The Kington Times - November 1917
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Kington Times 10th November 1917 - Page 1
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| Date | 10/11/1917 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 10th November 1917 |
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THE WILLOWS , ALMELEY , Registered at the General Post Office as a Newspaper for transmission in the United Kingdom SALES BY AUCTION . By Messrs . E. HAMMOND & SON . E. Hammond & Son SATURDAY PROPOSED FRUIT CANNING CENTRE . IMPORTANT MEETING AT LEOMINSTER . SCHEME FOR SAVING FRUIT . NOV . 10 , 1917 . Mr. Hands said he did not come there that day as a canning expert but for two months he had been trying to , organise canning centres throughout the country ; that was his depart- ment and he was anxious to push it all he could , especially in Leominster . , A canner An important meeting in connection with would deal with about half an hundredweight Auctioneers , Valuers , House , Estate , food production was held at the Town Hall , of fruit per hour , so that they would require , and Insurance Agents , Leominster , on Friday afternoon . The allowing for wastage , about 8 cwt . of fruit a day to keep one working . The object of the Conduct all classes of SALES BY AUCTION gathering had been called by the Women's meeting was to see if it was possible to start War Agricultural Committee with a view to a VALUATIONS FOR PROBATE , Etc. , RENTS fruit canning centre being started at Leomin - a canning station in Leominster to save the and BOOK DEBTS COLLECTED . Personal ster . There was a large and influential could start with apples now and soft fruit attention , Prompt Settlements . ESTABLISHED 1881 . Offces : Highbury House , Leominster . KINGSLAND Horse Slaughtering YARD . gathering of those interested in the subject . fruit that would otherwise be wasted . They The importance of preserving the largest next season . Mr. Arkwright had already sent canners into the district and two could be possible quantity of vegetable food for winter available for them at once . The space re- use is recognised by everybody . In the case of fruit the importance is the greater , inas- quired for two canners would be a room about much as there is reason to expect that the 15ft . square and they could deal with apples up to Christmas . They would have to decide amount of jam produced this year and available if it would pay them . The 3lb . cans cost about for civilian consumption will be less than in 3d . each and they were sold when filled at normal years . Moreover , in the absence of sufficient supplies of sugar , household jam fruit at a price not exceeding Cro per ' ton . 9s . per dozen . They would want to buy the making cannot be practised on so large à scale The cost of the fruit would have to be bourne as usual . lu both bottling and canning fruit and vegetables are preserved by heat - steriliza - have to find a market for their goods . Mr. by the Committee and then they would also tion ; that is to say , the germs of decay present Hands then explained the system of canning . in the material to be preserved are destroyed A canner , he said , cost £ 6 1os . each , the cans by heat , and the fruits or vegetables thus 3d . each , and female labour 4 d . per hour . If sterilized are sealed in glass or tin vessels so that no germs can reach them from the outer they decided to start at once he would send a demonstrator down within a week or fortnight . air , The difference between the processes of The canner would require six people to work bottling as ordinarily practised and canning it . lies in this , that in bottling sterilization is brought about by the heat of boiling or nearly boiling water , whereas in canning it is effected by live steam . Mr. E. T. Cave said that there were hundreds of tons of damsons wasted in the county . The Food Department must have been short - sighted in not having done something in the county before . There was no district in the world like Leominster where there was such an open- He moved a The only place where animals can be dis- made of " tin " enables the canner to dealing for pulping and canning . sected within 14 miles of Leominster . Three miles from Eardisley Railway Station . H. J. Pritchard quantities of fruit or vegetables . EDWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN have received instructions from Mrs. Jones ( who is leaving the district on account of ill- health ) , to Sell by Auction , on MONDAY , NOVEMBER 12th , 1917 , CATTLE : 2 Cross - bred Cows ( in milk and due to calve in February ) , 13 years old Hereford Bullock , 1 years old Hereford Heifer , Yearling Cross - bred Heifer . Strong COB MARE , aged , quiet , excellent worker in all gears ; her FILLY FOAL ; Breeding Sow , and 2 strong Store Pigs , Farm Implements , Cider Fruit , Poultry , Dairy Utensils ( as new ) , Household Furniture . Catalogues of the AUCTIONEERS , Leominster , Hereford and Tenbury . THE BROOK FARM , LYONSHALL , One mile from