When was it published?

September 20, 1855 in Plymouth Weekly Banner

Foreign News September 20, 1855

Plymouth Weekly Banner

Q: What keywords are associated?

Potato Blight, Lower Canada, Crop Failure, Quebec District, Agricultural Loss

Plymouth, Marshall County, Indiana

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What is this article about?

In eastern Lower Canada, particularly the Quebec district, the potato crop has been nearly destroyed by severe blight in lowlands, with fields ploughed up as yields are worthless. Previously sound, potatoes sold for four shillings per bushel three weeks ago before a thunderstorm.

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The Canadian papers state that in the eastern part of Lower Canada, especially in the district of Quebec, the potato crop is almost a dead loss. The blight is so severe and so universal in the low lands, that whole fields are being ploughed up, the yield not being worth gathering.-- And it is a singular fact, that previous to the late thunder storm there, the potatoes were perfectly sound, and, three weeks ago, farmers were selling them at four shillings a bushel, out of the same fields which are now entirely destroyed.

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic

What keywords are associated?

Potato Blight Lower Canada Crop Failure Quebec District Agricultural Loss

Where did it happen?

Lower Canada, District Of Quebec

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Lower Canada, District Of Quebec

Event Date

Recent, Following Late Thunderstorm, Three Weeks Prior

Outcome

potato crop almost a dead loss; whole fields ploughed up, yield not worth gathering; previously sold at four shillings a bushel

Event Details

In the eastern part of Lower Canada, especially in the district of Quebec, the potato crop is almost a dead loss due to severe and universal blight in low lands. Whole fields are being ploughed up as the yield is not worth gathering. Prior to the late thunderstorm, potatoes were perfectly sound, and three weeks ago, farmers were selling them at four shillings a bushel from the same now-destroyed fields.