The Kington Times - August 1918
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Kington Times 3rd August 1918 - Page 3
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| Date | 03/08/1918 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 3rd August 1918 |
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S. NSIBLE FOR THE ALL COM- MPANIED BY THE ECESSARILY FOR FAITH . SE FOR S. imes . and District , may I ask hatter before ebates in the July , 1918- coller whether and District ed , Hereford- whether he appoint local reford , which as denudes tomed article the increase articles used yages , he will ce for cheese first part of upon further refordshire is a local factor , appointmnet , destination of a to the hon . s for cheese ady been an- and gallant proportion , at ilable for the representation while I shall communicate 1. so that , im D put more EDEFORD , Manager . RAMME . the Cultivation Yorkshire that nder corn and resent year has In the North total of 85,105 s through the old arable land , fallen to clover , hed out grass . ious districts as I out grass are of satisfactory etter crops than re has reported and broken up 8 are classified d bad . " The esults expressed ole cent .; crops , 50 er cent . half Oats as necessary to The District cases of failure ally mown and Executive Com- spection of the only seen one nd . He added county plough- The local Com- excellent crops Lord Hindlip's roots this year the area of new een 14,000 acres . oner commends area on the old of the newly under corn and arca of newly PS . says the Angle- come acros a Reports as ent . below the In the later in the earlier . ess , but a few Mangels and re likely to be ding , well , but cen laid . The as a rule on the cutting of s still promise a . are to be seen eclare that they in their lives . " ley . Sir Watkin activities have les , states that grass have done etter crops . " STORY . e AND PIECE Prison was avenport , alias e kenwell Police that said : whilst ning and man- a long sleeper together with gainst the wall lown the other was hanging istcoat off and passing : I had that I had get off again , way from the rushed into a out of prison , absentee . She oat and a shil- ome , where he her gave him a away if I had ested . " is nother , who iscarded . prison he damage . 000 . INCOME TAX ry the sum of he its making of returns was Tuesday against Wallis , aud alers , Pall - mall . ce ordered each as well as the Peacock , Wallis to the charge that of making on their Be- in trade in the of the profit of ised stock . ck at the very try . He allowed ns for the pay- unts to s well . £ 16,000 , 2 LUDLOW . GiKLS ' HIGH SCHOOL , SPEECH DAY . Chairman of the On Thursday afternoon the eighth Speech Day in connection with Ludlow Girls ' Public Hign School was held in the Town Hall . Mr. H. T. Weyman , Governors , presided and was supported by the Governors and friends . The Chairman in his address said he took that opportunity of thanking his fellow Governors tor the invariable kindness they had shown to their Chairman for the past eight years . They were gratified at the continued success of the school , which had now reached the number of 126 pupils , a rumber unprecedented in any Ludlow Public School , and this notwithstanding the almost irre- sistible temptation to withdraw girls at an early They age in these critical and wonderful days . were proud of their Head Mistress and her able staff , to whom all the success of the school was due . They were proud of the school buildings , which with their historic surroundings and excei- lent situation were the model and best of any school in Shropshise . They were proud of their happy looking merry English girls , who were as nice a body of girls as any school could boast ol . He went on to say personally he welcomed with his whole heart the great Education Bill soon to be an Act of Parliament , brought in by that greatest of British THE KINGTON TIMES , 250 AMERICAN WARSHIPS IN EUROPEAN WATERS . MR . FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT'S TRIBUTE TO BRITISH NAVY . Over 250 American naval ships are now based permanently on this side of the water , and this number would be added to rapidly in the coming year , said Mr. Franklin Roosevelt , Assistant Sec- retary of the United States Navy , at the Savoy Hotel on Monday . It was the great assistance of the British Navy , he remarked , that had enabled so many Ameri- can troops to be sent to France . Sixty per cent . of the troopships that were used in the convey- ance of American soldiers to Europe were British , convoyed by Britisn men of - war . The American Navy had now got into its stride . There was no doubt about the bridging of the Anglo - Saxon race . They were in this war until the Allies had won . The American behind this war to a finish ( Cheers ) . nation was Sir Eric Geddes , who with Mr. Franklin Roose- velt , was a guest of the American Luncheon Club , confirmed what Mr. Roosevelt had said concerning the unity of Anglo - Saxon feeling . Closer co - opera- tion between two naval forces would be impos- sible . The British Navy was proud to be able to Education Ministers , escort American troops to Europe . Dr. Large as it Fisher . The Bill revolutionised the whole system was it could only do a certain amount of work , of education and recognises and when it was the right of every escorting American troops it child to a thorough education from the Elemen- could not be patrolling or hunting German sub- tary School to the University . He had long en- marines . Therefore the increase in the American deavoured at raval forces contributed to the common these gatherings to impress upon cause , because it released so British ships to that the last five years of school life , parents hunt the enemy submarines . He was glad to from 15 to 18 years , as the most important years of a girl's life from an educational point of view , know that the spirit of America was one of self- and that to remove a child from school just when sacrifice and determination ; that was the great- est asset the Allied naval forces could have . she is beginning to obtain the full benefit of the teaching she had received , was not only to sacri- fice the work of many years , but also to imperil the success of that girl in after life , when she had to meet the stress of tremendous competition , which would invariably follow this great war . This was recognised to the full in Mr. Fisher's great children's charter . The Head Mistress ( Miss Baldwin ) read her an- nual report , in which she stated that the past had been an exceedingly satisfactory one Good steady work throughout the school . year had been done by almost all the girls . the awards Mrs. Dounes Hall then distributed ( certificates in place of books ) as follows : London Matriculation Examination : M. Rickards , Class 1 . Oxford Senior Local : D. Davies , N. Faithfull , D. Morgan ( prize certificates ) . General form work : Form I. , M. Green ; Form II . , D. Brown , N. Hitching ; Form IIIb . , M. Campion ; Form IIa . , L. Freene , R. Lewis ; Form IV . , E. James ; Form Vb . , H. Holt ; Form Va . , I. Rix ; Form VI . , N. Faithfull . Cookery prize and sewing certificate Music : ( presented by the Chairman ) , H. Green , on D. Farmer . Drawing ( senior ) : I. Rix , ( juniors ) R. Lewis . Attendance : Not late or absent pleasure for three years , N. Bowen , N. Edwards , D. Flamstead , M. Farmer , E. Collings , M. Hall , W. Harrington , E. Brereton , E. James , E. John- son , P. Morgan , G. Haynes ( 6th year ) , R. Nott ( 6th year ) , N. Parsonage , N. Tarttefell ( 6th year ) . Certificates for general Form work : Form I. , W. Dobson ; Form IIIb . , E. Bousfield ; Form IIIa . , D. Best , M. Edwards ; Form IV . , I. James ; Form Vb . , H. James . Drawing ( senior ) , N. Parsonage , M. Saunders ; ( Junior ) , J. Bodenham , N. Needlework ( Senior ) , D. Rix ; ( Junior ) , W. Pipe , V. Rogers . Cookery , H. Lythgo , D. Best , R. Lewis . Music , S. Cox , N. Parsonage , M. Tanner . Edwards . Mrs. Flora Annie Steel , of Court of Hill , in an address to the girls said that this year she was particularly glad to speak to them . Did they know why ? It was because they were now citizens of the greatest Empire the world had ever seen . In the old days they heard a good many gibes on women folk , but all that sort of thing was gone . They were citizens , at least they would be when they were 30. She could quite imagine some of them saying " I don't want to be 30. I want to But the have a good time and remain young . " time would come when 30 would come to them and they would find that their sphere of useful- ness Lad