IRISH BLIGHT IN POTATOES.
; \^K.'PapMISIN t G i EXPEEIMBNTS.. : ; . ." {The Irish- potato blight,-" which: now ravages;-four .-small: areas . in-, Victoria, "is. the;subject'.of. experiments being cou- • : the γ-y : '.potatoes '.''to ,120 ■ degrees'.Falir.,;Mr:'JTAlpine destroys all ;trace;oi.;the,diEeaseV-i\The potatoes Vcira (be.'placed-in- , a 'large'-• factory: 0r.' , ..;mi1l ioven.'aud-the, (iufms.oftiho'.hlight soon die! V;,'--Tbo- : question tp''•Vβ; solved:is ■ whether .potatoes -put:?throughHhis process .can bo: .'.used,.suc'cessfuUyj'as/!seed.- Mr;/ M'Alpine has,' ,b,(jated''a'.,large'number,< ] 6f;^potatoes ■ tto'.various t'empe'raturefeljottveen- 120' and 160^degrees, ; ana .ho. l h'as;;pliuited. these'in ; large, .plots in^hisiov'n ;f laDo'ratoryi. : ' If : they .show-gobdigrow-th-dHring thc:next fortnight., and 'Mr;* M'Alpjno 'is confident thcy.-will,'the'-crops-in'tlib infected area enUs'lie;saved;'and,; seed'for"the , next : sowing clean" ground. •' ■'..''.'•■ ' ■ ■• ,This, ; ;(s'ayS'tho,- ; ;."Hb))art' Post")' ; ; will .j.'.uSin'.'a financial.;'saving to-',, the' :■ ICTojrers,--! and-VMr.-'M'Alpine- is I prepared t'toVassist','in '.secuting it/byj.visiting; 'the i heating work.,; ■ •'.' ;/":, . ■■.•'-.' : ?.''"' ''"■ ■<: '■';','■'; "' ■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 884, 2 August 1910, Page 8
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117IRISH BLIGHT IN POTATOES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 884, 2 August 1910, Page 8
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