Ross Gazette 6th August 1914 - Page 8
Ross Gazette 6th August 1914 - Page 8
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| Date | 06/08/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 6th August 1914 |
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Mourning Outfits complete . Dressmaking Orders carefully and promptly executed . " A very large varlety of suit- able Dress Materials , Millinery , Costumes , Mantles , Skirts , & c . Blouses , WAKEFIELD KNICHT , HEREFORD . oss Congregational Church MEMORIES OF THE PAST . In the core of his most interesting ad- ress at the 22nd anniversary of this church e Rev. Dr. Powicke said : In the old inute hook of the Ross Congregational hurch . Mr. Byrne , an early minister , had ritten the words , " The Fathers , where are hey ? " and it was remarked how little was nown of the first 100 years of the church's istory . In 252 years they had had 27 inisters , which gave an average nastorate f nearly 10 years , but many of them had een extremely short . Some of the first ministers made very considerable stays , and everal of them las buried in the Ross He thought that their graves hurchyard . deserved to be remembered equally with that of Anthony Collier . Referring to Jonathan Smith , iun . who started a school in Ross after his ciectment . he ( Dr. Powicke ) ex- bressed a doubt as to whether this worthy vas ever minister of the church . It was more likely that Collier and Smith joined orces , the former becoming pastor . In 676. it was reported that there were 110 dissenters in Ross : in 1715 there were 150 alled Presbyterians . Their meeting place was some upper room . " now unknown . The date of the Kyrle - street chapel was not known , and the whole history of the first hundred years was extremely vague . They id not know . however that the church had heen served he faithful men . Referring to the ministers buried in the Ross Churchyard , Dr. Powicke said that the Rev. Thomas King was three times minister . He was stated to he " a man of sound learning and of a quiet spirit , but his talents were not of a nonular kind . " Josiah Vaughan was stal to have been " a man of no great abilities but of very remarkable niety . " The flat tombstone was re - cut in 1836. Lewis . Jones spent the last nine years of his life in Ross and died in 1772. He was a man of tolerable abilities and learning , very catholic in his disposition " His epitaph stated that with assiduity and piety he discharged the duty of his sacred functions as dissenting minister . " Thomas King was three times minister and for some years was " on sup- ply . which meant " unordained . " He was described as a man of sound learning and of a quiet spirit . but his talents were not of a nonalar kind . " The last minister to be buried at Ross was the Rev. William Foster . Buck , of whom it was said : " This good and estimable Pastor denarted to rest 1st Sept .. 1867 , aged 68 and was buried in Ross Churchward . For 18 years he served God and his generation according to the will of God . " For Oakes , Pastry , Puddings & Plea BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER . STOCKBROKER'S SUICIDE . CORONER AND EUROPEAN PANIC . The death of Mr. Robert Leveson , aged forty , a stockbroker , of Queen Anne's Man- sions , was the subject of an inquest at West- minster . Frank Pearce , a valet to the deceased , de- scribed how Friday morning last he oul saw the deceased in his sitting - room . He was dressed in his pyjamas , but , instead of greeting witness with his customary " Good morning , he said nothing . At noon witness , finding the bathroom door locked , climbed through window in the corridor , and , getting on to the window - sill . looked into the bathroom . Wit- B ness then saw the deceased lying on his back in the bath , which was flooded with water . There was a wound in his throat , and on the floor was a blood - stained razor . Dr. Harold Well , a friend of the deceased , spoke as to his supplying the deceased with a tonic on Monday . This was merely for the purpose of bracing him up , as he was a little out of sorts . " Mr. Ingieby Oddie : Had he been affected by the recent panic ! -Witness : I understand , definitely , no . Witness volunteered the statement that the deceased observed that he was better , and he appeared to be so . " Harold Murray Leveson , brother of the de- ceased , said that he could not account for the tragedy at all , as the deceased was certainly not in any financial trouble , and he had never referred to witness about the crisis . Richard Gardiner , solicitor , expressed the opinion that the decensed could not have been in any financial trouble , as he ( witness ) had securities of the deceased's on which he could have raised money . Witness remarked that the deceased was a very impulsive man , and expressed the view that this accounted for his death : The Coroner said that it was quite conceiv able that the deceased , being a very impulsive man . contemplating the terrible stafe of affairs which would ensue if war broke out throughout Europe , and which would very seriously affect him as a stockbroker , said to himself " I might as well end it all . " The jury returned a verdict of suicide during temporary insanity . KILLING A DOG . JUSTIFIED IN SELF - DEFENCE . Percy Wilkins was summoned at Greenwich for maliciously killing a dog . Ernest Morgan said the defendant killed the dog by a kick in the jaw . The animal had run after defen- dant's little sister , a child about five years of age . Inspector Hopkins , R.S.P.C.A. , said the defendant told him he was wild and kicked the dog on the head . Defendant and his sweetheart declared that , hearing the child scream , Wilkins went out , and , having been told that the little girl had been bitten , he looked for the dog . animal flew at him , and , as it did so , he kicked it , but not intending to kill it . The The Magistrate said that the law was quite clear in showing that if