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THE HARVEST

... delay inltreds tw7o occasioned by the reiuseand thle siecele will at once be Thle an as- hrossght into general use. Turnips, potatoes, beans, and out oif Dcal pess have received great benlefit frost the receset weather wicks-, of and the root prop generally ...

Published: Saturday 23 August 1856
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2576 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

THE HARVEST

... only he anl ass- early lait a plentiful harvest obtained in good condition. ,he We hear of sno extensive epidemic amongst potatoes ; lint be there is an unprecedented scarcity of meet garden fruits. )en BRAn~ronn.-flricig ?? past week, harvest operations ...

Published: Saturday 06 September 1856
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2850 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... 14Mi, 1847, THE POTATO DISEASE. TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEicDS MERCURY. Bradford, Jan. 1irth, 12J47. a n ENTLBAstNx,-In the Leedsri lfcrcierp of the 16th ilsSt. is li aletterfrem Mr. Robisron, purporting to explain th9 cause of the t potato disease, and to ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1847
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2191 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

THE APPROACHING HARVEST

... the Wits, but during the pest week some luxuriant crops have b'oen got in. - Turnips genlerally ore doinlg wvell, so are potatoes; but ixc. consequence of the heavy rains of J uly end the early part of tris month, the latter appear to have lost in fla~vour ...

Published: Saturday 18 August 1888
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 503 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

THE FARM AND THE FIELD

... and excluding potatoes, which I thinir should be removed from the calegoxy of green crops (they might as well include uops), theie was an increase of 10,817 acres. Clovers and grasses under rotation increased by 20,613 acres, potatoes by 14,109 acres ...

Published: Monday 03 November 1884
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2157 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

IRISH AGRICULTURE IN 1883-84

... start- ling, being no less than 58,084 acres of wheat, as well as l10,403 acres of oats, and 3,963 acres of barley. The ) potato acreige of Ireland in 1883 also showed a coa- 3 siderable falling off, being 806,467 acres, as against 1 837,918 in 1882. ...

Published: Saturday 20 December 1884
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1209 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE WEATHER AND THE HARVEST

... patients 21 cured and'6 relieved. 2t -FAILURE oF TXIE' POTATO CROP IN THE NORTH- SC RincNG;-'We regretito find Itnat isa the neighbocsrhoods of Ig Mastlsam, Bedale, Liybunri, and Richmond, the potatoes are s perishing very rapidly. In many of lbs fields ...

Published: Saturday 22 August 1846
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2280 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE SEASON AND THE CROPS

... markets in the agricultural disItricts of Bnglaxsd, good red wheat 'eis sellhig at .423. per quarter. Of the prospects of the potato crop, n_ we are still obliged to report unfavourably ; and to add that, nsot- w sitheitaadiog our hopes to: the contrary, ...

Published: Saturday 15 August 1846
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3606 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

AGRICUTLTURAL RETURNS OF GREAT BRITAIN FOR 1868

... .. *1,766,879 ., t663,122 1867 .. or 8-5 per ct. or 0-1 per et. or 223 per et. The amount of land in Great Britain under potatoes in 1868 was 539,664 acres, against 492,217 in 1867 and 498,843 in 1866. The acreage under hops in 1868 was 64,488, against ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1868
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 959 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

AGRICULTURAL REPORTS

... spring sowing. The demand for spring corn at the two last markets has been good. In som ecases daring the late frost the potatoes which had been placed in pie have greatly suffered. It is this partly which has caused prices to rise. The fruit harvest ...

Published: Wednesday 27 February 1895
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 893 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND

... the conditions of competition will remain as on previous occasions. The extensive damage to this year's potato crop, caussd by the too familiar potato-disease, had prompted the President of the Society to offer aprize of£100 for the best essay on the p ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1872
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 994 | Page: 9 | Tags: News 

THE GERMAN WORKING MAN

... fare ? ?? Well, that has often occurred; we simply drop the meat, beans, aud butter, and stick to black I bread, fat. and potatoes. Have 'you an idea whv at your wveekly expenses aref' Yes; they are riot so great, but wlhat -we can accounto for them ...

Published: Wednesday 22 August 1894
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 796 | Page: 5 | Tags: News