The Kington Times - October 1917
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Kington Times 27th October 1917 - Page 1
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| Date | 27/10/1917 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 27th October 1917 |
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He had taken he farmers England 1 she was e Premier mers were ion ( hear , ed as fol- s £ 29 35 ecrease £ 2 omas 220 , 58 , total vagrants 60 in the of plums rt Jones ) , from Miss an a vote donors . in hand , £ 740 6s . , that they e Matron alary and granted . eport the appointed 1898 , and Tracey's she had tion with 21 THE NORTH NORTH HEREFORDSHIRE ADVERTISER AND THE KINGTON TIMES VOL . XI . NO . 579 . SALES BY AUCTION . By Messrs . EDWARDS , RUSSELL and BALDWIN . LEOMINSTER HORSE REPOSITORY . Registered at the General Post Office as a Newspaper SATURDAY , OCT . for transmission in the United Kingdom SALES BY AUCTION . By Messrs . EDWARDS , RUSSELL and BALDWIN . Heifer , Yearling Cross - bred Heifer . Strong COB MARE , aged , quiet , excellent worker in all gears ; her , FILLY FOAL ; NEXT SALE Breeding Sow , and a strong Store Pigs , Farm HEAVY and LIGHT HORSES , at Leominster , on Friday , November 16 , 1917 , £ 46 IN PRIZES . Entries Close Wednesday , Nov. 7th . Class 1. - Cart Gelding or Mare , 5 years old or over : 1st prize , £ 10 ; 2nd , £ 3 ; 3rd , £ 1 . Class 2. - Cart Gelding or Mare , 4 years old : years old 1st prize , 10 ; and , £ 3 ; 3rd , 1 . Class 3. - Cart Gelding or Mare , 3 years old : 1st prize , £ 3 ; 2nd , £ 2 ; 3rd , £ 1 . Class 4. - Mare or Gelding , suitable for Saddle or Harness , realising 50 guineas or over 1st prize , £ 3 ; 2nd , £ 2 ; 3rd , £ 1 . FOALS . Class 5. - Cart Colt or Filly Foal : 1st prize , £ 3 2nd , £ 2 ; 3rd , 1 . Early entries solicited . Note . All Farmers entering Horses must gét a Permit to Sell from their respective County Agricultural Executive Committee . Auctioneers ' Offices , Leominster , Hereford and Tenbury . LEOMINSTER STOCK MARKET . TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 6th , 1917 . Implements , Cider Fruit , Poultry , Dairy Utensils ( as new ) , Household Furniture . Catalogues of the AUCTIONEERS , Leominster , Hereford and Tenbury . By Messrs . E. HAMMOND & SON . E. Hammond & Son Auctioneers , Valuers , House , Estate , and Insurance Agents , Conduct all classes of SALES BY AUCTION VALUATIONS FOR PROBATE , Etc. , RENTS and BOOK DEBTS COLLECTED . Personal Attention , Prompt Settlements . ESTABLISHED , 1881 . Offces : -Highbury House , Leominster . FRUIT TREES . CORN SQUARE , LEOMINSTER . MESSRS E. HAMMOND & SON are in- Auction , a large quantity of his Selected Fruit structed by Mr. R. Morrow to Sell by Trees , of very best sorts , both Standard and Bush . " Sale at 1.30 o'clock . MARSH COURT , LEOMINSTER . NAT Cattle and Sheep , 10 Pigs , 11.45 , who is changing her residence , to Sell by Entries kindly solicited . EDWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN . Leominster , Hereford and Tenbury . THE STONE HOUSE , GLADESTRY . Two miles from Dolyhir Station and 5 miles from Kington and New Radnor . DWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN are Evoured with instructions from the Representatives of the late Mr. George Hughes , to Sell by Auction , on FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 2nd , 1917 , the whole of the AGRICULTURAL IMPLE- 10 HORSES and COLTS , a portion of the Household Furniture , and the Winter and Grass Keep . Sale at 12.30 o'clock prompt . Auctioneers ' Offices : Leominster , Hereford and Tenbury . LEOMINSTER MARKET . Sale of PEDIGREE HEREFORD CATTLE . TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 6th , 1917 . Including a consignment of 22 excellent Herefords from Mr. H. Bowkett , Ashton Court , Leominster .. Further Entries Solicited . Auction , a MONDAY , OCTOBER 29th , 1917 , CASKS . CASKS . FRIDAY NEXT , NOVEMBER 2nd , 1917 , consignment of Fresh Emptied RUM PUNCHEONS , PIPES and HOGSHEADS . Sale at 1.30 o'clock . By Mr. R. H. GEORGE . R. H. GEORGE , KINGSLAND Horse Slaughtering YARD . OCT . 27. 1917 . ( Free by post per quarter , ( 1s . 8d . , payable in advance . } PRICE ONE PENNY . BREAKING UP PASTURE LAND . URGENT NEED OF PLOUGHMEN IN HEREFORDSHIRE . The quarterly meeting of Herefordshire County Council was held at Hereford on Sat- urday . Alderman James Corner ( Chairman ) presided . Alderman H. F. Russell said he could not conceive how the main roads would be kept in repair next year . Formerly something over 80,000 tons of stone were used in the county , now they were to be allowed only 41,000 tons for the whole of the main and districts roads . Already 20,000 tons were on the roads , which left only 20.000 odd to be put on , and to keep the roads in good order with such a limited The only place where animals can be dis amount of material was almost impossible , sected within 14 miles of Leominster . H. J. Pritchard that Is now living at BROOMY HILL FARM , amounted to £ 185 ( against £ 177 in 1916 ) for KINGSLAND . Letters and telegrams sent to the Yard would be dealt with promptly . Horse Slaughtering , Etc. 