... THE POTATO DISEASE. This disease is amongst us, and no time should be lost in trying to avert what threatens to be little short of a calamity'l mean the destruction of one of our most valuable food crops. On all sides of the town there is unmistakable ...

... Potato Disease. The Beard of Agriculture, with the co. operation of the Royal Agncultural Society have undertaken to carry out a series of exhaustive experiments in six typical dietricts, in England and Wales, for the prevention of the potato disease ...

... To Potato Growers The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries desire to remind growers of potatoes that it is their duty, under the Destructive Insects and Pests Order of 1910, to report to the Board all outbreaks of wart disease, otherwise known as black ...

... Potato Disease. Mr. E. Riley, of liessle, who is conducting the experiments upon this subject for the Royal Agricultural Society of England, writes large potato growers should see some one of the six potato disease experimental plots of the Board of ...

... POTATO A good moo of potatoes is about three bushels to the rod of ground: but only strong growers and heavy croppers, such as Up-to-Date. !actor, Sensation, or similar late ones, would give so much. Mid-season varieties, such as Windsor Castle. Sir J ...

... BOOM IN POTATOES. The future effect of the extmordinary boom in seed potatoes was eagerly discuwed on Saturday at Peterborough Market. One hundred and fifty pounds was given for a pound of Eldorados, one potato alone has fetched £lOO, and purchaser i ...

... POTATO PLANTING. A country rector writes to the Standard to make a suggestion as to potato planting which is worthy of attention not only from cottagers—for whom it is expressly madebut also from farmers. The suggestion is that potatoes for the main crop ...

... MOULDING-up POTATO. That proper moulding up does render Potatoes good service there can be no doubt. It is important that the tubers be well secluded from air, otherwise they become hot and astringent. That may be of no moment in the cue of seed tubers ...

... successfully when potato prices in Germany are favourablo (which 'was the ease last year), and when, Ranvier, the greatly favoured roition of the Orman spirit distillers does not sn'erfete with themanufac(ure of flour and starch. The potato crop in Prursia ...

... rOWER FROM POTATOES. The use of potato alcohol to furnish light, heat, awl motive power has been developed very rapidly and to a high degree in Germany. Germany product% about 55,000,030 tons of potatoes a-year, and uses for human fowl. stock food, and ...

... NOM Olt POTATOES. With but one or two exceptions the second early and main crops of Potatoes look remarkably well this season, and their appearance presents a marked contrast to that of the two previous years' crops in this respect. This year the haulm ...

... NINE DAYS ON POTATOES. Lewis Watkins and third wife. Alice. were charged at Newport with illtreating their child Rose, a girl of thirteen. It was alleged that they had kept. the child for uitie dayson potatoes and salt. although their other ebiktres bad ...