Ross Gazette 5th March 1914 - Page 8
Ross Gazette 5th March 1914 - Page 8
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| Date | 05/03/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 5th March 1914 |
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RIDE A SA CYCLE / y cycling under ideal s . As a healthful re- cycling is unequalled . ovides the right amount fresh air exercise . RA B.S.A. TO - DAY . District Agents : SEY & HALL ( LTD . ) , entral Cycle Works , yele Free HES . S. ROSS . £ 1 DOWN SECURES B.S.A BICYCLE S OF NEWS . announced of Lord Minto , ad . soldier , in his sixty - ninth year . culty has arisen in respect to of a pastor for the ch , in London . French bery from a mail van took place quarter of Paris on Saturday being Bourse sack " whole anzp . the Mexican rebel leader , admit the right of the United into the death of Mr. Benton hat he was a British subject . ce have issued a warning against to aeroplane pilots flying at announced from Oitawa of the amsay - Devlin . Minister of Colo- and Fisheries in the Quebec He formerly represented Galway Commons . approved the appointment of ri E. Jenes , Honorary Canon of Bishop Saffragan of Lewes , the Right Rev. L. H. Burrows , e Bishopric of Sheffield . well at Newthorpe , Nottingham- t has been found . Alfred Trapnell's famous collec- to be dispersed at Christie's . contributed £ 20.129 14s . 10d . to Royal Victoria Infirmary during appin has sent £ 1.000 towards dium Fund , which now amounts orge has informed the president ge Union Society that his Par- will prevent his attending , as arch 10th , and the debate has cancelled Smith and Son , one of the of boy labour in the country , que of £ 500 to Sir R. Baden- Boy Scout Endowment Fund . the annual dinner of the St. rice Bigade , at Ilkeston , on nel Seely announced that reed to the appointment of his der to try to effect a fusion , of ty . St. John's Brigade and the ere notified on Saturday of the of a arteen - year - old girl named as knocked down by a motor - car . Mollington four cross roads . Taged sixty - seven , a commercial Subyon - avenue . Herne Hill , was was at an outfitter's shop in Lower th . when he fell dead . It inquest that death was due to remand no fewer than four- Ryan and Pat Hegarty were , Saturday , committed for trial at charged with murdering John ymore on November 30th . Hamel looped the loop five times n Saturday , with the Countess of Once he performed the senger . earth , a record . He also looped tat Lambeth a medical man said poleoning was very difficult to because the germs were not killed broke into a Strand shop had tes shaved themselves before leaving . the father of the Cameron as dd in a nursing home as ad served in the Crimea and in iny.land was one of the two men Lord then Captain ) Wolseley . ly wounded and carried him to at the Salterley Grange Sana- ham , have now been completed , bat being £ 1,700 . and twenty - eight more cottages by the London County Council g estate at Norbury . leopards and a forest leopard , r Thomas Dewar to the Scottish ety , have arrived safely . orporation Tramways Committee the action of the chairman in to the relief of the rates . al meeting of the Derbyshire en Society at Derby , the Suf- made an appeal for " church- ley .. unched on Saturday the Cgengtu , " tons for the China Navigation Messrs . Dunlop , Bremner , and ow . housand three hundred pounds bed in response to the Bishop of peal for the Portsmouth Six has broken out near Colne , goccurred at Trawden and nine neighbouring townships . break is unknown . of oats and barley were The de in the stackyard of the farm of ven , near Buckie , on Sunday , sed to have been accidental E INVESTMENT ity Mutual Benefit Iding Society N STREET , LONDON t of Investors , over £ 500.000 NOW REING ISSUED AT 4X ety during the 51 years of ce has never paid less than anum to its Shareholders . by the Society free of Income Tax S received at 31 and 4 % . and Prospectus on application . J. HIGHAM Manager . Colman Debenham . Picture Framing Of every kind done on the Premises at the Lowest Prices . 200 PATTERNS OF MOULDINGS to select from . Special attention given to the Repairing , of Old Frames . A large assortment of inexpensive PRINTS , PHOTOGRAVURES , and ORIGINAL WATER - COLOURS always in stook . Gloucester - road ( opposite G.P.O. ) , HINTS FOR THE HOME . CHILDREN'S EYES . Weak and sore eyes are not infrequent with young children , and it will be found a good plan to pour some tea which is all but cold into a saucer ( kept for this purpose ) , and use this to bathe the eyes with . If both eyes are bad , one should be finished and dabbed dry before the other is touched ; aud , for the second one , another rag should be used , the tea thrown away , and a fresh supply taken . The rags should be thrown on the fire directly they are done with . All old white handker- chiefs ought to be kept , and put where the hand can be readily placed upon them in case of emergencies , as they are fine and soft , and yet , being old , no one can grudge burning them . Sponges are not nice to use again and again for bad eyes or sores of any description , as they may become