Ross Gazette 16th July 1914 - Page 8
Ross Gazette 16th July 1914 - Page 8
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| Date | 16/07/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 16th July 1914 |
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NO SALE , NO SELLING OFF , NO HALF - PRICE , at a large , clean , and reliable Stook of esent day Drapery Goods always on hand , in all Departments . THERE IS NO BETTER VALUE . WAKEFIELD KNIGHT , HEREFORD . OMAN'S PLACE IN CHURCH WORK . RIGHT TO VOTE AND SIT . TRIBUTES BY THE BISHOPS . recent Church Council election , héld nection with the Ross Parish Church he qualifications of voters , have been hbject of some discussion , whilst ex- ions of the new scheme have been from the pulpit . It will therefore be erest to churchgoers to read the decision Church Council to allow women to on the same qualification as the men . following report appeared in " The on July 19th Representative Church Council , con- of the members of the two Houses of cations of Canterbury and York , and Houses of Tarmer of the two Pro- met on Thursday at the Church Westminster , when it was decided to women to rote in the election of church 1s . The Archbishons of Canterbury and sat together as ioin nresidents . There large attendance of bishops , clergy , rmen . first business on the agenda was the of the committee on the representa- f the laity . The two important ques cere those of the admission of women rochial church councils , and of giving the power to vote in the election of councils . It was decided to take the on of the roto first . Tonses of Larmen had agreed that ed electors in norish should he the ine members of the Church of Eng- Larmen ahore 2 years of age resi- n the narish who either ( a ) are actual nicants of the Church of England ; or ve hoan hantized and confirmed and missable to Holy Communion , and do along to any religious body which is communion with the Church of Eng- BISHOP of SOUTHWELL on behalf committee , moved an amendment sub- ng the word " persons for " lay- thus including women as qualified But if DEAN of DURHAM ( Dr. Henson ) said cinle it was not possible to refuse the se to communicant women . are the rote to women on an equality . hen , the overwhelming maiority of the would he women . While he should t the amendment for giving the vote men , he should vote against the ad- of women to seats on church councils . DEAN of CANTERBURY was opposed granting of the franchise to women . sions speaker , had qnoted Pericles as The less said ahont women the What Pericles had said was : - less women say the better " He ( the confessed that in public affairs he was of Pericle's onirion . BISHOP of HEREFORD said he felt they gave women the franchise they he almost certain to go on and give seats in their various bodies , and if are them both at the same time they he taking a lean in the lark . That im hesitate . He believed the prudent could be to do one thing at a time . BISHOP of LONDON said he could gine a greater low for the Church or them to decline at a time when were strugglin for the political se to give them the franchise in their urch . They were not dealing with hing people , but with a body of women ere only too anxious to serve their and their God . amendment was put to the Conncil , ion being taken hy orders . The re- s - Bishons - 22 for , three against : 90 for , 15 against laity - 76 for , 72 The amendment was therefore car- 188 cotes to 90 , and was subsequently to as the substantive motion . onestion of giving women seats on al church councils afterwards ed . was Council agreed by a large maiority presentatives , on parochial church may he women . N AND THE BOARD OF MISSIONS mportant matter on which both of Convocation were engaged last as the reconstitution of the Central Missions , the chief point of interest he admission of a certain proportion The Upper House en to the hoard to the admission of 20 women without on . The Lower House concurred , 61 For and 31 against ENT GARDEN AGAIN SOLD . R OWNERS IN FIVE MONTHS . + oseph Beecham , who a few days ago Mr. Mallaby Deeley's interest in e of Bedford's Covent Garden estate , es that he has transferred his interest Alexander Lawson Ormrod , a mem- he firm of Lawson and Ormrod , stock- of Manchester . This is the third Covent thin seven months that the estate , g twenty - five streets and including nous buildings as the Drury Lane the Royal Opera House , the Strand yeh Theatres , the National Sporting ow - street Police - court , and Market , has changed ownership . The ntioned in December ; when Mr. Mal- ey purchased the estate , was about When , on July 6th , Sir Joseph became the owner . Mr. Mallaby- dmitted that he had made a " princely That is now stated to be about Sir Joseph Beecham's profit is re- be about £ 70,000 . EASEL ATTACKS A BOY . a seven - year - old boy named Victor the son of a signalman at Clifton , ith . was playing in . the garden , he ely attacked by a weasel . The boy d on a lox , when the animal but - ile of his clothing and , attack- ce . fixed its teeth in the boy's lips . ucceeded in dislodging his assailant , ened its teeth in his arm and in- evere wound . Hearing shouts , the her ran into the garden and drove away with a rake . The boy had ically treated . ainting a ship in Immingham dry Monday , a labourer named Joyos cuted by contact with a live wire . ound dead in a brook near Ketter- Monday identified as John Valen- erly chauffeur to the Mayor of He returned to his home at Bed- days ago , saying that he had been and had been missing since Restores it to its natural colour . # E Prevents hair falling off . CAN It is not a dye . Prevents Dandruf and is IR The best Renewer known . WER . Should be on every toilet table . Of all Chemists and Hairdressers Throughout the World , price 3. 