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 . The Roads Committee recommended 10,000 be granted provisionally to the disb rict councils , towards the maintenance of the main roads . The fees received under the Loco- ) motives and Motor Car Acts for the past year locomotives and £ 507 ( against £ 590 in 1916 ) for motor - cars . It was agreed to support the Berkshire resolution king the Government to introduce legislation for payment of a fair mileage rate by the owners of motor omni- buses to the highway authorities . THE COUNTY RATES . The Standing Joint Committee reported that the amount required for police expenses for All Carcases paid for in cash before removal . the quarter was £ 2,343 , and the pensions pay- Letters and Telegrams : 33 , Bargates , Leo - able were £ 369 . A memorial from all the offi- minster , or Broomy Hill , Kingsland . cers of the county police for increased war bonus was receiving careful attention , and if decided upon would date back to October 1 . Accounts amounting to £ 1,242 had been passed by the Small Holdings Committee , and the estimated expenditure for the ensuing quarter was £ 1,563 . The Board of Agricul- ture had requested the committee to form an estimate of the probable cost of purchasing additional land in order to satisfy the demand sailors and soldiers on demobilisation . SERVANT CIRL CACCED AND HAIR CUT OFF . MYSTERIOUS ATTACK ON A LONELY KENT ROAD . A brutal attack on a domestic servant Allen , investigated future Wants of trap came along , and the men made off . Al- Dr. Watts said the girl was badly bruised about the neck and body . Both prisoners were identified by the girl , but Stevens strongly protested his innocence . Heath smilingly said that he had nothing to say . YOUTH'S SHOT AT POLICEMAN . EARLY MORNING ESCAPE FROM DETENTION HOME . the conditions of labour , especially since a dis- THE demand for Gaiters and Spats bids fair to exceed a diminishing We advise supply . if you wish to an early cal secure the present advantage of a good selection at prices which cannot be repeated . 23 & 24. HIGH STREET , ROSs & fon ECONOMY IN MILK PRODUCTION . Ross Experts KINGTON . ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FARMERS . It is very doubtful whether the majority of alloyed . HIGH STREET LAWLESS FARMERS . SELLING POTATOES AT LESS THAN £ 6 TON WILL THE GOVERNMENT PROSECUTE ? the Frime 4 10s . a ton . Did the Government really propose to prosecute men for selling food to people of Ireland ? Mr. Bonar Law said he would look into the the po matter . ceived instructions from Mrs. Sanders , at Tonbridge on Tuesday . In the dock were old man , James Stevens , and Sidney The Finance Cominittée reported that the Heath , 23 , and they were committed for trial . rates to be levied within the coming half year The girl told an extraordinary story . She would be : Special purposes 7d . , and general a portion of the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE , the dark , and when near a lonely , wooded d . for the first half of the year this made a was walking to Pembury from Tonbridge in purposes 4d . , making a total of 11d . With the including a Walnut Loo Table , Grandfather Clock , very handsome Dresden China Tea and pot she was accosted by two men , who at- total rate of 1s . 10d . for the year . The pre- tacked her after she had refused to accom- vious year the rate was 2s . There would be Breakfast Service ( 51 pieces , hand painted , all pany them . They threw her on the ground , no alteration in the estimates for elementary different patterns ) , Antique Carved Two - decker gagged her with something hard and nasty , and secondary education , except that the Jacobean Cabinet , Wardrobes , Chests of held her face downwards , and proceeded to £ 4,000 provisionally included for elementary Many farmers will need to effect consider- Drawers , Bedroom Suite , Chairs , Tables , hack her hair off with a sharp instrument , education was reduced to £ 500 because of able economies in their methods of dairying towns - people in this country have any idea Tollet Glasses , Beds and Bedding , Carpets , the older man declaring , " I am now going grants from the Government . The expendi- if they are to make a reasonable profit during under what discouraging circumstances the Wholesale potato prices were the subject Pictures , together with all the Out - Door to kill you . " Effects , etc. She attempted to scream , but ture passed by the Education Committee dur the coming winter in view of the fixing of farming community have worked during the of several questions in the House of Com year . Everybody who knows the mons on Wednesday the younger man held the gag in her mouth . ing the quarter was July £ 5,197 18s . 