been cut in . She found even at 72 ( her age ) it was a happy life , was a joyous life , was a life full of interest as it was when she was a girl of 14 ( applause ) . Though they were not now subject to those gibes about women , there were things said about girls who were leaving school A man said the and going out into the world . other day to her , " Do you think the only am bition a girl to wear has in these days is trousers ? ( laughter ) . They all want to go into and munition works or something of that sort I wear trousers . " She did not wonder at it in this terrible time of stress , when they trembled to think of the dear men at the front : There were many women who would shoulder a rifle and go into the trenches ( applause ) . She appealed to the girls to retain their womanhood . The more they did this the better it would be for them and the better it would be for the country that they all loved so much . Mr. J. V. Wheeler proposed a vote of thanks to Mrs. Hall , Mrs. Steel and the Chairman . The Rector seconded and it was carried . The singing of the National Anthem concluded the proceedings . GREAT REFORM IN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE NEEDED . DEATH UNDER FIFTY OR SIXTY YEARS OF AGE MUST BE PREVENTED . medical In a memorandum on education in England , addressed to the President of the Board of Education , Sir George Newman ( Chief Medical Officer to the Board ) says " death under 50 or 60 years of age has got to be prevented or avoided , and the medical practitioner is the primary agent , in the task . " Something approaching revolution- ' ary reform in preventive medicine is needed , he adds . The ordinary medical student does not re- quire a course of study comparable to that pres- The cribed for the Diploma in Public Health . knowledge he requires is such an understanding of the nature of disease that its occurrence be prevented , or it can be checked in the patient before disablement - in short , a curative medicine which is preventive . Its application is not res- tricted by law or confined by expediency ; it is universal . It concerns almost all discase , and not infectious disease only . can Sir George deals with the defects in the sys- tem of medical education , which , he states , is There must be starved together with research . more substantial , aid from the State if the under- taking is to be placed upon a satisfactory national . taught the basis . Suggesting what . should be student , he emphasises the need of a careful study of the causes and conditions of disease in rela- tion Heart disease to social life and habit . causes one - third of the deaths between 55-65 , aud is one of the most disabling forms of disease . Much of it is due to preventable conditions , of which mechanical strain and infective disease are commonly responsible . It is in the workshop and in the personal habit of the individual that is , therefore , Heart disease form must partly a problem of preventive medicine . more the bills of health are examined the more clearly will it be seen that most of the conditions fatal under 50 are more or less directly prevent- able . Preventive medicine has already raised the expectation of life at birth 1838-54 to 51 come . re- The from 40 years in THE CROP OUTLOOK . REMAINS GENERALLY GOOD . Generally the outlook for the crops as reported by the Food Production Department's Commissioners up to last week - end remained good . Wheat is looking excellent practically everywhere , and the prospects for main crop potatoes and roots have remarkably , improved recently , Here and there certain corn crops have been laid and will need to be harvested by hand , but very little damage seems to have been done save for an occasional field of oats of barley which had only just run into car and was accordingly too weak in straw to stand In some counties there may against heavy storms . prove to be a proportion of loss in the hay crop where this has been cut but not carted . On the other hand a considerable area of uncut hay grass benefited materi- ally by the recent rains and there is now a liberal amount of keep on most of the pastures . The bulk of the grass in the Berks . , Bucks . , Oxon . , and Wilts . area was secured in good condition , but there is still much the ground and in the later districts there are many fields still to cut . The corn crops have been knocked about somewhat , but it is surprising that more damage has not been done . The ears are mostly filled and the main loss will be due to increased labour and delay in harvesting . throughout crops Derby , Roots have wonderfully improved lately Warwick¸ The and Worcester are described as looking healthy and well . Much hand work will be necessary to deal with the crops in the Hertford , Essex and Middlesex area . Last week the first field of winter oats was cut in Essex . In Lancashire , the wheat crops are looking excep- tionally well on the whole and the harvest outlook is excellent . Oats are rather variable . In the north the crops are very good indeed ; in some cases they have had to be topped to prevent the crop going down , and there are no crop failures at all reported . In the east good crops are the rule , chiefly on meadow land , but there are some failures and many patchy many PARACHUTE TRAGEDY . DESIGNER KILLED IN MAKING FIRST TEST EXPERIMENT IN MID - AIR . The death of Edwin Boyle , of Cottenham - road , Holloway , an , aeroplane designer , who was killed whilst experimenting with an invention to enable pilots to descend in parachutes in case of emer- gency , was inquired into by a Middlesex jury on Saturday . Capt . Arthur Payne , Flight Commander R.A.F. , said he and Boyle went up in an aeroplane to ex- periment . When at a height of 400ft , he told Boyle to get out on to the wing and sit on the specially constructed platform . Boyle had not done that before as it was the first descent he had attempted . S " When he got to the right position I gave him the signal to let go . He was in front of me in the passenger seat . He went over the side in the ordinary way , but the parachute casing gave way with the parachute instead of remaining on the machine . This was caused by the breaking of a hook and the parachute failing to open in conse- quence , Boyle fell to the ground an was instantly killed . " BARBER AS PLOUGHMAN . A SIMPLE MEMORIAL TO LORD WHAT RHONDDA . MR . CLYNE'S CREED . FOOD CONTROL HAS DONE . HOW WOMEN HELP OUR AIRMEN , THE BENEFIT OF BEANS . The universal mourning for the loss the coun try has sustained in the death of Lord Rhondda wlil certainly desire to manifest itself in the form of a national memorial of the public ser- vices he rendered . This will , no doubt , take ex- pression in a concrete form , and although it wil be a suitable and fitting tribute , it will , of neces sity , be the active concern of the few only , com- paratively speaking . But there is another appreciation of his labours . which can be contributed to by every member of the community ; every man and woman from Penzance to John o ' Groats can honour our Food Controller's memory in the way he would him- self have chosen - by fresh determination to make a further success of the great task to which he gave ungrudgingly those last days which might have been , and should have been , spent in peace and rest in his own home . Contributions to this memorial can be made in various coin : first and foremost in loyal upholding of the new Control- ler , in ready obedience to orders and restrictions , in the understanding and sympathy which take the bitterness out of obedience , in patience and cheer- fulness , and - alas that it is necessary to add it- in strict honesty in the matter of those foods which are rationed , and unselfishness over those which are not . A small subscription , but one that counts , will be the refraining from . hasty , uninformed criticism , intemperate newspaper de nunciations of imperfectly - understood situations , unhelpful destructive policies , and the sort of grumbling that invariably begins with " Isn't it idiotic of the Government ... 