Titley Station and three miles from Kington and Pembridge . EDWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN are favoured with instructions from Mr. C. C. Nott ( who is giving up farming ) , to Sell by Auction , on MONDAY , NOVEMBER 12th , 1917 , the AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS ( many of which are equal to new ) , Gearing , Casks , Cider Fruit , Portable Fowl House ; Sheep Dog , Winter and Grass Keep , and a few lots of Household Furniture ( including Old Oak Writing Desk ) , particularized in catalogues which may be had of the AUCTIONEERS , Leo- minster , Hereford and Tenbury . Sale at ONE o'clock prompt . THE COURT HOUSE FARM , EARDISLAND . Five miles from Leominster . EDWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN are favoured with instructions from Mr. Edwin Riley ( awing to the farm having been sold ) , to Sell by Auction , on 32 MONDAY , NOVEMBER 19th , 1917 , Excellent SHORTHORN and DAIRY CATTLE 27 Shropshire and Cross - bred SHEEP , 12 Pigs , Agricultural Implements , Gearing , and a portion of the Household Furniture . Particularised in Catalogues which may be had of the AUCTIONEERS , Leominster , Here- ford and Tenbury . Sale at ONE o'clock prompt . By Mr. R. H. GEORGE . R. H. GEORGE , ment be advised that there ought to be a pulp- resolution that the Food Production Depart- ing station at Leominster . to . Mr. Connolly seconded and this was agreed Ald . Russell suggested that they could easily But he thought that the best thing would be to pre- pare for a good start next season . Inasmuch as bottles are easily cracked by , a sudden rise in temperature , bottling must be done somewhat slowly ; but the use of cans much more quickly with the material to be preserved , and canning is , therefore , recom- mended for those who wish to preserve large Although canning is practised on a com- Is now living at BROOMY HILL FARM , mercial scale in this country , it has not hither - find capital for running six canners . Letters and telegrams sent to to been adopted generally by amateurs or small KINGSLAND . the Yard would be dealt with promptly . fruit growers . This is the more surprising in that canning is a method which has become Horse Slaughtering , Etc. very popular on the farms and homesteads of The only Horse Slaughtering License in North Herefordshire is now held by H. J. Pritchard who intends to carry on this Business in a satisfactory manner to all con- cerned . All Carcases paid for in cash before removal . Letters and Telegrams : 33 , Bargates , Leo- minster , or Broomy Hill , Kingsland . SAVE THE COAL . TO CONSUMERS OF DOMESTIC COAL . The Coal Distributing Committee appointed for the City of Hereford , at the instance of the Controller of Coal Mines , draw the special attention of consumers to the following points , viz . : - 1. It is of the utmost importance that everybody should exercise the strictest economy with regard to the consump- tion of coal . America . coke or wood fuel . Mrs. Kevill Davies said she would like that meeting to decide if they should start this season with two canners or make a start on a bigger scale next spring . Mr. William Cave said that they only had picked in and stored . They would have a cider fruit left , the best had been sold or difficulty in getting fruit now . give for canning . must be placed in the sterilizer to cover the bottom to a depth of from 3 to 4 inches ; this depth of water must be maintained throughout could . the time of use . have liked . Free by post per quarter , 1s . 8d . , payable in advance . PRICE ONE PENNY : ****** L ****** ADIES should make a point new range Shoes , as of seeing our of Dress Shoes . pleasing in wear as they are delightful to the eye , and all bearing the stamp of quality in material and workmanship which is a distinguishing feature of Ross . footwear . He was anxious to do no trades- Ross & Son , Ltd. , High Street Kington . If the members objected let them move an amendment . Councillor Williams , who had entered the room after the lists had been read out , said he that Mr. would move an amendment to the proposition . Councillor Southall remarked Williams was not in the room when the propo- sition was made . Councillor Williams replied that he did not move an amendment . care what the proposition was , he was going to Councillor Southall : Do you know what the proposition is ? Councillor Williams : I am not going to be put down by you . proposition is ? Councillor Southall : Do you know what the move an amendment in any case . Councillor Williams said he was going to Councillor Southall again repeated his ques- tion " Do you know what my proposition is ? " and Councillor Williams again replied " I am not going to be put down by you . " Mr. Southall said he noticed that Mr. Enoch and Mr. Dowding thought they were dealing unfairly with the butchers , Mr. Enoch I did not say so . I said noth- ing of the sort . Mr. Southall : Well , neither of you voted for my proposition and the inference was that you were not in favour of it . Mr. Dowding