Queries regarding the potato disease.
Johnston, James F. W.
Wightman, James S.,active 1845,former owner.
Edinburgh : Laboratory of the Agricultural Chemistry Association, 8, Bank Street,
[1845?]
Caption title.
Signed at bottom: James F. W. Johnston.
Questionnaire sent out to Scottish farmers by the laboratory of the Agricultural and Chemistry Association regarding potato disease. The 26 questions on the sheet were intended to get an understanding of the extent of potato disease in Scotland at the time of the Irish potato famine.
Manuscript inscription of mailing address: "James S. Wightman of Courance Burrance". Inkstamp beside this "Dumfries / no 4 / 1845". Another manuscript inscription on the verso "With McCuchtins compliments".
Potatoes
Scotland Edinburgh.