POTATO BLIGHT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 700, 28 December 1909, Page 8

POTATO BLIGHT.

'DREADNOUGHT BLIGHT PREVEN-' I At' \ P. - . DISCOVERED IN JAMAICA, WESr INDIES. oA sure remedy' for the prevention of 'BLIGHT in POTATOES/ Can be usod .for .and other 'vegetables, •flow- ' ;ers,:-.ete.; with, great' success;, j Bireotions" "for'using with .potatoes: 6lbi to ;be dis- ' Solved in'2s' gallons, of water. No, stock i. :or ;stable.manure .to be used, but special V manure for ■■ potatoes.' can bo used . with; ; advantage. Cut'the potato'' seed, . and soak for 24 hours. ■■ Seed, to bo dry when ; planted. In badly-infected blight' ;dis- [■ "triots, it 'is best not.to cut tho seed, but ' 'plant, whole.;,; If seed cut, dip -in wood ash so as to '' thoroughly dry. Ground : ;iiqt.;, to-bein'.wet, state 'when planting/potatoes. If the crops are sprayed it. will increase the production . a . hundredfold. i Can-be. used'for blight on turnips.and . other plants. . Soak for 4 hours and then - 'dry. • v■ ■.' This;celebrated • specific'; was discovered in Jamaica many years ago as tho rosult of investigations during failure of props 'bw.ing ,to - blight.Tho inventor, a celebrated 1 .Chemist; • left the ro- . cipe in the hands of his son, : who has: -been moat' successful-- in curing blight.. He has now: left New Zealand' for his home in tho West Indies; and has-oh- • 'trusted us with the Sole Agency for Aus- ; this'icelebratM r«niedy.,l?qr; If tfuHher partioulars : as:-to 'price, etci, ;ap-' ; ply to DH'AN BROS., .Willis Street, Weilington.—Advtl v: fJ;;:;w:^^i,;