strongly resented the accusa- tion made by Mr. Southall . He ( the speaker ) had not suggested anything like Mr. Southall said he did . He said that Mr. Southall and the Chairman placed the matter very fairly before them and expressed his anxiety to know- if they were doing what was best in the in- terest of the public . Mr. Southall ( again rising as if to leave the room ) I am afraid I am not wanted on this Committee . I am afraid I only cause friction . I had better resign off the Committee . The Chairman : You had better sit down and remain where you are . plants in use in America is that known as One of the most successful small , canning from the members of the R.D.C. , the chairman is made of galvanised iron and consists of the the " Royal Home Canner . " The apparatus being Mr. Butters . The Committee were driven into a corner . following parts :-( 1 ) A covered boiler or Some of the butchers sterilizer with a device for the rapid generation thought they were not fairly dealt with . If of live steam ; ( 2 ) Trays ; ( 3 ) A grate for coal , cellent industry to take up in that district but whether that was right or wrong it was the Ald . Russell said that it would be an ex- that was so he was in a position to say that Instead of these fuels , it was too late this season . The fruit picked least they could do . gas or au oil stove may be used . The appara- They distinctly told the tus is readily portable and may be used in the in was worth more than they could afford to butchers that it was owing to their default in orchard , thereby saving time and labour in of great value to the town . Such an industry would be not keeping proper accounts so that they could the handling of fruit . If a centre was have proper information . When about to be started he would be pleased to take one - tenth the prices were provisional and that if they had They were told that used and before the fire is lit , sufficient water ) He was a grievance they should keep books to satisfy of the shares in it ( hear , hear ) . willing to render every assistance he possibly the Committee that they were making a loss as they said they were , and that then the Mr. Molyneux said he would be pleased to Committee would not be unfair and would The sterilizer is so con- see canning and pulping started and he would exercise their power and put the prices right . structed that the heat from the stove generates be willing to take a few shares . It was a pity He was not saying the prices were wrong but live super - heated steam which is distributed that such a thing was not started sooner and speaking for himself and the Chairman they evenly throughout the sterilizer . It is to the thus have saved hundreds of tons of fruit . did not get the full information they would rapid production of steam that the efficacy of As to starting this season there had been so The capacity of the the apparatus is due . many bad storms that most of the fruit was man any injustice . It must be remembered 2. The Government inform the Committee canner is such that it takes at one charge 96 on the ground . Still he thought it might be that in some cases they had fixed the prices that the supply of coal allowed for the 2lb . or 56 3lb . cans . Or , if preferred , the started this season in a small way . consumption of the citizens will be 25 lower tray may carry cans and on the upper be a benefit to the neighbourhood . It would lower than at Hereford and it had been said that the result would be that Hereford butchers per cent . less than the amount actually tray 28 2lb . glass jars may be placed instead received last winter , and it is extremely of cans . The time required for sterilizing Mr. Hands pointed out that two months ago doubtful if even that quantity will be fruit is from 15 to 20 minutes ; for vegetables these machines were offered to the district and unfortunately they had not been used . received this winter . Allowing two charges per hour , It is imperative it is longer . get them at a price to allow a profit . that no one shall lay in a larger stock upwards of 600 quart cans of fruit may be pre- much money would it take to start a station . to give more than a certain amount for a beast ; Mr. Duncan said that ' the question was how answer was that the butchers were not allowed of coal than they really require . People pared in the course of a day . Hence the but the Government had not made it compul- amendment and was quite in order . in better circumstances should not over- apparatus should prove of the utmost use in They wanted to start as near as possible on a business footing . stock , as it must be remembered that fruit growing districts , and , especially if owned what money would be required to start with it appeared to depend upon the judgment of check the butchers ' accounts at the earliest ply of petrol would become more limited and They wanted to know sory that the animals should be weighed and amendment was that steps should be taken to livery of goods . It pointed out that the sup- the more