6d . 1 BIG FURNISHING SALE IN PROGRESS ! NOW IN For One Week only . THIS DAY ( THURSDAY ) UNTIL THURSDAY NEXT ( JULY 23RD ) . GENUINE AND LIBERAL REDUCTIONS . In view of the Holiday Beason , ALL TRAVELLING REQUISITES are SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED IN PRICE . Southall & Son , Gloucester Road , Ross . ' PHONE 10 . CORRESPONDENCE . TALBOTS WELL , & c . TO THE EDITOR OF THE Ross Gazette . water . to THE ROSS GAZETTE - THURSDAY , JULY 16 , 1914 . AGRICULTURAL NOTES . BY A PRACTICAL FARMER . THE SMALL HOLDINGS MOVEMENT . Mr. Runciman recently in Parliament stated that there were now 11,000 small holders , and , in addition , 1,400 who hold land under associations . On June 18th 198,000 acres of land had been acquired or were being negotiated for . Over £ 4,000,000 had been in- vested in these small holdings , and £ 65,000 a year was being paid in rent to those local authorities which had hired land for the pur- pose . There were over 6,000 approved appli- cants who had not yet been satisfied , and fully 90,000 acres would be required to meet their demands . Comparatively few labourers had acquired small holdings , and this , he said , was due to the fact that their wages were so low that they could not accumulate the neces- sary capital . LAST YEAR'S PRICES . In a recently - published volume of agricul- tural statistics of the Board of Agriculture B . • HAY AND DUNG . Woburn to test the soundness of the custom existing in some parts of the country to penalise the selling of hay off the farm , as re- compensation has been demanded by all the poultry organisations in the country . " AGRICTLTURAL EDUCA- TION . PROPOSED FARM INSTITUTE FOR HEREFORDSHIRE . It cannot be too well known that over £ 10,000,000 is sent abroad for imported egga and poultry each year , though it is obvious that every penny of this great sum of money might be retained at home . All who have had an opportunity of going into the matter are The quarterly meeting of the Hereford- agreed that no one can keep poultry so profit shire County Council was held at the Shire ably as the ordinary farmer , especially if good Col. Decie stock is used and modern methods adopted . Hall , Hereford , on Saturday . But if the above allegations are true , the fox ( Chairman ) presided . A precept was issued is the chief reason , at any rate in some dis for the payment of a general purposes rate tricts , why poultry - keeping does not have the of 6d , in the pound on or before September attention it deserves . Of course , the question 1st . of compensation bristles with difficulties . But Box - hunters would , I think , be ill advised to allow a deep , strong current of feeling to form against their sport . THE FARMERS ' UNION . AN OPEN LETTER FROM MISS RADCLIFFE COOKE .. The local taxation officer reported that the total amount of duty arising from the local taxation licenses was approximately £ 952 . as against £ 957 for the corresponding period last year . The Chairman said he had to report to the Conncil the death of Mr W. H. Barneby . who was one of their aldermen . As magis- trate , guardian . and district councillor in the Bromvard district , he took an active part in the management and control of public husiness at the time it was entrusted to the Court of Quarter Sessions .. When he join- ed the County Council as one of the original members , there was no one amongst them who had more experience and knowledge of the details of public business . He was chair- The Finance Committee reported that they had ordered the payment of the following amounts for the Education Committee dur- ing the quarter : -April £ 5,414 6s . 2d . , May £ 5,875 5s . 2d .. and June £ 6,378 38. In consequence of the reductions in the railway Assesments consequent on appeals it was or- dered that the following amount be repaid : Ledbury Union £ 423 6s . 10d . , and Ross Union £ 47 158. 10d . WAGES AND . HOUSING . Gentlemen , -Your Union is , I understand , for last year , Mr. R. H. Rew refers to the intending at some time to run a candidate gradual but steady rise in the value of cattle , for Parliament . Now . if that candidate de- man of some of their most important com- and the less steady , but in the main greater , sires to be elected , he will necessarily listen rise in pigs , which are clearly shown in to the needs and grievances of his future mittees . including the Roads and the Fin- tables . All kinds of stores made relatively constituents , and will consider any pro - ance . They had lost a member who was high prices in 1913 , and on the whole the gramme which a section of his prospective earnest , energetic , and efficient . with a kind level of prices was higher than in any of the constituents may collectively place before and friendly nature . He proposed that a preceding ten years . The rise in the value him . The Workers ' Union have presented vote of sympathy with the members of the of store cattle was particularly noticeable for such a programme for the consideration of family he forwarded to Mrs. Barneby . The Rev. G. H. Davenport seconded , and Devons , which were more than 28s . per head the Farmers ' Union , and the Farmers ' Union higher than the average . In the case of have as a body refused to consider this pro- Lieutenant . Sir John Cotterell . Mr. E. F. the proposition was supported by the Lord- shorthorns the average rise was 15s . per gramme . Is this