... Potato Rogueing A change has been made this year for th e potato rogueing course run by the Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture. The course is to be held at the Scottish Horticultural Research Institute at Mylnefield, Invergowrie. The ...

... MAINCROP POTATOES Soil Condition Cert . illornerks Acre - Piscine 308 9-13 Maincrop General Potato re, ommen- (71.11.15) Where no dung is dation or 31 9-13 applied use the higher (9.9.15) rates of application. The best response is Boils low In Flsons ...

... early disposal of potatoes on farms that were so severely flooded in Perthshire. Convener of the Union potato cornmittee. M R. H. U. Stevenson. Corseclays. Ballantrae. has been in touch with the Potato Controller for Scotland on both questions. ...

... Unattractive Potatoes To Be Bought By Board Unattractive, but good quality, potatoes will be bought by the Potato Marketing Board, the board has anounced. In a statement the board said it was satisfied that there would be a good market for good quality ...

... Potato Inspections General potato inspections will be started on July 17 the Department ol Agriculture. Staffing difficulties will not permit any large scale inspection of early crops before July 17. but growers who wish !crops inspected before that dale ...

... POTATO QUIZ More than 2000 housewives throughout England. Scotland and Wales are being asked abott potatoes. This is the first part of a national survey by the Potato Marketing Board to find out what women think about home-grown potatoes. Among questions ...

... POTATO SPECIALS - - - By the time the season ends in the middle .of April. it is estimated that 380,000 tons of seed potatoes will have been despatched by rail from Scotland. ...

... Potato Prices The Caterers' Association of Great Britain say the present shortage and high prices of potatoes are causing concern to caterers throughout the country and are likely to be reflected in menu prices if the existing position 1 continues. ...

... HIGH POTATO PRICES CHALLENGED Minister Of Agriculture's Reply Allegations were made by MT Victor Collins (Shoreditch and Finsbary—Lab.) in the House of Commons o n Thursday last that stocks of potatoes were piling up in various parts of the country, and ...

... POTATO BUYER Mr Edward S. McGugan Severing his connection with the Potato Marketing Board is Mr Edward S. McGugan. He will still have an interest in the trade, however, as he has joinei firm run by Mr David A. Lawson, jun.. Hillhead, Kirriemuir, as potato ...

... CONTROL OF POTATOES Mr Maurice Webb, Minister of Food. rejected a suggestion made in the Commons by Sir W. Smithers that, in view of the fact that there was a free market for imported potatoes, he should take off all restrictions on the sale of all grades ...

... Potato Blight - - In a further warning about the dangers of blight on this year's potato crop, the East of Scotland College of Agriculture says that where spraying is contemplated. it s hould b e done i m mediately. Where crops were sprayed at the beginning ...