a person was attacked he was justified in killing a dog to protect himself , and that was what the defendant alleged was the fact . There was a doubt in the case , in which the defendant would have the benefit , and the summons would dismissed . be Major General George Frederick de Berry has died at Rochester , aged ninety . He served in the Indian Mutiny and in the Punjab cam- paign . Six thousand Mauser rifles . and 30,000 rounds of ammunition have been landed by wo tramp steamers on the western coast of Lough Swilly . Wigan Board of Guardians have agreed to seek applications from married couples for the dual positions of master and matron of the workhouse . THEFT OF CATTLE TAT LLANGARRON . ROSS FARMER ARRESTED . " IT WAS MONEY MATTERS THAT MADE ME DO IT . " At a special sitting of the Harewood End Police Court on Tuesday , before Mr. W. G. THE ROSS GAZETTE AGRICULTURAL NOTES . BY A PRACTICAL FARMER GRAIN AND SEED SHOW . THURSDAY , AUGUST 6 , 1914 . passen Through the college , it is particularly interesting to note that over 91 per cent . are engaged in farming , land agency , or teach- ing agricultural science . THE WEEK'S GARDENING . THE FLOWER GARDE Field experiments are a prominent feature of the work at the college , and the guide for Young walflower seedlings should how be the current season gives an idea of their ready for pricking out , as , unless they were scope and nature . The demonstrations cover very thinly sown the young plants soon be- a wide field in the manuring of the land and the selection of varieties of cereals , roots , of u f.ee - rooti . g medium made moderately come .awn and paley . Prick out in soil and other farm plants . The manuring of Ross with prisoner he started telling him about his money matters , so he cautioned prisoner . He said : " Money matters made me do it . I was pushed for money . I sold six cattle privately to Mr. Perkins at Mon- mouth , and the other under the hammer . " Cross - examined by Mr. Matthews : After his arrest , he gave him all the information I think I have previously referred to the ex- that was necessary ,, and there was no denial bibition of grain and seeds which will be held and there was no charge . of the chBroad , of Ross , deposed that on by the Royal Agricultural Society of England Banks ( in the chair ) , Ald . T. Preece , and July 23rd he received information as to the in the Corn Exchange , Nottingham , on Tuee pasture land , in which the results are esti firm , abc.t apart aud 9in . between the loss of these cattle , and inquiries were made , day and Wednesday , October 6th and 7th . Mr. E. W. Howell , Alfred James Dale , a far- and on the morning of the 25th July , at 1 The prize - sheet is now to be secured from mer , who resided at Lower Trereece , in the o'clock he received the prisoner into cus- Mr. Thomas McRow , the secretary of the parish of Llangarron , was charged that he tody . The same morning at 11 o'clock he B.A.B.E. , at 16 , Bedford - square , London , was remanded , and when asked if prisoner W.C. did on the 20th July last , in the parish of According to it , as many as thirty Llangarron , feloniously and maliciously steal , wanted to say anything he said : " I stole alasses have been provided for wheat , barley , take , and drive away seven bullocks , the them because I was pressed for money at oats , rye , tares , beans , peas , sainfoin , clover property of Maior John Thompson , of Tre- the time . " He took possession of the six and rye grass . Some events are open to cattle , and on Monday , 27th July , he pro- growers , but not to seedsmen , and others are verven Farm . Llangarron . ceeded to Hartpury in company with Mr. open to seedsmen only . These latter are Thompson , and there saw a cross - bred bul- chiefly new variety classes for wheat , barley , lock which he also identified . He also took and oats . The entries close September 14th possession of this . The seven cattle were next , and it is greatly to be hoped that these will be so now in his charge . numerous and representative of growers and seedsmen in all parts as to justify a continuance and enlargement of the Mr. T. A. Matthews , solicitor . Hereford , watched the case on behalf of Mr. Charles Perkins . John Raymond Thompson , of Treverven Farm , Llangorron , deposed that he helped to look after the farm for his father . They took a meadow for three months from Mr. Dale on May 17the last . Dale owned Lower Trereece Farm as far as he knew . They sent seven cattle to graze in this meadow , and he ( witness ) and one of the men looked after There were some horses in the Cross - examined by Mr. Matthews : He told him that money matters caused him to do this . When charged , prisoner said he had noth- ing to say . : new venture . mated by the yield of milk , are perhaps the rows Thas grown , nice sturdy little plants best known of the mening experiments . In will be formed that will withstand severe this , as in other act : ities , the trials are com winter weather . prehensive , and planned with a view to elicit ng information of practical value . FLOWER SHOW AT LONGHOPE In finally potting chrysanthemums space is generally left for a top dressing , and this should now be applied . Materials similar to those used for potting should be well mixed , and after removing weeds from the surface soil , place a layer around the stem of each SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITION . pot , and make quite firm . Take care not to The Latchen Room , Longhope , was the overdo it so as to render watering difficult in scene of a highly successful horticultural ex- the future . Watering will need considerable . hibition on Thursday afternoon last . Beauti- care for a time , for until the roots have run ful weather prevailed , and the attendance of through the top dresing the soil underneath visitors and members was most encouraging will dry out much quicker than the top layer . to the organizers . Just over £ 12 was given Tapping the pots is the best test as to their in prizes , and altogether there were about need of water . LIVE STOCK IN SCOTLAND . 