needy members of the com- and used co - operatively , it should enable munity will thus be deprived of their societies or groups of individuals to prepare thought it very late in the season to start now , contrive to use good judgment . two , three or four canning plants . He the butcher . Therefore the butchers must possible moment , They might otherwise go that Food Control Committees would be re- just share of the available supply . large supplies of preserved food . It was pos- on deferring this matter until the anniversary quired to organise the transport of their 3. It is most essential that every fire pos- if they started it might be carried on at a sible that the Hereford people did not get such of the Food Controller's Order came round . The price of the canner with stove and ac- sible should be dispensed with , and that cessories is fó 10s . , carriage paid . Arrange slight loss but still it might be worth while full information as the sub - committee had . In He objected to having this matter dilly - dallied Committee should be formed and that the taking up . fires should be lit as late in the day as ments have been made to supply purchasers getting sufficient money to start the thing . information that these prices were high instructions were plain on the matter and it representatives of co - operative societies . Tra- There ought to be no difficulty in fixing these figures they acted upon the strong with week after week . The Food Controller's membership should include retail traders and practicable . It is desirable that those with cans ( 2lb . or 3lb . ) in one gross or five He would be prepared to take shares . who have gas stoves and electric fires gross packages , up to the number of ten gross . would be necessary to get someone with practi- templated by the Food Controller's Orders . butchers complied with the Order . It enough to allow , such a profit as was coll- was the Committee ' duty to see , that the ders should be limited to an area and they The cans to be supplied are specially lacquered cal knowledge to keep it going . They will The Rural District Council Committee had full not do it until an auditor was appointed . on the inside , so that the fruit or vegetables are prevented from coming in contact with should be formed to deal with the matter and for the Rural District . Miss Day suggested that a small committee power to act and they had fixed these prices Councillor Southall : Is this an amendment the tinned surfaces . The Borough Com- to my proposition ? Thus the principal ob- that one of their first duties would be to find mittee's hands were not tied , however , and it jection to the use of cans is removed . The Executive Officer said that Mr. Williams was open to them to alter those prices . He objected to their fixing any prices and wanted in their houses should order to save coal . use them in 4. Waste coal , cinders , and anything that can be burnt must be consumed , and persons are warned to use the utmost caution in their consumption of coal . THE PRICE OF PIGS . NEW ORDER IN FORCE TO - DAY . The Pigs ( Maximum Prices ) Order , which comes into operation to - day , fixes the maxi- mum live weight price for pigs at 18s . per score of 20lb . This corresponds to the maxi- mum wholesale price for pork of 96. 6d . per ment . stone of 81b . , which was fixed by the Meat ( Maximum Prices ) Order , 1917 . SUPPORT AT LEOMINSTER MEETING . was Mrs. market . would be in a position to put the price of beasts up so that the butchers here could not His The proceedings became somewhat noisy , and Councillor Southall threatened to leave the room . Mr. Williams said that as far as he was concerned there was nothing personal in the matter , but he was not going to be put down by anybody . CO - ORDINATION OF TRANSPORT . Eventually Councillor Williams remarked was any amendment and he wanted to move an that the Chairman asked the question if there The Town Clerk read a long circular letter His on the co - ordination of transport for the de- district . The letter suggested that a Sub- should meet together to arrange for delivery and to save overlapping . Priority of collec- tion should be given to perishable food . The Chairman proposed that a Sub - Com- mittee should be formed to deal with the Mr. Southall : Does this apply to anything matter . it apply to Messrs . Alexander and Duncan ? The Clerk : Yes , certainly . Mr. Southall It is a most difficult matter to deal with . districts there was much overlapping . Mr. Dowding said that in some of the larger had traders from other districts coming into Leominster and he thought that should be stopped . They The price of cans is as follows : English , out if there was sufficient apples to justify 2lb . in 1 gross lots , 35s . 6d . ; in 5 gross , 33s . 6d them in starting this season , and if so to take thought they would be making a mistake , how- them to fall back upon the examination of the outside the food supply . For instance , does American , 3lb . in I gross lots , 455. could defer the matter till next spring . the necessary steps to start . per gross . If not they ever , if at that stage they interfered with the butchers ' books . 