6d . , milk prices . Various factors contributing to present Sale at ONE o'clock . Mr. Lough , having elicited from the Food Having cut off her hair at the back they August £ 3,904 14s . 11d . , and September £ 6,416 the cost of milk production , such as rent , country - side and has a nodding acquaintance turned her over , the older man kicking her 11s . The amount received from licenses was labour , interest on capital , etc. , are largely with Mark Lane is aware that the prices of Controller's representative that the sale of viciously in the hip , and he was proceeding £ 2,400 , as against £ 2.516 in the corresponding fixed and admit of no reduction . Others , in- corn , meat and milk represent only one side sound potatoes by the farmer under 86 of the rural situation . Shortage of labour to cut the front of her hair . At this time a quarter last year . cluding the important item of feeding stuffs , ton Iwas a penal offence , appealed to the are essentially under the control of the farmer ; and the high cost of most of the raw mater Lender The Education Committee reported that the of the House for an opinion MENTS , Gearing , Casks , 120 Head of Poultry , MESSRS . E. HAMMOND & SON , will Sell len ran , dazed and frightened , to Tonbridge Board of Education had intimated that the they represent the farmer's opportunity to ials of agriculture , combined with abominable whether farmers who because of the market weather conditions during the greater part of amount by Auction , in the Corn Square , Leo- police station , and the police next day discov - estimated were forced to sell under this price were lo of supplementary grant economise . To how great an extent the total minster , on ered hair scattered about the scene , and later payable to the authority would be approxi- cost of milk production is determined by the the past twelve - month have made the lot of suffer in both directions ? arrested Stevens and Heath at Pembury mately 13,300 . cost of feeding , comparatively few farmers the farmer one of anything but pleasure un- Mr. Bonar Law said he quite realised the Union , which they had entered the previous Most of us work the better for a importance of it , but the minimum price seem to realise . Forty - three farms , were re 40,000 MORE ACRES OF PLOUGHED LAND cently the subject of enquiry and on these little sympathetic appreciation from those who was the policy of the Government . night . Detective Austin found human hair in Mr. Lough said the guarantee of 26 per On the discussion of the War Agricultural the cost of food averaged 70 per cent . of the understand , and many evidences have reached their pockets and also a razor . ton was total cost of milk production , the proportion the Food Production Department during the given verbally by Committee , it was explained that in order to the past week of the admirable effect produced on Minister , and it was understood that the meet the demand of the Government to pro- being substantially the same whether vide an additional 40,000 acres of ploughed total cost of production was high or low . The the agricultural mind by the recent speeches Government would make good the diference cost of food on the average was almost equally of the Premier , the President of the Board if the price dropped below that figure . Were land in the county it would be necessary to break up good pastures , despite the fact that divided between home - grown and purchased of Agriculture , and Lord Rhondda . All over Mr. Dillon said that potatoes were being the county was a good stock - raising district ; foods ; that is to say , whilst out of every 10d . the country County Committees are showing they prepared to fulfil the guarantee ? enterprise and intelligence in ensuring a spent in producing milk 7d , represented the larger amount of home - grown food stuffs and and where farms had not been inspected , oc- sold in many parts of Ireland from to cupiers who had undertaken voluntarily to cost of food , half of this 7d . , viz . , 34d . was so backing the Army and the Navy in their paid for purchased feeding stuffs . plough a fair quantity of land should do so . It is obvious that the margin of profit in fight for victory . It is well that they should There had been considerable improvement in milk production must turn largely upon the know that the authorities , who in this matter care exercised in