According to a'Levin grower of experience, it is always advisable to choose an open windy position for potatoes in order to reduce to a minimum the possibility of .blight. Lots of people made a practice of looking for shady, sheltered places for thqir early crops, but out in the sun and wind was a certain antidote for combatting to # considerable extent the effects of the disease. Apropos of this, a. Taranaki grower reports having _secured freedom from blight by allowing plenty of space both between the rows and between the sets, thus minimising dampness around plants.
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Shannon News, 10 November 1922, Page 3
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