2 " All these things , rich and poor , high and humble , I can pour into the treasury for Lord Rhondda's honouring , if we are determined that , though he is gone , his work shall live after him . MR . CLYNES ' CREED . The new Food Controller , Mr. J. R. Clynes , is a firm believer in the duty of cheerfulness . The country has no use for long faces and grumbling talk , " he says , for he holds the belief that the people who bear the privations of war most cheerfully are the cople who are most likely to win . He specially deplores tné sellishness of those people who , not content with their own discontent , write peevish letters to the men at the front , thus adding to the misery which the men are already enduring . There is no man who has a better right to . preach the gospel cheerfulness and endurance ; for the new Food Controller is not merely one of those who finds it easy to bear other people's troubles with philosophy , but he himself has had He makes 110 personal experience of privation . secret - and why should he ? -of the fact that he has known the pangs of hunger in his time , and he is deeply sympathetic towards all who are trying days . really suffering in these But he knows too much about realities to have patience with those who deplore their imaginary woes . MAN WHO HAS BECOME THE CHAMPION OF Like his late chief , Lord Rhondda , Mr. Clynes HIS COUNTY . holds close to the ideal of " the greatest good for There are working on now the land 61,000 the greatest number . " In the application of this soldiers , 12,000 German prisoners , and 300,000 ideal some people are found to be hurt . That is women , said Mr. Prothero , at a inevitable . meeting of the Bit no effort is spared to distribute the burdea evenly , and if some are harder hit Allotment Association in Leeds , on Saturday . They had done their best to make this labour than their neighbours , it is the force of circum- efficient . Some time ago he told of the protest of stances which must be blamed , not lack of con- a farmer , who , on asking for a ploughman , was sideration on the part of the Food Controller . sent a piano - tuner . But he knew a man who was Undoubtedly some do seem to be more heavily a hair dresser four years ago , and who to - day was burdened than others , but the hardest trial that the best ploughman in his county . any of us has to face at home is nothing when compared with the hardships and dangers dured by from overseas . Mr. Clynes faced never forgets the risks by our merchant seamen . " Our very daily bread be- comes sacramental to those who remember through what danger and what grand contempt of death In withdrawing skilled men from agriculture , the Government did not disregard the necessity of safeguarding the food supply . The imperative need of the Army , however , overrode every other consideration , and that was why the policy of the Board of Agriculture had to be changed . In praising the work of allotment holders Mr. Prothero said that every plotter who was provid- ing his own vegetables was helping the United States to land their army in France . He also mentioned that , whereas before the war fruit was only bottled to the extent of 500,000 bottles year , this year the total was 6,000,000 . ATTEMPTED BOMB OUTRAGE IN AMERICA . GERMAN a CAUGHT IN THE ACT . Newark , New Jersey , July 27. - An attempt to blow up a machinery plant near here has been frustrated by the arrest of three men , described as Germans , who have been held in $ 10,000 and $ 20,000 bail on charges of violating the Espionage an í Sabotage Acts . One of the prisoners was caught in the act of igniting a bomb . It is an- nounced that evidence of a conspiracy has been unearthed , and that further arrests will follow . IN PALESTINE . SUCCESSFUL RAIDS BY INDIAN TROOIS . The Secretary of the War Office announces that in Palestine successful raids were made in the coastal sector and east of the Jordan by Sikh troops and Indian cavalry respectively , prisoners and material being captured . Since July 18 five enemy aeroplanes have been destroyed in aerial- combats , and on the 25th extensive bombing raids were carried out against the enemy camps about Amman and Shumet Nimrin . In the southern Hedjaz a Turkish detachment of mounted troops and infantry en route from Medina to Hail was surprised by Arab forces on July 10 , the whole party being killed or made prisoners . DEPRESSION IN GERMANY . Rome . The Berne correspondent of the " Epoca " says that the latest information from Berlin makes if clear that recent events on the French front have had as depressing an effect upon the Ger- man people as that produced in Austria - Hungary by the Pieve defeat . In the southern parts of Germany one hears on all hands accusations that the Prassian " General Staf has deliberately sacrificed Bavarians , Saxons , Wurtemburgers , etc. , that the forces of the enemy have been under- rated that Germary has been betrayed , and so on . It is also reported that Ludendorff is freely des- cribed as the " German Conrad . " Von Kuehlmann has become the man of the hour , and he meets with an ovation wherever he goes . He has re- ceived a large number of addresses of sympathy . The Zurich correspondent of the " Messaggero " that the whole attitude of the German remarkable change dur- people has undergone a ing the past few days , and that sensational de- velopments are rot unlikely . states EARL SHOT DEAD . BODY OF LORD LICHFIELD FOUND IN A RIVER . With a gunshot wound in the face , Lord Lich- field has been found dead near Shugborough Hall , his Staffordshire seat . The discovery was made at nine o'clock on Monday evening . He went out duck shooting , but did not return , and a search was made . A keeper found the body in the river . On the bank was Lord Lichfield's gun . At the inquest on Tuesday night a verdict of accidental death from a gunshot wound was re- turned . The Hon . Arthur Augustus Anson said he last saw his father in London , last Thursday . He told Lady Lichfield on Monday evening that he was going out to shoot a couple of wild ducks . ' He was accustomed to go out shooting ducks , and the place where his body was found was one of his favourite spots for that purpose . A gamekeeper who went out with Lady Lich- field on Monday night to search for the deceased , who had not returned to dinner at 8.15 as le had said he would do , gave evidence as to find- ing the carl's hat on the river bank , and near by the body lying face downwards in the water , as if he had fallen straight over . There was a gunshot wound in the face . The ground was un- even , and one might easily stumble . The gun was near the body . Both been à barrels had loaded and one nad been discharged . Dr. Bul ' said there was a large wound on the left side of the neck and cheek . The muzzle of the gun could not have been very close to the carl's face . A jerk in falling might have dis- charged the gun . The late earl , who was in his sixty - third year , was the third holder of the title , to which he succeeded in 1892. He married a daughter of the second Earl of Leicester , and has three sons and three daughters . He , owned about 20,000 acres in Staffordshire . The heir is Viscount Anson . fields , particularly where ploughing was done in the THE GERMAN BEAST AT CHATEAU are spring and the sowing was late . In the south and west the crops generally fair ; some excellent , others poor and patchy . The early sown fields are the best . Potatoes are looking very well and re - sown mangels and swedes are going on nicely . The fruit crops , with the exception of gooseberries and rasp : berries , are the lightest for many years past , stone fruits are a failure in most districts . and is The outlook for wheat and oats in Cheshire described as splendid . Green crops , pastures , and aftermath are now looking well . In the Hants . , Dorset and Isle of Wight area the cutting of rye has commenced . In exposed situations a few fields of corn have been laid . Fair plants of turnips and swedes are to be seen direction and a further acreage of these crops has been drilled . Potatoes have picked up wonderfully now in every of late . So far no potato disease has been reported . An appreciable acreage of corn has been laid in the On the other hand , the Fens , though not badly , THIERRY . SENSELESS AND WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION . American Army , July 27. - The widespread and unceasing operations of the past week have left one with no time to refer to a subject which must not , however , be passed over in silence . That is . the treatment by the Germans , and especially by The the German officers , of Chateau Thierry . houses to which the following account applies shell , shrapnel , or uninjured by were wholly bullet . The damage they have suffered was en- tirely inflicted from within . These houses were magnificently and tastefully furnished , the walls hung with costly tapestries and admirable pictures , the furniture is of excep- and mirrors tional and elegance , impressive charming statuettes add to the effect of wealth used with lavish artistry . To - day there is nothing that has not been destroyed . The tapestries have been hacked to pieces , the pictures