45.—1845.] 
TRUE ‘ “FASTOLFF” RASPBE 
dig sup! the above in 
THE GARDENERS’ 
& CO. poser the games appostati of 
tarch extracted from the Potato cannot be viewed as a 
substitute for the Potato itself ; and we consider it of 
CHRONICLE. 
751 
been offered by various persous of nostrums for 
pon sp decaying crop. Even chloride rot pa 
Bag and such as they 
L 
LORD BI P OF LONDON, LORD 
DUNT LORTON, LORD SONDES, &c. é&c.; as well as by| ~ With this is preliminary caution, we have t 
RTICULTURAL on IET pe OF LONDON. your Wea i probably the best us: 
Yarmouth Nursery, Nov scones Potatoes may 
af sopping, HER MOST GRACIOUS 
The e eiae | 
lis free cted to I value of starch, and the uses to 
which it may be te ‘advantageously petting they should not 
be allowed t o rest their hopes of nouris shme: ent duri 
y i 
applied i is omm ò extraction sa 
t of view. 
3a hi 
to state to P 
e to which | PTO Pr na 
ot finding effectual rsesiled 
p cra tng whose mina A gi were, as 
t declared, entirel ist o 
C ie 
p i idera pc of the pég Pn the dryness, and a e of contact, by all possible 
ota t means ; and any intelligent man would see that t 
= the d tubers particular methods proposed were merely in refer- 
= sATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1845. rom ine Tie crea i oan ee in | ence to those all-important precautions, and might, 
meeriNe rok rs FOTO FOLLOWING WEEK. processes naiean gi agama Py a Hana keeping them in view, be departed from according 
Tessar, Nov. 18 5 circums _ 
lread tised i 
Tae following, whieh is th d t of the we Your See is amare tat wear E our Dr. Harrin, of Cavan, has strongly urged pen 
5 Pics te van. | the Irish Po si io ers the construction of pits, in 
hich it is su d by him that effectual ventila- 
draws attention to the ha of th It can be worke à of and with | wer y 
; IS proposed for guarding te Potato nity ao food, when mixed with tach ints ns of Oat- jtion 1s secured by laying the Potatoes on rough 
i A arising from whatever cause, and to the eal, Bean meal, or Peas meal; and such i other ow ven introducing into the 
rom meio 4 of appl iatha Mecas Phan T fo orms an excellent and economical artiele of food. t| heaps cone-shaped of wicker-work ; the 
afer PPly that the pulp ‘remaining after whole, except the mouths 0 l 
as the extraction of tł earth. 
n yB x Herresnony L L bl 
F IRELA c. 
om, Roya lir 1 Society, 2 9th Oct., 
«Mr Sens; En vieg eubtnitted to your Excélleney, 
a former repo , Some pr eet instructions in 
ded to prevent improper nn a> of the Po sid 
remaining unaffected, we no Rave the h 
day before’ your Excellen a our views fears | 
e processes of treatment for the Potato, which ap- 
bits us to be of practical value and i 
We are deeply sensible 
— sens mode of presenting our results to your 
ey 
f re ta ; 
and composing substa: e is, to a a vil great 
Steik bair out during the genta the pulp 
may, when opi be applied with- Senge os to t = 
| nourishment of animals. Fu misii pha stare! 
extracted from a the os ry 
residual pulp, a material w; ill be eon bart paw 
Ponting the Potato, equivalent to it as food, and, if k 
“the Potato. 
We ik the e reply of om ginal thy to this 
proposit! 
“To “pres ‘Herrisscnr, Lord 
“ Boa 
D LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND, &e, 
rd Room of the blin Society, Ost: 30. 
“M p,—We have the honour to a ow 
the receipt of your Excellency’s unication of 
ue comm this 
date, enclosin copy of a letter published in the 
Dublin Evening Mail, of the “29th, in which Dr. Halpin, 
of "diene 3 it, of ¢ Tse, must be prepared for use p 
cooking or h in the ordinary way. 