impregnated with matter , which even a disinfectant wild not thoroughly dislodge . ROSS - ON - WYE every little thing that he has done . Man boys are very rest.ved . They cannot bear t speak of what they feel deeply . Make your son understand that mother will always be glad to hear what he chooses to tell her , but that she does not want to force his confidence Then he will speak much more freely to you than he would do if he felt you were always after him , " DELICIOUS COFFEE . RED WHITE & BLUE For Breakfast & after Dinner . GREAT RAILWAY TUNNELS OF THE WORLD . The world's greatest tunnels are to be found in Europe , and a brief summary of these in the THE ROSS GAZETTE THURSDAY , MARCH 5 , 1914 . AGRICULTURAL NOTES . BY A PRACTICAL FARMER A MAMMOTH SHOW . I have frequent proof , in the shape of letters , that this column is read in some of the remotest parts of the Empire , and it is ous come wheat offala is very difficult to make into butter . THE WEEK'S GARDENING . FLOWERS AND FRUI Peas and beans give & white , firm butter with very little odour . Not more than 24lb . per head per day should be fed to dairy cows , and even then along with foods producing a soft butter . Vetches tend to give a hard and Raising asters from seed is within the bitter tasting butter . Cotton - seed meal and reach of everyone who has a greenhouse or 231b , per head per day , or the butter will March is the best time to do this . Sow them cake should not be fed in quantities above warm frame . The first or second week in have a strong , tallow - like taste , and be very thinly in pans or boxes in gentle heat , and hard and white . Earth nut cake fed to the not an uncommon thing to be told that vari - extent of 1lb . to 24lb . per head per day gives cover with glass till germinated ; afterwards notes have proved to be helpful the butter a fine aroma and a nut - like taste ; keep them near the glass and water carefully letter from New South Wales , received ze larger quantities make the butter soft and cheesy . till three or four leaves appear , when they cently , contains particulars of the annual may be pricked off 3in . apart in other boxes show held at Sydney under the auspices of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South mould , and sand . of open compost consisting of old turf , leaf- Wales . This appears to be one of the most important exhibitions of its kind in the world , its daily attendance sometimes exceed ing 100,000 people . It is stated that the show - ground containe of the finest buildings for the display of livestock and produce to be found in any country . The prize money this year exceeds £ 7,000 . reflects the wonderful strides made in New The rapid growth of this remarkable show South Wales . Each year there is a great in- orease in the number of exhibite and marked improvement in quality . Some weeks before and after the show the railway service of the State is largely given over to the transport of thoroughbred stock and farm produce , A good feature of the exhibition which is held during the Easter holidays - is the extraordinary interest taken in it by the people of Sydney . Indeed , it is to a great extent responsible for the large numbers of business and professional men's sons who are choosing the land for a calling . CAUSES OF BAD TASTES . Cocoanut cake is an excellent food for dairy cows , and may be fed in quantity up to 4lb . per head per day ; it gives the butter a plea- Gradually harden them off to plant out in sant nutty flavour ; more of it gives a hard , May , always keeping the growths tied up to firm butter with a tallowy taste . Linseed cake small sticks or plant supports . If greenfly gives a good butter , which , however , becomes or other insects are troublesome , spray the hard and takes on a taste of linseed oil if plants occasionally with a mixture of fox . more than 4lb . per head per day are fed to of soft soap to 1gal . of water , and if earwigs cows . Palm nut cake and meal produce also attack them place a few small flower butter of excellent consistency and good taste ; pots filled with old hay amongst the plants , from large quantities a hard butter is obtained . emptying each morning into hot water . As From rape seed oil residues , if more than the plants commence to flower , top - dreas 21b . per head per day are fed , a butter is pro- them with old rotten manure , and give duced with an unpleasantly strong taste , plenty of water in dry weather . sharp smell , and a soft consistency ; the butter often tastes fishy and oily and readily goes Sesame cake fed alone and in large quantities gives a soft and oily butter , though with other foods and in quantities up to 2b . per head per day the quality of the butter in not impaired . The same may be said of sun- flower seed cake . Meat meal , fed in quantities up to 21b . per head per day , has no unfavourable effect on the taste of the butter , while butter from fish meal may have a fishy - oil taste . Fresh and dried sugar beet slices moderate quantities produce pale - coloured butter of good quality raneid . MARKETS , CATTLE . The majority of greenhouse ferns , which can now be divided and repotted , thrive in a four parts , compost of good , fibrous loam peat two parts , with one part sharp grit or Band . Sweet leaf - soil is an admirable substi- tute for peat , and a little old , dried cow The compost should be prepared several days manure may also be added with advantage . before it is required for use , and if it is placed in the greenhouse , where the potting should be done , all risk of check by placing the roots in contact with cold soil is elimi Ferns require large quantities of water in the growing season ; hence the necessity for crocking the pote thoroughly . Immediately over the crocks some moss or broken leaves should be placed to keep the soil from washing down into the drainage . nated . Do not give plants that are to be potted on too large a shift ; a pot two sizes larger should be ample . In dividing ferns select the vigorous outside portions for placing in small pots . An error often made after pot- ting is that of over - watering . For some time the newly - added soil contains no roots , and Maintain a growing atmosphere by frequent constant watering only results in sourness . damping of the floor and staging between the pots . as well necertain first as to whether it was the Engineer shows that the greatest is the Simplon . they consumed 142 buckets of refuse , costing Probert and Mr. Hiles . The entry of calves the roller to make all solid again . Moss on COFFEE AND BILIOUSNESS . Coffee does not as a rule ' tend to cause indi- gestion or affect the nerves ; its ill - effects are due to the fact of its causing biliousness , says Dr. Musgrove in " Nervous Breakdowns . " People of what is known as a " livery " type had better void it altogether , if they have found it to have this result . Yet they might coffee or the milk which they took with it which accounted for their discomfort . It is a mystery as to why people , who cannot on their own assertion take hot milk without up- setting their livers , should drink it when its taste is disguised by that of coffee . The milk is there just the same , and the after - effects are bound to be as bad as if taken by itself . THE " NO - HAT " FETISH . While it is well to keep the scalp dry and well ventilated and exposed to both light and air , there does not appear to be any valid ground for the belief that going bareheaded , particularly in the sun , in any real way pro- motes the vigour of the hair , says Dr. Woods Hutchinson , in " Common Diseases . " Experts are unanimous in declaring that an excessive exposure of the already thinning hair to the direct rays of the sun will not only not check the process , but often accelerates it . Like the shoe , the hat , while a good deal of a nuisance in many ways and a frequent source of inconvenience , discomfort , and ab surd extravagance , is probably more helpful than harmful , not merely to the head , but to the hair . USES OF EGGS . For burns and scalds there is nothing more soothing than the white of an egg , which may be poured over the wound . It is softer as a varnish for a burn than collodion , and , being always at hand , can be applied immediately . It is also more cooling than the " sweet oil and cotton " which was formerly supposed to be the surest application to allay the smarting pain . The egg is also considered one of the very best remedies for dysentery . Beaten up lightly , with or without sugar , and swallowed at a gulp , it tends by its emollient qualities to lessen the inflammation of the stomach and which is 12 miles in length . Two , the St. Gothard and Lotschberg , are over 94 miles in length . The Mont Cenis is a little over seven miles in length . The Arlberg , in Austria , is 6 miles long . There are four tunnels between five and six miles in length , five between four and five miles in length , seven between three and four miles , and sixteen tunnels that are over two miles long . The longest tunnel in the United States , the Hoosac , is 44 miles long . THE SABLE . The sable is about 18in . in length , and some- what resembles the marten in form , being some- what longer than the polecat in proportion to the thickness of its body . It is a native of Siberia , Kamtschatka , and the islands which lie hetween that country and Japan . It is also found in Lapland . It burrows deep into holes by river banks and its nest consists of moss , flexible twigs , and grass . Bays , . CO - OPERATIVE PIG INSURANCE . If any inequalities in the lawn need to delay , and finish off with a good beater or be levelled , get them done without lawns is almost always due to bad drainage . It may be scratched with an iron rake to should then be top - dressed with some rich remove the worst of it , and the surface compost , consisting of old potting bench soil , well - decayed manure , and a good sprinkling grass to grow . of lime to kill the moss and encourage the are The SHAWS COCOA THE VERY BEST Pure Soluble COCOA REGISTERED TRADE MARK SHAW BROTHERS , LIVERPOOL & BRISTOL LONDON . FACSIMILE OF TIN FACSIMILE OF TIN 41 / d PER 4 lb.TIN AGENTS EVERYWHERE THE INDIA AND CHINA TEA COMPANY , GROCERS AND PROVISION MERCHANTS ; WINE SPIRITS , AND BEER DEALERS . Local Branch - 33 , HIGH STREET , ROSS . Orders sent by Post receive special attention . ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF HALF - A - CENTURY . 7 Alton Court Brewery Co. ROSS , ( LIMITED ) BREWERS , MALTSTERS , AND MINERAI , WATER MANUFACTURERS . FAMILY ALES AND STOUT BREWED FROM LOCAL BARLEY - MALT AND HOPS . COTTAGERS AND PIG - KEEPING . It is probably the gospel of self - help which will do more to improve the farm labourer's position than what others can do for him . But others can inspire him with co - operative ideas , by the practical adoption of which he may add appreciably to his earnings , and perhaps utilise profitably the waste which is to be found even in some of the poorest households . I have been interested to read in the Field and Preece had an excellent all - round market Ross Market , Thursday . - Messrs . Cooper particulars of a small experiment initiated by on Thursday last , both as regards entries Mr. J. Danvers Power , Thurloxton Manor , Taunton , to encourage pig - keeping in vil- and prices obtained , all classes of stock , lages . Five cottagers agreed to supply and whether fat or store , selling exceedingly well , deliver their cooked refuse food for a penny in fact , as a whole , better than they have a bucket . Arrangements were made with one for years , and there is not the slightest doubt of the co - operators to provide the use of a that this market is second to none of the sty , utensils , and straw , and to do all the neighbouring markets for prices realized , necessary work of feeding and cleaning for owing no doubt to the fact that the buyers shilling a week and the manure . Two pigs , are not split up like they are at other mar- eleven weeks old , were purchased at a cost of kets . The entry of pigs was a large one , £ 2-16s . During the nineteen weeks from numbering 56 pens , and the highest price for October 2nd last that the pigs were in hand bacons was £ 10 , secured by both Mr. W. H. 11s . 10d . , and other food , meal , & c . , to the included several very good ones , one from value of £ 3 128. 9d . The total outlay , there- Mr. Clark's , Crossways , making £ 6 188. , and fore , after paying the pig keeper 195. , was £ 7 19s . 7d . The pigs were sold for £ 10 , leav- the largest for some time past , numbering Mr. Dew's £ 6 12s . The entry of cattle was ing a gross profit of £ 2 08. 5d . 100 , all of which , with few exceptions , chang Excluding questions of interest and insured hands . The cows and calves were disposed ance , it appears that , at present prices , and of first , the highest price going to Mr. Snell , at any rate during the winter months , food of Perrystone , and purchased by Miss Nell , refuse in country villages can be made to pro- of Lea Hall , at £ 21 10s . Others were sold duce 44d . a bucket . It may be added that the at advanced prices for Messrs . Gamlin , profit was divided among the co - operators in Burch , Lock , etc. Mr. Snell , of Perrystone , benefit by a dressing , applied at the present Lawns which are need for games greatly proportion to the number of buckets each had supplied , and was paid in bacon pur- at £ 59 7s . 6d . two from Mr. to Mr. Borry time , of a manure like the following : Super- chased from the butcher who bought the piga Jenkins , Good phosphate , 61b .; fine bone meal , 3lb .; and rich . £ 25 ; Mr. Robinson , two £ 24 . The fat sulphate of ammonia , 21b . These should be cattle were a nice lot , and started with a mixed with three bushels , of fine soil taken nice quality Hereford bull , the property of from below the turf in a meadow , so as to be of Maeseycwmyer , at £ 23 7s . 6d . : two bul- chosen for spreading the mixture evenly over Mr. Sydney Brown , which fell to Mr. Davies , free from seeds . A fine day should be locks also from Mr. Brown made £ 20 10s . , the lawn , raking it in afterwards . £ 21 . Messrs . Sainsbury Bros. sent a nice quantities heifer , which made £ 20 15s . Mr. T. P. Wil- square yards . suficient to dresa sixty liams . Llnfrother , sent five , highest price £ 17 15s . Mr. J. J. Corbishley , four , up to The grass may look somewhat discoloured after the dressing has been applied , but this 21 56. Mr. J. H. Marfell , £ 18 158. Mr. Hiles , two , £ 22 . £ 17 2s . 6d . Mr. R. Dampier , need not occasion alarm , as the grass quickly recovers its normal appearance . If the sur £ 17 5s . Mr. Geo . Ratcliffe sent two very ripe heifers , which sold well , and made £ 21 face of the lawn happens to be hard , it will 17s . 6d . , £ 20 5s . Mr. T. Jenkins , £ 20 require to be severely raked over with a fine 17s . 6d . Mr. A. Watkins , £ 20 , £ 18 17s . 6d . iron rake before the dressing is applied . If Mr. T. A. Lock , 22 7s . 6d . Mr. George the grass is patchy or thin , a sowing of lawn Price , Hom , sent six heavy bullocks , highest grass seeds should be made a fortnight or so price £ 24 158. , with the very good average after the dressing . of £ 22 7s . 1d . Mr. Pearse , Old Hall , sent three making up to £ 18 178. 6d . Mr. Floyd shallow boxes , Sin . deep , and fill with a com For sowing hardy annuals now prepare Hodges , £ 18 , £ 16 10ª . Mr. Harry Hone sent five good cattle , highest price £ 24 2s . 