slit from corner to corner : the leather and other chair coverings have been ripped from their frames ; all the delicate examples of marqueterie and the irreplaceable craftsmanship of past centuries have been smashed . The legs have been torn off tables and used in further work of destruction . There is not a mir- ror which has not been broken , and the glass and china flung at them lie in fragments at their and ivory Statues and in marble statuettes dismembered with hammers , and a have been pickaxe has been used to destroy a wonderful grand piano which must have cost hundreds of pounds . The costly carpets have been fouled and rent in every possible way , and inkpots flung at the silken papers on the wall . corn crops generally are looking remarkably well , the main potato crop has improved greatly in the past few weeks , the fly has been checked on the beans , and the late sown turnip seed is germinating satisfactorily . The clover crop was carried under good conditions , but a proportion of the hay is badly damaged . The afternoon farmer ' has still some hay lying about in Gloucestershire , but the crop as a whole has been gathered . Roots are looking all right , ex- cept swedes , which in some cases are a very bad feet . The cutting of oats was expected to begin this week . In the neighbouring county of Hereford roots are looking well and most of the hay is now in , although some is still out and a little even uncut The corn crops in Northumberland , Durham , Cum- berland and Westmorland are filling , well ( though short in the straw ) and promise a good yield . From Staffs . and Shropshire it is reported that there but food deal of meadow . hay out and much uncut , the clovers have been carried and the quantity plant . en- the seamen who bring us our food so much of it has been carried to our shores , " he has said . And because he is one who remembers , he exhorts us to imitate the spirit of endurance and cheerfulness shown by our brave men every- where . WHAT FOOD CONTROL HAS DONE . In these days of many happenings , incidents come so thick and fast that most of us have for- gotten how urgent , a need there was for the crea- tion of a Ministry of Food , and at this juncture it seems a good time for going back over the situation . Before we had been six months at war the prices of food had risen by about nineteen per cent . At the beginning of 1917 the increase had gone up to ninety - one per cent . , and the value of the sovereign had fallen to ten shillings and six- pence . Profiteers were busily making the most of their chances ; the country was seething with an- noyance and discontent , and long queues showed that the system of the private distribution of food had broken down . industrial Strikes were threatening in the centres ; protests came from all over the country , and there were even signs of what looked omin- ously like revolution . The letters sent to the men at the front carried discontent which very often had most depressing effect , and men who were fighting naturally asked themselves whether their sacrifice was worth while if the wives and child- ren at home were to endure such privations . It was a position of grave danger , but it was dealt with magnificently by Lord Rhondda and Mr. Clynes . In their difficult task they had the splendid assistance of Mr. Hoover , the American Food Controller . Together they brought about a marvellous change . Mr. Hoover appealed to the self - sacrifice of the Americans ; Lord Rhondda and Mr. Clynes trusted in the British love of fair play . The Americans responded at once ; and as soon as the British people realised that the Minis- try of Food was doing its best to distribute the food fairly and equally amongst all classes , grumbling ceased and the Food Controller became the most popular man in the country . No man ever deserved his popularity more , for he saved us from ourselves and therefore from the enemy . As one who knows the inside working has said : " If there had been no Food Ministry , no food control , and no rationing , it is , humanly speak- ing , almost certain that our own internal troubles would have lost us the war . " is a our HOW WOMEN HELP OUR AIRMEN . Anything that helps aircraft construction . contribution towards victory - for very big gallant airmen may quite likely put the finishing . touches on the Hun . Three thousand members of the Women's National Land Service Corps are lending their aid to our airmen by gathering flax grown The this country for aeroplane wings . who are all devoting their holidays to this pat- riotic work are recruited largely from the Train- ing Colleges for Teachers . in women They are under canvas in nine canips , in the Somerset area , near Yeovil , and in the Fen dist The internal organisa- rict , near Peterborough . tion of the camps is on semi - military lines , by officers of the W.N.L.S.C. Girl guides help in the fatigue work ; the head cooks , who are drawn from the staff of the Domestic Economy Training Schools , have had a special course of training in camp cookery at the War Office Cookery training centre . hospital tent is provided in each camp , and nurses from various hospitals are spending their leave on duty in the camps . Each camp has its recreation tent and canteen run by the Y.W.C.A. The women work on an average of nine hours a day . and are paid a minimum of 7s . , plus their board and lodgings . It is case of diluted labour -one experienced flax worker being in charge of fifteen learners . The work consists in pulling the flax up by the roots and stooking it . PRESERVE BUTTER FOR WINTER USE . Wise people are taking advantage of the present extra allowance of butter to put aside a little for winter use . It is an opportune time for doing so , because the good supply of bacon gives all us the fat we need , and many of us do not use our full allowance of butter . Any butter which can be saved from the weekly allowance will not be counted as hoarding , nor will it affect our future ration . The following récipe for preserving but- ter for winter use is a very satisfactory one : - Wash the butter thoroughly in cold water in order to extract all the buttermilk . Break up the butter so that the water can reach every part . Squeeze the water out , add salt in the proportion of lb. to 6 lbs . of butter . Press some of the butter down into an earthenware jar and cover with a layer of salt , then put on another layer of butter and so on till it is all potted , finishing with a thick layer of salt . This must all be pressed down very tightly so that there are no air bubbles . Butter treated in this way will keep for use during the winter . PASS THE JAM . In view of the announcement that only about one ounce of jam per week will be available for the civil population , some sections of the public are beginning to agitate for the rationing of jam . They seem to forget that it is impossible to ration any article until there is a certainty of supplying the ration to each member of the community . At present it is impossible to say exactly how much jam will be available , and therefore it is impos- sible to ration it . Later on when the fruit crop is all gathered and the amount available is known , these is no doubt that arrangements will be made by the Ministry of Food for fair distri- bution of jam . In the meantime the only thing is for all who have fruit to make as much jam as they can , and for the rest of us to be as sparing as possible in our use of it , so that those who the greatest need of it - children and soldiers shall not go short . It must not be for- gotten that jam is essential to the health of the army , and , when you thoughtlessly cat more than you need , you are depriving our fighting forces of some of their fighting strength . are in are may THE BENEFIT OF BEANS . At the present time it is important to get much food value out of our home - grown veget- ables as possible . In this country . French and runner beans are consumed in the form of the young green pods , which are usually sliced before cooking , whereby a loss both of food substance and flavour results . In this form the bean affords comparatively small food value and rank with other green vegetables . It is in the seed of the bean that the full value is to be found , and when the consequently it is seed has developed fully in the pod that the greatest food value has been obtained Most of the beans , however , that are sold in the markets begin to form a hard and uncatable membrane in the substance of the green pod long before the seed has approached its full develompent , that is to say , its full food value . There are , however , varieties both of dwarf and climbing beans which more or less com- pletely free from membrane even up to the full growth of the seed . Our French neighbours dis- tinguish these as " Mangetout " or " All Edible " beans , and grow many sorts , of which Predome ones . The and St. Fiacre are especially good kinds which develop membrane are called " Flageo- be lets , " and whilst quite young the pods may consumed whole ( the strings at the edges as They are eatable in rule should be removed ) . the later stages and acquire a high food value are shelled when the unripe seeds out , cooked we commonly way as The blackberry crop this year is to be harvested and served in the same serve green peas or broad beans . Although blackberries value of the by the Ministry of Food . Nearly a quarter of the food ripe till September the Ministry has A considerable number of enrolments have taken are not " Pulses " or peas , beans , lentils , etc. , in their The picking already organised the ingathering . dried ripe state consists of the valuable " protein various counties in the War Agricultural Volunteers ; indeed it has been reported to the Food is to be done through the county horticultural or flesh - forming " substances , for which in gen- network of sub - committees . committees and eral we rely upon the animal products , such as Every part of the country will be inspected , and Mobile gangs of meat , cheese , and eggs . In order to make the no woods or fields overlooked . most of our beans we should allow the pods to pickers on bicycles will be organised to visit the develop until the seeds are about three - quarters otherwise to this new and potentially useful source of remoter parts of the countryside . is a and quality are far above the average . A little corn has been lald , but generally the crops lock well . place in AGRICULTURAL WAR VOLUNTEERS . Production Department this week that in several counties the supply at present exceeds the demand . This state of affairs , however , is not likely to persist , as the attention of farmers is being called by advertising and labour . So far one can describe things as they are , but the fashion in which beds and rooms have been defiled is difficult of description . to be the work of lunatics . BLACKBERRYING . a It would seem AUGUST 3 . grown , or more , and then shell them out like peas . Practically any kind of bean , either dwarf or runner , may be consumed in this way . As the Pulses " are lacking in fats , it is advisable to use some fat in the cooking or to serve with fat bacon or pork . them WHERE THE TROUBLE LIES . The following appeal to American women to save wheat for the Allies is made by the U.S.A. Food Administration : - " It takes more than courage and patience to be a soldier in the Food Conservation Army . It takes imagination . If we lack this , then we soon lose the courage and patience to go on . Oh , what's the use ? ' we say to calm our consciences when we eat wheat on Monday and Wednesday . us " The trouble is that the war is not with every hour as it is with the women over there . ' We do not hear the guns booming all day and ali night . We do not see the shattered homes and the bloodstained fields left in the path of German frightfulness . Our streets are not filled with the maimed and blinded who have returned from the battlefield for the last time . Refugees and home- less little war orphans do not pour into our cities by the thousands . Continuous streams of am- bulances do not move back and forth between our railway stations and hospitals . " We can only imagine these things , filling in the picture with what we have heard or read or with what those who are fighting over there have written back to us . " Must we wait until our homes lie in ruins , our own fields are blood - stained , and our own children are left homeless orphans before we are willing to sacrifice to the utmost to win this war ? " In Germany to - day every man , woman , and child is working with dogged determination to see that our cause is defeated . " Are we not capable of equal sacrifice in order that the cause of freedom , justice and humanity may win ? Are not wheatless days , no matter what they cost in money or extra labour , cheaper in the end than defeat ? " FUEL SAVING COOKERY . The present urgent need for economy in the use of fuel is likely to be much greater before long . Obviously the best method of saving fuel is to make use of the National Kitchens , but in districts where that is not possible it is impor- tant to simplify the processes of cooking thereby to economise the gas used . and When Using the Gas Cooker : Cover three - quarters of the top of your cooker with a thin iron sheet ; you can then boil several pans over one gas - ring burner . Do not turn the gas so full that the flame licks the sides of the pan ; the pan does not heat any more quickly . oven 1918 . country chiefly because they formed the essential ingredient in the production of cattle cake , the oil being more or less a by - product . On the Continent the mills were engaged in crushing high grade seeds rich in oil , their aim being the production of high grade oil , and the cake was , merely a resultant . In England the oil was suffi ciently refined for the purpose of soap making , burning , etc. , as well as the less important edible trades , such as baking and fish frying . The very high class edible oil , however , required in the making of margarine had to be imported from Continental refineries . The conditions created by the war made it im- perative that more high - class refineries should be set up in this country , and Lord Rhondda took the matter in hand . The butter shortage called for edible oils and fats in the mar- making of garine . Fish fryers require a constant supply at a fixed price , and this is maintained by the manu- facture of compound lard ; but perhaps the pro- duct most vital to a country at war is glycerine . Without glycerine our vast output of shells would be useless there would be no propellant , no cor- dite . Glycerine was produced in the manufacture of soap - now soap is almost a by - product in the manufacture of glycerine ! And so the soap maker is provided with suitable oils and fats that he may contribute to our munitions rather than to our cleanliness ! A remarkable instance , this , of war's transforming influence . These requirements were all filled by the new refineries set up by the Ministry , and now , without the aid of the foreigner , the total producing capacity is more than equal to the demand for all purposes . The Ministry of Food is not content with sup- their plying refineries and manufacturers with respective needs . To raise the quality as well as the quantity of their products the most able ex- perts in the country are constantly employed in testing samples ; and charts show the total weekly output and the quality of the article from all the margarine makers , compound , fat facturers , soap makers and refineries . manu- The action of the Ministry does not stop there . To keep this essential industry alive after the war and to enable it to combat foreign competition the Ministry is forming associations of all the oils and fats trades , crushers and refiners . That these associations will succeed in making yet another British business safe from continental dominance is certain if they but follow the methods initiated by the Ministry of Food . JAM MADE BY MUTUAL , AGREEMENT . It has been said that the best part of a good law is its elasticity , and this was well borne out by the swift and sudden relaxation , by the Minis- try of Food , of the Order regulating the sale of strawberries , enabling the public to buy these in the open market on Saturdays , while retaining to the jam manufacturers the chance of purchasing in bulk before the public have finished breakfast . The scene , to the average passer - by , was like a conjuring trick of a very agreeable kind . on Keep all the burners clean and wash the occasionally with hot water and soda to pre- . We have now a further suggestion from the vent it from becoming coated with grease . Ministry that those lucky ones who have more Use steamers with two fruit than they can preserve , but who have con- or three compartments , and cook a whole dinner on one gas - ring sumed their sugar ration , should meet those others burner . who have no fruit , but have prudently saved Heat the water required for washing - up by their sugar ; and , although it appears a very small putting a bowl - ful into the hot oven matter in after the large scheme of things , all can realise , from what they see and hear in their roasting or baking , or on top of any pot that may be boiling . own circle of acquaintance , that an appreciable When cooking casseroles ring gas quantity of jam may result from this mutual ac- use only a tiny blue flame or the casserole may commodation . It is only left to wonder if there is , haply , a third section of the community to enter this friendly partnership , who , having neither sugar nor fruit , can yet come forward with the necessary and sorely needed jam - pots ! on a my blue Har crack to Cook a One - Pot Dinner for Six . Menu . - Killingworth soup , stewed beef , carrots and potatoes , ginger pudding . To cook Whether this dinner satisfactorily one requires a large saucepan with a well - fitting steamer at- tached . The soup should be cooked in the sauce- pan . About two hours before the soup is served the ginger pudding should be put into the steamer . Stewed Beef : -1 to 2 lbs . silverside , or topside of round . During cooking the soup must not be allowed to boil quickly , but it should simmer gently . About one hour before the soup is ready the meat should be put in . The meat must be lean , as if it is fat it will make the soup too greasy . Potatoes . 