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HIGHLAND SOCIETY'S REPORT ON THE FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP

... killd ofP po~tato, uiseil bw huhl titiii oierwhlich, uil en plalI ted ripe, was eurned ; when ulrle ildto e-s~eipe thle disease eci trely. Mr. IHeld, Bimbsh 1w. uear Stewsarton, A vrshirec, adl- ViC l~ite planiting ?? ValIl lifting dtie potatoes whit-I (teIt ...

Published: Friday 17 March 1837
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2265 | Page: 1 | Tags: News 

AN EXAMINATION OF THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY'S PRIZE ESSAY ON THE FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP

... in the .spring of 1839, and the spring of 1834, purchase a bushel of potatoes each, for seed, for their garden plots, that on reaching their places of residence with these potatoes, they forthwith cut them into sets, that one-half or two-thirds of these ...

Published: Tuesday 04 August 1835
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2215 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Correspondence

... appears that the crop of both pulse and potatoes was mnost extraortlinary and abundant, amd that both stalk and tuber of the potato were perfectly free frosm diseasec It hns been long suspocted that t lie potato nisease is analogrous to some ?? of repletion ...

Published: Tuesday 30 September 1856
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 349 | Page: 1 | Tags: News 

Agricultural Intelligence

... informa. tion _ USFITL HINTS Font PRESERVATrON OF THtE POTATO CROP 'The potato crop should be dug immediately, if pos sible, without cutting, bruising, or otherwise injuring the surface of the potatoes ; the sound ones should be sepa- rated from all those ...

Published: Tuesday 28 October 1845
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2526 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Agriculture

... 2griculturr. POTATOES.-In the vicinity of Edinburgh, w*hre ex- cellent potatoes are grown for the city market, it used to be customary to have seed potatoes from the southern counties of Scotland every second or third year, to pre. vent curl; the dry ...

Published: Tuesday 21 May 1844
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 572 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Agriculture, &c

... parts of this extensivc county, relative to the potato crop, which are cheering, without a single exception. In thc west of Clare the crops in general present a most plcasing prospect, even where potatoes are planted on upland ground, but in the boggy ...

Published: Tuesday 22 June 1847
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 780 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Agricultural Intelligence

... souml potatoes, placing them liiely on tbe ridge, sut o Itiat no potato shall touch the other-if covered up with a good portion of earth over them, say two ilehes, they will not be iljuled by frost, Secondly-Cut off the rose end of each sound potato; cover ...

Published: Friday 14 November 1845
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1893 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Agriculture, &c

... Agiculture, &C. THE POTATO DISEASE. LUROAN.-The potatoes here are getting worse very fast. The disease is spreading rapidly; and it is an- ticipated that the crop will be as much injured as in the memorable year 1846. POaTADONWv.-CoMplaints of the state ...

Published: Wednesday 10 September 1851
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 717 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Agricultural Intelligence

... the prepaiation of the Potato-flour, as recormmeinded by Dr. Corrigan, nothing more is requisite than slicing the Potatoes, and drying them at once on a kiln, thmui preserving them in tbis state, er grinlinig them il- to Flour-Potato-dour, mind, not starch ...

Published: Tuesday 04 November 1845
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1248 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Agriculture, &c

... flriculture, &t. ADVICE CONCERNING TIHE POTATO CRoP.-Hoe off the clay, so as to nearly expose the potatoes to sun and air, by so doing you will preserve-a large portion of this present ?? of Droyheda paper. The potato disease has begun to develops itself ...

Published: Friday 04 September 1846
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 609 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Agriculture

... the best potato growers spreading it on the ground before the potatoes come up, in order that the snbsequent cultilre 'iay effec- tually miz the' lime and daith together. Iy this plan they succeed in tho County Antrim in growing a very firm potato. ?? BEST ...

Published: Friday 12 March 1858
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 685 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

Agriculture

... ?? 2griculture.- MANAGEMENT OF THIE POTATO. (Froi ?? Gardeners' Crronriele.) Any impr6vement that can be effected in the quality of potatoes is important. Some obiservations ol the subject, at this season of tire year, may possibly therefore have a useful ...

Published: Friday 11 October 1844
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1276 | Page: 4 | Tags: News