6d .; in 5 gross , 43s . per gross . prices they recommended . He proposed that Councillor Williams said he would move that The method of canning , which is simply ex - sise two points . Capt . Hinckes said he would like to empha- the list of prices as suggested by the sub- the butchers ' accounts be audited and if they They never knew what committee be accepted and be fixed in accord- found that they were making more than 2 d . plained in an official pamphlet consists of two hidden stores of produce of all kinds there was ance with the terms of the Order as the prices per lb. they should be prosecuted according to essential operations ( 1 ) exhausting the air from in the district until they provided a market for for meat in the Borough as from Monday next . the Order . They would do nothing until they the cans and sealing them with solder , and ( 2 ) cooking . it . All imports from abroad were cut off and The Chairman in seconding said that the audited the accounts . Instructions for canning all that was their great opportunity of seizing the representatives of the Rural District were all varieties of fruit and vegetables may be ob- market , and then if they at a future time had practical farmers , and he was bound to say Councillor Southall observed that Councillor tained free of the Food Production Depart - imports again they would be already in the they gave him a lot of information which he Williams did not know what the proposal was . Councillor Williams said it did not matter to structions applied to local competition . Vil- But he did not think that the in- had not got before , such as the yield of meat him what the proposal was . It had gone too lage bakers came into the town to deliver Mrs. Kevill Davies said she should be from a good conditioned animal and the pro- far . Week after week he wasted his time in bread and in that way used petrol , that was Under the new Order the purchaser who The meeting pleased to be shareholder . held portions of prime and boiling meat . It was their not necessary . Various coming there to hear platitudes . on Friday as buys not less than five pigs for sale on any stated The Rev. F. W. Carlton was not in favour particulars were given which guided them in duty to see that the instructions were carried above : Mrs. Kevill Davies of starting this year . occasion from the same vendor can average his presided and If the butchers did not keep proper ac- was supported by fixing what he thought was fair to the butchers out . price over the number of pigs bought , and It was decided to adopt Miss Day's sugges- of the town . and Miss Chambers , Miss Day , Miss The question arose that in many counts they should be made to . Councillor Southall said he would decline to will be deemed not to have exceeded the maxi- Maddison , and Mr. L. C. Hands ( of the tion , and the following Committee was ap- cases the butchers gave more than was laid pointed with power to add to their number : down by Lord Rhondda . That was a problem sit there if business was carried on in that Food Production Department ) . Others PROPERTY and TIMBER SPECIALIST , might have been bought and paid for separ - F . Russell , the Rev. F. W. Carlton , Mr. and B. Cave , Mr. M. C. Connolly , and Mr. E. Southall that if after a fortnight the price of that they had met the Rural District Sub - more difficult for them . paid in the aggregate no higher price than present included Capt . R. T. Hincks , Ald . H. Mrs. Kevill Davies , Mrs. Chambers , Mr. Dun- which the butchers would have to solve for manner . can , Mr. Russell , Mr. E. T. Cave , Mr. W. H. themselves , but he quite agreed with Mr. The Chairman informed Councillor Williams The weight of a live pig for the pur- MORTGAGE BROKER , VALUER and ARBI ately . Act , 1908. REPORTS , RECORDS and SUR . weight as ascertained at any time after sale and Mrs. E. T. Cave , Mr. J. M. P. Cave , Mr. should meet on Tuesday , November 6th , at making a profit of 2d . per lb. they could which were lower than the butchers ' prices . to discuss the matter with the Rural District : Committee and they had fixed certain prices TRATOR under the Agricultural Holdings Pose of the Order will be taken to be its Mrs. G. Evans ( Eyton ) , Mr. A. Duncan , Mr. Molyneux . It was decided that the Committee cattle was such that the butchers were not One of the butchers said he would lose £ 8 per by person authorised by the Food Controller W. H. B. Cave , Miss Coates , Miss Edwards certained , its weight at the place of slaughter . neux , Mr. S. Speakman , Mrs. Levick , Mr. W. be revised any time , when the butchers pro- or Food Control Committee , or , if not so as- ( Monkland ) , Mr. M. C. Connolly , Mr. E. Moly- week . The Committee said these prices could Persons who buy pigs for slaughter must C. Boulton , Mr. R. Bemand , Mr. R. W. Farr , duced accounts . He pointed out that if they keep accurate records showing the prices they Mr. G. Phillips , Mr. B. C. Ridgley , Mrs. Jones put the matter off until the butchers accounts have paid for such pigs . In the case of pork ( Little Hereford ) , Miss Hughes , Mr. A. Dent , were audited the butchers would have no prices there is a provision , where offals are included Miss W. Urwick and many others . to work upon . in the sale , that 6d . per stone of the carcase weight can be added to the maximum price of 9s . 