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THE HARVEST

... barley arc bad in colour, and peats arle .raast tot. ly sbltlled Oat on tho ground. Potatoes as's a jargo Crop, 110s tle) disetise has nsanifssted itself. Tits ,ctsnid potatos are ItIt geerally of good quality, owing to u0 ivet seasuln. The weisthel has ...

Published: Tuesday 16 October 1866
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 9416 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

IRISH EMIGRATION

... trowel on the end of a long stiel the labourer was earning his daily bread, digging up the potato crop, and I calculated that each 11a1 honestly cut every tenth potato for want of skill. Of course the tool was an improper one. But what I mean to infer from ...

Published: Wednesday 02 December 1863
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 862 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

THE HARVEST

... -a good co.,dition. Various are the ?? relatlve e& to the yield, but to all appearance there will be an acverage n crop. Potatoes are only ?? Gazette, tl -l veserday. s )f WAKviR9LD.-ThO barley which has been so long h lying about has been now to a great ...

Published: Saturday 13 October 1860
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1129 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

OUR FOOD PROSPECTS

... the quality excellent. We can only hops that the enemy may not reach that quarter. We eftenfeel surprised when wre hear of potatoes partially disoased eel. log at Covent Garden at a miserably low price, that nO efforts are made and establishments formed ...

Published: Tuesday 19 October 1869
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 975 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

THE BURGLARY IN MARK-LANE

... same as Monday, lib. potatoes, 28zr. bread. 1 pint cocoa, 1 pint gruel; Thursday, llb. suet; pudding, lib, potatoes, 28oz. bread, 1 pint cocoa, 1 pint gruel ; Friday, 5oz. beef, 1 pint beef liquor, flavoured as on Tuesday, lib. potatoes, 28cz. bread, 1 pint ...

Published: Monday 13 March 1865
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1901 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

THE HARVEST IN YORKSHIRE

... thin eoauhity and quantity, and barley and eats look well. Turnips of t1 and potatoes have suffered much for want of water. On ever the alluvial land n~ear the river potatoes appear to be a turn itoderate crop, and we have here seen turnips which look ...

Published: Saturday 20 August 1864
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 8199 | Page: 9 | Tags: News 

IRISH PRISON FARE

... thickened as above; 1 lb. potatoes; bread. Thursday: I lb. suet pudding, containing li oz. suet, 8 oa. flour, 6t ozr water; lb. potatoes; bread. Friday: 402z. beef, with its own liquor flavoured and thickened as above; 1 lb. potatoes; bread. Saturday: 4 oz ...

Published: Wednesday 15 May 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1449 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS AT ATHENS

... white potatoes, 88 bushels; sweet potatoes, 90 bushels; and hay, 1-36 tons. The average prices perbushel on January let, 1869, ?? $1 89; rye, 1 32; barley, $164; oats, 64 ate.; corn, $1; buckwheat, !; 09; white potatoes, 93 ots.; sweet potatoes, $160; ...

Published: Saturday 13 February 1869
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1747 | Page: 9 | Tags: News 

HARVEST PROSPECTS

... the crops was heavy. Potatoes also promiseowell. DoNCAS'rER.-A very hoavy ruiu has fallen in this town and district since Friday morning, which will be of incalculable benefit to the growing crops, and more especially ?? potatoes, which much required ...

Published: Tuesday 31 July 1866
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 9415 | Page: 7 | 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 

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