Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 26, 1910, Page 3

R R R R R Rk R K X © Spraying Eifectie & # i Potato Blight. * B s ——— ) % A. R. Kohler, Division of Horti- *+ culture, Minnesota Experl- ment Station. S R R R R R There are in this country two diseases of potatoes which commonly £0 under the name of “potato blight.” One is known as “early blight” (Al ternaria solani) and the other as “late blight” (Phytophthora infestans). The latter ase occurs frequently in the states trom Michigan east to the Atlanti aboard. It spreads very rapidly in August or later, when the weather is damp and muggy, and at such times way destroy a potato field within a few days. The occurrence of this blight in Minnesota is fortunately rare. The blight which Minnesota potato growers must contend with is early blight. It may appear at any time from early June on, but is usually most destructive during July and Aue gust. The accompanying cut illustrates the manner in which it attacks the foliage. Spraying with Bordeaux mixture has proved to be partially effective against se at the Minnesota Experi- - ment S The indicrtions are that it will not pay to spray with Bordeaux mixture rly b gfil on early varieties it must begin when the plants are small —about eight inches high, and con- Appearance of potato leaf in advanced stage of early blight. tinue aboul every ten days until about 10 per cent of the leaf surface is dying off, after which it is not likely to be any longer sufficiently effective to be worth while. In very rainy weather the applications should be sufficiently more frequent to keep the leaf surface well covered with a coating of the Bordeaux mixture. ‘When the spraying is, begun while the plants are small an application of twenty-five to thirty-five gallons of Bordeaux mixture per acre will usually be sufficient the first time. The sec- ond application should be inecreased to about fifty gallons per acre, and the third and subsequent applications should be at the rate of sixty to sev- enty-five gallons per acre. . Spraying for early blight on late * ing should be na longer delayed. varfeties of the Rural New Yorker type was profitable at the Minnesota Ex- periment Station during the past two years, For late varleties of this type, the first application may be delayed| until the earliest varieties in the nelghborhood show signs of the pres- ence of this disease, when the spray- Since the plants are usually of pretty falr size by this time, the first appli- cation should be made with two noz- gles per row, using from sixty to sev- enty-five gallons per acre, and the same for all subsequent applications. The frequency of spraying should be about every ten days, except in rainy weather, when it should be more fre- quent. The strength of Bordeaux mixture to use in spraying for potato blight is: Five pounds of bluestone (also known as copper sulphate, or blue vit- riol) and five pounds of the best grade of stone lime, to fitty gallons of wa- ter. The bluestone can be dissolved most readily by hanging it near the top of the watef. The lime must be fresh and of the best grade and should slake readily. Tt should be slaked sev- | eral hours or more before it is wanted. When ready to apply the Bordeaux mixture, the bluestone solution, con- taining the five pounds of bluestone, should be poured into the sprayer bar- rel and diluted to about thirty-five gal- lons. The milk of lime, containing the original five pounds of stone lime, should then be diluted to about fif- teen gallons, and poured into the di- luted bluestone solution. The result- ing product is the Bordeaux mixture, ready for use. Any poison needed for potato Dbeetles may then be added, thus spraying for blight and the po. tato bugs at the same time. It the lime used is of low grade, there is danger of burning of the foli- age from the Bordeaux mixture. A ood test is to hold the point of a knifeblade in the mixture for a short time. If copper collects on the blade, more lime must be added. ‘Throughout all this work it must be remembered that high pressure in spraying (not less than seventy-five pounds), thorough application, cor stant agitation and thorough straining wre essential to success. Bl Son Fined for Assaulting Father. Chicago, May 25.—Benjamin Boyce, accused by the Blackstone hotel of dis- orderly conduct in assaulting his- fa- ther, W. D. Boyce, the millionaire pub- lisher, pleaded guilty in the municipal court and paid a fine of $5. Young Boyce’s attack is said to have been precipitated by his father’s announce- ment that he would be married on June 1 to Miss Virginia D. Lee. ROBERT S. NOAH CONVICTED Jury Finds Him Guilty of First Degree Murder. Minot, N. D., May 25.—~The jury in the case against Robert §. Noah, charged with murder in the first de- gree, after being out but an hour and fifteen minutes, brought in a verdict of guilty, fixing the penalty at life im- prisonment. While absolutely .calm when the verdict was read to.Noah in jail later he alleged that he had desired the death sentence. < _— Couldn’t Change His Appeafance. ~ ** Customer—I want you to cut my hair 8¢ that T won’t look like a blamed fool. Barber—I'm no lightning change artist. —New York Press. If it were only as easy to practice s it 18 to preach!