... summer's prolonged and widespread drought, winter greenstuff in general, and brussels sprouts in particular, are in a bad way. Potatoes and other -root crops gave dis appointing yields, and there were many total failures. Apples fell from the trees through ...

... fertilisers artificials applied during the growing season. These include the following Group 2. Late winter greenstuff, potatoes, beans (broad and dwarf), early peas, early and late lettuces, endive, parsley, winter spinach, turnips and spring cabbages ...

... compleat tramp escapees by the high seas They steer by God and by guess, have no papers, very little money, and chiefly potatoes and petrol aboard. So far, they have been saved nine or ten times along the coasts of Southern England and Ireland, which ...

... eighteenth- century North Rona lived and, what is more, they reared sheep and cattle, and raised better crops of corn and potatoes than did their less primitive kin dwelling in the comparative luxury of Lewis, that northernmost island of the Outer Hebrides ...

... Potato Chitting House Tina magnificent metai-iramed glasshouse has been built by Boulton and Paul for A. T. Miller Ltd., Wested Farm, Crocken- hill, Kent. Primarily it is a chitting house for potatoes. Measuring 74 ft. by 22 ft. by 20 ft., it holds some ...

... the like. Around the beginning of July, experts like Mr. C. J. F. Mclntyre, of Cupar, take them round the potato-fields to do classes in potato-roguing. And, says Mr. Mclntyre, you would be surprised at the interest shown, and the ability the youngsters ...

... against wind and frost. If the soil is fairly light, it is worth while risking a few rows of well-sprouted sets of early potatoes Home Guard, Sharpe's Express and Epicure are first-class sorts and single rows could be planted be tween each row of the ...

... considered a great luxury by the girls LUNCH AT THE FACTORY CONSISTS OF RICE AND PICKLED RADISH There is also a side dish of potatoes, onions and beans. At the beginning of each month an employee receives thirty meal coupons, each with three tickets. Each ...

... southern half of the country, particularly if a sunny, shel tered spot is available, it usually pays to put in a few early potatoes about the middle of the month enough, say, for two or three weeks' supply. In the north, however, it is seldom safe to plant ...

... irons costing all to many hundreds and thousands of francs, Me isieur frets and fumes and impatiently coaxes her away to the potato-peeler, carrot-scraper and tir opener stalls. The Salon of Domestic Arcs, so suggestive of oranges in a green dish, st ...

... and the supply of cans are assured. Before leaving the kitchen world I saw a vegetable cleaner which prepares 2J lb. of potatoes or other vegetables in a minute- and-a-half and an ironing unit which enables sleeves, pleats, hat brims, etc., to be pressed ...

... aeration. And Now, Potatoes From roses to potatoes seems a far cry, but this staple item of food from the garden must receive its due share of consideration at the present time. The ratio of kitchen garden to be allotted between potatoes and other vegetables ...