the use of both home - grown represent the nation at large , are increasingly tribution centre had been formed at Hereford . Under present condi- appreciative of the work of the farming com- Under the new scheme of military service 1,000 and purchased foods . An exciting escapade in which a policeman names had been dealt with , and the remain- tions , with supplies very low and prices very munity generally and in particular of , the local Committees now engaged in the organisa- was shot at , occurred at Hull early on Monday der would be referred at the rate of 110 to high , the extra pound of cake has become a morning , and the circumstances were detailed 150 a week until the whole was completed . much greater factor in the economy of milk tion of the national agriculture . at the police court , when George Elsworthy Application had been made for ten more trac - production . It should be borne in mind that ( 16 ) and Frederick White ( 12 ) were charged tors and ploughs . It was understood that the with cake at £ 18 13s . 4d . per ton ( 2d . per with breaking and entering a dwelling house rate of 16s . per acre for ploughing would lb. ) every pound of cake saved means a re- The number of girls duction of 2d . in the cost of feeding the cow , attached to the Juvenile Detention Home and probably be increased . or in the case of the average cow giving two stealing two revolvers , 50 rounds of ammuni- who had come forward for farm work in the Horticultural Division of the Food tion , a flash lamp , keys , and 278. Elsworthy county was not nearly sufficient for the de- gallons of milk daily , a reduction , of 1d . per The near approach of the fourth winter of It is well known that even on farms where part in the allotment developments of the to be imported . constable Warcup with a six - chambered re- Forty - eight girls had been year . Recently representatives of the Division another winter campaign appears to have volver . trained and 137 National Service girls had the general system of dairying is the same , been placed with farmers . Fruit preservation the feeding of the cows varies greatly both have been in conference with various allot- created a most profound and depressing effect Superintendent Scott stated that both prisoners were in the remand home on other had been carried out to a considerable extent , in total weight and in cost . As an illustra- ment societies with a view to securing their on the German armies anxious that fruit tion of this the records of five North York- support for a programme which will large from the German prisoners captured by the During the past few weeks letters taken charges , Elsworthy being a lad who stole £ 3 from an aunt and went to London " to see the French have begun to speak with surprising ruins . " The boys broke a pane of glass in and ever - increasing frequency of the impend ing fourth winter . The great bulk of these the dormitory , tied two bed quilts together , Alderman Preece said that the difficulty then not far removed from their market letters are written by soldiers at the front to lowered themselves to a lavatory , and dropped with tractor ploughs was to get ploughmen . values ) ranged from 10.6d . to 15.5d . per cow into a yard . their families in Germany , and are captured on Constable Warcup said at I a.m. he heard Men had been sent to them who had not had per day . For the coming winter the costs of the prisoners before the latter have occasion the breaking of glass in the yard , and saw , the but where competent ploughmen had been pro- the same basis to range from 22-4d . to 28.9d . experience , and these had been unsatisfactory ; supplying the same rations are estimated on to mail them . Others are letters received by The question of Sunday labour on the land soldiers at the front from comrades at some the late Mr. George Probert , to Sell by Auctron youths attempting to enter a soldiers ' canteen . cured the work of the tractors had been good pence per day , a significant illustration of the On THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 1st , 1917 , They ran away and he gave chase . He was and the farmers generally were satisfied . He great increase in the cost of feeding . The econ- All show an ever decreasing country . the whole of the Out - Door Effects , Tools , within four yards of Elsworthy , when the did not think the committee would give orders omy of the various rations is not determined is being raised again in various parts of the other point . During the long days of summer it moral , with an ever - increasing depression at was widely felt by agriculturists that from the prospects of another winter in the Implements Casks , Pony Tub , Spring Market latter turned and discharged a revolver point for the best