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Late Blight Destruction Drives Irish Famine Relief Costs
The text notes Ireland faced severe hunger in 1846 47 due to potato Late Blight a Fungus disease with unknown cause at the time. It mentions relief costs in Ireland totaling nearly forty million dollars and indicates suffering was mirrored in England and western Europe. It references later agricultural knowledge and control measures for Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta, urging growers to adopt control methods via Line Elevator Farm Service Circular No 8 from Dr J E Machacek.
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Ireland
England
Europe
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
J. E. Machacek
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Winnipeg