1 to 2 lbs . Well scrub the potatoes and put them into the steamer about 45 minutes before they are required . They should surround the pudding loosely so that they do not block the passage of steam from the saucepan to the pudding . Carrots . - Carrots be ( about 1 to 2 lbs . ) may cooked in the soup whole and , served with the meat . In this case fewer vegetables need be cooked in the soup . The carrots must be well scrubbed , and if they are old they should be scraped and cut into quarters lengthwise , whilst the new ones are left whole . They should be tied in muslin and cooked in the soup for 20 to 30 minutes if new , and 30 to 45 minutes , if old . RECIPES . Killingworth Soup . To make about three pints of soup . - 2 ozs . barley , 2 ozs . lentils , lb. carrots , lb. onions or leaks , lb. turnips , 2 quarts stock or water , parsley ( a few sprigs ) , a few outside leaves of celery and cabbage , salt and pepper to taste . Method . - Wash and soak the barley and lentils in water for 12 hours allowing gill water for I oz . cereal . Well scrub and scrape the carrots and the celery , peel the onions and turnips and chop them or put them all through the mincing machine . Put the soaked barley or lentils with the water in which they have been soaked , and the remainder of the stock into a saucepan , bring to boiling point , add the vegetables , and simmer for 2 hours . Season to taste with pepper and salt . Wash and chop the parsley finely and add it to the soup . Note . ( 1 ) If using celery seeds tie them up in a small piece of muslin . ( 2 ) New vegetables should be added to the soup after it has cooked for about I hours . GINGER PUDDING . 8 oz . potato ( scrubbed , cooked and sieved ) , 2 ozs . ground rice , teaspoonful of ground ginger , teaspoonful of mixed spice , 1 tablespoonful golden syrup , treacle or corn syrup , 1 ozs . cocoa butter , I dried egg , teaspoonful bicarbonate of da , 1 tablespoonful milk and water . Method . Mix the potatoes , ground rice , ground ginger and mixed spice together . Make a well in the centre , and into this put the grated cocoa butter , egg and golden syrup . Heat the whole thoroughly for about five minutes . Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in a little milk and water , and add this last of all . Put the mixture into a greased tin and steam for 1 hours .. One - pot cookery can be done in other ways than by using a steamer . A large saucepan , about 6 quarts in capacity , and 2 or 3 earthenware jam jars without bends at the top , will serve the pur- pose . dinner A consisting of Killingworth soup , steamed fish , potatoes , cornflour or ground rice mould could be cooked in this way . The mould should be made in the saucepan and then turned into an earthenware mould to set . The soup should then be cooked in the same saucepan after it has been washed . The potatoes . may be boiled in the soup or steamed in a jam jar standing in the soup . The fish may be steamed in a plate which fits the top of the pan and covered with a lid or plate . The most suit- able fish for cooking in this way is mackerel , herring , or white fish filleted or cut into slices i inch thick . It will probably take about 20 minutes to cook . If a meat stew is required instead of the fish it may be cooked in a jar in the soup . A very successful meal can be cooked saucepan containing boiling water and three jam jars : - in a ( 1 ) Containing a stew of meat and vegetables . ( 2 ) Containing a steamed pudding . ( 3 ) Containing potatoes . By adopting these methods one gas - ring can be used , whereas formerly 3 or 4 were found neces- sary . BUSINESS METHODS AT MINISTRY OF FOOD . The food situation as it had developed by Aug- ust , 1917 , showed that the harvests of the Euro pean Allies were five million bushels short ; that they had been compelled to kill off more than thirty million head of their stock cattle ; and that , in short , there was clearly visible a world short- age in staple foods . The problems which the Ministry of Food had to solve were those of supply , conservation , distribution and price , and in view of our own deficiency and of the reduc- tion of tonnage , sixty - five per cent . of our essen- tial foodstuffs had to be imported from America . The first necessity was the creation of the Inter Ally Council on War Purchases and Finance , which put an end to the state of things under which the Allies were buying against one another , and , broadly speaking , substituted for it one under which there was , so to speak , a single European purchaser and a single American vendor . It will be understood that actual organisation on both sides of the Atlantic was necessarily highly com- plicated , but that was the substantial effect of what was done . For home - grown supplies prices had to be fixed at figures which were fair to the consumer in the circumstances and preyented profiteering , yet gave the producer sufficient in- ducement to remain in business . Compulsory ratior.ing was the natural corollary of any cr ganised effort to solve the problems of prices and supply , and it is to be noted that it was at once accepted by the nation as the only measure likely to be at once fair and efficient . to Bread has been dealt with by " stretching " the loaf by the admixture of flour other than that derived from wheat , by special contribution the farmers to stimulate their production , and , perhaps most important of all , by the self - denying ordinance which Mr. Hoover has induced more than half of all the American households to adopt , under which we have received vastly more than the usual surplus of American wheat . a system of local " pooling " of sugar and fruit could be usefully arranged is a matter for local consideration , but it seems certain that such a scheme might be for the general benebt . There is , at all events , every indication that the people are not going to sit with folded hands and gloomy brows wondering what the Government intends to do " ; there is a lively spirit of com- munal helpfulness and comradeship abroad , and sec- the conviction has gone right home that the tion of the Ministry of Food concerned has its attention concentrated , all the time , on the prob- lem of using every berry and every ounce of sugar available to augment our store of the jam , which has frequently highest been declared by the authorities to be Nation's diet . . so necessary an item of the QUALITY AND QUANTITY . " Whenever I hear people grumbling about the the quality of their food I know that things are going well , " said an official of the Ministry of Food recently That sounds rather paradoxical , but what he meant , of course , was that so long as people can complain about the quality of their food , there is not much wrong with the quantity , and it is the quantity that is going to count in the long run . It is not likely that the people of Germany and Austria complain much about the quality of their food - though from all accounts it leaves a great Ideal to be desired . They are too glad to get food to satisfy their hunger , to ask whether it is of the best grade . If we were in the same straits we probably should not complain either of quality or quantity . That is our way - to growl about material things , but to face real hardships with silent stoicism . So long as people grumble about the toughness of the beef and the saltness of the bacon , we can rest assured that we have not begun to feel the pinch of hunger , and the Ministry of Food