6d . post of two parts good soil and one part of Mr. W. Martin , Aston Ingham , £ 21 178. 6d .. moderately firm with a flat piece of board , Mr. E. Hone , two , £ 20 12s . 6d . , £ 16 15s . equal proportions of leaf - mould and sand , sifted fairly fine . Press the surface level and £ 19 10s . The representatives of the late then hold the box nearly to its top in water Mr. Tucker sent three Devons , one of which till the soil is moist , and place on one side . topped the market at £ 25 158. , with the high A few hours later sow the seeds and lightly average of £ 23 10s . Mr. Harry Stock , three , cover them with fine soil . Give a slight in severe weather . up to £ 17 5s .. and others from Messrs . J. R. sprinkle with water , and then put the boxes in Webb , E. Marfell , Bellamy , Corbett , Wil- the frame . It is well to cover each box with liams , J. Badger . Poulton , and others . There was the best attendance of buyers pane of glass , and this again with a sheet of seen in Ross market for a long time , princi- brown paper to exclude light . Examine daily . pally from South Wales . Birmingham , and the black country . Messrs . Cooper and When the seeds begin to sprout freely re- ground ; but to secure good flavour the soil move the paper and tilt the glass slightly to should be fairly light and rich . Preece sold for no less than 99 different ven- admit air , A week or so later remove the dors . Mr. Slattery , of Birmingham , was the largest huver , his purchases amounting to formed the first true leaf , transplant them an glass altogether . When the seedlings have close on £ 300 . There is a very good entry inch or so apart in boxes in similar soil to to hand for next market , when it is hoped that used before . Keep in the frame till the trade will again be as good . As soon as they look fairly Messrs . Dampier , Footitt , and Bennett strong plant them out in the garden where on Thursday last , and with such a keen Gin , apart in rows a foot asunder until space company of buyers present the trade was ean be found for them in permanent quarters . exceptionally good in fact it was one of the hest markets experienced of recent years . The bidding was brisk , and wethers and ewes pot plant . Pieces of zoot placed in pots now Solomon's Seal is very seldom used a s fetched prices which exceeded all expecta- and grown on in a little warmth will soon tibn . The beef and store cattle trade also give a good display of fresh green foliage showed a great improvement . probably due to which is much brighter than when grown in the closing of the Irish ports .. the open - and drooping flowers . plants of this mixed among other flowers will greatly improve the appearance of the con- The plant is readily accommo- The insurance of farm stock is undoubtedly best undertaken by co - operative societies , and some which have been in existence many years have an excellent record to show , and , despite the inevitable claims , have been able to place and keep themselves on a sound financial basis . The authorities have done well to issue a set POLISHED RICE NOT GOOD FOR FOOD . of model rules for a rural co - operative pig in- Mr. A. W Stokes ,, the public analyst for the surance society registered under the Friendly borough of Paddington , points out that Societies Act , 1896 , which should prove useful polished rice is not so good as the unpolished not only to pig owners contemplating the for- grain . " It has become customary , " he mation of a society , but also to clubs which " to give a pearly shine to rice by shaking it are already in existence . The rules in question have been divided with a little oil and some powdered tale 01 mica . The danger to health is not so much from into two parts , the more important rules from the presence of this small amount of added the point of view of the ordinary member mineral matter as from the loss of a minute being contained in Part I. , which deals prin- amount of digestive material known as vita cipally with membership , contributions , mark in the polishing process . Those who , like the seased or injured pigs , valuation , benefits and Japanese , live mainly on rice , soon suffer from liability of society , liability of members , in- Most foods in their natural state have small deals with such subjects as the general meet the beri - beri disease if their rice is polished . surance fund , and management fund . Part II . ings , the committee and officers , the applica- tion and investment of funds , penalties and fines , and inspection and audit . Similar model rules have also been issued for pig clubs which may not desire to register themselves Either set of rules may be obtained from Messrs . Wyman and Sons , Limited , 29 , Bream's Buildings , Fetter - lane , E.C. , price 1d . mine , which lines each rice - grain . This is losting of pigs for insurance , inspection of di- intestines , and by forming a transient coating fore , to interfere as little as possible with the on these organs to enable Nature to assume he healthful sway over the diseased body . Ar egg taken like an oyster , with pepper and vinegar , has been known to be retained on the