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THE LAND OF POTATOES—A SONG

... = - E LAD -F P O --AT A SO -NG THIE LAND OF POTATOES-A SONG. Tule-` MORlGAN RATTLER. Oxi ! bad 1 in the clear, But five hundred a year, 'Tis myvself woulildt fear. Tbo' not added one farthitig to't; Faith, if such was my lot, Little Ireland's the spot ...

LONG HARRY'S SONG AT LOUGH-SHEELAN

... and glasses, my boys, let us drain; Your voices in chorus now manfully lend, And, sing the potatoes, the Irishman's friend. Ballynamona, Oro! - A laughing potatoe for me. 'Tis the root of-all roots, and that ev'ry one knows, And best of all places, in Ireland ...

BALLYCASTLE FARMING SOCIETY

... ?? DEAR IonD ERNE-With regard to tie potato failure, I am convinced that there is something radically Mwrong in the system of cultivation throughout the country, which has impaired the constitution of the potato, and rendered it delicate and liable to ...

THE NEW FARMER'S CALENDAR

... apt to jeer. Thus farming quicksand so complete- Potatoes out, and in your wheat; Mind to sow-clover in the spring, 'Twill lots of summer fodder bring; Follow the system over and over, . . Oats, potatoes, wheat, and clover, * And you will-find, my honest ...

TO MY YOUNGEST SON, LEICESTER STANHOPE FORBES YOUNG BUCKINGHAM, AGED NINE YEARS

... from that till the 22d it was backward for the sowing of Wheat and raising of potatoes, but since that it has been propitious for both, and great. exertios have been made. Potatoes are above all average crop, in many instances pro- ducing 23 ton* and upwards ...

IRISH FARMER'S AND GARDENER'S MAGAZINE

... away. . SPROUTS OF POTATOES.- Another correspondent gives the following, advice T:_ 'Phe sprdoutsaotpotstoes asre gene- rally broken off in the spring atid thrown, away. 1 selected saltfa-dozen of tlose (when some Foley potatoes were on.- dergoing the ...

Literary Reviews

... No. 91.-Tul1 PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DISEASE IN Tll, P'OTATO AND olsraa Cmsoi's. By John Parkin, M.D. Lmnisoi : ?? fWood. l)ublin ?? Cmmrryjm., andCo. N.U 2.-O11Sr;TVArmONS ON THE POTATO DISEASE. Bv Ihoma2S Smnibert, M.l.C.S.E. EdiUbnrghi1 Jamnes ...

TO A WILD FLOWER

... modes were thein mentioned of employing the Potato, not only as an article of diet, but for a multitude of purposes not generally known. The whole concluded with a comparative view of the value of the Potato and Wheat, as viewed by the political eco- nomist ...

CARRICKFERGUS AND KILROOT FARMING SOCIETY

... same pains with them as you do with potatoes, give them a like quantity of manure, give them as much labour, and keep them free fromi weeds, and I will go bail for your success. flow do most of you plant Your potatoes ? Doi't you plant them in drills across ...

M'COMB'S PRESBYTERIAN ALMANAC

... terij\s-sid La 'i'robe's contribLution- The life of tho Certh-boundless space-aind with these lthe light of tho moini-the potato disease- 11'ho sessions-biriil water-description of'Stntes- Ilie turinip-.-coii-seeping-events with their dates_ 13ellst its ...

REVIEW

... agriculturist is met by the ques tion,' if you take ?? small' quantity of manure for these crops, what are we to do to raise potatoes for our:families'? It is-here that'the skili and' resources 'of' the agriculturist will be.sbewu. There are few even small ...