officials have very good reason for feeling cheered by the state of the food situation . ARE YOU DELAYING VICTORY ? Food will be a vital factor in helping us to win the war . This is a truth , the importance of which cannot be too often emphasized . The Food Con- troller requires the co - operation of everyone of us not only to - day , this week , this month , but all the time To keep the allied battle line unbroken- we must do all in our power to strenghten the food line and prevent it giving way . Endurance , patience , cheerfulness , care are necessary . People who grumble about new regulations have They neither sense of proportion nor patriotism . don't mean any harm , but their actions are apt to sow discord and their thoughtlessness to bring hardship on some people . Self - denial in regard to food and increased pro- duction are nails in the Kaiser's , coffin . Will you help to seal the fate of the All - Highest Hun ? All over the world in every allied country , the food question predominates . Appeals to produce more food , to save food , and to use it wisely and The man or never to waste it are ubiquitous . woman who , under existing conditions , ignores the food regulations that are to - day being made for the country's safety and the Boche's defeat , is either stupid or disloyal . Economy in food means support and encourage- ment for the men at the Front and more food for Qurselevs and our Allies . Extravagance in food means prolonging the war and increasing suffering . If you cannot take war part in the hazardous sport of chasing and destroying German sub- marines , you have four opportunities daily to help to defeat the U - boats at home . When you şit down at table , eat to the confusion of Tirpitz and his U - boat pirates ! Fight the Prussian on your plates ! Any man or woman who deliberately violates the food laws , who grumbles instead of being grateful , who eats lavishly instead of loyally , is delaying the day of Victory . Someone has said that " Economy is a sort of fine art . It is the difference between the savage , who represents wastefulness , and the cultivated man , who should abhor all forms of waste . " It is the accumulation of littles that makes the large totals ; as the Scottish proverb has it ; " Mony a mickle maks a muckle . " 3 fectly clean , dry bottles . Boil some water and add bicarbonate of soda in the proportion of tea- spoonful to 1 quart of water . When the water 18 cold fill the bottles . Lay a well - washed rubber ring on each and put on the tops loosely . Wrap hay , rags or tow round the bottles and stand them in a fish kettle or large saucepan on a board or wire false bottom , so that , the direct heat of the fire does not crack the bottles . Fill the vessel three - quarters full with water , bring to the boil and boil for two hours . Leave the Remove them from the water , bottles to cool . screw down the tops tightly , dry them , and store in a cool dry place . French and Runner Beans . Prepare the beans as for table , throwing them into cold water as they are ready . Drain and throw them into boiling water and cook until they can just be pierced by a silver fork . Too much cooking at this stage makes them go soft in the jars . Remove them from the fire , drain and pour cold water through them until they are cool and firm . Half fill the jars with cold ,, boiled water , then put in the beans , packing them as firmly as possible without crushing and add teaspoonful salt to each pint of water . Treat in the same way as peas , boiling only for hours instead of 2 hours . Whole Tomatoes . Wash them and prick with a wooden skewer . Put them into bottles , pour salted water over them and cover . Protect the bottles as described above and boil for 30 minutes or until the skin begins to crack . Finish in the same way as peas and beans . To Store Carrots and Turnips . Cover them with dry sand without removing the earth which clings to them . To Preserve Beans in Salt . Gather the young beans on a dry day . Wipe well and remove the strings . Reject all that are imperfect . Have ready clean earthenware crocks . Place in each a layer of salt then a layer of vegetables . Continue until the crock is full and finish with a thick layer of salt .. Cover with a clean cloth and the lid of the crock or a board and store in a dry , cool place . When needed for use , wash well and let them soak in soft water for 12 to 24 hours , changing the water two or three times . Cook without salt . To Preserve Cucumbers . Choose small young cucumbers , put them into clean dry bottles , pour brine I over them and cover down . When wanted remove the rind and use them in the same way as fresh cucumbers . For the brine : Use 2 pints water , I pint vine- gar , and lb. salt . Put it all into a pan over the fire till the salt is melted , let it stand to settle , and pour it off clear before using . A PRISONER OF WAR ORDERED TO PAY ARREARS OF RATES . so'dier named Charles Edge , who escaped from Germany last November after being a pris oner three years , was ordered by the Newport , Isle of Wight , justices on 22 Monday to pay arrears of rates , which had accumulated during the last four years , on premises where his wife had carried on his business during his absence . husband The wife said she had to keep her whilst he was in would have Germany , or he starved ; and when he came home , after being in three more than Germany for years , she had the something more to talk to him about than payment of rates . YOUR OWN CHICKENS FOR THE TABLE . NEW POULTRY AND GAME RATIONS . Some important food ration changes , all in more liberal direction , in the case of self - suppliers and direct supplies are announced . Owners of 50 head of poultry or fewer are relieved altogether from keeping records of consumption , and they are allowed to eat free of the ration , one bird per week for every four people or fewer in the house- hold , and two birds where the household numbers not more than eight . One coupon must be used for every additional bird consumed . Under the former scheme a self - supplier had to detach a coupon for a bird of 21b . , 2 for 3lb . , and , 4 for 4lb . People who receive poultry direct from the producer are allowed up to 3lb . for one coupon ; 5lb . for two coupons ; and over 5lb . for three coupons . Rabbits re- ceived as gift may be eaten ration free , but other direct supplies are rationed ; One coupon for a rabbit , of 2lb . with skin or 14lb . without ; two coupons for all other rabbits . Other items in the scale are : - Venison . Self supplies , I coupon for 2lb ; for direct supplies , llb . Previously it was 8 coupons for 5lb . Domestic Ducks . - Self supplies , 1 coupon per bird ; direct supplies , I coupon up to 4lb .; 7 up to 16lbe . Previously one coupon up to 3lb . Domestic Geese . Self supplies , 3 coupons per bird ; direct supplies , 3. coupons up to 6lb .; 7 up to 16lbs . Previously coupon up to 3lb . Turkeys . - Self supplies , 3 coupons per bird ; direct supplies , 3 coupons up to 6lb . , 7 up to 14lbs , Pre- viously 4 coupons up to 6lb . Domestic Pigeons . Self supplies , 1 coupon for 9 birds ; direct supplies , I coupon for 6 birds . Previously 1 coupon for 3 birds . For game the following are the rations for self - supplies , half the number of birds being allowed per coupon for direct supplies : - Pheasants and Wild Ducks . - One coupon for 2 birds . Grouse and Partridges . One coupon for 4 birde . Teal , Ptarmigan and Woodcock . - One coupon for 8 birds . Plover . One coupon for 12 birds . Quail and Snipe . One coupon for 16 birds . Wood pigeons and rooks and also goats are ration free . WANTED . AY GIRL , or MORNING WOMAN Wanted at DanceApply . Mr. JEFFERY , Alderman's Meadow , Leominster . TANTED , OLD ARTIFICIAL TEETH , any con- Lane , Leominster . W ANTED , HOUSEMAID , healthy , a light , easy place . Apply , Mrs. EDWARDS , Broadfields , Tenbury , Worcestershire . ANTED , OFFERS of PLANTATIONS , or large lots of Pitwood Timber , maximum prices paid , for suitable timber . - Apply , GEO . E. BOTT , Leominster . OMFORTABLE APARTMENTS ( superior ) wanted , with cooking and attendance , by Lady and Gentleman , either in or near Leominster . - Apply . " J.P. , " c / o News Office , Leominster . Co W ANTED , BOY , to work on farm , live in . - Apply , R. M. DENT , Corn Hill , Leominster . TANTED , at once , THREE UNFURNISHED WROOMS.Apply , by letter , STEDMAN , 1 , Grange Walk , Leominster . ADY , middle - aged , wishes for EMPLOYMENT in LADY , middle - aged , wishes for EMPLOYne , Would drive out for tradesman if required . -Apply , F. EVOL , c / o News Office , Leominster . W Every slice of bread and