stomach when everything else has failed . A SIMPLE COUGH REMEDY , The following is from a doctor connected with an institution where there are many 1 amounts of digestive materials attached to them . Cerealin resides in the outer part of the wheat - grain ; animals , therefore , can live on whole meal alone , while they would dio if fed solely on white bread . It is advisable , there- natural constituents of food . Even milk , if under the Act . boiled , will no longer nourish an infant . " Mr. Stokes adds that three out of ten samples of pearl - barley were faced with small quantities of tale . but no proceedings were taken , as there is no standard for barley . WHY POET " LAUREATE " ? For centuries it has been the custom of Eng- children , says the Family Doctor : " There is land , and also of certain European universities , to confer the title of " poet laureate " on what nothing more irritable to a cough than s cough . For some time I had been so fully assured of this that I determined , for one minute at least , to lessen the number of soever poet they should deem the best . The custom is of Greek origin , and was adopted by the Romans also ; it is from them that we get MIDLAND FARMERS ' CO - OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION . Excellent progress was reported by Colonel Sir Lancelot Rolleston , who presided at the seventh annual meeting of this association , held at Nottingham . During the past year the membership has increased by forty - one , and the numbers on the books now total 660 . The turnover for the twelve months was a established . . Retailed Price List on application . good plan to take out a furrow some inches deep , and plant the lettuces in the bottom . This will provide a great amount of shelter . The best leeks are generally those grown from seeds which are sown at once , or as soon after this date as possible . Stunted spring . Therefore , the young plants should plants result when the seedlings are allowed to remain in shallow boxes too long in be transplanted in soil well enriched with rotten manure . 8in . apart . A protection of mats is desirable Set them 4in . apart in rows . Chervil is not at all a well - known vege- table , but it makes a good substitute for onions in soups and salads . It is a hardy perennial herb , and will grow in almost any Seed may WORDS OF WISDOM . Patiende is bitter . but its fruit is sweet . Obedience in hard things is the best obedience . Do not expect experience without experiment . well . The only way to save time is to spend it . Men pass to greatness through the portal of humility . In order to raise men , it is necessary to be above them . It is better to love than to be loved ; to give than to get . We must do the thing we must , before the be sown from spring to autumn in the open thing we may . for a succession , and in boxes in a cold frame during winter . This is a good time to form new beds of rhubarb , either by the purchase of roots of approved varieties , or by the division of large of the soil is necessary by trenching and liberal manuring , after which plant the roots with the tops just covered , not less than 3ft . apart each way . coughs heard in a certain ward in a hospital laurel , " because the chosen poet was always with 1912 of £ 1,120 . The profits were less the word " laureate , " meaning " decorated with record , being £ 47,247 , an increase compared had a grand supply of sheen at this market required to flower , or in nursery rows , i.e. , roots in existing beds . Thorough preparation wher of the institution . By the promise of rewardı and punishments , I succeeded in inducing them to simply hold their breath tempted to cough , and in a little while I wai myself surprised to see how some of the chil dren ntirely recovered from the disease Constant coughing , " continues the doctor , " is precisely like scratching a wound on the outside of the body . So long as it is done the wound will not heal . Let a person , wher tempted to cough , draw a long breath and hold it until it warms and soothes every air cell , and some benefit will soon be received from this process . The nitrogen which is thu refined acts as an anodyne to the mucous membrane , allaying the desire to cough and giving the throat and lungs a chance to heal . At the same time , a suitable medicine will aid Nature in her effort to recuperate . " MOTHERS AND SONS . Mother , do not be too ready to think that your boy shows a want of trust in you if he occasionally keeps a secret or omits to tall vos IRISH SAYINGS . Hit him again , for he is Irish . A wild goose never laid a tame egg . An Irishman carries his heart in his hand . It is better to be quarrelsome than lonesome . A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast A good word at court is better than a pound in the purse . They are scarce of news who speak ill of their mother . clared . CORN . A few crowned with a wreath of laurel leaves . In ad- than the previous year , but were sufficient to dition to receiving an annual payment in cash allow of a dividend of 5 per cent . being da- for his services , the English poet - laureate used But as Sir Lancelot Rolleston said , to be given a tierce of wine - forty gallone - the object of the association was not so every year from the Royal cellars . much to make a profit as to sell to members the best possible produce at the lowest price . Sir Lancelot Rolleston was again elected president for the eighth consecutive year . INFLUENCE , OF FOOD ON BUTTER . Ross . Thursday Small attendance . Eng - servatory . This important question has been the sub - lish wheat is slightly dearer with few sAm - dated and easily forced into bloom in an ject of careful inquiry in Germany , with the ples offering . Barley unchanged . Oats ordinary greenhouse . worth bearing in mind . following very instructive results , which are weaker . Wheat . white , 4s . to 4s . 