grass land to be ploughed up , but by the cost alone , however , but by their rela- tion to the amounts of milk obtained , as indi- every point of view it would be a mistake to trenches . Trap , Hafness , Gearing , Poultry House and blank at him , the bullet whizzing past his fo cated by the costs of food per gallon of milk . work men and machinery ( not to speak of A few of these letters selected at random , These ranged in the earlier period ( 1913-14 ) horses ) seven days in the week . Coops , Oats ( u the straw ) , Potatoes and Mangolds , Dairy Utensils , including Wolseley wall , and got over , but the officer caught him . Now that but reflecting generally the depression , dis The boy produced a revolver which contained danger of some farmers being persuaded to from 5-1 pence to 6-9 pence . It is interesting the working day is much shorter and there is couragement , and disgust of them all , are as Separator and Hathaway's Churn , and a to note that although the former farm showed The be too patriotic in breaking up land , and it portion of the Household Furniture , including two live cartridges , and one spent . so much broken time through bad weather , follows : - the highest cost per cow , it showed the low- there seems to be a Carved Oak Lineň Chest , Queen Anne Table , officer questioned White , who said , " George was necessary that judgment should be shown . growing opinion that est cost per gallon , owing to the excellent where ploughisg and Elsworthy made me do it ; he said he would Mr. Thompson said the real difficulty was to yield of milk obtained . This is in sharp con- cultivating press it shoot me if I didn't . " would be wise to work on Sundays , weather find plouglimen , and it was no good breaking trast to the other farm where the high cost permitting . It will be remembered that last Sale at 1.30 punctually . Prisoners were remanded , Elsworthy being up land if it was not to be cultivated after of feeding was so little warranted by the milk spring the Board of Agriculture urged upon Catalogues may be obtained from the AUC sent to prison , till Wednesday . wards . There was a good deal of bad culti - yield secured that this farm showed the high - farmers the advisability TIONEER , Croftmead , Kingsland , Herefordshire . vation in the county . Sale at ONE o'clock prompt . EDWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN , Anctioneers ' Offices : Leominster , Hereford and Tenbury . LEOMINSTER STOCK MARKET . On TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 6th , 1917 , EDWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN have received instructions from Mr. P. R. Bateman to offer by Auction , 400 New ( Six- peck ) WILLOW HAMPERS , in suitable lots . The above Hampers were made this year to comply with Government Damson Contracts and were only used once and are as good as new . Sale at 2.30 p.m. WICKTON COURT FARM , STOKE PRIOR , Four miles from Leominster , I mile from Ford Bridge Station and 13 miles from Steens Bridge Station . DWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN , have E received instructions from Mr. Gwynne S. Vaughan , who is giving up the farm , to Sell by Auction , on MONDAY , OCTOBER 29th , 1917 , his excellent Herd of 106 185 Well - Bred HEREFORD CATTLE , Healthy SHROPSHIRE SHEEP , without a 17 11 . The rk which Also she s anyone Mrs. she was WAGON MARES , COLTS & FOALS , of Valuable and Auctioneer , Valuer , Land Agent , and Surveyor , PROPERTY and TIMBER SPECIALIST , MORTGAGE BROKER , VALUER and ARBI- TRATOR under the Agricultural Holdings Act , 1908. REPORTS , RECORDS and SUR 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 . - THE HUNDRED , ASHTON , Three miles from Leominster and Half - a - mile from Berrington and Eye Station . R. H. GEORGE is favoured with in- MR . RORe Representatives of etc. 268 ACRE , GRASS By Messes . JACKSON & MCCARTNEY . Lots . Luncheon by ticket at II o'clock . Sale at 12 o'clock prompt . Auctioneers ' Offices : Leominster , Hereford e . a rise in and Tenbury . CROPT GATE , STOKE PRIOR , Two miles from Leominster . that as that the as it ever of service increase . id not do he Com- ause Mrs. children kind and her with member , clean and rms and rk which ress . ed Infant ths at a Fido his Her lady- " Yes , cutlet ? " " Then e and go most re- a woman saidi Which st people " How's Smith , use they as senso ietors by Drapers ( who is leaving the neighbourhood ) , on THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 1st , 1917 , FINAL WEEK FOR MAKING ENTRIES . KINGTON HORSE SALE . HE Next Sale will take place in the New Horse Auction Yard , on THE TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 13th , 1917 ( Huntington Fair Day ) . £ 50 in Prizes , including Silver Cup and ALLOTMENT