“The manufacture of the pulp aa se ch, o 
erop, which he eonsiders more worthy of pu blie confi- 
dence than that which we had the ihain to submit to 
cessarily assumes ; but the iea arate of ne er ur Excellency. 
ive walt; itt neetrdiinte Wii t suggestions, w “It will be observed that the author of the 
g at once ere oe the notice of her Ma ajesty’s G prm re to amet worthy of your “Excelleney’ 5 atten- under consideration does not state that he Prams has 
such principles’ or modes o ice as, t up yon | tion. I 3 , tried the method or derived a know. 
ideration, we feel authorised to recom = Toper | ledge of its in sone from the experience of others ; 
engaged in th investigation of | Object for mere ciate speculat ut arrange 
“tpn for seed ing diseased Po tatoes a paea might possibly be made for carrying o out this re- n, however, state to “your Excellency, that a 
other persons, or suggested by o ed and | °° endati oy apis bh the a Pap ara of the poor law plan fa founded on the same principle, and at least as well 
vinve n= collecting ‘precise “information as to t | tia establ lishmen ts, in whic ch | sae are y has persant been proposed in 
X of o arrest t ngla tested by one < us. Pics 
é -yesulta’ iat ws a “sped ‘and fanii applied. We fi } and the 
ase. From all th 
obtained, we feel jus stified in iva ing to your 
iallenoy the following Freret 
eel, how 
, that even these facilities traf the saa wne f 
eep pac 
ot | of 
with a 
the Pot: 
failure becomes manifest on consideri ing the manner 
in ab the disease is propagated, and the cireum- 
sta 
; iké pes 
eer = nooner t have a proposed by persons | Prosresst essive in} ury which, it is to ie feared, neces under which Potatoes are place aced in ventilating 
more or less of chem knowledge in which, crop is sustaining. , therefore, recommend a mo ie pits. In such places, Pota ing we -_ re 
others, al kaline y which we believe the process of de n isely in the condition best exten- 
S a an a in “ae ird cl ass, gia ‘ae de hlorine, | Þe retarded; oF ae report we mentioned | sion of disease, and against the danger evi ee we so 
à ses +s @ismviee from further ASi to your Excellence, the important dediuance: exercised | aly Warie ublic in our first report. F i 
pever a aia ¢ Ber? in the Tab oratory, answer = hamid | upon the disease by moisture and dryness. Our subse- | without givin g any positive —s hata the fungi 
e, they are totally inapplicable to iteum-| quent investigations have confirmed t pinion, and | forsa in pent ing Potatoes or effect e 
e ah antie coati sand to a | we believe where means exist for a more complete dry- aite certain that their presence aids very 
at for whose welfare ing of the tubers, such a method will prove the most | materially it tr 
so rawik an who Other methods, apparent efficacious oa for preserving the Potato from further one of the most ordinary 
tical, consist in the treatm decay. This 
e prac 
chloride of lime Ser er. p 
eit 
or in mixture. sult of our own experi- is indis 
n nts, and the evidence we have received concerning | without aoe arasi into = details, T yea: ar 
y pe in whom we have full confidence, | the pur tie spud Wen UI 
pair to recommen ection of a parpena 
Potatoës 
her 
effected i in this e climate by mere e 
aoe ce, the i 
| means of infecting one an! otatoes which ae at p pre- 
disposed to decay y- isolation tuber 
se materials, e have found t 
Potato ta h Ww 3 
ly rated by their applica 
= 
With 
€ ime mts are 
4 
t yet 
+ 
the results of our own ex- 
ecisive 
3 whia ta 
i Pato; 
med, it ae 
for man 
e disease is not yet very far advanced i 
mployed as food for immediate 
rm ont 
: ee Fol ayet ‘atiotactory. We therefore reserve this | 
it is ao that after being boiled or 
foo use, 
to i 
gent reco’ ommen ndatio: Sion toi 
ation, and lhe ahs ur- 
some dry solid sub- 
stance cg en each Potato. le 
tle currents of air did 
n. 
nimals, without prejudice to 
removed, In localities where the previoas ineans do 
occur amon; collec! ps, in ven- 
untry may at once be os ke to the drying ee the | tilating pits, in that case the germs or seed of - 
Potaties which will, however, demand a temperature; | sitical fungi, together with the e: ations fi 
ndered Lear) Se higher Hey! _that required for corn: | decaying point, would idly distributed over the 
But as in entire ‘of Pota e vag o ge as de- 
occupied, we oniy represent that every lime kiln may cided age pat in suc! Le ogee aig air, x 
Be ka pidä to't the iy oy without “teeing with its | cient otatoes in the ticipated by 
2 | ordinary operatio. y erecting o cam a saan Dr. Halpin ould -=< Eg if jE were jo prace, pose 
, | height above its aol, a framewo er, fresh | nly arise from inequa es of t temperature, ¢ caused by 
Potatoes being added as is the others become apeina observe that Dr. 