6d . per stone fixed by the Meat ( Maxi- mum Prices ) Order . Auctioneer , Valuer , Land Agent , and Surveyor . VEYS carefully and personally attended to . HOTEL and PUBLIC HOUSE VALUER . VALUATIONS for ESTATE DUTY , MORT- GAGE , ASSESSMENT APPEALS , & c . PERIODICAL SALES of PROPERTIES . Prompt settlements in all cases . ESTABLISHMENT 1880 . Offices : - Croftmead , Kingsland , Herefordshire . Leominster Office Corn Square . By Messes . JACKSON & MCCARTNEY . KINGTON STOCK SALES .. mum price as fixed by the Order if he has Poetry THE NIGHT - AIR RAID . MESSRS . JACKSON & MCCARTNEY will High in the sky still clouds a white Offer by Auction , on FRIDAY NEXT , NOVEMBER 16th , 1917 , ABOUT FAT and STORE CATTLE , compris- ing a grand lot of Store Hereford Bullocks and Barrens .. 450 As driven snow shine in the night , While here and there in azure rifts The stars peer through the billowy drifts , And ragged veils of mist below Creep and conceal the clouds of snow .. Far away in the eastern gloom A silent flash and a bomb's deep boom 800 FASTORE SHEEP and Along the wide horizon runs LAMBS . Sale at 11 o'clock . Staccato fury of bombs and guns , Till thundering watch - dogs loud and Auction Offices : Craven , Arms , Hereford and Proclaim the battle drawing near . Kington . JACKSON & MCCARTNEY , Mrs. Kevill - Davies , at the outset of the pro- ceedings expressed regret that Mrs. Clowes She was unable to attend that afternoon . knew that anything that had for its object an increase in the production of food had her Mr. Hands had come down from support . London at the request of the Government to 3 o'clock . meeting to Mr. Hands for his explanation . which had helped them very much . Mrs. Chambers expressed the thanks of the come before them and say so . Mr. Southall Then if you prevent the village baker coming here you will prevent our bakers from going to those villages . He thought that the object was to save horses , horse proyender and motor spirit .. tion was to assist traders and not to make it Miss Newman said the object of the instruc- Mr. Southall thought that it would be well Committee . The Chairman then moved that Messrs . Dowding , Biddle and Turner be the sub - com- mittee to meet a sub - committee of the Rural District and discuss the matter . Mr. Southall seconded on the understanding that the Chairman would also be a member of the Committee and this was carried . the Committee had not had an opportunity of Councillor Dowding asked if he understood discussing the prices with the butchers . The Chairman said three were invited and only one attended . Councillor Dowding said there was a strong feeling against fixing the prices lower than Councillor Williams said the butchers had Hereford . The result would be that Hereford formed a ring , the same as the coal dealers . Leominster butchers . butchers would give more for a beast than the Councillor Biddle said he thought Councillor Were they endangering Williams was a little hasty . Mr. Southall and He had no RYE AS A GRAIN CROP . the supply of meat in the town ? the Chairman had explained very explicitly brief in the matter . The Chairman and Mr. what had taken place on Friday when the Southall had put it very fairly to the meeting . thing was As a result of the high rainfall during the He had hoped they would have settled the gone into very carefully . It matter in a friendly way with the butchers . was pointed out to the butchers that they last few weeks , it is to be feared that the would have to keep special books as required ively small unless special measures are taken area of autumn sown grain will be comparat- Mr. King : They cannot say they have not by the Order . If that was done they could The result check the books and if they were not then by those fortunately situated with regard to soil . Much of the heavy wheat land is now to act . They did not want friction with the 80 sodden that the area of wheat sown on this land must be considerably reduced . In these Councillor Southall said he did not think say . This LEOMINSTER FOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE . STORMY MEETING OVER MEAT PRICES . IMMEDIATE REDUCTION ORDERED . There was a breezy discussion on the meat explain to them all about the canning of fruit . prices at a meeting of the Leominster Borough It would be for that meeting to decide if the Food Control Committee at the Town Hall on scheme could be carried out in that district . Saturday night . Ald . George Page presided There were two reasons why a canning eentre and there were also present : Miss Newman , had an