DEVELOP- The MENTS . CERMAN SOLDIERS DREAD OF THE COMING WINTER . THE BUTCHERY OF FLANDERS . The following message has been received by the Exchange Telegraph Company from Mr. Henry Wood , the United . Press correspondent with the French Armies was further charged with shooting at Police- mand , and more than half the girls had had gallon in the cost of production of the milk . Production Department has taken an active the war , with all the horrors and sufferings of county and Mr. Arkwright was shire dairy farms for the winter of 1913-14 On these farms the cost of canning should be worked up into a industry . The cottage gardening had been may be quoted . feeding ( taking home - grown foods at prices satisfactory . with the poorer pastures , together face . Elsworthy ran up a ladder against a tumbled - down pastures and rotation grasses . Colonel Clive , M.P. , thought there was FOOD TRACTOR PROGRESS . FURTHER IMPORTANT FIGURES . a increase the number and materially improve the organisation of allotments throughout the country . SUNDAY LABOUR ON THE LAND . of adopting this course , so as to get as much land under corn crops as possible for the 1917 harvest . There was a certain amount of clerical opposition , but this died down quickly and many agri- culturists adopted the suggestion of the Board , to the considerable advantage of the National food supply . August 1917. Already the fourth winter will soon commence and it is yet too soon to dream even of peace . If the harvest is ruined Germany is half lost , and that is already half the case . The following letter was written by a Ger- man soldier to his brother , who is also a the front est cost per gallon in the group . Two directions are thus clearly indicated CREAM A LUXURY . along which the dairy farmer may profitably seek to effect economies in his costs of pro- MINISTRY LIKELY TO STOP IT duction , viz . , ( a ) by lowering the quantities and total cost of foods supplied ; ( b ) by rais- BEING MADE . Should cream be banned ? Is it sold mainly On ing the average milk yield of his herd . The number of tractors placed by the Food these two points the following further consid- to gratify luxurious taste ? A churn of milk Production Department at the disposal of the erations may be offered . ( a ) There can be no At the last meeting of the Dorset Com- -17 gallons - is required to make a gallon of farmers of England and Wales mittee the question of the use of tractors on ap doubt that the rations used on many farms cream . Milk is in short supply . Farmers are proaches 2,000 , and the demands from the the Sabbath was raised . After some discussion not sending the normal contract quantities to counties for are heavier than is necessary for the mainten- more tractors very largely ex- accommodation milk has to be ceed the supplies . At the Worcester Execu- of the milk recording societies established in he may arrange for Tractors to work on London , and ance of the existing milk supply . The work it was decided to leave the matter to the dis cression of the Tractor Representative , so that bought to adjust the balance . There will be tive one of the members suggested that if a less as the winter advances . recent years has already revealed many such tractor did not plough at least 1 acres case where the farmer does There is not enough butter to go round , and daily it was unprofitable . cases , of which the following may be quoted Sundays in any In many other not object . The same problem has developed in connection with the employment of steam tackle . cannot see it . The majority of this Committee were ter and milk are officially controlled . now definite of over- EDWARDS , RUSSELL & was for Sale by Auction , from Mrs. E .Goodwin Mares ; £ 20 in cash for Cart Sucking Foals . low , while prices are soaring all round . But - tained in Worcestershire , and in West Sussex the first round of visits ; by the time of the personally opposed to Sabbath labour , but . The 36 acres have been ploughed in 6 days , in Entries for Catalogue close Novels on sale of cream has not been interfered with , East Sussex more than 6 adres in a single day . second visit the cost of feeding had been re- they did not feel that it was their duty to Entry Forms Prize Schedules upon and its drain upon the milk and butter sup- Few counties show a lower average than duced 2d . per gallon , without any decrease impose their individual point of view upon application to ply is to be measured by an unchecked pub- Worcestershire , but there last week , with two Bull . XIX . p . 