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Jeffersonian Republican
Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg, Milford, Monroe County, Pike County, Pennsylvania
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Farmers and others report widespread complaints of potato crop destruction due to rot, with nearly all ruined in some places. In this county, half to two-thirds spoiled; similar damage in other counties. In Northampton, low damp ground crops failed, but high dry ground ones remained sound.
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We continue to hear, almost daily, complaints, from our farmers, and others, that their potatoe crops have been greatly, and in some instances almost entirely destroyed. In some places they were nearly all rotten in the ground; and in others, where they looked good when they were dug, many have spoiled since they were put away. In this County, one half, or probably two thirds, of the whole crop have been spoiled;—and in other Counties, as far as we have been able to learn, they have also sustained great injury. In Northampton, we are informed, wherever they were planted in low, damp ground, they have turned out the same as here, but that those on high, dry ground, are as good and sound as they were in any previous year.
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This County
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one half or probably two thirds of the whole crop spoiled in this county; great injury in other counties; in northampton, crops in low damp ground failed, but those on high dry ground sound.
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Complaints from farmers and others that potato crops greatly or almost entirely destroyed; in some places nearly all rotten in ground; in others, many spoiled after digging and storage. Similar issues in other counties; in Northampton, same in low damp ground, but good on high dry ground.