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Agriculture Higher Farm Yields Possible COURT OF SESSION

... the amount applied annually in excess of that . - In my view , by far the greatest menace to future crop production is the potato oelworm There is no doubt that both the infected acreage and the intensity of infestation are progressively rising ; a recenti ...

Published: Tuesday 03 January 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 610 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON SOME RECIPIENTS

... of Scottish Seed Potatoes Certification Scheme , which employs 300 qualified inspectors in the season . Largely due to this scheme that British potato yield has risen by about one ton per acre . Is author of standard work on potatoes and joint author ...

Published: Tuesday 03 January 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 5121 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CHIMNEY VACUUM

... ndxnhur?h: phone 25315. B) I{ IRKCALDY ,—Fish restaurant and icecream parlour, sitting over 100; good fat allocation; catering, potato crisps, confectionery, and tobacco licences; modern equipment for manufacture of ice cream and preparation for fish suppers; ...

Published: Tuesday 03 January 1950
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1743 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FARM STOCK , CRASS , WOOD , &c CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING PACE

... Pedigreed Cattle cle ** on oOth January . Prize Lists and Entry Forms en application . Also . AXXtTAL SPECIAL SALE OP SEED POTATOES . Laft Year . 1165 Tons . PEEBLES AUCTION MARKET . FRIDAY FIRST . 6 th January , at 1 jun . 150 CAST TUPS . I . AWRIE t SYMINGTON ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 519 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SCOTS FAKMLNG UN 1949 Up Horn , Down Corn : Problem of Rising Costs » y UCM The highlight ol the farming ..

... lifting of main crop potatoes , favoured bv the best spell of fine , dry , and warm autumnal weather for years , proceeded so ^• noothjv that the shortage of casual labour , pidly becoming almost an insuperable handicap in the potato-growing areas , was ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4916 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

TO-DAY’S MARKETS

... demand; prices according to quality. Oats — In moderate supp}f: all good qualities being considered by millers. EDINBURGH POTATOES.—Steady movement, with consumers’ demands increasing Coloured varieties moving freely. Growers' BN e eTe Gd Hed Bols. 3rps ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1950
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 107 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

NOT SO WOLFISH

... pastime in the summer. Our play places included the Moat in Slateford Road, where we built shacks and made fires to roast potatoes or crawled throufh the culvert there, under the Caledonian Railway, and by that means saw many of the games and displays ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1950
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 415 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

TO-DAY’'S MARKETS

... quarter; feeding oats, 57s to 61s 9d; wheat, 105 s; barley, 93s to 110 s; oatmeal per boll (140 lb. ?85 ex mill to the farmer. Potatoes—Squ ies well maintained over the holiday period : Kerr’s Pinks and Redskins, £8 7s 6d per ton wholesale; White Ware, £7 12s ...

Published: Thursday 05 January 1950
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 142 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

In The Garden START off by resolving to keep a gardening diary—you will find your own notes and jottings of

... on. Green vegetables should have first attention in the vegetable plot, as they suffer more in transit and handling than potatoes and other roots do. Greens are nearly always better if sown in a seed bed and then prick( out, than if they are sown straight ...

Published: Thursday 05 January 1950
Newspaper: Dalkeith Advertiser
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 236 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

mmmmmEmmmmE i The meaning of the signs is as follows : —f , bargains at special prices ; ttf b « 8 ains done ..

... U 2 ; Deld Ord 7 / 71 2 . Smith ( WH | 41 / 6 / 4 i 2 / 3 ; B Ord 8 / 71 2 / 5 i , j 41 jX Pre ! 22 / 4 i 2 l . Smith ' s Potato Crisps 32 / 3 . SA Torbanfte 4 / 31 4 / 1 . Southalli 39 / 412 . Spencer ( Ml 8 / 61 . Spillers 70 / H 2 / 33 , ; 62 Pre ...

Published: Friday 06 January 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 16036 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DO YOU INTEND TO HOLD A PARTY OF ANY DESCRIPTION ? PRIVATE PARTIES CATERED FOR YOU IN YOUR OWN HOME

... Speciality. Number and Distance NofiObjection. Estimate ee. PHONE 614231, = JPLEASE TRY OUR FRUIT EMPORIUM for Best Quality Potatoes, Fresh Salads. All Kinds of Fresh Vegetables Daily, Mushrooms, etc., etc. Your Orders Punctually Attended to. Phone No. 22740 ...

Published: Friday 06 January 1950
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 244 | Page: 2 | Tags: none