THE POTATO BLIGHT
RAVAGES--IN CANTERBURY. Potato growers complain • that the ranges' of various pests, but more particularly blight; have, caused great, destruction in all parts of the province,' says;the Christchurc'h ''Star," and serious fears are entertained'that the yield will te distinctly" disappointing. ' Jn tho early part of the season the majority of crops gave promise of prolific returns, particularly "after the January rains bad stimulated growth. The weather conditions, however, proved favourable for tho development of numerous diseases,'-especially blight, which has already mado serious inroads. ~ Only in isolated instances has much digging yet been done, but where digging operations have taken place the returns have been far froiii satisfactory, the proportion of tubers unfit for use in many instances running to ninety per cent. This condition can he attributed chiefly to tho weather conditions of the last six weeks, which, although satisfactory from a growing point of view, brought many disoases, the chief of which is tho blight, which, once it attacks a crop, is almost impossible to eradicate.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 147, 11 March 1918, Page 8
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169THE POTATO BLIGHT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 147, 11 March 1918, Page 8
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