130 entries . The classes were divided up The Chairman said the prisoner would he The decline in the numbers of cattle , as of cottagers not exceeding £ 8 rental ; ( B ) above ting . opens its flowers daily in great profu- into four sections or divisions , viz . , ( A ) for Nemophila insignis , which , weather permit- committed to take his trial at the next Quarter Sessions , which take place in Octo- has been so heavy that it is of great interest to who employ occasional labour , and an open seed being cheap , it is often sown far too other live stock in the rest of Great Britain , £ 8 and under £ 15 rental ; and ( C ) amateurs sion , is a gem among bright blue flowers . The ber next . given all the information connected with notice in the report published by the Board of class . The exhibits were of exceptionally thickly , and poor results follow . Bare spaces Mr. Matthews said that as prisoner had Agriculture for Scotland that the figures re- good quality , the collection of vegetables , where bla this very unfortunate affair , there was only lating to cattle as a whole were much more in the open class , shown by Mr. Tillard , of readily cla ! by the plant , while plants from one question , and that was the question of satisfactory for 1918 than they were for 1912 . Bradley Court , being particularly fine . Mr. a few sed cow here or there near a sunny bail . He should like to say , however , that The total numbers for the two years were T. Parry was the most successful exhibitor ledge of rock afford a picture of colour where Mr. Dale's position was not such as he had respectively 1,246,910 and 1,184,376 , the in- with eight first prizes . no colour was seen / before He was afraid he crease for the year being thus 62,534 , or 5-8 tried to tell the police . was rather worried about things , which . per cent . , while the average of the previous The following is a list of the successful ex - distinet in colour . It is said to be of hybrid The Nankeen lily ( L. testaceum ) is quite ten years is exceeded by 48,842 , or 4.8 per when threshed out , would become hibitors : - trifles . Arrangements would be made to re- , cent . With the single exception of the year Division A : 1sts , Mr. G. Turner ( 5 ) . Mr. sembles the supposed parents , the scarlet origin , and certainly in many points it re- fund the amount to Mr. Perkins or Mr. 1903 , when the total was slightly higher , the enquiries were continued , and on the Friday Maddocks , also to Mr. Chester , so they would number of cattle in the country has never been O. Williams ; 2nds . Mr. H. Stephens . Mr. G. Turk's - cap lily , lilium chalcedonicum , and the not be out of pocket by this action . Then so great during the whole period for which Turner , and O. Williams ; 3rds , H. Stephens Madonna lily , L. candidum . and O. Williams . B : 1sts , Mr. T. Parry ( 4 ) , size In growth and there was the question of bail . and he did these returns exist . On the other hand , it is shown that there Mr. F. Morgan ( 2 ) , Mr. E. Mace ; 2nds . Mr. the flowers are prettily reflexed as in the for- hope that under the circumstances the Bench would fix reasonable amounts , nothing pro- was a diminution of 1,000 in the number of F. Morgan ( 3 ) , Mr. E. Mace , Mr. T. Parry , mer . Established plants under favourable also there Mr. H. Constance ( 3 ) : 3rds . Mr. W. Tayson . conditions grow from 6ft . to 7ft . high , with In sheep He hibitive . They might , of course , require two agricultural horses . proved to be a reduction in the total number Mr. F. Davis , Mr. H. Constance , Mr. T. horizontally poised heads of drooping flowers , sureties , but he hoped they would be reason- able amounts . Mr. Dale had stood the shame for the year of 203,241 , or 2-9 per cent . The Parry ( 2 ) , Mr. F. Morgan . C : 1sts , Mrs. which have bright red anthers . It is a plant figures relating to pigs were also unsatisfac- Bryant ( 2 ) , Mrs. Penwarden ( 3 ) ; 2nds . Mrs. that will grow in light , sandy loam better of this case un to the present , and he was sure to face it out now . Sureties would , no tory , a decrease of 27,374 having occurred , or Penwarden ( 3 ) , Mr. A. Carpenter , Mr. W. than many other lilies , and , like the Madonna man . thedow on July 17th . There were six Here bullocks and one shorthorn . The cattle for missed on July 23rd hy Davis , his Enquiries were made about the cattle the same day , and as Davis could not hear anything about them complaint was at once made to the police . He accompanied P.C. Yapp to Mr. Dale's farm . where they saw the prisoner . He asked prisoner if he could tell them where the cattle had gone , and prisoner said he thought they had strayed . Dale said the cattle were in the meadow on The the Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock . he ( witness ) went to Monmouth and saw Mr. Jones , one of the market autioneers , and from there he went to Ross and Hereford . At Hereford he visited the Green Farm . Shelwick , where he saw Mr. Perkins . then went to Grafton , where he saw Mr. T. Maddocks , who showed him six cattle , which The he identied as his father's property . cattle were left there , and he knew that the the police . On the following Monday , July 27th , he went to Gloucester with Supt . Broad , and they there saw Mr. Chester . It was on Mr. Chester's farm that the Sunt . he also which found the shorthorn identified as his father's property , and in con- sequence the Supt . took possession . valued the cattle at £ 119 . Bail was forthcoming . He Cross - examined by Mr. Matthews : He should have said the cattle were valued at £ 112 . The cattle were sold for just under £ 15 each , and the shorthorn was sold under the hammer for £ 3 odd . The cattle were worth £ 17 each , and the shorthorn £ 10 . He did not think the value was over - estimat- ed . HARTPURY SHOW . mere i calves were secured instead of calves born in the spring , whilst further modifications intro- duced were that a longer period was given to the duration of artificial feeding , twelve weeks being substituted for the nine weeks of the earlier experiment , and that a second calf . meal was employed in addition to the one pre- viously used . " Constance . PRIZEWINNERS . FLOWERS . plants have flowered . are flower it resembles the latter , while euonymus , hydra Seas , and many other things can be increased and shaded during bright sunshine . In this way . The frame must be kept close , manure . cattle had since been taken possession of hy doubt be forthcoming , at any rate he hoped 17.2 per cent . on the year . These decreases Constance , Mr. F. C. Field , and Mr. W. J. lily , it should only be disturbed when abeo- only make the cattle increase the more re- Constance ; 3rds . Mr. W. Constance , Mr. W. lutely necessary . they would . J. Constance ( 2 ) . Open : 1sts , Mr. E. Mace The Chairman said the Magistrates had markable . ( 2 ) . Mrs. J. Constance and Mrs. Phelps ; considered the application for , bail , and ther 2nds , Miss Cameron ( 2 ) and Mrs. H. Con- in a vacant cold frame at the present time , If desired , many shrubs may be propagated CALF - REARING ON CRUSHED OATS . isoner in one had dec sutet two other sureties of So much interest was taken in the calf - rear - stance ( 2 ) ; 3rds . Mr. Tayson , Mrs. H. and be planted out in autumn or kept till £ 50 each . ing experiment at Woburn last year that Stephens , Mrs. H. Constance , and Mrs. J. spring in the ease of those subjects which are likely to lose their young roots in heavy , wet , another is being carried out on somewhat similar lines to the previous feeding experi- A : 1sts , Mr. H. Stephens ( 2 ) . Mr. G. sythias , green and goldes privet , weigelas , or clayey soils . Flowering currants , for ment . But on this occasion autumn - born Turner , Mrs. R. Williams . Mr. J. Hancocks , jasmines , honeysuckles , and Mrs. H. Stephens 2nds , Mrs. H. Stephens and Mr. G. Turner ( 3 ) ; 3rds , Mr. G. Turner . B : 1sts . Mr. E. Mace ( 2 ) . Mrs. LOCAL COMPETITORS ' SUCCESSES . H. Constane , Mr. T. Parry ( 2 ) , . and Mr. Beautiful weather favoured the holding of Tayson : 2nds . Mr. H. Constance , Mr. T. Arum lilies planted out in the open may be the thirteenth annual exhibition of the Hart- Parry ( 2 ) , and Mr. Tayson ; 2nds , Mr. H. liberally supplied with water and liquid Oliver Leopold Jones . auctioneer . Mon- pury and District Horse Show and Agricul- Constance . Mr. T. Parry , and Mrs. 8 . Phelps ; 3rds . Mr. T. Parry and Mr. F. Those standing still in the pots in month , of the firm of Messrs . Rennie and tural Society on Thursday last . It was held Davies . in the charming grounds adjoining Hartpury Twenty - four bull calves were bought in two which they bloomed need to be watered every C : 1sts , Mr. W. J. Constance , Mrs. Jones , said he did not know the prisoner . He was in Monmouth market on July 20th House , thanks to the kindness of Mr. and separate lots of twelve each on October 7th W. J. Constance ( 2 ) , Mrs. S. W. Constance , day . They will be much improved if some October 14th , 1913 , respectively , they Miss L. Constance , and Mrs. Penwarden ; straw or litter could be put around the pots , when he was selling . A beast was sold under Mrs. Gordon Canning , Mrs. Canning being and or the latter plunged in ashes , or in the gar- their hammer for £ 3 2s . 6d . It was a short- the men of the society . This year the being then two to three days old . They were 2nds , Mrs. S. W. Constance . Miss Leese , den up to enged He signed the cheque pro- total number of entries was just over one brought on to the Woburn Farm , and all were Mrs. Terry , Mrs. Bryant , and Miss L. Con- duced for payment to Mr. Dale , and the thousand . Prizes to the aggregate value of put on whole milk for a period of four to five stance : 3rds . Mr. W. Constance , Mrs. VEGETABLES AND FRUIT . cheque was sent by post and it passed £ 200 were offered , the society being well weeks , those of the first purchase being fed Bryant , and Mrs. S. W. Constance . Open : If cabbages growing on light soils are found through the bank . The cheque was posted to supported financially by the farmers and for five weeks and those of the latter for four 1sts . M. P. Tillard ( 2 ) . Miss Dowding , Miss Up to November 10th the calves re- E. A. Constance , Mr. T. Parry ; 2nds , Miss to be filled with caterpillars , they should be . Mr. Dale . Llangarron . The cheque was en- gentry of the district , as well as by local . weeks . ceived practically one gallon of whole milk L. Constance . Mrs. Tyler , Miss K. Dowding . treated at once ; a weak application of salted dorsed " A. J. Dale . " He had no direct tradespeople and others . The period of feeding with Miss F. A. Constance . Mr. T. Parry : 2nds . water is about the best remedy . He In the horse section of the show , hunters per head daily . information about any other cattle . In Miss L. Constance , Mrs. Tyler , Miss K. If they are were not numerically strong ( 25 entries ) . but whole milk was unavoidably prolonged . produced his market book , which showed that the beast was sold to Mr. Chester , of Glou - quality was good . Of the four classes , that ordinary practice a period of three weeks of Dowding , Mr. T. Parry ; 3rds , Mrs. Lawrence too badly perforated to be worth preserving , cut the heads off and burn them , and leave the for two or three - year - olds was the least satis- The calves were and Mrs. Tyler : Messrs . Winfield and Son's such feeding would suffice . all weighed on November 10th and divided up prize . Mr. T. Parry ; Wheeler and Son , Mr. stumps , which can be made to produce nice factorily filled . there being only three en- tries . Heavy horses made a capital show , no into six different lots of four each , so as to in- W. J. Constance : One and All : Mr. G. Tur - sprouts later