every spoonful of sugar saved or made to go farthest is a contribution , however small , to the winning of the war . Every man , woman , and child in the land should constantly bear this fact in mind , and act upon it by showing their patriot- ism in avoiding waste . MAKING THE MOST OF THE FAT . During the meat shortage we have realised that substitutes can be found for meat . Peas , beans , and lentils all contain much of the flesh - forming material which is the special value of meat . But for fat , the great energy giver , there is no real substitute . Therefore we must take every possible measure to avoid wasting fat of any kind . For instance , if there is more fat with the meat than is likely to be eaten with it , it should be removed before cooking and rendered down into dripping for table use or cooking purposes ; and marrow , which is a pure fat , should always be removed from bones before boiling . When chopped finely it makes an excellent substitute for suet in baked or steamed puddings . The Ministry of Food has just issued a useful little pamphlet " How to Eke Out the Fat " ( price Id . ) , which gives many useful and simple hints for making the most of the fat . It is a pamphlet which no household can afford to be without . Even with the greatest care in the use of fat there is bound to be a certain amount of waste fat , in the washing - up water , for instance . But this need not be thrown away . Large quantities of fat are required for the manufacture of explo sive . If every housewife or cook who is visited by a rag and bone merchant would take the trouble to save and sell to him the grease from washing - up water , the total amount of fat thus collected , instead of choking the drains , would be of great service to the country . The fat collected from Army camps has pro- duced : ( 1 ) Tallow sufficient to provide soap for the en- tire needs of the Army , Navy , and Government Departments , with a surplus for public use . TANTED , LAD , as APPRENTICE to the Printing Trade , wages paid . - Apply , LEOMINSTER PRINT- ING Co. , next Post Office and Drapers Lane , Leominster . WANENE Experienced GENERAL , of COOK . GENERAL , for private residence , Harrogate , three in family , good wages . - Apply , Mrs. WOOD , 23 , High Street , Leominster . WANTED , strong FARM CART : also LIGHT DRAY , suit cob . - Apply , MORGAN , Showers , Kingsland : WANTED , now or Michaelmas , tidy MARRIED MAN , as Cowman , good cottage near - Apply , J. M. HALL , Marsh Hall , Orleton , R.S.O. A GENT & COLLECTOR Wanted , lady or gentle- man , cyclist , or discharged soldier . - Apply , BRITANNIC ASSURANCE , Ludlow . WANTED , a WA W GENERAL SERVANT . - Apply . Mrs. E. R. BRIGHT , Ivingtonbury , Leominster . ANTED to put EWES to HALVES , in lots to suit customers . - Apply , PRICE , Cobnash Farm , Kingsland . W W ANTED , DAY GIRL . - Apply , Mrs. HAM , Grey- hound , Leominster . ANTED , a good WORKMAN , for hauling pit timber , regular employment for suitable man.- Apply , J. T. HANCOX , Haulage Contractor , Leominster . To FOR SALE . Be Sold . - Little Common , Grendon Bishon , Bromyard ; Two COTTAGES , freehold , with well - fruited Gardens and small Orchard , suitable for ( 2 ) 1,800 tons of glycerine for ammunition - disabled soldier , moderate price . - Apply , E. L. CONNOP , sufficient to provide the propellant for 18,000,000 she'ls . FRUIT - GATHERING PARTIES . Meat presented perhaps the most difficult prob- lem of all , particularly in the matter of distribu- tion , and it has required an immense machinery of Live Stock has even a Areas , Butchers ' Committees , and Grading Committees to solve it . But , despite the of apparatus , the necessary complication prin- ciples at the root of the Food Ministry's policy are simple enough . Out of the profit on the sale of meat imported in cold storage the expense of the machinery for distribution is met , and by a pooling of rates equality of distribution is secured . In going from the farmer to the con- sumer the meat may take any one of a half a dozen different routes , ranging from the simplest to the most complex . But the consumer will pay exactly the same sum for his beast whether he has sold it across the road or sent it from Perth to Penzance . No scheme of supply or of rationing would have been possible for foodstuffs in general without the exister : ce of the Costings Department , through which the profits normally made by any manu- facturer or dealer could be ascertained . In accor- dance with the principles he had invariably held to , the late Lord Rhondda decentralised this de- partment as far as possible , and , for its work , divided the country into separate areas , in each of which a leading firm of accountants has been appointed to do the necessary work . In this way , and by working on pre - war rates it was possible to ascertain what was fair , and what was undue profit , and to bring the various industries con- cerned in the food supply one by one under con- trol . food supply one by one " OILS AND FATS . " In Peace and War . " the control Mr. Clynes stated recently that of oils and fats has become one of the most im- portant and intricate of the Ministry's duties and of their trade operations . " The importance of this trade will be realised when it is known that the turnover of the materials requisitioned and distributed by the Ministry of Food amounts to over £ 70,000,000 per annum . Before the war oil seeds were crushed in this To supplement the scanty crop , organised effort is to be made that no portion shall be wasted of the harvest of blackberries and other wild fruit , prominent among which are the little bilberries or " blaeberries " of Scotland , producing masses of fruit delicious for jam - making . Everyone who short holiday to spend should cer- tainly seize the opportunity of joining one of the fruit - gathering parties to be organised all over the country , and gladly give a portion of his or her time to a share in so healthy , pleasant and useful an enterprise . Let no one hold back , saying , " What is the use of the little I can gather ? I get so tired ; one little basketful is about my limit- " One little basketful will make a pot of jam , and may make pot of jam all the difference to a boy in the trenches , or a whole The war has given us family of hungry mites . endless illustrations of what combined " small " effort can " wild jam achieve ; and the scheme may be quite as surprising as any . PRESERVATION OF VEGETABLES . Vegetables are of greater value than ever this year owing to the shortage of fresh 7 , Coley Hill , Reading . NOR Sale , Light - Running TRAP , suit cob 14 hands . FApply , G. PALMER , West Street , Leominster . OR Sale , DONKEY TRAP and HARNESS ; also Lucton Lane , Kingsland . Apply , PRINCE , OR Sale , SECONDHAND BINDER , used four Fessons Apply , LLEWELLIN , Dilwyn . BU UY ENOCH'S Notable Strong SEWING THREAD , black and coloured ; HORSE HAIR bought by T. J. ENOCH , Rope and Twine Maker , West Street , Leo- minster . TO LET . 10 Let , " GABLES , " 140 , South Street , Leominster , Apply , SMITH , Withenfield . O Let , No. 6 , CORN STREET , Leominster , good TO fruit , and dwelling house , with 8 rooms , cellar and out- there are many very attractive ways in which buildings , house thoroughly renovated , gas and water . they can be prepared . Those who have allotments and gardens should To view , apply Mr. E. Ross , High Street , Leominster . preserve some of their vegetables for winter use , as there is so little fruit which can be preserved . How to Bottle Vegetables . Peas , runner beans and tomatoes - should there be any surplus of the latter lend themselves to preservation by this method particularly well , and it is an economical way of using a surplus . Bottles . As in the sterilisation of jam , proper bottles are necessary . They should be fitted with a rubber ring , glass top ( this is essential , tin must not be used ) -and a metal which fits over the glass top and round the neck of the bottle to secure them both . Vegetables . screw Pick them on a dry day when they are firm and well matured but not tough or old . To Bottle Peas . Shell the peas and cook them until they are nearly tender in slightly - salted water . Drain them on a sieve . When quite cold put them into per- 1st BATTALION Herefordshire Volunteer Regt . " B " Company ( No. 5 Platoon ) Leominster . Will Parade August 3rd , 4th & 5th , Camp at Ross . Leave Lea- minster per 2.46 p.m. train . August 6th , Parade Drill Hall , Leominster , 7.15 p.m. August 7th , Machine Gun Section , 7.15 p.m. W. M. ELLWOOD , Lieut . , " B " Co. , let H.V.R Headquarters , Leominster . |