1d .; wheat , It will be seen that red . , 4s . to 4s . 1d . harley . malting . 26s . to while most foods have their value , it is excess 34s .; barley , grinding . 22. to 28. 6d . oats . of any of them which must be avoided : white , 20s . to 24s .: oats , black , 198. to 228 .: Crushed barley and barley meals influence peas . 4s . 1d . to 4s . 2d . beans , 4s . 1d . to the quality of butter favourably , as also do 45. 2d hav . 45s . to 55s .; straw , 458 .; malt sprouts and brewers ' grains if fed in clover , 47s . 6d . to 55s . sound condition and in not too large quanti- ties . Crushed oats give the butter a pleasing aromatic and nut - like taste , but if fed in ex- cess they produce soft butter . Wheat bran produces a good butter , but more than 3lb . per head per day makes the butter soft ; it is best fed as & supplementary ration to foods which give a hard butter . Crushed rye and rye offala in excess produce a coarse , dry butter . Crushed maize and maize offale form good foods for dairy cows , but large quanti fles result in a soft and often oily butter . Milk fat from orushed buckwheat and hnek . An Irishman is never at peace except when he's fighting . You'll take your health to the whisky shop once too often . Get an Irishman on the spit , and you'll easily find others to turn him . If my father had made me a hatter would have been born without heads . Nichols & Sons , BROOK men Engineers and Machinists , Iron and Brass Founders , can Repair your Engines and Boilers , Chaff Cutters , Pulpers , Drills , Rolls , Ploughs , Mowing Machines , & c , & co Forging of every description . ROLLS FROM £ 5 . FOUNDRY , ROSS . The Handy Suet I Shredded ATORA For Puddings , Mincemeat , Plecrust , Ready for use . Pours from the Packet ! Saves time ! " ATORA " is fresh Beef Suct with all skin and waste removed . It is the most wholesome and digestible of all fata so pure that it keeps . " ATORA " is sold also In Blooks for frying fish . It gives a sweetness and crispness andreamed of . It does not favour the fish nor repost or cause heartburn . Sold by Ardea Gre Recipes in aach packet Bola HUGON Co. , Ltd , THE UTILITY POULTRY OLUB . TWELVE MONTHS LAYING COMPETI- TION AT SEDLESCOMBE . The renort for the third period of four weeks ending 29th January , has now come to hand . Mr. J. N. Leigh points ont that in spite of severe froste , accompanied by very cold east winds , the egg vield continues to increase ; the month's total being 3.660 eggs . as against 8,428 in the previous period of four weeks . The increase of 237 eggs is almost entirely in the semi - intensive section , but the birds in this section are still producing less than their sisters in the small pen section , i.e. , 1,795 eggs against 1,885 eggs . It is a satisfactory feature that the pro- Bortion of 1st grade eggs , 2ozs . and over , is steadily increasing . The report contains tables showing the re- sults to date of the pens in both sections , and in comparing these tables it is of interest to remember that each competitor has a pen under the same number in each section , and to notice the different results their birds are giving under the different conditions in the two sections . Among the pens which are giving the most even results in both sec . tions are pens 15 , White Wyandottes , and 11 ( White Leghorns ) . The former are third in the semi - intensive section , eggs 239 ( value £ 1 13s . 94d ) , and 5th in small house section eggs , 254 ( value £ 1 178. ) , and the latter are 5th in the semi - intensive section , eggs 208 ( value £ 1 188. 54d ) , and 6th in the small house section , eggs 234 ( value £ 1 14s . 53d . ) . The leading pen in the small house section is a pen of White Leghorns with a score of 267 eggs ( value £ 2 0s . 93d . ) . Their sisters in the semi - intensive section are 8th with a score of 169 eggs ( value £ 1 66. 8d . In the semi - intensive section the first pen is one of White Wyandottes with a score of 270 eggs ( value £ 1 18s . 61d . ) , while their sisters in the small house section are 9th with a score of 222 eggs ( value £ 1 10s . 