... THE POTATO CiO1r COMiTTE31E. ~orns: or COtrnoxNs, Tcr I.tox.- 'Vit select con-1 mittee -ppoilittod to itiquire inltO thecaue ofUiC J the pi ita~to disea~se anid the plossillilit-y of orevontiug its ej ...

... THE POTATO CROP COM1MITTEE, &5PECr1TIAL ERTl.AGi.JT. ?? or Commo-vs, FiNcr.-Thc select comn- mittee ihich has been appointed to ?? tie cause and effect of the potato disease, and tile best means for preventing its further spread, re- assembled to-day ...

... quantity of seed potatoes not exceed- ing 12 cot. (e.} They may sell to any person who cultivates for his own use any land nauder a coniract made by iirs with the occupier of the land for the pur- pose of growing potatoes seed potatoes not ex^ceed- ing ...

... the potato when it falls from the leaves; the coatino of earth also protects the potato from injury by slugs. vermin, and birds, and recollect that the disease enters the potato most easily where the skin is brokea. 13. atecollect that the potato requires ...

... i-TITIE POTATO C r. o P. Now that the raising of the potato crop in the lower sections of Ulster has been pretty well finished, we may give some opinion respecting the compara. tive extent of the disease, about which such fears were expressed some time ...

... same respecting the potato. There is no doubt that tile blight Iras attacked the leaves and stems of this valuable escelent to a consil erable extent, but tire tubers are not attacked with virulence at present. Oc- casionally potatoes are found diseased ...

... POTATO SHOW IN BELFAST. CHEMICO-AGRICULTURAL 8OCIETY. The first potato show, illustrating the results of the experiments carried out in a number of farms in different districts under the direction of the Chemico-Agricultural Society of Ulster, was held ...

... from his connection with I the potato fever, will place before the public in March his Climax potato, a seedling of the Early Goodric-h, of which ho says, it is, all things considered, the most promising early potato with which Iam acquainted -and ...

... I THE POTATO BLIGHT IN 1882. Wr have received a communication from Mr. Wm. Coulter, Grasmere Villa, 8trandtown, sug- gesting the necessity of forming an association to adopt measures in relation to the potato blight. He says:- We have been abusing the ...

... A SUBSTITUTE FOR TE POTATO. Pni fonnli. nnf eelt nlm+n 41s^O!+ TEE frequent and sadly calamitous failure of the potato crop has been the cause of much anxious con- sideration and inquiry to the philanthropist for many years past, and although experiments ...

... THE POTATO CROP FAILURE. BY OUR? PRIVATE WIRE. LONDON, ro -The follwn in is the; official report by the Local Government Board toj the Lord Lieutenant as to the failure of the potato crop, and the condition and prospects of the poor classes throughout ...

... -THE POTATO CROP. CAVEn..-During the past week, and on Tuesday (market day), new potatoes were plentifully supplied at a cheap rate-from 9.jd. to l0d. per stone. In this neighbourhood, the disease, up to the present, is totally unknown. The potatoes in ...