not a somewhat mistaken head , while Hereford rose 18s . , and Welsh policy if the Union aspires to enter the poli- Bulmer . and Mr. F. Ballard . runts 21s . per head . The increase was moretical arena P LAND FOR SMALL HOLDINGS . marked for yearlings . and two - year - olds than The steady decrease in the best of our It was reported by the Small Holdings for three - year - olds . The prices were on the country labouring population , coupled with Committee that the Local Government whole lower in the closing months of the the physical degeneration of those still re- Board had sanctioned loans of £ 6.000 for the year than in the spring . The prices realised maining on the land , is a matter for the ser- purchase of the land and £ 800 for the build- in 1913 for store sheep were the highest re- ious consideration of the whole community - ings on Canon Bridge Farm , the latter sum corded since 1907. Down and long - wools of to whatever class they may belong , or to for a term of fifty years , on the understand- first quality averaged 44s . 3d . per head , as whatever political creed they may adhere ; ing that they are put in a proper state of re- compared with 37s . 7d . in 1912 and 35s . in and it is further a matter most closely con- pair . The purchase of the farm had been 1911. The price of pigs was some 25 per cerning the best interests of the farmers completed . The committee had also pur- cent . higher than the average of the past themselves , for by neglecting now to face chased 23a . 3r . 2n . of land at Nordan , Leo- ten years . facts they are merely laying up a store of minster , for £ 725 , and they had agreed to difficulties which the next generation will be take on lease for seven years the glebe land , compelled to solve . It is as a prominent 33a . Or . 37p . , belonging to the vicar of Orle- A useful experiment was made last year at farmer of this parish said to me yesterday , ton , situate at Aymestry , at a rent of £ 32 . " a short - sighted and selfish policy to refuse to face the facts and to consider a remedy . " Put briefly , the facts are these : The best men , that is " the valuable men on a farm presenting a loss to the property . The ex- who can turn their hand to anything , " are , periment aimed to ascertain how far the and have been for many years past , gradu- consumption of a given quantity of hay would ally driven from the land never again to actually increase the bulk of the manure pro- return , because the conditions of their lives duced . ( housing , wages , house - tenure , etc. ) have Four bullocks were placed in special feed- not been such as to make it worth their ing boxes or pits , and fed on a mixed diet of while to stay on or to urge their children to bean meal and crushed oats , together with do so . A farmer in this parish has said to roots , ont - straw , and chaff . To the rations of me that such valuable men are worth £ 1a the bullocks an addition of hay was made , the week to a farmer . To my certain knowledge four bullocks being fed continuously from two such men are receiving 15s . a week and December , 1912 , to the end of April , 1913 , by paying rent for their cottages . If the far- which time the two bullocks receiving hay had mers wish the good men to stay , and others eaten one ton of the hay . The different foods to qualify to become good workmen , they were all weighed , the total quantities fed to to complain of bad workmen , for it is mainly each lot of two bullocks during the period the conditions which are creating the bad being : Bean meal . 1331b .; crushed oats , workmen . The sensible thing - to do would 1331b .; 5,2731b .; oat - straw chaff , be for landowners and farmers alike to com- 8851b .; litter , 9471b . In addition , one lot of bine to remedy those conditions , for if far- two bullocks consumed 2,240lb . of hay . The mers cannot take into consideration the ques- bullocks receiving the hay drank nearly twice tion of wages without also consdiering rents , as much water as the other lot . and especially the housing conditions of their nineteen weeks - the manure was removed and workpeople , they will have to add these also to their programme . weighed , with the result that Lot 1 , with- A conciliatory and understanding atti- out hay , produced 5 ton 5ewt . 3qr . 211b.tude on the part of the Farmers ' Union to whereas Lot 2 , with the hay , produced wards the representatives of the Workers ' 6 ton 15cwt . 2qr . 14lb . , showing an increase Union would be from every point of view due to the consumption of the ton of hay of the policy suited to the best interests of the 1 ton 9cwt . 2qr . 211h . Analysis of the two farmers themselves , and one which would . lots of manure showed the better quality of I gather , be welcomed by the more thought ; that produced by Lot 2 as follows : Lot 1 , ful among the members of the Farmers ' without hay , 75 82 per cent . moisture ; 489 Union . - Yours faithfully . per cent . nitrogen ; Lot 2 , with hay , 74-21 per C. C. RADCLIFFE COOKE . cent . moisture ; 615 per cent nitrogen . It was Much Marcle , noticed that in the case of the manure pro- July 8th , 1914 . roots , At the close of the experimental period- The Standing Joint Committee estimated that the amount required for police expenses during the quarter was £ 2,402 , and the pen- sions payable were £ 375 19s . 11d . According to a special report it was stated that the number of persons ascertained up to date as being mentally deficient in the females . THE & REGO The High - Class Grocers . ESTABLISHED 1858 . SPECIAL LINE ! DELICIOUS NEW SEASON'S STRAWBERRY JAM . 