—Chicago News. e —— Widow of «King Edward Ap- preciates American Sympathy. FOR AMERICAN SYMPATHY Dowager Queen Alexandra Expresses Thanks to Roosevelt. London, May 25.—Queen Mother Al- exandra received Mr. Roosevelt at Buckingham palace. The two had a long chat, during which her majesty took occasion personally to tell the former president how much she ap- preciated the sympathy exhibited for her in America at the time of her be- reavement. Subsequently the queen mother re- ceived Lord Strathcona, high commis- sfoner of Canada, whom she asked to convey to the people of Canada an expression of her gratitude for their love and sympathy. COMET SEEMS TO BE GROWING NEW TAIL Appendage Visible Long After the Head Had Set. . Chicago, May 25.—Forty degrees of new born tail for the comet and 2 doubling of its luminosity owing to flaming hydrocarbon gas were record- ed by the astronomers at the Williams Bay observatory after the specto- graphic negatives had been developed. Professor E. B. Frost, director of the observatory, announced the results of the computations. “Four of us; after independent cal- culations, agree that the new tail of the comet is forty degrees long,” he sald. “The tail was visible long after the head had set. The darkening of the sky by the eclipse of the moon *| helpea greatly in the observations. “Observations by the hand spectro- 8cope showed carbon bands in the head of the comet. These are con- firmed by the development of the neg- atives made with the twelve-nch tel- escope. The internal activity of the comet is in full blast. It is making gas at a terrific rate” FIGHTING NEAR BLUEFIELDS Nicaraguan Government Trosps ‘At- tack the Insurgents. Blueflelds, Nicaragua,' May = 25— General Lara, commanding & force of government troops, fiercely attacked the provisional government's position at the rear of Bluefields. The government steamer Venus landed 500 troops off a lagoon twenty- 8lx miles north of Bluefields bluff for the purpose of attacking the bluft in conjunction with General Lara’s force back of Blueflelds. The government troops began their attack on the position where the pro- vislonals had entrenched themselves, but they were repulsed and returned to the woods. An artillery fire was kept up all night until dawn, when the attack was resumed. The American gunboats Paducah and Dubuque are not interfering with the movements of the Venus, NOT LOOKING FOR A WIFE Duc de Montgensier, Brother of Queen of Portugal, in New York. New York, May 25.—"Looking for an American wife? Ah, non, non. 1 will not look for any wife for ten years at least, You see, I am only twenty- 8ix, and no man should marry, I be- lieve, until he {s more than thirty-five, and has seen and known much of the world, As for women, they should marry in their teens and early twen- ties and know nothing of the wortd.” The Duc de Montpensier, brother of the queen of Portugal, cousin of the king of Spain_and grandson of Louis Phillippe of France, thus delivered himself. The duc intends to remain perhaps a week and then start for Mexico. He wlill later visit Canada and in Septem- ber will go west for big game, He ex- pects to go from there to San Fran- cisco and take ship. Use Allen’s Foot-Ease The antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes, ‘If you have tired, aching feet, try Allen’s Podt-Ease. 1t rests the feet and makes new or tlght shoes easy. Cures aching, swollen, hot, sweating feet. 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Every Friday low rates by train and steamer to Detroit, To’edo, Clevelond and Buffalo. June 7-15-22. Annual Spring Excursions to Cheboygan, Alpena, Dgtroit, Toledo, Clevelend and Buffa'o. Usual low fares. Wateh for announdement of other excursions. For particualars apply to A. J. PERRIN, General Agent, Duluth, Minn. Did You Ever Hear Ink Well Sale? Nor is this one. All we wish to do at this time is to call your attention to the fact that we have displayed in our salesroom a pretty fine assortment of ink wells, Sample Bottle Ink Free WITH EVERY Ink Well Sold If you're intereéted. step in and look us over in our new quarters. joneer Publishing Co. Security State Bank Block, Fourth St. Subscribe for The Pioneer ,—'* 117 3rd Street We are going to give you the greatest Piano Bargains that were ever given in Be- midji and surrounding country. We are going t_ give you the lowest cash price on every piano in the house and will sell it to you on time. If you intend to buy a piano sometime do not put it off just because you do not have the money to pay cash for it. : We are giving you the Kimball‘Piano at a cash price on monthly payments. Bemidji Music House W. BISIAR, Manager. Phone 319-2 of Kimball Pianos ‘Wholesale and same terms. payments. Retail Note these prices: Regular $450 Kimball Piano $375 Regular $425 Kimball Pian, $350 Regular $400 Kimball Piano $325 Regular $375 Kimball Piano $300 Regular $350 Kimball Piano $275 Regular $325 Kimball Piano $250 Regular $300 Kimball Piano $225 Above prices include Stool, Scarf and Book. We also have several used Pianos, which will he sold on the Organs, new and second-hand, at factory prices on monthly Remember, these prices are the lowest on pianos that ever was or ever will be offered in Bemidji or surrounding country. | quld[i, Minn,