqrc^; : "there.'-rehd.U.d' &%s?■£)s, TLo ; ; .iiiffiCTi^.f^i'BeTOnß':;ttiS'*done^S'-JVliie : g v 'iK-'';iJri 'i'Tasmahiaj -XV visited V6B:' potato.: farms, v and K.?.Vi;:S''dnring,'a ._fortnighty.deliyered^fifteeh:'lectures,. i'V4jVi^'.iU'^^ted"by>]antCTn.^bys."-''' i,^'! ii'j--/:S-. . !< ..K'T;. Melbourne f*r i i r ! spunt'threei'days'jn. each :ci(y." r :;'■■!;:. p?;:''.V. ; Bßa'n#;Nfe>?oala.nd-'PotatoM:i 'could /toCinduco^ho;States; fei'ftC't S';-JS' ; ';Wre viaccompaniedVibi', I :,a , s GoYernment r-guaraa-, pv-iSi'iee'." l s;r'lv': .'.'.• ■!'<■>.'; sv.-.-j--;..- ■/. ; -. ■ V-- '•:■ '?:-','■'■ : •

! ; ;/iJ p '®- ; fcv'':.¥.ytmViailSd?tVu.Si^7": ; >^ !: ??«^ : ■' '■Jμ ■■"•;■• •• ; '"~;S?r 5 KP" 1 ' v ra[:- ; sto-.;rtli |r) : *.; ; '.'i;;;Minister-'fori:Agricnllure.: .In .the'; :meantiin< I'v:.".v'»:a r f.angements.'all i-matteie -deKlirig'-withiDrpoi KplSjand f esiioi;tVfrirfh;'and-Yto':; places . :teyond -'-th tei:s;o; Commonwealth ? are.;now : : in-theL hands; of ?th change :bet-T^cn-!t^;States/'";i*='^yfi''"".V ; \-' •• : i;v;.- i -' ,; Pi<l' yonTApproach. : -the. v Commbn'weaUh"fat r -V:'",thorities?i \?>:i'-yif>:-t.-.\%; ..■.■■■.•;'.:,.,■•.':.-. ■:*-; ■* .t;iVwf^■;^'■?4* β ™n^ n !*'K?* n Pfi^?? as e{Ar^tened;i;:a^crop^ithe> ! ci:op ;wa ■|j VtftytW'W; J Zpaland .iexperienceisto, ■Aβ ■ ,al ■sii'si'">v tne:.better .for...the,.' spraying;.- : : the ■yi.eldVfr.on .spr?S?d ;crop r vras,v-greater vthan .-thb'-'yieli though"' it" Wei f;:jV!i;;.'i l npt.iiUseased.;«- ;••;:,«;;■;.v,.-;;■■:;.. :■:■ -rof;^whether''co'nipnlsor p-3i'i|:SP r .aying:l.waS,; .-in s/his .• pninion, i-.desirable > fo' . |i':- v: >.'Kew ■ Zealandy;;>ir.,;Kiik-.:declined; I toi.bei.dfawn