3 lb. Jar , 1 / - Jars Free .. ONLY TO BE OBTAINED FROM THE INDIA CHINA TEA CO . GROCERS & PROVISION MEROHANTS ; WIE SPIRITS , & BEER DEALERS . Local Branch - 33 , HIGH STREET , ROSS . ( Orders sent by Post receive special attention ) . ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY . Alton Court Brewery Co. ROSS , ( LIMITED ) BREWERS , MALTSTERS , AND MINERAL WATER MANUFACTURERS . FAMILY ALES AND STOUT BREWED FROM LOCAL BARLEY MALT AND HOPS . Detailed Price List on application . THE FLOWER GARDEN . If hollyhock seeds are sown outdoors now The Roads and Bridges Committee report- ed that the county surveyor having reported that the maintenance of the main roads was satisfactory they recommended that £ 3,350 be offered to the Hereford City Council , £ 1,451 to Leominster . £ 233 to Kington , and £ 296 to Ross urban authorities as the agreed amounts to be paid for the year ending THE WEEK'S GARDENING . March last ; also that £ 1.109 be paid to the Wigmore Rural District Council and £ 22 to the Ledbury Rural District Council as the balance of expenditure under their con- acts . In regard to the main roads under they will produce strong young plants by direct control for 1914-15 , the committee re- autumn . These should be given the protec commended that £ 10,000 be provisionally granted to be paid to the district councils . tion of a frame in winter , and then planted This was agreed to . Owing to the increased out where they are intended to flower in cost of materials and labour the Council de- March . Thus treated they will make good cided to apply to the Road Board for an flowering plants next year . increase of £ 4,060 in the grants for the work now in hand . The Council decided that the salary of the Surveyor ( Mr. Jacks ) be £ 600 , rising by yearly increments of £ 50 to £ 700 , his duties to remain as at present . under existing circumstances , should take very good care that none of my household went near the place , but I have been request- ed to take this matter up , and as a resident and a ratepayer in this district I have , I SIR , -The security , and purity , of public submit , every " right and authority " wells and the maintenance of rights of way bring to the notice of those officials respon- being matters which concern the public very sible to the ratepayers any irrégularity , or closely , I make no apology for sending you apparent irregularity , with a view to its the enclosed correspondence . Previous refer- being investigated and suitable action , if ence to the subjects dealt with therein ap- necessary , taken , I have myself quite lately given , as well as the litter and water supplied , must encourage them to do so . It is foolish county was 174 , namely , 82 males and 92 peared under the proceedings of the Ross inspected Talbots Well , and I have no hesi- Rural District Council reported in your tation in saying that to leave it in its pre- issues of the 4th and 18th June . sent condition , absolutely unprotected , is It would appear that in the opinion of the inviting disaster and renders those repson- Ross Rural District Council the protection of sible open to grave censure should any mis- a public water supply and the safe - guarding fortune occur . A matter must surely be of of people against disease , and perhaps some urgency to necessitate a public warn- death , is a small matter , " and beneath ing from the pulpit . their notice , though the Public Health Footpath and Right of Way - Burton to ( Water ) Act lays down very stringent regu- Lea Church and Mitcheldean Road Station . lations and holds rural Sanitary Authorities You were kind enough to say with refer- responsible for the supply of wholesome ence to this , " Here again you appear to be labouring under a misapprehension , " and It is easy to understand that those through you go on to remark that " it was stated at whose hand the right of way from Burton to the Council meeting to - day by several mem-- Lea and Mitcheldean Road Station passes - hers who know the footpath in question that one of whom is a membe ; of the Rural Dis- there has been no attempt to plough it up . " trict Council - may not care much about its May I venture to assure you that there is maintenance , but it is difficult to under- not even a vestige of " misapprehension " stand the line of reasoning which enables a on my part . Facts are stubborn things , and Parish Council to report that a footpath the fact remains that in certain parts of which , in quite half its total length , is prac- this footpath and public right of way the tically non - existent . " is in a sufficiently track has been practically obliterated . There good condition for all requirements , " or the may have been no premediated " attempt to peculiar idea if equity which allows it to plough it up , " but there has , in places , most dismiss an important matter offhand with- certainly been a quite successful turn over ELECTRIC POWER IN THE COUNTRY . out hearing and weighing both sides of the of the soil , for the plough has been brought so close to each side of the quondam path question . A way , in a direct line , from Bur- The use of mechanical power on farms is at ton to Lea exists in the same sense as a way that the few inches left have fallen in and last really beginning to extend . Steam power across country exists for a shooter , but that no path remains . Cultivation on each side was a good deal employed thirty or forty a footpath proper , fit for the lightest kind of also seriously nterferes with movement , and traffic , is in existence I deny , and any per- it is quite impossible for anyone to pass years