on . fewer than 33 animals being entered in the clude in each lot two calves of the earlier pur- ner ; Messrs . Varde and Co. , Mr. H. Step- hens . Mr. W. J. Constance won the prize plant and give a good soaking of water , fol- Fork over the soil around each cabbage six classes . Wnd the competition was very chase and two of the latter . close . The driving . jumping , and riding ber 11th , the six lots being fed as follows : countess Folkestone . The special feeding was begun on Novem- for the best rose in the show with a Vis - lowed the next day by one of liquid manure . classes also filled well . Lot 1 , cod - liver oil and separated milk ; Lot 2 , 1 The judges were : Mr. Spencer , of Good - New shoots will soon make their appearance and the stumps will be covered from top to calf meal " A " ; Lot 3 , gruel ( linseed and oat- rich Court , and Mr. A. Baldwin , Highnam . bottom with useful greens . The following include the successes of the meal ) with separated milk ; Lot 4 , whole Mr. W. H. Powell acted as hon , secretary . milk ; Lot 5 , crushed oats and separated milk ; Music wa ssupplied by the Mitcheldean Brass month later many of these stumps will be weather continue throughout September , a local exhibitors : - Band . There were the usual side shows , n HORSES . - HUNTERS . capital programme of sports , and dancing in carrying four or five miniature cabbages . the evening . horn beast . cester . The Chairman : Do you think that the heast was sold at a fair value ? -Witness : Yes . It did not appear to be a beast that dealers would buy . It was certainly not worth £ 10 from what he saw . Edward Chester , a dealer , of Hartpury , deposed that he was at Monmouth market on July 20th , where he bought a beast under the hammer for £ 3 2s . 6d . He took the shorthorn away to Hartpary . A week after he saw Supt . Broad , of Ross , who asked if he had purchased the beast , and he replied that he had , and the Supt . took possession of it . He did not know the prisoner . Cross - examined by Mr. Matthews : He paid the auctioneer the same day . He paid as he thought a fair price for the beast . Charles Perkins , cattle dealer , The Green Farm , Shelwick , near Hereford , stated that he was at Monmouth market on July 20th . and he knew the prisoner Dale , whom he saw at the market . He purchased six Here- ford bullocks from prisoner in the market privately and not under the hammer . He bought the cattle for £ 15 each , keeping hack £ 2 for luck . " He gave prisoner a cheque for £ 88 . The cheque produced was the one he handed to him . The cheque was crossed . and it was endorsed by Dale . It was paid to his bank the next day , and it had heen PRIZE LIST . Hunter , 4 years and upwards , equal to 14 stone ( to be ridden ) , the property of a far- mer or tradesman residing within a radius of 30 miles of Hartoury House . First prize , £ 5 : second , £ 2 10s . third ( given by Messrs . Cummings and Co. , Gloucester ) , hunting bridle value 30s .: 1 , J. E. Jones , Treworgan , Ross : 2. H. Scudamore , Tread- dow , Ross ; 3 , G. Pitcher , Nunnery Farm . Worcester . Hunter , 4 years and upwards , equal to 12 stone ( to be ridden ) , the property of a farmer or tradesman residing within 30 miles of Hartpury House , and who has no wire up to the detriment of fox - hunting . First prize ( given by Mr. Colin MacIver ) , £ 5 ; second , £ 2 10s .; third . £ 1 : 1 , V. Parry , The Yeld , Ross ; 2. C. E. IIeland , Staunton , Gloucester ; 3 , H. Cowell , Callows Hill , Led- bury . through his account in the ordinary way . The cattle never got to his farm , but they Hunter . four years and upwards ( to be were kept at Grafton Farm until he ( wit - ridden ) , the property of a farmer or trades- nes ) saw Mr. Maddocks , who afterwards pur- man within the limits of the Ledbury Hunt : chased them for £ 93 . He saw the cattle at First prize ( given by Sir George Bullough , Grafton , and they were the same that he M.F.H. ) , £ 5 5s .; second ( given by Mr. R. had purchased at Monmouth . From what Birchenough and Mr. C. L. Blew ) , £ 2 2s .; he heard he knew the cattle were now in third ( given by Mr. M. C. Albright ) . £ 1 1 .: possession of the police . 1. C. E. Ireland : 2. T. E. Jones , Hill Ash Farm , Dymock ; 3 , H. Cowell . Cross - examined by Mr. Matthews : He con- sidered he bought the cattle at a fair price ; and he offered to take £ 15 5s . He sold them for £ 15 10s . , with 108. " for luck " back . Lot 6 , calf meal " B. " The two calf meals were used in accordance with the directions issued with them . The gruel for Lot 3 consisted of 6lb . of fine oatmeal and 1lb . of linseed to 1 gallon of water . The costs of the different foods were :. Whole milk 9d . per gallon , seps rated milk 2d . per gallon , cod liver oil 6s . per gallon , oatmeal 20s . per cwt . , linseed ( pur- chased in small quantities ) 26s . crushed oats ( home - grown ) 78. per cwt . , call meal " A " 13s . 6d . per cwt . , and calf meal " B " 15s . per ewt . Hay was also put in the racks , and the calves were allowed to take it as they wished . per cwt . , MARKETS . POULTRY THE & RECA The High - Class Grocers . ESTABLISHED 1858 . SEASONABLE LINES . Tinned Fruits . Apricots . Pears Peaches Pine Chunks Excellent Quality . PER TIM . from 7d . 6 d . 8d . 1lbs . 5d . Splendid Value . LARGE ASSORTMENT OF TABLE DAINTIES , SUMMER BEVERAGES , & a . , & c . SEE WINDOWS . and THE INDIA CHINA TEA CO . GROCERS & PROVISION MERCHANTS ; WINE SPIRITS , & BEER DEALERS . STREET , ROSS . Local Branch - 33 , HIGH ( Orders sent by Post receive special attention ) . ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY . Alton Court Brewery Co. ROSS , ( LIMITED ) BREWERS , MALTSTERS , AND MINERAI , WATER MANUFACTURERS . treated at once ; a weak application of salted FAMILY ALES AND STOUT Should growing HINTS BREWED FROM LOCAL BARLEY MALT AND HOPS . Detailed Price List on application . FOR THE HOME . CARE OF A POLISHED TABLE . Those early potatoes which are injured or There are many people possessing polished diseased should be carefully removed from the sound ones before storing them away . If seed tables who do not know how to keep them is to be kept for next year's planting , select looking well ; in fact , who soon spoil the looks tubers of medium size , free from any blemish of the shining , polished table - top by careless or disease , and perfect as regards the typical or ignorant use . It is a simple matter to keep at this market , and with a good company of the keeping quality of the seed and also its chased . Ross . Thursday . - Trade was fairly brisk form of the individual sort . It will improve such tables looking as well as when pur- buyers and dealers present the supply , which vigour in sprouting if they are greened before wiped with a damp cloth to remove all suspi- After each meal the table should be was fairly large , was soon cleared at the being stored away for the winter . To green cious or foreign matter of any kind . It is following prices : -Dressed ducks , from . 7s . them properly spread them out one - tuber to 7s . 6d . per couple ; Dressed chicken , from thick on a dry , hard bottom , and turn the well , then . always to wipe . the table - top after a meal wia clean flannel cloth , rubbing 5s . 6d . to 6s . 6d . per couple : live fowls , from tubers frequently till they are perfectly green briskly for a moment with olive oil . Such 3s . to 4s . 6d . per couple ; butter ( wholesale ) on all sides . treatment will keep the table intact , and if At the expiration of twelve weeks the calves 1s . 1d .: finest , 1s . 2d butter ( retail ) 18. 3d . AN ECONOMICAL FOOD . were all weighed , when it was found that , as per lh . Eggs ( wholesale and retail ) 12 for 1s . CORN . I mainly to war scare . Quotations : Wheat , in the case of the previous experiment , the best results were from those fed on crushed Ross . Thursday . -Market very firmwing , oats and separated milk . dry , and not mixed with milk or made into 6d . barley , malting , nil ; grinding 27. to The crushed oats were given to the calves white . 4s . 4d . to 4s . 6d . red . 4s . 4d . to 4s . gruel . The calves began with lb. of crushed to 27s . 6d . oats , white , 20s . to 22s .; oats , daily . The whole milk was then reduced in 50s . to 558 .: new . 45s . to 50s . i clover , 478 . oats and 1 gallon of whole milk per head black . 198. to 21s .; beans , 4s . 6d . hay , old , amount , and the separated milk increased , 6d . to 52s . 6d . ; straw , 35s . to 37s . 6d . CATTLE . At this time , or a little later , mint plants this is contined for years the of the table usually show signs of going to flower , or of be enhanced rather than detracted from . should be cut to the ground , and fresh young test polished oak table that ever getting overgrown . A good portion of them There is one thing which , will spoil the pret- existed . shoots will spring up to furnish a supply dur given a tidy appearance by scattering some ing the autumn months . The beds may be This is the setting of hot dishes upon it . The heat draws out the oil and makes the grain The most of the wood show up coarsely . satisfactory remedy is the regular application of oil and hand rubbing . If the table is never allowed to become defaced - that is , if pro- perly cared for from the first - such disfigura- tion need never take place .. rich and fine soil over the surface . The cut stems may be tied up in small bunches , and hung up in an airy but shaded position to dry for winter use . very similar to last market , if anything up a ring cuts off the fruit from the plant , and The cheque had been through the prisoner's bank . The cattle were sold openly , and there was no secrecy about the deal , as he had had so many transactions with the man . He had no suspicion that the cattle were stolen . total of food consumed amounts Well rinse , a loop at either end to place over the nails or hooks . It keeps the curtains tight , and pre- vents them from sagging in the middle . MAKESHIFT MEASURES . Sixty drops equal one teaspoonful : Three teaspoonfuls equal one tablespoonful . Four tablespoonfuls equal a quarter of a cup or half a gill . Eight rounded tablespoonfuls of dry mate- rial equal one cupful . cupful . Sixteen tablespoonfuls of liquid equal one One cupful of liquid equals two gille , or half a pint . One heaped tablespoonful of sugar equals one ounce . One heaped tablespoonful of butter equals two ounces . One cupful of butter or sugar equals half a pound . Two cupfuls of flour equal half a pound . Average - sized breakfast cups are meant mentioned . One pint of when cupfuls are milk or water equals one pound . Two breakfastcupfuls of granulated Demerara sugar equal one pound . Two and a - quarter breakfastcupfuls of castor sugar equal one pound . " Four teacupfuls of Bour equal one pound . Two breakfastcupfula of solid butter equal one pound . or NICE DISHES . TOMATO AND CUCUMBER SALAD . - Three or other . the calves taking on November 17th gallon of separated and gallon of whole milk with Ross . Thursday . - On the whole there was A common grape trouble is shanking , which the lb. of oats per head daily . By November only a moderate supply of cattle , sheep , and on many vines , especially young ones , often HEAVY HORSES . 