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THE POTATO BLIGHT

... THE POTATO BLIGHT. IRELAND. A telegram received yesterday ?? heavy rains of this -week have destroyed all chances of saving the potato crop in the Charleville district. The wheat also, which is only nose being harvested, is full of smut, and altogether ...

Published: Saturday 30 August 1890
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 726 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

THE POTATO PROBLEM

... THE POTATO 1'EOBLEM. Mr. T. D. A. Coclerell sends to the Pall lfs Gazette the following remarks on How to Prevent me Potato Blght': In dealing with the potato blight, it is necesSar- to remember that it is not merely an indefinite d:-ease o! the potato ...

Published: Saturday 27 December 1890
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1470 | Page: 10 | Tags: News 

THE FUTURE OF THE POTATO

... THES FUTURE OF TEE POTATO. The following letter appears in tho Times of yestsrs Sir Thefuture of the potato is a subject of much, concern to persona who take an interest in rural indus. tries, and it is undoubtedly of importance in connection with the ...

Published: Saturday 27 December 1884
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2090 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

THE POTATO BLIGHT

... At the time at which the Last returns were published (July 14th) the potato bligh;; had appeared to a slight extent in a few districts on theo uthern and westerD coasts, and the potato crop genenes was reported as healthy. The inclement weather whiicthas ...

Published: Wednesday 27 August 1890
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1197 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE POTATO DISEASE

... THlE POTATO DISEASE;. .. . . - Dr. 1lnrorkr writes to tho T3%'--R It hvr bhon nog- gertedl to ruo by Mr. G(latintono that, niw thiat wo irms .I the cvo of a potato rirlinir. I ?? give thle Wi(t-t pul licil to the vury riorplo mre(lhod ?? iii trii :l ...

Published: Saturday 24 August 1872
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 698 | Page: 12 | Tags: News 

THE POTATO CROP

... THE POTATO CROP. (i1rons the Boail, Nt-we.) In declaring that a terrible deietructictil of potatoles 'lew in the ground has been inuflicted iby tire recent unexampled rainls 01)01 last districts anid rivlr~s--de Or- low-lying la111(15 cl in Many parts ...

Published: Monday 18 October 1880
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2255 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

THE POTATO BLIGHT IN IRELAND

... THE POTATO BLIGHT IN IRELAND. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. G ZNTm ?? to-day's Mercury you call attention to the statement of Mr. Courtney at Belfast, that the districts in which there has been a total failure of the I potato crop are very few ...

Published: Monday 13 October 1890
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 939 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

HOW TO COOK POTATOES

... to go to the - of - on bustuess the other u'aV, anti my nest is a large potato-a-rower. At dinner the potatoes were perfect, ravishing! I remanced that I could not get such potatoes from my purveyor, nod insinuated that 'possibly my host had a special growth ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1891
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 772 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

THE POTATO BLIGHT IN IRELAND

... others will not have a potato for the Christmas dinner. £reen crops are progressing well, anid we may yet want the turnips, as we did in the famine times of '48. About a fortnight ago some slight hopes were entertained that the potato crop through the county ...

Published: Tuesday 02 September 1890
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2625 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

THE POTATO BLIGHT IN IRELAND

... THE POTATO BLIGHT IN IRELAND. I ?? A~couflts of the progress of the potatoe aiseavpe ii iform, unfortunately, the most important items of Irish nssws ti at presnt. Frm the provincial journals we glean, the o t, following particulars :-Tr IokEreznr as ...

Published: Saturday 07 August 1852
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5701 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

POTATO DISEASE IN GREAT BRITAIN

... POTATO DISEASE IN GREAT BTRITAI; In view cf the nppearance o4 the - Ireland. the Inspectors oi the Budi-L a t ?? made soecial inquirv under t'e Dra nsae ?? ! ment Acts into the ?? ard prospec-s z; crop in Enziand an-L Scotland. In Eti2 the area ?? with ...

Published: Thursday 23 October 1890
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 817 | Page: 2 | Tags: News