opportunity of attending . should be started .. The first , of course , the Mrs. Jarvis , Councillors . H. J. Southall , J. J. of the last discussion was an increased price . satisfied with the prices they would know how patriotic reason and the second was that it Biddle , . B. Dowding , Messrs . E. King , T. J. As regards the supply of meat , the thing we would be to the benefit of the town and dis- Enoch and C. Turner , with the Executive have to consider is whether more than 2 d . per butchers if it could be avoided . trict to have a new industry that would con- Officer ( Mr. W. T. Sale ) and Mr. C. O. Mapp . lb. profit will be made . tinue after the war . A number of canning The authorities will Mr. Southall said that if Mr. Williams's circumstances those farming light dry land are The Executive Officer presented the report look after the supply . centres had already been started and they had of the sub - committee upon their conference amendment was passed by the Committee the urged to make special efforts and in par- found there was a ready sale for the fruit . with the butchers . Councillor Southall said the butchers ' profits thing would be put off and he would have de - icular it is hoped that on land too poor or He stated that the sub- depended upon whether they conformed to the feated his own object . tight for wheat , rye will be sown . She had received a letter from Mr. J. Watkins committee duly met the sub - committee of the Food Controller's Order . He objected to the crop is extensively grown as a forage crop for stating that if a canning station was decided Rural District Council Food Control Committee if all stock were weighed . It would be better amendment , which was out of order , the use in the spring ; but its cultivation as a upon he had no doubt that suitable premises and with them went very closely into the re- business was to accept or reject the list of grain crop has in recent years been confined could be found for , he purpose . Councillor Dowding : How is it we have not prices submitted by the Sub Committee . vised scale which had been submitted in the got a weighing machine in the market ? to a small area , mainly because of the low Miss Day . said that the question arose is it meantime by the butchers of the town . These , The Chairman said he intended to be per- clear too late ? and her answer was I don't think so , however , did not meet with the approval of He had always thought it was a compulsory The Chairman said it was a private market . fectly fair and he had let them all have their price it commanded on the market . In the The real question was if they would valuable as wheut , and it seems likely to present emergency rye is practically as it is not too late to begin in a small way . The the joint sub - committee who thereupon them- matter . best apples had no doubt been sold or stored selves settled a scale which they desired to adopt the list or not . command as high a price for some time to Replying to Miss Newman the Chairman come , so that it is bound to prove profitable but there was a large qauntity suitable for the submit as the maximum scale of retail prices they were in a position to do anything but ac- said that the prices were in some cases id . and on the poor sandy soils where it does better purpose still left . A great deal could be still to be charged by the butchers of the town for cept those prices that day . in others id . lower than the Hereford prices . than any other cereal crop obtained from the small growers . As an home killed meat . The sub - committee recom- Rye is usually illustration of what could be done she said that mended that the additional charge of d . per Councillor Dowding asked if the suggestion Six voted for the proposal and one ( Mr. sown in the early autumn , but November ( or was that these prices should be enforced for Williams ) against , and the prices were there- even early December ) is by no a pulping station was started at Bewdley and lb. allowed by the Rural District Committee a fortnight . means too fore adopted . they obtained 64 tons of damsons a day , chiefly for delivery within their district should be late for good results . From a national point Mr. Williams from small growers . now proposed that these of view the cultivation of rye is highly desir- If they started at once allowed by the Borough Committee for that brought the result of their trade before them prices should not be given out until they as- able at the present time , not only she thought that they would have no difficulty portion of the Borough known as the Out- in a fortnight they would then reconsider the certained the cost and the profits that the count of the suitability of the grain for mill- in getting premises lent them for a time and Parish . It would appear that the Food Con- matter . butchers obtained . Until that was done they ing - in which respect it stands next to wheat there were , two or three canners in the district troller's scale differed to the extent of 1d . as which had been given by