27th the oats were increased to lb. , the sepa- pigs . The attendance of dealers was good . ruins half the bunches . It begins with a small STAINS ON BONE KNIFE - HANDLES . Four or five years ' old cart gelding , the rated milk to gallon , and the whole milk and trade fairly brisk . Cattle realised prices black ring round the stalk of one berry . This These are often only on the surface , and property of a farmer residing within 30 miles reduced to gallon daily . By December 2nd can be removed by cleaning them with a of Hartpury House . First prize , £ 5 ; second the calves were receiving per head daily lb. little . Wether sheep made from 48s . to 59s .. causes it to go sour and flabby . A little later flannel and dampened salt . Wipe them in four tomatoes , cucumber . Cut the tomatoes £ 2 ; third . £ 1 ( Messrs . Harvey Bros. contri- crushed oats , i gallon of separated milk , and ewes from 36s . to 58s . each . The lamb trade the whole shoulder of a bunch will be found clean water , then polish with a piece of dry and cucumber into slices , arrange these in buting £ 1 1s . towards these prizes ) : 1 , F. no whole milk at all . was very good , and met with a good demand to have gene , perhaps the whole stem having chamois . rows on a flat dish , first a slice of tomato and Stubborn stains should be treated Eacott , Little Northend Farm , Huntley ; 2 , This feeding continued till the close , the from 90s . to 42s . each . There was only a shrivelled up and blackened , and finally the with a little salts of lemon , which should , then a slice of eucumber , overlapping each F. Haine , Over . Farm , Gloucester : 8 , P. J. Garnish with tiny sprigs of parsley , being : small supply of pigs , but prices ruled a little whole bunch may shank . Savage , Raymes Farm , Malswick , Newent . Crushed oats 21331b . , separated milk 253 gal- higher than Inst market . Young pigs made however , be quickly washed off . and serve the salad dressing separately . afterwards . The shanked berries are best removed as LETTUCE SALAD . - Two lettuces , one tomato , Cart mare , four years and upwards , the lons , whole milk 55 gallons , at a cost of from 18s , to 22s , each . property of a farmer residing within 30 £ 4 166. Bd . , this being at the rate of 28. 0-19d . soon as noticed ; cutting the stalk or stem slices of cucumber , one hard - boiled egg , HINTS FOR AMATEUR PAINTERS . miles of Hartpury House . First prize ( given per calf per week during the twelve weeks . above the blackened part . The chief causes by Mr. W. Gordon Canning ) , £ 5 : second , £ 2 : Counting the preliminary period , the total of shanking are : over - cropping , especially Rinse all brushes in turpentine after using , mustard and cress . Wash and prepare the vegetables , cut the tomato , egg , and cucum- 1. J. Ferneyhough . Grosmont , Hereford ; 2 , cost was £ 9 8s . 9d . , or 2s . 10-31d . per calf per while the vine is young ; destruction of the then grease with a mixture of tallow and sweet ber into slices . Break the lettuce leaves in G. Cotton , Paunceford Court , Ledbury ; 3 , week . The total gain of the four calves in ( This is a Farner's report for Farmers , etc. , foliage by red spider , scorching , or other oil to prevent them drying hard . To remove pieces , removing the hearts for garnishing . F. O. Bomford , Chirkenhill , Leigh Linton , twelve weeks was 3981b . , representing the and records the actual impressions and ex- causes ; the injudicious stripping off of a great paint spots from wood , cover with a thick Pile the Jettuce in a bowl , and arrange the Malvern . periences of Farmers in the several De- quantity of fully developed leaves at one gain of 8-291b . per calf per week , this being paste of lime and soda and leave for twenty : slices , and garnish very lightly with mustard identical with that in the case of the whole partments of Hereford Market . time ; chills or sudden changes of the tem- four hours , then wash cff with warm water . To and cress and the hearts of the lettuce . milk lot , but was obtained at a much lower Hereford . Wednesday . perature of the house ; the roots getting into remove paint from windass , dissolve strong STUFFED CUCUMBERS . - Cut the cucumbers . cost , each pound of live - weight gained being CATTLE ( STORES ) . a cold subsoil , or the border becoming sour soda in boiling water , and when cool wash the into halves , and stamp out earefully the now obtained at the cast of 2.92d . , as against A small supply , and trade good . Also and soddened ; and excessive dryness at the windows with it , using a sponge , or soft centre of each by means of a round cutter . 7-71d . with whole milk . small supply of store calves . flannel . Fresh paint spots may be removed Fill them with a stuffing made of cooked beef BEEF . from clothes by first wiping off as much paint or veal and ham , chopped fine , breadcrumbs , as possible , then rubbing with a flannel dipped and beaten egg ; season with salt , in spirits of wine . Do not work near a bare pepper , paprika , grated nutmeg , chopped light , as the spirits are highly inflammable . parsley , and a few herbs . Wrap each in a Thomas J. Maddocks , of The Villa Farm , near Hereford , said he saw Mr. Perkins , who said he had purchased a bunch of cattle which he ( witness ) would like .. He sent along the road to meet the cattle , and told his son to have the cattle put in his meadow . The cattle were put in the meadow by his son He afterwards saw Mr. Perkins the same day , and he purchased six bullocks from him for £ 15 10s . each . This was on Wednesday , The silver challenge cup , value £ 10 , given and the cattle remained on his farm till by Mr. Colin MacIver , of Blaisdon Hall , for Friday , when Mr. Thompson and P.C. Yapp the best mare or filly in the foregoing came to the farm . He pointed out the classes was awarded to J. Ferneyhough ; F. beasts to Mr. Thompson . There was some 0. Bomford ( who won the cup two years conversation about taking the beasts , but ago ) being second : and G. Cotton third . they were left there that night . Supt . Broad came and took possession of the beast in his ( Mr. Maddocks ' ) absence . but he saw the Supt . in Ross . Cross - examined by Mr. Matthews : He gave Mr. Perkins a cheque for £ 92 . When he found he had bought stolen cattle he stopped his cheque . He was in time to top it . He believed Mr. Perkins was out of the money . RKMOVING LIFEBUOYS . FINE FOR A STUPID OFFENCE . • A SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE . I doubt if any educational institution in the Britsh Isles has , done better work within It SPECIAL FARMERS ' UNION