... THE POTATO CROP. The Manchester Examiner of Saturday publishes a communication from One who has Whistled at (he Plough. The following are extracts k ' At last, the potato dis ...

... tion for the potato, seeing the vast sacrifice its. blight entails, we shall be reluctantly, to limit its cultivation if the virn to a less area. than at present, lence of the disease, as above continue. ay ph worst ensue—should the potato crop 50 com ...

... would buy them. He knew that the average prioe of the potatoes he sold was 50s a ton. Mr Adatms, a member of the firm of Thoms Adams, of Bristol, potato merchants, said he purohmad a lot of these potatoes from the Midland Rsilway oomplay. They were a very ...

... wash the salt from it, but in the spring of 1845 a few potatoes and a quan- tity of grass were sown as an experiment, and both came up most luxuriantly. In the latter part of August the potatoes had grown to a large size, and from the unenclosed and un- ...

... I THE ALLEGED POTATO DISEASE, I [From the Gardener's Cleronict of Saturday.] We forsee an inundation of theories as to the cause of the Potato Disease, which every one finds himself capa- ble of explaining, except those who have most infornia- tion about ...

... Theft of Potatoes at Torquay. Magisterlal Proceedings. At the Torquay Police Court, this morniny, before Mr. P. B. Drlnkwatei, Mr. J. J. E. Slade, county magistrates, Samuel Robine, labourer, was brought up in custody charged with stealirg potatoes valued ...

... too, which leaves a good deal to be done by hand labour. What is wanted in a potato-raiser is that the potatoes shall be dug out, the soil riddled from them, while the potatoes, without being damaged, shall be evenly delivered without being re-covered by ...

... discover it is. Onea diseased potato in an acre was slidE- th cleait to ruin a crop. A diseased potato might produce th healthy plants. He thought, however, that it was Of the he last iniportance that dise ased potatoes should not beqi pl1anted. Ho thought ...

... FRAUDS BY A POTATO MEURCHA1NT. At the Exeter assizes, this week. Wlil Thomas, merchant, was Indicted under the Debtor Act, 1809, for not deliverlng up to the trustee of his estate In bankruptcy three cargoe of potatoe. purchased by him shortly before ...

... urn 1. Are potatoes ?? grown for sale, con-c 81mution, or pig feeding 2. Ti what uxtent awit in what manner has the disease showvn itself ; 3. 1 t1le pouttu crop generally above or below thie average ? 4. Will tlre crop of soulnd potatoes be above or ...

... he irefused to -'part''iith th potatoes unless he gob tbhetoney for them' beforehand. Heo also msid Miss :Bowring weas introduced to him as the lady who wanted the potatoes The defendant -urged that be ordered the p~otatoes aa agent for Miss Bowning, whowas ...

... footpgatli which crosses the field He thept perceivediaii ccii iato the tield sii riidcar enee to piull nli) oins 1r WalnI potatoes. lic pAVuceL tililll ill :a inside poeckst of his coat. rintl tiner sle topeaciidr W\~iles5 pstilacedtniii~ils a eld took ...