ago - almost as much indeed as at the sons who care to risk spraining their ankles along without difficulty and discomfort . present time . But the introduction of the However , it does not really matter very internal combustion engine , and the popu can verify this for themselves . much what has been done in the past so long larity of the motor - car , have led to the pur- Truly yours , A. E. DALZELL . as there is some guarantee for the future . chase of stationary and portable engines for Burton Court , Linton , Ross , I merely ask and , although those farming large numbers of farms during the past few the land on each side may not approve , I am years , resulting in a considerable saving of July 24th , 1914 sure the public are with me , that this foot - labour . If the price of petrol had not been so path and right of way he kept open and high - nearly three times what it was eight or [ COPY OF CORRESPONDENCE . ] Koss Rural District Council , Union Offices , Ross , 11th June , 1914 passable , free and easy of traverse , not only to the present users . , but also for the bene- fit of those who may come after . The main- tenance of rights of way and other ease- ments are of great interest to the public , was read to my Council at their meeting to and no existing generation is justified in prejudicing the liberties and privileges of a future one by failure to maintain such rights . Faithfully yours , Dear Sir . - Your letter of the 2nd inst . day , when I was directed to inform you : ( 1 ) Talbots Well . - You have neither the right nor authority to state that loss of life has been necessary to secure reference to this matter by the Sanitary Committee . In the first place it was proved at the inquest on the child ( whom it is assumed you refer to ) that death was not caused or accelerated by bad water . In the second place this well has been known to the Sanitary Committee for years past ; and in the third place the well has been under the observation of the Sanitary Inspector for many years . More over the Council are informed that the Lin- ton Parish Council have also got the matter in hand , but have not as yet decided whether anything , or what is necessary to be done to the well . Yours faithfully , ( Signed ) J. FRED . ARNOLD . Colonel . A. E. Dalzeli . Burton Court , Linton , Ross . [ Reply . ] A. E. DALZELL , Colonel . Ross Rural District Council , Union Offices . Ross . 9th July , 1914 . was laid before my Council at their meeting as follows : - Yours faithfully , ( Signed ) J. FRED . ARNOLD . Colonel A. E. Dalzell . Burton Court , Linton , Ross . duced by Lot 2 the straw was broken down the dung was distinctly much more and better made . . • nine years ago - it would have commended itself still more to farmers . MARKETS . CORN . Ross , Thursday . Quiet market . Wheat 6d . per quarter lower . Oats unchanged . Quotations : -Wheat , white , 4s . 4d . to 48 . 5d .; wheat , red . 4s . 4d . to 4s . 5d .; barley , grinding , 25s . to 25s . 6d .; oate , white , 20s . to 22s .; beans , 4s . 6d .; hay , 50s . to 52s . 6d .; straw , 45s .; clover . 50s . to 55s . POULTRY . August is the month for potting freesias for ordinary purposes , but those wanted for early flowering should be repotted at once in a compost of equal parts loam , leaf mould , decayed manure , and sand . Plant the bulbs an inch deep and two inches apart , in 4in . pots . Afterwards stand the plants in a shady position , and give little water until growth begins . be raised A FARM INSTITUTE . A lengthy report was presented by the Agricultural Committee with respect to the proposed farm institute for the county . The scheme was to purchase at least 100 acres of land at a suitable centre and to establish an institute with the object of improving and developing the present scheme in such a way as to make it more efficient and at the same time secure considerable grant from the de- the soil must be kept well moist , a few hours ' velopment fund in addition to the ordinary drought when the seed is just germinating The being a certain cause of failure of a large Plenty of air Aquilegias or columbines may from seed sown in shallow boxes filled with old potting soil , and placed in a cold frame . A very slight covering only is necessary , but Directly the young aquilegia plants have crowded and drawn , they should be avoided by plucking the male bloom , remor- ing the outside petals , and dusting the centre of the female flower with the pollen . A com- parison of the blooms will readily show the distinction between them , and the bearing blossom will have an embryo marrow at its base . It is advisable to cut the marrows be fore they are too large , as they are then less seedy , and the plants will bear longer and in larger numbers . Fruit trees and bushes should be gone over at short intervals with the pruning - knife , and on no account preserve shoots that would re- This quire to be removed in the autumn . work can be done by pinching with the finger A note should be made of all and thumb . trees that have failed to fruit through over- luxuriant growth , so that they may be root- pruned in the autumn . Strawberry beds , after the crop has all been cleared , should be cleaned up . Re- move all weeds and litter , and all runners not required . The old leaves may also be trimmed to the off , thus admitting light and air crowns , which cannot fail to be of benefit . Finally hoe the surface over . This is often neglected , on account of strawberries pre- ferrfing firm ground ; but loosening the sur face soil does not interfere with the root run , and will do much good in other ways . Fruit tree grafts should now be examined and the ties loosened , where they have taken , to permit graft and stock to swell . Any young shoots which have started growing out of the stocks below the grafts have to be re- Ross , Thursday . Trade was fairly brisk grant from the Board of Agriculture . at this market , and with a good company of Board of Agriculture would grant £ 4,275 proportion of the seedlings . buyers and dealers present the supply , which towards the capital cost . The Board would must be given right from the start . was fairly large , was soon cleared at the also grant 66 per cent . to 70 per cent . of following prices : -Dressed ducks , from 78. the amount by which the maintenance ex- to 7s . 