The State Crops

The Michigan erop report for December shows tl.ut t:;e CODdltion of wbeat in the fouthern four tier f eountios i-'-'l. and In tbe uorthern counties 99, IUU lepreBentiBfj vltuhty and groietb of average yeirs. Cne year agó the conditlon iu tbc tou.heru counties lüi. ai.d n t ie nortbero ciuiulca 103. Clover tted wi.i uveiagr about anti 6) lGOths bushels per a:rr m t e state. ïlie coiidition of live stock sestlmateJ uhout oue per ceut below au a age. Tlio total uumbtr oí bashelsol ivntal reported inarlceted in AuEUi-t, öeptember, t ctober and November ís ?,748,t7ü, rbieta :;,'■"' ' ' bu&hels more thau reportcd marketed (lurlng the satue uion.hs in 14. The jxitatu rul wbleü lias this season dtstroved nearly one-tlilrd of tbr potato erop íd Michigan, and a still lare;' per cent. in Niw Vork and nelghl oripg statee, Is ldentical witli tbut which caused great lamine in Ireland in l-4i. 'ihe imi orliuit facts to ! cona dered in i evli ing prtventive mcasures (1): 'Ibe fungue Irom one plaot to anotber durlim ibe groqrinc BeftfiOD bj summcf Bpores, rain-washed or uini bloun, and (8) it deijvnds, primarlly, ior it- sp e id the following season upon its iierennial mycellum (the tuix'-like tbreads) alnas to be fouud in tbe dUeascd tobera or tops. lt may. also, probably Riow from rosting sporen tound In the same situation, althongb tlie existente of tbe latter is not settlud k&SUtt!' í'1i!'tM,.1,1A';uJo)J']i' ■"■"" in tne cöps oí decaylus tubers left in the tields nftcr harvest. Prutlence would, theretore, díctate the complete rciuoval and destruction oí sucb refase. It ?-1hm:ü beburledor burned. It should uot be useu for i -om pst. J. tore the harvested erop Id dry cellars, and gort over seVi ral tito a, nt etaort Intervals, larríullv r. uiniii rom Üic I ins eveiy lu er whirli shows the Kast sijju pi üecay. Remove, also, to a sepárale pik', thuse tuben whlch have beeu lviU4 in i-ontaet itli the dlseaSed on;-. Thesoituig will be focilltated and the decay hlniiered lv storing tbe tunera in casks, barrels, or small lioxes. Hotatocs bnried In quaniiiv in lie.iis will be Itke y i rut m toto during the eonüng winter if, by chance, anj infected tubera wc.ro burlcd w.tb tLe üuud ones. '.'. Plant i:ext season only tubera wlilch are cntii'ily miuixI ciulshli' and in-ule. The blïck spots cpntaln the fongus. tome tubera inay .ppear sound ou the surface and be dlseased wltbin. Determine tLe sonn.u- ol the tttbira by cuttlng at planting Urne. To p.au dlseased potatoes will Insure a ui.ntiuuation of the POt 4. Even Ifdlrectlon No. I has been foOowcd, mor.' or less of the potato fungiis will jirobab:y in tin over winter In tbe lields ready to now 11 there is mi opportunlty. Do not, h r -hne, plant iu iU sanie liéld a last jear, nor iu adjololuK uuus, uoi near pla h nelghburs il oms more remóte localltj eau bj found. 5. Take advantage oí the prcvalUng dlreotion ol the wind Our aammer and auturan wlnds are chieiiy from i oiut betwecn &outh an.l est. Tl re is, the. e. ore, a chance o caploewlnd lowo bpores planting to the ; so.itliwesi oí o her potato rieUls, or to the northeast o! woodlands or otlier large vated tiai-ts. 0. The ;rowt',i of the parasile is favored by moisture and stopped liydrouth. ItUraptdln raiii) weather anu When there are heavy dews. l suallj rot is mui n more worfe upon clay :and or other soils which retain moisture. Choose, therefore, a light and dry soil foi planting. It has l:een shown experinieutally that, with onlv moderate waterinir, tbe summer spores will penétrate the soil to i depth ol everal Inches, consefjuently "hiliin up:: will uot prutect. The probabllltles ai e, also. thal noaub b: snees ean be tlusted upon oi otherwlse applkd to the (jTOwinfc plants with mach benefit. if some variitKs ol tbe i otato subject to rot than others, a thiui; do) improbable, the present state ol our knowledge does not enable us to say .osltively whlcli thej are.