POTATO BLIGHTA.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 664, 15 November 1909, Page 10

POTATO BLIGHTA.

;&;»i'+i^v>.■^^'i i ONOUS o OE^^D^ )-.:'■'; -:' ■ :,'■-.--',■ /. j -■:• ..i .--.y.-j Mi* V- ■'':■•- - ■-.■•■ - :.--•■'• ;', / i- -■;■■ i : : -. 'RJt'ty*' onfl>Bu"ch;;is; : ; rp^b.rtedft'?fr6hi:f i) .*■;', .rcasoh r :for,;keeping:.a;vigilant.. .: ;-r^l;' : watch "for' -the -for keeping; the ! it; seems ft's ':;"-]ust,possible of;-the blight,referred ' ;.,';-.;J?.W;is;'hwrely \th,e.,/natural. : ;blackening„of,'jthe ; ■-;':., foßowsthejliuffeting'of.VKigh winds. ' ! lad Recently; fsome^winds.of y very ' >;;';';.:i; : high !:p'otehtial^,and ! .:iniiny '.fields ''of : ':,-;.:'.'.:. .plants that -wero'-hbtifayduTedilwith;' an .ex- t :;;.};.itraprdinary;am'pirnt of; haye'beeh : bruised; ahd;:blapkenSd.'v;Ssyhere this'is; . >y"j;:'the .only.: trouble; 5 the : of-J the" props' ' if. ■ij- l :''may;.'await..re'ceveTy.;Wittiout, : ;, 'iftft'f ifthe \damage;-;is l . ;;,;;.<,,.- -''It.iSniTistin'ot,',fibweveft,o)'e';.for'gottei\ithat, the J seas"oh.j.'so::farias almnjnac^dates:go;:has • S , U/; ; :-. : '. - ■Vs,i;>! a'/hundred- : :;: : :;';;)':-foId/iii:'the ;Whftt-.(thS> farmer?''; A.:\'j;iiiefidsV ; t();rg9t"is;;a':;:suitableisbray;pump and' . jvi' : in' \ :the"pun2hase''of;'a sp'ray-pum'p,'if;the' }!-'.;:'.''?.;area.--;'of-potatoes -docs?not.exceed; ; five. or. six ;:,.. °iV: acres;^it,;is;possibl6i,the'owner, may^he|\rfllin'B "■ 1 : H'':':.!•'Bprayer';' j ln ! .;'wMeh;' p caso;i3^ '£ ■5L y : -.enrvo'd.- pipe: shbiild:';be' sold .with,". ,it, ; ?so',.that: V- :r fe the,;,spray: may.■;-ibe.- directed';' to the.,. underV,, s ; 'lVv?-*Mdes;.of-.the,..leavesias.i.well' as -the_. • ;;.';.. ■•'j'la.rgßri.'sprayingv'.outfit,-.Vcapable.,- of;'containing: : ;' : . ■•': a'} larger ;;qua'ntityXdf;the.'fluid,:, and mounted • V.'.V:.:;by;;'.a:;hprse, ; should ;be'.purchased for.'larger ' ;;;,".-Vareafe.':-; ; In regatd..:to4hevw'ork';of ; spraying, - i;- ,;.i,' -what; 'one ..'has. .to •-,do is; "to.,.produce :a . spray :''T li .,V''' : 'ofv''ihTsfetike" : fiße4essv.attd.seo that all the/fori-. SiV-'Bgefisi-damped.by/it,;:;:: ; ," ; :': H,'';-.'.'-.">'.ir. ;',■■/. ■".';:;:*,. formulae; are;; available'. f or', the pur-> -:' : .:. ;:'' i po.se-^iß^rdeaux; ;«' mixthre,' ■ made of. ■;■ limo and : ::V:;....imlphatei'of:;,oopper,'!as. : :: adviscd .in the QovV : 0 \ ■'.e'rnmeht's vleaffeft-- Np??ilttft;ahd 4 ■:.'."<'''.but ;knWn .ns'iaminoniii'tedi'?; S;::..'; c'arbnnato-of ] :/-://: Spray,; nn. a '■''■■■.&'&-''"'-':-," : j :'Sp;MASTfRTp^;;A.:;* 'meeting;- of-the-general -com-'; !;.'■;': ;:mitt«(Oi,the' :^sterton.: A.- onid''P. ;.:;?",was./h^W.i'.on- Sdiurday: .afternoon,, wrifea our ■;..i: :,', 'Mastortori :. correspohdeht.. ■'■' - There. - were . : . ; :%..i:'-e6nt: Meßsrs."'Gi,;C.:'Sunimi;ren,,'(chairman),: J.' i'iiCVi-:-' >■ ■'!-;>■-. ■ mer,--'W.' J Cooper,' Ft''W:'-'ltum'hi'ir;' < ;-;.y.W.:'Hr:Buick/ :T;; R-lett, ;c. F.::Vallance,' K. ■■ :J.: Dagg.V'W. ' v ;:;: :>; per,;E.