6d . per couple ; Dressed chicken , from ceeded £ 1,590 per year in addition to the formed five leaves , and before they become at 5s . 6d . to 6s . 6d . per couple ; live fowls , from usual grant . With a net cost to the com- all 3s . to 4s . 6d . per couple ; butter ( wholesale ) mittee for maintenance , etc. , of £ 2,100 per pricked into nursery beds a foot apart , giving Is . 1d . per lb. ; butter ( retail ) ls . 2d . per lb. year , which was the approximate amount re- Let them remain in these beds until moved . Immediately any grafts grow to such quired under the scheme , the committee water . a size that they are likely to be loosened or eggs ( wholesale and retail ) 12 for 1s . would receive for increased maintenance the early spring , then plant in their per- twisted off the stocks by sudden gusts of cool situation , where manent quarters in a wind they must be securely tied to a manured some time previously . ground . Those grafted low down upon stocks may , of course , be supported by sticks in- serted into the ground alongside . FORM DUE TO INSECT VISITS . In all of the instances referred to above the resemblance is mainly due to the lip or interference . are the insect £ 1,066 year on the 66 per cent . hasie , or £ 1,120 on the 70 per cent . basis . In addi- tion to the above grants from the develop- ment fund the scheme was so arranged as to at the time of planting a good soaking of the soil has been dug and rather heavily The second winter the roots should rod safely attached to the stock if high above & . THE WEEK'S WORK . Give water and liquid manure dahlias .. to In Germany the increasing use of electric power in the country districts is very strik ing , and must be attributed mainly to the inadequate supply of agricultural labour . Year after year some 400,000 persons are brought from beyond the limits of the Ger- man Empire to meet the demand for labour in agriculture . The adoption of the electric motor on small and medium - sized farms is made easy by its simplicity in use . From data The scarlet larkspur is really quite hardy , collected by the National Federation of Ger labellum of the bloom . Now orchids rank ad- provide that in ten years £ 1,925 capital and man Agricultural Co - operative Societies , it Red spider , which is often a troublesome further sum of £ 5.373 , and in forty years long lived . The leaves are dark green with a appears that there is a growing tendency in mittedly among the most highly specialised interest would be repaid , in twenty years & but it blooms so very freely that it is not favour of the construction of large central flowers . Their extraordinary modifications are leaves , and lives upon their nourishing juices . Dear Sir . Your letter of the 25th ultimo stations for the supply of electric power to the result , largely if not entirely , of insect the remaining £ 4,719 . So that in forty years tint of brown , and the flower spikes may be pest of vines , appears on the undersides of Many of these flowers depend time the whole of the loan for capital , anything from six to eighteen inches . The very large districts , these large societies then Plants grown from of the most gossalmer texture , red spider is to - day . when I was directed to inform you distributing the power to the users through entirely upon the visits of insects for pollina amounting approximately to £ 12,000 , and flowers are large and pure scarlet in colour , the leaves exhibit reddish specks , partially specially constituted co - operative societies . tion , and without the aid of these winged interest on the same , would be paid off . The and spike after spike is thrown up all hidden by a minute and almost invisible web seed should be kept in a cold frame during present and must be destroyed . But preven- Talbots Well - The Council are of opinion The work of these organisations and the re- emissaries of Cupid they are quite unable to cost of maintenance was not likely to exceed through the summer . get seed . The labellum is the recognised £ 2.000 a year . The report was referred to a special com- their first winter ; they can go out in spring , tion is better , and as it is in a dry , hot stmo- that the Parish Council are quite competent sults they have achieved are dealt with very fully in an article by Dr. Grabein in the alighting platform upon which to deal with this small matter . Footpath . The Parish Council having re- March number of the Monthly Bulletin of stands while it probes the recesses of the mittee , and the Chairman was instructed to and will bloom well as a rule the first year , sphere the red spider thrives it is necessary freely . They are quite easy to grow , and the walls , to moisten the dry air . Economic and Social Intelligence , published flower in search of nectar , and , as orchids convene a special meeting of the Council to and many of them the second year bloom