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THE SLOW PROGRESS OF THE HARVEST

... of potatoes has elready commenced, both in this and the neighbouring county of Lancaster, where they ore still more eotensively cultivated, andll tle el oi appeasrs to us a fair average with little or uo disease. T'ie price of good sound potatoes in Leeds ...

Published: Saturday 11 October 1845
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 975 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

IRELAND

... tuade for the suenly of seed potatoes to t; noeC estitled to receive them. aid eaokel tLe Guardiaus to take the urcessary steves in tha t dircetiot:. Lir. Taomas Burte pointed nut that tLe rep -s'ras to the stale of tile potato crap in Limercrk and Clare ...

Published: Friday 02 January 1891
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 641 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

IRELAND

... the districts in the soulth and w est where potato dm 5e is apprehended. This year the area in Ireland under potato cultivation is 780,800 acres, being 6,430 acres lees thanl last year. FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP. Messrs. Flynn and Deasey, Mlembers of ...

Published: Tuesday 16 September 1890
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1360 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

AGRICULTURAL REVIEW OF THE WEEK

... Several Jersey farmers have declared that although the price of potatoes has fallen, they realsed £70to £) 0 an acre, Of course, such cases are much beyond the avernge; but a Jersey potato-grower is not satisfied unless he gets over £'50 an acre, as he ...

Published: Friday 22 May 1891
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2116 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

THE CATTLE PLAGUE

... of Bristol, lid analysed the vomits and potatoes, also two small packets found by the police in prisoner's house, and discovered white arsenic. In one of the small packets there was a minute portion of fried potato. Prisoner was acquitted on the ground ...

Published: Friday 16 March 1866
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1274 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

AGRICULTURAL REVIEW OF THE WEEK

... either whole potatoes or two-eye cuttings. Another I comparison isin the respective yields of large, medlum, aud small potatoes, all planted whole. On a i given area the large tubers yielded 135 bashels of marketable and 79. of small potatoes, the medium ...

Published: Friday 18 April 1890
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2696 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

HARVEST REPORTS

... Of the potato crop in Scotland it may be said that. the tubers are small and not over abundant; but they are very sound, and in every respect perfect, and cooked young potatoes have a dry and agreeable flavour. The dancer of the late potato rop is that ...

Published: Friday 04 September 1885
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 11657 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

THE HARVEST

... y one. The potato crop, however, has been a failure. The earlier seedlings have done well, but the later potatoes are small and the quality inferior. The epidemic has in most eases made its appearance, and the yield of good sound potatoes is several loads ...

Published: Tuesday 26 September 1871
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 7840 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

THE HARVEST AND THE CROPS

... Crops are looking- Nv43 =d it is expected that tusnipis and noangoli wurtzel will b1e not only laree, but of good Qutality. Potatoes are ?? setisfactorily, but there are reports of blight, here aied. there. The following reports have been received from other ...

Published: Tuesday 13 August 1861
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5286 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

HARVEST PROSPECTS

... but are a months or five weeks later than usual. Beans look ijtter than for many years past, and promise to be a nod crop. Potatoes never looked better, and we have jotheard of the disease having aset made its appearance; t $ very large breadth of groun ...

Published: Tuesday 06 August 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 7003 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

THE LEEDS MERCURY

... at a moderate price, which may be substituted for potatoes, or used in conjunction with them, will prevent the advanced price of the latter from pressing severely on these classes, who, if potatoes had been abundant and cheap, would have consumed them ...

Published: Saturday 04 September 1852
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 822 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LEEDS MERCURY

... g system ; but certainly no man can have a .stronger objection to it. In Ireland thousands of poor peasaists live a upon potatoes excuasively, alid'are the most 'wrtched beings in exist- (ice, ?? would takel the trouble toanalize a pound of pitatoms ie ...

Published: Saturday 12 August 1826
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 670 | Page: 3 | Tags: News