Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1912 — POTATO SPRAY IS PROFITABLE [ARTICLE]

POTATO SPRAY IS PROFITABLE

■ w . Results for Five Years Show Gain of Goodly Proportions in Yield and for Labor Applied. * I ) For five consecutive yeara of testtog potato spraying has proven each year a useful and profitable practice with me, says a writer in the Baltimore American. ' ' The test of three seasons ago was the least favorable of any of the live for the development of-the principal potato disease, late blight and rot, yet even in that year the test showed good returns for the money expended and the laljor applied. v-. The results for five years on sprayed and unsprayed fields show an average gain of 90 bushels per acre on the ■prayed field, which this season is

worth $72 In the retail marjtet at home. The cost of spraying on an average was $2.84 each year. Any farmer can test these figures by planting, one acre of ground for two or three years, so as to allow for the seasons that late blight and rot are less prevalent. ; The whole acre should receive the same attention as to work and fertilization, except one-half must be sprayed anywhere from two to five times. The unsprayed must also be kept free front hugs to warrant a fair test. * ’