“We S Hal 
mistaken the oet of our repr pies paia in 
“ 
When the disease j is more advanced, so as to have 
an 
a larg not exist, ing that the methods és toring vaN > - ne 
isagreeable sm a d whe a pear” toes may be spread on a frame work of hurdles, | tated are inten nded to perm: 
1S More questionable We iavé putin ope: upported on a few Pe of ‘stoney two or three feet pe irae 
= iments, in order t Fuk oh SP high ; one or more turf fires me slowly under on | such important considerations that we must delay o 
will, in ‘due tin phe e th alt to d effect the ame object. There need be | sugg 
‘As, Nevit Gk Poiktó 4 n onice | 20 fear of the Potatoes na slightly browned, I 
d, quickly runs into total de mposition, if left | they are not injured thereby r future use; and "eke poa Ts At execution of the responsible eli 
lent that its consumption merely for turf to.us by ve refrained 
of than otherwise. from brin ward a pease i speculative 
a eager mgr th al eert mapa? Yea “ In all these modes of drying, the sim should | | Gesiteass: H ringing forw kopete Our former pigie 
it may be apma. > cut into two, or if very large, into three pieces, so as | are e founded on the i cage Expoon ee ee 
ion of starch and allow z 5 contin eraan a e 
having strongly attracted pu blie attention, “ad ie Potatoes dried in any of th : leser ur to be your Excellency’s o obedient and 
ra cases, inaccurate opinions | 5 Sonar m 4 et ag etn: 
anes at once sorting “we A our first re oy ec Be pire sattable opportunities arise for “Lyon Prayrar.” 
- cal state of baoit re- | converting them to starch or meal, deep ine to the The Government is actively occupied in n distri- 
relation cognissd that the Potato, | degree in. ich they wore affected by the inion | buting, by means of placards, &c., the following 
cher tots we gn or bu, ison ofthe mo ‘ying to find that our ‘own 0 ns, drawn up by the I Irish Commissioners, 
as to the advantage of thoroughly drying the - forthe t 
prek its ordinary state of sound | =) minier we recommended, and by pro- | which we ‘think it advisable to reprint benefi 
an a À pounds M N Fo he such as th ve described, are confirmed by | O of sufferers in thi s 
Matter, 8 Ibs. s and of s rte =f ? whilst | the experience of highly intelligent persons, who bave “ADVICE CONCERNING THE POTATO CROP. 
the most nutriti Eve 4 J q | simultan usly directed their attention to the subject. 3 To the Farmers tind to the Peasantry of 
uate ious o vegetabl y fe «“ We shall not hesitate to the notice of jo page og heron ti ean only stop by strict attention 
above quantity.” peed roth sat | Your Excellency our farther po ons, and we have | $o the advice of those interested in your welfare. Many plans 
materials correopdndng tot exit a certain |e honour to be, your Excelloneys spss oe fa | mona ase Gidea ate all competent jorbo ave of 
. iJ fal servan z a ae mo to bear in d are the follow! g 
that in of useful food ; but it is equall e Joun LINDLEY opinion, that me the a oe a ae 
for the roii nie e iea which i cheers? peer ae i T theta d Tow Sa fast as ki aak 
fed mer 
Ameri si rg dies of parien i naecy it 
Soon, as if totally deprived of food. Hence, 
From this it will be seen that we 
refusing assent to the psctiemiatons ge Aes 
and if you cannot, ry s fast as : 
in | = Koop them De per and cool.—Keep the bad Potatoes pee bod 
from the goods—Do not pit your Potatoes as you hay: 
accustomed to do in former years.—Recollect that if = thoy get 