10jd . THE VEGETABLE GARDEN . Lettuces which were eown in autumn to provide an early crop out of doors may now border . If the weather is rough , a few ever be planted outside on & warm , sheltered green boughs stuck in the ground on the windy side will save them from being dam- aged . Do not cover them up in any way , be- cause the absence of light will soon spoil them . If the border loves to the aun In Cases of Digestive Debility , Benger's Food forms an ap- petising and easily digested cream , so soothing as to allay internal irritation , and so delicious as to gently incite into activity the weakened digestive functions and pro- cess of nutrition . Begin Benger's Food when digestion is deranged ; always use it in tem- porary sickness , in infantile diarrhoea , and whenever internal disorder prevails in infant , invalid , or aged person . BENGER'S Food For INFANTS , INVALIDS and the AGED in retained when all other foods are rejected , Benger's Food is sold by chemists , etc. everywhere . Benger's Booklet - A little work of authority on the special feeding of Infants Invalids , and the Aged , will be sent post free on Application to : BENGER'S POOD , Ltd. , Manchester , Eng . New York ( USA ) Willed St. Byrds ( SW ) ay , Pitt st Canadian Agents 1 Co. , Lad hout Canada BRANCH OFFICE & ban THE WEEK'S WORK .. Sow pansies and violas in boxes . Support the flowering stems of bulbs . Top - dress lily - of - the - valley beds . Repot ferns , indiarubber plants , and palms that need it . Start dahlias in heat to produce shoots for cuttings . Complete pruning of fruit trees . Thin out shoots of outdoor figs . Plant early and second - early potatoes on warm south borders . Fork over asparagus beds , and apply dressings of salt . Sow Brussels sprouts in cold frames . Sow tomato seeds in heat . Bournville Chocolate Perfect Chocolate Flavour WHAT IS A TRUE FRIEND ? The first person who comes in when the whole world has gone out . A bank of credit on which we can draw sup- plies of confidence , counsel , sympathy , help , and love . One who combines for you alike the pleasures and benefits of society and solitude . A jewel whose lustre the strong acide of poverty and misfortune cannot dim . " One who multiplies joys , divides griefs , and whose honesty is inviolable . One who loves the truth , and you , and will bell the truth in spite of you . The Triple Alliance of the three great powers , Love , Sympathy , and Help . A watch which beats true for all time , and never runs down . " A permanent fortification , when one's affairs are in a state of siege . A balancing - rope to him who walks across the tight - rope of life . The link in life's chain that bears the greatest strain . One who considers my need before my deservings . A diamond in the ring of acquaintance . A star of hope in the cloud of adversity . 1 . No pain , no gains ; no sweat , no sweet ; Do mill , no meal . Have yourself ready for opportunity when op- portunity arises . Grace is better than gold , for it will outlast it . -MATTHEW HENRY . Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together . Do thou thy work ; it shall succeed in thin or in another's day . They fail , and they alone ; who striven . - T . B. ALDRICH 1 have not A man should be upright , not be kept up . right . - MARCUS AURELIUS . Keep good company , and you shall be of the number . - GEORGE HERBERT . You are not waiting for good fortune ; good fortune is waiting for you . Take care of your minutes , and your daya will take care of themselves . 2 If you act ungratefully you are doing an in- jury to all who are in need . Resolve to perform what you ought ; perform without fail what you promise . To be willing to teke trouble is the great con . dition of being useful to others . Freedom consists not in the absence of law , but in the operation of good law . Character embodied in thought and deed is of the nature of immortality . - SMILES . If you are not a thinking man , to what pur- pose are you a man at all ? -COLERIDGE If you have a fault and realise it , you have done nearly half the work to remove it . Let us so live when we are up that we shall forget we have ever been down . - STOCKTON . If you want to do well , keep working , keep clean bodily , mentally , and morally - keep straight . PAYING OUR DEBTS . Any man who makes a pretence at being honest will try to pay for what he gets . But having admitted the justness of the claim that he do so , he may be surprised at the wideness of the application of the principle that lies back of it . The earth pays for what it gets the rain and the sunshine , and the breezes of heaven with fruitfulness , waving grain , bude and blossoms and fruits , and the smiling green of fields . It is not a mere sponge , receiving always and never responding to the giver . It gives back everything , with an added some thing of its own . The earth is honest , gene- rously honest . And a man ought not be any less so . He is getting every day and hour and moment of his life , getting from all sides and in all possible ways . CULTURE . Culture means full development . If a man's intellect be continually enlarged by study and thought , and yet his heart remain indifferent PRINTING . All classes of commercial and unkind , and his soul selfish , he is not out- tured . He is still a boor in the highest reaches Printing at lowest cost for reliable work at of his nature . " Culture means the perfect and sapal development of than on all sides . " the " Gazette " Office . - Advt . |