A MARKET FOR POTATOES
We take the fo lowing extract from the 11 Bothesay C irooioU " : "An enormous quantity of pntatoe* Is just now being shipped from the Olyde to the Unit d ajbee, owlns to the failure nf the potato crop tp 4naerlcs. The freight is from 17s 6<3 to £1. If, ui'ld the dnty on potatoes Is removed w^en the re-arrange-tn nt of th« new tariff Is tnadn by the * marlosn Gov» rnment the result will be that there will be ■ more regular and prpbftbly grenWr business done between this country au<3 4 merle* The import* anoe of this to the^agrl^q)tur|Bs Is very great " We commend this to the ob*h*l>r der<tlon cf mmc of our New 2 aland farmers, who have ooo»siontlly more potatoes than thov c»n g«t » market for.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1769, 17 February 1888, Page 2
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132A MARKET FOR POTATOES Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1769, 17 February 1888, Page 2
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