MANAWATU CROPS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 432, 15 February 1909, Page 5

MANAWATU CROPS.

>;;s : >' ;; vKSAyiNCV;THE!-POTATOES.;:^-:-■>;;;: ':- "She .distnct;around'Palraerstpn North (writes ene; of .'.';puri-trav.elh'ng - ; \ Po : ' : tato blight is; to' be*- seen "almost. everywhere.: ■I have fseen isome: .veryivbad peases -iindeed; end'..very iew. 'patches.;''where. tho: diseaso" ■ li'as not;made ■, its 1 .- appearance;;:: -Up to a. coiiplo :,of : ; weeks : , had not, shown ■up", ;but: no . doubt;.the-moist-muggy, weather;.at.,the;end ;of January -develope a.- the''dormant/spores,: :-with the result .that :wbe.rever I.'go .1 see the ' familiar 'black-blotched. leaves." '..I : was .told' of; ' bne^case-Ti'hero'the crop was,;mdre .than twp- : thirds'diseased;';■ A. man who has been spray"ing: aU.:::thei. tMe, told:me"he.'hae lost-.half has ;also.; made", its-appearance at; Oamaru; ;If. its reappearance this season continues .'to' ;is'^every;:likelihood of 'it; doings it wiir.be'. a-very serious loss: to the growers, ■'and ;a.\disastrous' ! ;thing:ior : those :.who. :usej.;the:;j»tatoes.;'•:•:Trulyii, .a iarmer's '.]tfe t : ;;:like^tte°v'ppUwmsA , svm"'the. , '- :l .'Pifates,".' is:not : a ; >happy one.v--.He': is confronted oh; ,aU sides^wiUiipests^-disea'Eesrandrblights , of :aU::sortsialnd gales, ...wind,;,and'irain wh«n : .he.doesn't'want,them." ?It that : the'min:;amoh^'themCwhp/.ehduld;be in the ..J\appie^'' : ■■•»/: alone:--.for; Mixed farming arid, cropping '-farm-■''Mg.'.areV;pne'ihuge:.:gampleY;j*ji';'nevOT'-".knbw--: -.where:you.'are.*!tdl":'tne money, is in the bank,', and .even'-,then (it:'is'.'ofteri :m: : ;a-much, more limited r quantity .than 1 had been anticipated; hoped^tb,■g'et-- , £3:' a- ton .for-:, chaff, 'tyut there/is a lot of bad and discoloured stuff; coming; : ;into tte market,■; which,:will■■:have"to' ;l».r:Bprdv,at' : 'alvsao^ce';^^tHe,,.>nnfortunate , :toower."4-,:Those'.:>-who .'have;.had .p. the;-good' luck :to ;isave r 'a. clean; ; -, bright crop:' should :certainly;-receive a better, 'price for their.har-. ■irest;>B;-;J;;S-,v; : v;; i :-:;;.v.:;;;;' ; ?5 , ;:i;V;.';. : , ■' : -^:---' ■>