Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1858 — Novel Method to Precvet Potato Rot. [ARTICLE]

Novel Method to Precvet Potato Rot.

Some Belgian boys, a few years since, for amusement, inserted some peas into potatoes end planted them. The result w ts>tin unusual yield of peasand d crop o!'tubers perfectly sound, thou’h in a field where thv potatoes were badly affected. Acting on the hint, Mr. Jackson, of Leeds,’England, developed the theory that the potato, beings deficient of nitrogen, would receive an equivalent of article from the pea during the "time of growing; and'so its tendency to disease would be counteracted. He then tried the experiment, inserting four or five peas into each potato, carefully avoiding injury to the eyes, -and then pl: nting in the usual way. The result was perfect success—an unusual yield of both peasand potatoes, and the latter perfectly free from disease. The tubers were found healthy the next spring, and were again planted with the same results.