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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17702, 31 January 1918, Page 4

The ills which man is heir to are not the only forms ot disease which may he contagious. During the course of a lecture on plant diseases last night, Mr T. W. lurk cited an instance ol' how potato blight may bo carried on one's clothes. A man once came to him with a few leaves ol the potato plant, which ho had obtained trom a neighbour’s garden. On examination tho leaves were found to be infested with potato blight. “A , ?P e there are none on my plants ” said the man fervently. “Take off your'trousers and let iis have a look at them, said Mr Kirk. I-lis visitor was rather surprised at this extraordinary request, but he complied, and his surprise was not diminished when, under tho microscope, ho was shown that the logs of his trousers were covered with thousands of spores of the blight fungus. Needless to say, he changed his clothes before he again visited his own potato m mi.