very to provide wet surfaces to path borders and ( 2 ) Footpath . - Burton to Lea Church and ported that there has been no attempt to so closely associated with insects , we deal with the matter . Mitcheldean Road Station . Here again you plough up the footpath you mention for by the International Institute of Agriculture . must assume that the special shape of the DEARTH OF ASSOCIATION TEACHERS . flowers are really beautiful . At the same time , it is important to bear in The Education Committee reported that appear to be labouring under a misappre- years . and that in their opinion it is a suffi- He says that the co - operative association is a The black - winged seed of amaryllis may be mind an excess of moisture must be avoided , hension , for it was stated at the Council ciently good condition for all requirements form of organisation admirably adapted to labellum in each instance is more or less as ripe in a temperature of A certain definitely related to the convenience of the they were experiencing considerable difficulty sown as soon else this may encourage mildew , which is even guests that are specially catered for . by the in securing assistant teachers , especially un- worse foe than red spider . This shows meeting to - day by several members who of the district . the District Council have the distribution of electric power . certificated teachers . Considerably less than about 55deg . The seed should be sown thinly know the footpath in question that there has nothing further to add to their previous de- number of large central power stations are in pans , in a compost made up of , loam , itself in blotches on the leaves , and a black , also co - operatively organised , but it is the flower in question . one - half the number of persons were enter - leaf - mould , and sand , and be THE " GOLDEN - HAIRED DOG . " covered dirty - looking , spreading dust or mould creep- been no attempt to plough it up . However , cision in the matter . general opinion that such large stations do not your statement has been referred to the lend themselves to co - operative management . very curious plant , which has been ing the teaching profession now as compared with in . of fine soil . In two or three weeks ing over the branches or berries . The moment the seeds will germinate , and the young it is detected the best plan is to dust the spots Parish Council for their views . famous since ancient times , is the " Scythian with seven or eight years ago . For instance , plants will make rapid progress . As soon as or bunches with fine , dry sulphur , and keep POULTRY AND FOXES . lamb " otherwise known as the " vegetable in 1906-7 the number was 11.018 , while in The committee large enough they should be potted singly the atmosphere moderately dry . Some remarkable allegations are made in a lamb , " or by the Chinese as the " golden- 1913-14 it was only 4.480 . haired dog . " It looks remarkably like an ani- had written the Board of Education stating into small pots , and kept in a growing state A DUSTY HIGHWAY . letter to the Press by the Hon . Secretary of mal , and in early days was popularly supposed that they were prepared further to consider throughout the winter , and by spring they TO THE EDITOR OF THE Ross Gazette . the Poultry Keepers ' Protection Society , who to combine in some mysterious way the attri- the provision of the necessary accommodation should be in a condition to shift into pots 4in . SIR , May I be allowed through the claims that " grave losses are entailed upon butes of animal and plant . The belief was for teaching domestic subjects and enquiring in diameter , while later on 5in . pots will be be kept fairly dry . medium of the Press to draw the attention poultry keepers by the present system of pre- that it sprang from a seed , and turned on its if the Board would allow a portion of the needed . of the Road Authorities to the very dusty serving thousands of foxes for the purpose of root until it devoured all green food within funds in hand to be used toward the expenses A rust fungus often attacks the foliage of As a matter of fact , it is merely the root stock condition of the two main roads which con- sport , and allowing these to find a living at reach , whereupon it perished of starvation . of training pupil teachers and bursars , geraniums , causing the leaves to fall , and so verge below " Old Forge , " viz . , the road the expense of poultry keepers . from Ross to Monmouth , and that from Mon- " Some hunts pay no compensation for of a plant which , densely covered with soft severely crippling the plants . They should be mouth to Symonds ' Yat and Kerne Bridge . poultry killed by foxes ; the majority pay only golden - brown hairs , suggests a likeness to a sprayed as soon as the disease is noticed , all These roads in the immediate vicinity are occasionally , and at the rate of 2s , per bird , quadruped . surrounding plants being treated , at the same faced with a soft white metal , consequently fixing a limit sum yearly to each claimant , no time . One ounce of copper carbonate should No hunt pays A strange plant , found in New Zealand is the neighbourhood is enveloped in dust all matter how heavy his losses . known as the vegetable sheep , " because of The death took place early on Monday of be made into a paste with half a cupful of day in dry weather from nearly every quar- full value , and no hunt pays anything unless In fact , the vegetable Lord Ellesmere , at his residence , Bridgewater water , and to this add sufficient ammonia to to refer to my letter of the 2nd June , you tér ; for another white