-'Gray.; W.; J;v;Welch;VO.C.:Cooper, G/= i;.--:: : -.;-Shaw; /J; Wi-Jaines; V.,' Dehald, -A. J. ; Percy, ■. ,fr ; :' '\rahd >B. Apologies, for absence .wero; ; ■ i'r : .;.'roceiTOd'.ifrom,. Messrs..-:J. B." Mcodie,'. Hugh ) ,';' f ': ■':: MoTrisali.v.and J.': Strang.'■"',■ The secretary, of : the' ' ; : ,:;r;:; rMasbartop Technical"Sohpol wrote:stating that .-■'.V-. , :".;:f; the "school, :proposcd'to .hold -a. fu'rther"'cours'e : ' >:Wl.'.; : :pf -iii wool-classing ; about the ;., v, ■.' nriddle.'.'bf -.March',''iest,i--,they desired "to take. y,'i; : ;"-the ; asking if -,the;6ociety would :;'-;. - v assist; :.in\the arranging -for '•a. supply , :»,,;:>■ of'mixed .wools for.,the uso of .prdposed.classes. '/;V'-- : *;'M--'was'd j eoided;:'th^ ;:';.:. £ tb, : communicate; with' thoso. likely, to donate ;::;';;' ; :wobl.':j,'"/.: : ";;.:.^. r ,:,. :;: : ; : w;V;,' i ' - .:: > ,V- : ; .'..;', .; :-'i.'.i v".■':'• '■.',■'.'. 'Mr.lS'i, E.yLancaster -,wrote, suggesting that \; V : :'. he wbuld'like to : see exhibits of pens, of five '.'■/■■. ~-?,;V.twpr-topth'-ewes in : various breeds of sheep. He ; :'■', ,":-;.would'.bV'willing :,to'give a first prize in this ■ ';y..;:-' : : for, English: Lcicesters' and ■ Sonthdowns. :On: \ ,",',. '£' the' motion of Mr. Stonc-Wigg, it: wasVdcoided' ; '/:.;:;■.: that .the .questipn bo. held.:pver. till.next year,: : .'•■;.'.'-' on nccojnt of itboing .'too -late.'to.be included j ..'. : ';'in.this' ( year's schedule.. -~. ■-■.-.>;..:■" -, , j . ;■ .: ;,The:following judges .wore'; appointed, for-the i -forthcoming :6bpw.:--Light- horses:- Messrs. A. ' ;:.. Harrij„('Aucklahd) and :N. Banks (Cambridge); ",■-'/■"''.' ; harness/horsesif'Ai.Eeid and T. Newman (.Ncl. :':.';■:-' son);idraughts: i i'W.Blakey-ahd J. Elliott -(Can-.. :■;-'. Shn'rthorn cattle:-W. Taylor^ahd-A. :: M'Wan'.{Haiika's Bay); Heretords: H. Booth; : ;S -Vfat;; cattle: :;Ei ; vStevenS'":(Dannevirke) and J/ /Butcher.; Ayrshircs and Jerseys: J. A.- M'Crea •'"■•■'-and A';: DoiialdV. Lincoln fiheepi E. -Barriball, lt£ -:" Waruku) ;and',G. : Elliott;(Hawke's Bay); Eng'.'S.lish. 'aiid"Border'"•Leicestor.i: Jas.'.E«dj;.:Eom-'; : -/>: : i 'ney^tM'shi-R.'i'N.'•■BoilyUCanter.b"nry),-,p.:jrur- :':■' ri-ay,'. fiiid H. .y-. ; -rnltoii (uiin'edih)';' Sonthdowns: ■". '■■ ■:":■ - :',T.';r johjis : (Belfast) "and H., Overton; Shrop- :;' •; - v Rnires.':'E.;Pan , y"(Timaru) , and'G; Lewis (Anck- ':'■';, land); fat ; sheep: M.', Baird und H. Gillies; • far- :.. '/i'.ioers' blasses:-S.': Caiapbell (Stonoy.-.Creek),v.ag-' :."' ,<riciUtural. products:: 3. "E.:M'Casscy (Napier); . ':. -> bread and fssonds,ahd fruft .preserves: Mrs. :W. ; '.:^:-. : ;i".-Per'ry.-Bnd"-Mrs.-.-W.' : :MrKenziB l i;sehp6J''garddhs/f' ":, ■'■ ~H.'::Ho]mesand(A. -B.'AVoiad, -stacking competi- :, ' v';.- tions:;'SV:Foreman'. ; and: G. : Shaw; field -compe-. 'V;: ! :r : "•: titions:;T; : yp,;: Lett:aiid A;. J..-,.Percyj pigs: ::.-.'"•;; E.:'Perreth: : .i\ ; : '■• mittces: \veTe:'apppintedi;T.^:'? ; : X:\fi' : :'-);.%y>!.< ;;