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... THE. POTATO DISEASE. Some weeks ago there was every reason to expect an abundant crop of potatoes, and no doubt we should have had one were it not for the all but incessant rain, which has blighted oar prospects. Nor yet have we seen the worst, as the ...
... THE OUITIVATIONi OF THE POTATO. TIo the s l~diztr of' the ?? Merc-urt-. SiBn-Every thing in its season, 187-k, likeite predecalsors, brings its routine of labour and isuceession of operatksus; the tradesman to his trade, and tho farmer to his farm, Amongst ...
... THE POTATO DIMEASS. In a long and exhaustive articlo on the nature and de. velopment of the potato disease, the Timier says:- (oe fact may be mentioned, as It will be easily corn. prehended. A badly diseased tuber will be found attached to its parent ...
... year, I stated-that I Intended to repeat the experi. c ments in autumn and spring planting. As the annual | value of our potato crop is something lke £31,000,000, v sterling, the subject oannot be deemedtobeunimportatt. ab On Wovember 3 apiece of land ...
... begins by saying that potato fanciers consode I form only, and put aside every other quality. SomebiDY believes the rubbish probably or there would soon be a . end of it. A clear skin is much to he de3iracter 7 criterion of a good potato. We want beauty of ...
... A' ramderate priceS. Ani=an can Npray feoM osthlrd ° hall. an noxeper~diywitha.macbine of tbisked, UponJasre aoreages. of potatoes a horie-MoI0bt1 would-be required. With; this 4rom 8 to 12 so re0 be sprayed per day. 'The quantity of drerHinK 0pptd nurally ...
... sound potatoes, before -you feed animals vith them, It is highly probable that the seeds of the potato mnildews gain strength by passing through the stomach of an animal-the pig, for instance. The manure of animdls fed on raw diseased potatoes and potato ...
... THE FUTURE OF THE POTATO, Mr. Shirley libbert ?? fature of the potato iD a subject of much concern to persons who take an interest in roral industries, and it is unadoubtedly of im- portance in connection with the problem of the feeding of our ever increasing ...
... THE POTATO ROT. SCIENCE vcmau TEIEOLOGY. 11 Tan British Association has met, and the learned doctors r have proclaimed their ignorance of the causes -of the a potato rot. They have searched, analysed, experimen- talised, and investigated, and the result ...
... TEE BEANS AND THE POTATOES. A respectably dressed woman walked hurriedly IMto the ?? box at West London, on Wednes. day, and onathlag the Testament from the usher's desk, hlied It with some force. The usher asked her to wait a tanlutp, and requested hor ...
... starching linets, as well as that of. potsttes- and it is bitt very recently that it has been used forfood even iln that country. Potatoe flour is adlirably adaited for counmetcial purposes fioto its great value and small bulk, and it may be kept fora great length ...
... HYBRID POTATOES. It is known that the species of potatoes, nolanumI .iI7 e: csuin, from which all the varieties in cultivation sprung, is a native of the higher Andes mountains, where rain is almost unknown, and the varieties 1we possess may therefore ...