12. ) . in the yield . " ( University College , Reading , farmers generally . JACKSON & MCCARTNEY , lic demand . The Ministry of Food is consid - wet days , 12 tractors did 100 acres of plough- ( b ) In the second year the allowance of roots . Auctioneers : Craven Arms , Kington and ering the matter , and in all probability the ing . It is from those counties where dissatis- Hereford . supply of cream for luxury purposes will be faction is most loudly expressed that the few- and the cake was reduced by 1 lb. The milk was cut down from 100 lb. to 44 lb. per day stopped . est practical suggestions for reform are re- yield remained practically the same , and , the ceived and the worst results are reported . cost of feeding being reduced 4 d . per day , lon less . ( South - Eastern Agricultural College , Gloucester has asked for 44 more tractors the result was that the milk cost 2d . per gal- 4th Report ( 1915 , p . 35 ) . Live and Dead Farming Stock , Out - Door Effects , 21 Acres of Grass Keep , etc. , and a portion of the Household Furniture and Dairy Utensils , 3 Dairy Cattle , 3 Weaned Calves , Black Pony ( 4 years old ) , Bacon Pig , Governess Car , 3 Ladies ' Cycles , etc. Sale at 12.30 prompt .. CRAVEN ARMS HORSE SALE Auctioneers ' Offices : Leominster , Hereford THE Next Prize Sale of 200 HORSES and Tenbury . HOMECROFT , PEMBRIDGE , Ten minutes walk from the Railway Station , EDWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN , have received instructions from Miss M. E. Griffiths , to Sell by Auction , on THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 8th , 1917 , the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and OUT- DOOR EFFECTS , also a portion of the Fittings of a Seven - room Wooden Bungalow , in lots . will SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 3rd , 1917 . £ 30 IN PRIZES . Early Entries kindly solicited . JACKSON & MCCARTNEY , KINGTON STOCK SALE . NEXT SALE . THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 22nd , 1917 . Messrs . JACKSON & MCCARTNEY , Auctioneers . Craven Arms and Hereford . RAILWAY TRIPS . AVOID BOARD OF TRADE THREATEN FURTHER RESTRICTIONS : It is not difficult for those versed in mod- ern methods of judging rations to detect when rations are clearly excessive and to indicate roughly to what extent they may be reduced . The Food Production Department promises further notes on this subject next week , es- pecially in relation to the best means to adopt for raising the average yield of the herd . LADIES AND THEIR AGE . The ladies are placed in a cruel dilemma by a decision reached in the House of Com- GERMAN DESERTIONS NUMEROUS . 300 SOLDIERS FROM ROULERS IMPRISONED . Amsterdam , October 19th . - It is reported from the Belgian frontier that desertions from the German Army in Flanders continue to be very numerous . During the evacuation of the town of Roulers by the civilian population civilian clothing and mingled with the citizens more than 300 soldiers contrived to procure who were ordered to leave . On the arrival of the refugees at Deinzl the military authorities got wind of what had happened with the re- sult that the deserters were arrested and im- prisoned . August 15th , 1917. My dear Henry , What do you think of this smashing of skulls . We are merely like poor pears , are we not ? Think a little , old pal . Here am , a soldier for the past seven years for the Fatherland . When I hear the sorry hoax - do you think as you formerly did a I don't at least ,, and here we are en route for the fourth winter . God help us . Some of the other letters are as follows Nussloch , August 12 , 1917 - My dear Wil- helm , You write me that four soldiers have been shot by the gendarmes . Why I Have those , too , fallen for the Fatherland ? Galicia , August 1 , 1917 , My dear Frits You write me that two of your comrades refused to march . Everyone should do the same thing , otherwise this frightful hoa will never finish . Berlin , August 12 , 1917. From Arthur received a letter yesterday , a letter agai very depressing . The food leaves much be desired , he writes . All of his comrade talk only of the poor food , and each of them desires peace ardently . All of them trembl with fear at the thought of another winter . All of them , in fact , have had enough of the war , of the criminals high up who brought on this war . If one could only punish them But possibly chastisement will come whe we are not expecting it . Ostende , July 31 , 1917 , My dear Pauling , -The beautiful days are at an end . we only eat by remembrance . Here with us in Flanders everything goes pell fell into the butchery . Artillery activity night and day to a degree of massive intensity never before seen , and never , never anything that tends to bring the war to an end , CHECK ON WASTE . Now POTATO PRICES RAISED ARTIFICIALLY . before the spring . In the week ending Octo- An extraordinary situation has ( says the ber 5th 37 tractors in this county ploughed " Daily Chronicle " ) arisen in reference to the B22 acres and cultivated 135 acres , whilst one price of potatoes . The Food Controller for- of the tractors was threshing for 6 days . bids the selling of potatoes wholesale at less Figures like these represent an appreciable than £ 6 per ton . But it appears that potato contribution to the agricultural economy of growers are quite ready to sell them at £ 4 the nation . 