Mr. Arkwright and between home killed and imported meat and ask the butchers to meet them again . Mr. Enoch asked if it would be possible to could do nothing . -but because it is ready for harvest some Mr. King asked Mr. Williams if he was in little time before spring - sown corn . which they could have to use . She did think they therefore recommended that the scale not think that four o'clock on a Friday after- favour of the people paying the top price until time of world - wide scarcity of foodstuffs it is such a thing was needed in Leominster . They should apply to the London and Central Meat noon was a time to call such an important the butchers made up their minds to keep obviously important to use every endeavour had to face a scarcity of food stuffs and if Co. less 14d . per lb. with d . per lb. added meeting . they could not get cereals they would be glad for delivery within the Out - parish . to supplement supplies in the " lean " period Councillor Southall said the butchers were Mr. Williams : Well , I will move another immediately preceding the The Chairman then read to the Committee making a profit . when they would be glad to make a breakfast three scales of prices ( 1 ) the butchers ' original their work for nothing and it was only reason- earliest possible moment to check the butchers ' as a grain crop is contained in Food Produc- The Committee were doing proposition that steps should be taken at the Full information as to the cultivation of rye . of anything they could get . She would like tion Leaflet No. 10 , which can be obtained to see a centre started at once to show the peo - scale , ( 2 ) the butchers ' revised scale , ( 3 ) the able that they should hold the meeting when scale proposed by the sub - committee . Gener- the members of the Rural District were in Mr. Southall and others : We are all in free or post free on application to the Sec- ple that they could use the fruit that was left ally speaking the butchers ' revised scale was town . favour of that . But at present there are no retary , Board of Agriculture anl Fisheries , 3 , on the ground and for which there was no 1d . to 2d . per lb. less than their original pro- | Mr. Enoch thought the meeting might have books for us to inspect . St. James's Square , S.W.1 . Any farmer hav- If they could start in a little way it posal while the sub - committee's scale recom- been an hour later . The Chairman said that the prices were ing difficulty in securing seed should apply to would help them to go in for bigger premises mended total reductions varying from 1d . to Councillor Southall was understood to reply based on figures supplied by Lord Rhondda the Agricultural Executive Committee for his They wanted to get people for next season . Auctioneers . away , but be put aside in the family medicine to economise and to value what at present was 5d . per lb. on the various joints of beef , that if the butchers had no other grievance and which showed the price that the butchers county . Anyone in doubt as to the stability mutton , veal and pork . Mr. Enoch was talking through his hat .. Did could pay for a beast and the prices for the of a sample for seed should communicate with cupboard , as it is often most useful as band- surplus fruit . At one station in Worcester - Councillor Southall said in making these con- he mean to say that the butchers could not various joints so as to allow the profits to the Food Production Department , 72 , Victoria shire they were already producing 2,000 cans siderable reductions they had got assistance give half an hour at 4 o'clock on a Friday . which the butchers were entitled . Street , S.W.1 . ' per week . KINGTON HORSE SALE . ( On the Radnorshire Border , G.W.R. from Leominster ) . TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 13th , 1917 ( Huntington Fair Day ) . 200 HORSES , Viz.:- 80 HEAVY GELDINGS & MARES 35 A whirr of unseen wings grows loud , A missile shrieks from a leaden cloud , A flower of flame in the dark below- A growling boom where falls the blow- And guns that follow the searching rays Speak fast , and shrapnel snaps and sprays . Thicker , quicker the battle speeds : No single sound the dulled éar heeds ; Awaiting doom from the warring air , There is sense alone of rage and Of helplessness with Death so near , Of scorn for Frightfulness and Fear . Kultur another victory claimed- UNBROKEN CART COLTS & FILLIES Innocent infants killed and maimet- 50 CART & NAG SUCKERS 50 care , Maidens and mothers torn and slashed- Blood on the cottage threshold splashed- These be the items of Kultur's debt- be paid in full . RIDE & DRIVE HORSES , COBS and To PONIES . Sale at 11.30 . Catalogues upon application to JACKSON & MCCARTNEY , tors by Craven Arms , Hereford and Kington . Drapers to turn to fruit and the time would come Councillor Southall said that if the butchers He did books . we forgot ? accounts . Can T. R. PHILLIPS . Nov. 1st , 1917 . linen should never be thrown Soft old ages for wounds and sprains . market . main on ac- In a harvest . D |