... Potatoes Potatoes have a very prominent place in the export flow from Northern Ireland. The acreage under potatoes has been declining in recent years but in 1967 there was a glut. Northern Ireland's role as a producing area has not greatly diminished ...

... Potato prices 4 10 W, FARMERS are receiving low prices for potatoes but these are not reflected in prices being paid by consumers, according to Mr. John Henry, chairman of the Farmers' Union potato committee. Mr. Henry, speaking at a meeting in Belfast ...

... Potatoes During the same discussion Mr. Schofield suggested that the Minister of Agriculture should offer to supply seed potatoes worth £1.000,000 to India as part of Mr. Wilson's £17.000,000 food offer made toe Mrs. Indira Ghandi. Mr. Andrews resisted ...

... potatoes their wav, when they are “bulked out” on French farms, into the stews and soups which form a big part of Continental menus, ...

... Potatoes Good progress has also been made in harvesting early potatoes. The water supply for intensive livestock units is also an increasing problem for farmers. An Ulster Farmers' Union spokesman said: They need water for pigs and hens. Intensive livestock ...

... as potato ~ i I 4 f Mechanical picking on the farm of Mr. David Hamilton, New Trench Houe, Ringcreevy, Comber. ...

... POTATOES No. 3 (10-20-20) for WARE Has the same ratio of nitrogen to potash as Special Potato Manure. Dressings of from 4 cwt. per acre on very rich land to 6 cwt. on average land should be used. ...

... Potatoes OFers of ware potatoes which the Ministry of Agriculture is prepared to receive must reach the Ministry not later {han January 14. Appointment he Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. w. J. Morgan, has appointed Mr. D. W. Lowry, & principal ...

... POTATOES EARLIES 5-7 cwt. No. 1. WARE 5.6 cwt. No. 3. No. 1 SEED 4-5 cwt. No. 5. No. 1 No. 5 provides the concentrated equivalent Ne. 3 of the well known 1 : 4 : 1 mix. 3 ik o 3 SRR R T PU SRV o e S P S RREES- s A 4 B o DAY N N GREAR § R v » & TN -y B ...

... POTATOES No. 3 (10-20-20) for WARE Has the same ratio of nitrogen to potash as Special Potato Manure. Dressings ‘of from 4 cwt. per acre on very rich lalld to 6 cwt. on average land should be used. ...

... Potatoes Potato growers are ab.o complaining that at a time when ware potatoes are still lying on many farms awaiting sales, Eire potatoes are being brought across the border at a profit of £4 and £5 a ton. A Bangor grower said : We should like to have ...

... No potatoes for the factories With improved shipments of surplus ware potatoes from Ulster farms opening of the Ministry of Agriculture’s processing factories will not be nezessary. The position will be reviewed by the Ulster Farmers’ Union Potato Committee ...