10s . .per ton . In fact , a member of Parlia- ment who knows the trade well declares that most farmers would be content to sell at £ 4 , that figure being sufficient to give them a profitable return . To sell below £ 6 would however , be an offence against the Defence of the Realm Act . The consequence of this pro- hibition is that , in spite of there being willing buyers and willing sellers at less than £ 6 a To a deputation from the United Kingdom ton , farmers have had in many cases to take Commercial Travellers Association who asked their potatoes back from the market , unable that they should be relieved of the present to dispose of them . I It is an amazing thing increases in railway fares , Mr. Wardle said mons on Monday . They cannot vote until that at the very time that the Government , by that the difficulties of the companies are much they admit they have reached a certain age , not . SIR A , YAPP AND COMMUNAL the aid of Treasury grants , are reducing the more severe than they were at the beginning and now - insult added to injury they have to their money with the Post Office Savings KITCHENS " BORROWED " MOTOR CAR . price of bread below its natural cost , they are of the year . Many more than 500 locomotives declare on oath that they have reached the age . Bank , " said Mr. Montague Sharpe at Middle- increasing the price of potatoes beyond their have been sent abroad , some thousands of This is " man - made law " with vengeance . sex Sessions , in sentencing Henry Magee ( 36 ) on Monday , expressed appreciation of Sir Arthur Yapp , speaking at Nottingham locomotives are awaiting repairs , while over Sir Charles and Lady Wyndham had an un- natural costs . carpenter , to 3 years ' penal servitude for 160,000 men have been released by the railways pleasant experience on Wednesday night , their stealing £ 58 6s . , the life savings of Mrs. May had been done already in foodconomy , what emphasised the necessity for further organisa for military service . Although the train ser- Bridgman and her husband , a soldier serving tion . He suggested that commuuid motor - car being " borrowed " by an unknown vices have been seriously reduced a greatly Pte . V. Reynolds , a Canadian soldier , was TRAGIC DEATH OF A VICAR . Mrs. Bridg of a more scientific kind should be set up . Their car was on the rank outside . Kitchens couple . increased traffic has to be dealt with . found dead on the top of a railway carriage man was absent on munition work when There was , he said hormous waste going Wyndham's Theatre when a couple inquired In these circumstances the Board of Trade at Guildford Station on Tuesday morning if it were Lady Wyndham's car . The Rev. John Melbourne Perry , M. A. , who At the inquest it prisoner took the money from a box in her on throughout the country through bad cook- told that it was they affirmed that they had was inducted vicar of Gorleston on Friday , desire again to urge upon the public the ab- with his skull fractured . He was said to be a deserter from the ing , and they hoped fo been asked to take the car to a certain and was to have commenced his vicariate by solute necessity of not using the railways ex- was said that it was no uncommon thing in calve years as Hereford Bullock , 1 years old Hereford Catalogues of the AUCTIONEERS , Leominster , Hereford and Tenbury . THE WILLOWS , ALMELEY , Three miles from Eardisley Railway Station . DWARDS , RUSSELL & BALDWIN have received instructions from Mrs. Jones ( who is leaving the district on account of ill- health ) , to Sell by Auction , on ED 5 MONDAY , NOVEMBER 12th , 1917 , On being CANADIAN SOLDIER'S DEATH RIDE . LIFE SAVINGS STOLEN . " Nowadays , when poor people are earning such good wages , they should not keep large sums of money at home , whether in boxes or They should be advised to deposit all in the Black Watch in France . room . CATTLE : 2 Cross - bred Cows ( in milk and address . Sir Charles and Lady Wyndham had conducting Sunday's services , dan tahay - there must be further its necessity , otherwise Canada , where the tunnels are bigger , to ride sion of forged army discharge paper posses the educational side of the compost denly on and died on Sunday . restrictions . " services rendered " badge . great deal by and a must be economy , particularly in the consump tion of meat cereals , There |