metalled road from the poultry keeper goes to the expense of shut its wool - like foliage . dissolve the whole into a deep blue liquid will find that I made no definite statement Hereford converges close by ! ting his birds up at night , which the law does kingdom offers an almost endless variety of House , St. James's , S. W. , aged sixty - seven . Descended from the third and last Duke of smelling slightly of ammonia . Keep this in a The liquid is " that loss of life has been necessary to se- Whilst on this subject permit me to make not require in the case of any farm stock ; curious imitations . The seedpods of the com Bridgewater , who founded the canal system of well - stoppered bottle for use . cure reference to this matter by the Sanitary the following remarks : On the famous Wye moreover , poultry is usually taken by the fox mon snapdragon look exactly like small Committee , " but that " apparently loss of Valley roads from Ross to Monmouth there in daylight . human heads arranged on the stalks like England , Lord Ellesmere was well known in enough for making eight gallons of fungicide ; His racing take two gallons of water , then add to it one life has been necessary , " and I still maintain is very little tarred surface to be met with " Poultry farmers throughout the country " poles of skulls , " such as are set up in car the sporting and literary worlds . quarter of the blue solution . Spray the that circumstances fully justify me in making for nearly six miles : then note the differ- compute their losses at not less than 20 per tan countries where head - hunting is popu- stables were among the finest in England , and this statement . You say " it was proved at the inquest on the child that death was not of Herefordshire and Monmouthshire in ence on the approach towards the boundary cent . of their annual earnings , and many have lar amusement . These show not merely the he was a steward of the Jockey Club . may be necessary in bad cases . had to give up poultry altogether owing to head and face , but dried portions of the was , however , one of the unluckiest of sports plants from above and below and repeat the win important races . He was never known to caused or accelerated by bad water , " but it favour of the latter county ; the road is more extensive loss . In numerous cases from scalp , eyelids , and lips . Their colour is like men , and his horses just failed many times to operation four days later ; a third spraying might be interesting to know a little more tarred for miles both in the direction of Tin- £ 50 to £ 100 has been taken in one year by that of mummied heads , make a bet . VEGETABLES AND FRUIT . Those who destroy foxes in self- about that inquest , about how far the post- tern Abbey and Raglan Castle . I venture foxes . He was well known as a novelist , using as and " Charles Granville , " A sowing for the late autumn and winter mortem was carried , and what Dr. Johnson , to remind you of what we are all well aware protection are usually boycotted socially , lose his pseudonym of Newent , has to say in the matter . You say that the Wye Valley route is frequented by their custom , and are threatened with evie rang his bell furiously three times . some delay & chambermaid appeared . " This among his novels were " Mrs. John Foster , " crop of turnips should be made towards the and " Sir Hector's end of July , and should be larger than the " this well has been known to the Sanitary numerous motor vehicles from all parts of tion , some having been turned off their land . " A Sapphire Ring , " Catch . " He also took an interest in agri- Committee for years past , " yet no precau- England , and it seems a reflection on the We therefore ask for support towards the bill towel is disgraceful , " exclaimed the traveller . The chambermaid picked up the towel with tions have been taken to safeguard it , and name of our fair county that there should be which Mr. Kellaway is now introducing for stc ring . The largest roots may be left for an air of pained surprise . Shure , yer hon - culture , and his herd of white pigs was once others , as many of the roots will come in for famous . it a public well used by many remains un- so great a contrast in the up - to - date main - the better protection of poultry keepers . Full our , " she said , " aivinty - five gintlemen have protected and uncared for , exposed to the tenance of its roads in favour of Monmouth- Bridgewater House is one of the minor this purpose , those of medium size being experimentally in dust and dirt of the road , and surrounding shire on so important a highway . Concern- wiped their hands on this towel , and ye are palaces of the world , and has a unique picture used as soon as they are ready . The smallest stations . ground , open for anyone to tamper with , ing the Wye Valley , need I dwell on the the first to complain " gallery , containing examples of the work of roots may be left in the ground , as the young . and for the thoughtless and careless to use greater pleasure it would give to all con- Rubens , Titian , Velesquez , Paolo Veronese , growth from these in spring is useful , and is appreciated by many as a spring vegetable . improperly . You say " this well has been cerned both on foot and by traction to Tintoretto , and Van Dyck . under the observation of the Sanitary In- breath a purer air when touring through the Lord Ellesmere is succeeded by his eldest The tops of the roots , when forced in warmth in spring and bleached in the dark , form a son , Lord Brackley . spector for many years . 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