REPORT . A short supply and an improved trade . Fat calves a good supply , for which there Was a good demand . Rest beef , 8d . to 8td . per lb. Other qualities , 7 d . to 9d . per lb. Fat calves , 9d . to 10d . per lb. SHEEP . A moderate supply and an improved trade . Fat lambs also sold better . Best mutton , 9d . to 94d . per lb Other qualities , 74d . to 9d . per lb. Fat lambs , 9d . to 10d . per lb. PIGS . better . Porke an improved trade . Porkers , 5d . to 6d . per lb. Bacons , 5d . to 5 d . per lb. CORN . Small supply of stores . roots . All fruit - tree suckers are best removed as one soon as they are seen . Merely breaking them away at the soil level will not do ; the soil must be carefully removed right down to the main root of the tree from which the sucker To remove the smell of paint from a newly - thin slice of bacon , tie with a string , and painted room , place near the wainscot one or cook gently in a saucepan with a little stock grows , and then the latter must be cleanly two tubs of cold water . In two or three days or water until quite tender . Take up , drain , cut away with a small portion of the root at- and serve garnished with parsley . tached to it . There is not much labour en- tailed in the removal of one or two suckers from each tree , but a great deal is necessi- tated if they are neglected for several years . • the contents of the tubs will have absorbed the smell of the paint . PEACH PUDDING . - Butter Sprinkle serve DRIVING , JUMPING , AND RIDING . Turn - out for horses over 14 hands ( to be driven in single harness ) , the property of a resident within 30 miles of Hartpury House . First prize , £ 5 : second , £ 8 ; third , £ 1 : 1. W. its short period of existence than the Harper B. Townsend . The Castle , Ross ; 2 , Mrs. G. Adams Agricultural College , Newport , Salop , Henegan , Priory Lodge , Cheltenham ; 3 , J. which is now under the control of a board of Dennis and Sons , Frampton - on - Severn . governors , representing the Salop and Staf- CUCUMBER TOAST . - Peel a large cucumber , Best and most skilfully ridden and smart- ford County Councils , the Birmingham and ent it into three - inch pieces , and remove all est child's pony , not exceeding 13 hands , the Manchester Universities , the Royal Agricul- property of a resident within 30 miles of EXERCISE FOR BRAIN WORKERS . the soft middle part . Then stew gently in tural Society , & c . Hartpury House ; to be ridden by a boy or Should a tired man tire himself out further well - seasoned white stock . Put one gill of was opened in April , 1901 , with five cream into a double saucepan , add three- girl . First prize , £ 2 ; second . £ 1 ; third , students , and the number has gradually in- In melon culture trouble arises not infre- with muscular exercise ? asks a writer in the 10s .: 1 , Miss O. Timmis . Matson House , creased until during the present year up Trade a little quently in the form of split or cracked fruits . Family Doctor . To make the question prae- quarters of an ounce of butter , and season Heat Gloucester ; 2 , Mrs. G. Henegan ; 3 , F. wards of 120 students have attended the vari to leave with salt and freshly ground pepper . Preece , Wine Vaults , Ross . This is attributable to excessive moisture at tical : Is it good for a business man almost to boiling point . Drain the cucumber , ous courses . The total number of students the roots , and is especially likely to appear if his desk to play tennis ? Argument seems then arrange on neat squares of hot buttered who have entered college during the thirteen the bed is allowed to get very dry between years is 745 , and a noticeable feature is the each application of water . In such cases the good on either side . Those who say " yes " toast , and pour the cream over . proportion of farmers ' sons and others con- Very little English grain of any kind on parched roots take up the moisture very say that tennis will exercise his muscles , make finely chopped parsley on top , and nected with the land who have taken advan offer . Foreign wheat Sa. 6d . per quarter rapidly , passing on the sap to the fruits in him perspire , improve his digestion , and quiet at once . no " declare . that his nerves . Those who say tage of the facilities brought within their dearer , the price of which is now equivalent such quantities as to burst them asunder at a a deep pudding reach by the men eence of the founder , no to 4s . d . per bushel for English wheat . weak place in the rind . To prevent this , take he is already tired , and that exercise will dish and line the bottom with thin slices of light bread ; well buttered . Pare some ripe , less than threers of the total attend - On account of the war ecare all grain dearer . care that the bed is always just moist , with- weary him still further . The real truth seems to lie between the two sound peaches , and put a layer of them in out being sodden , and mulch , if possible , with ing being reprecated by such students . Of Prices difficult to quote . the 745 studenia who have entered college WOOL . a light covering of spent manure from a hot- extremes exercise and no exercise . If a man the dish , then a layer of sugar , then more Trade probably adversely affected by the bed . Hard - rinded and scarlet - fleshed melons has been working with his mind he had better peaches , sugar , and bread alternately , until during the past thirteen years , about two- more subject to cracking than thin- not exercise in a difficult game which requires the dish is nearly full . Put a plate over the European war . Best Herefordshire fleeces up to 14d . per skinned and white - fleshed varieties . But judgment , memory , comparison , and willtop of the dish , and set in the oven . When cracked melons are very largely the result of especially if long continued and very interest- the juice begins to boil up take the plate cultural lapses . Aerial moisture can scarcely ing . Interest , for instance , gets a man to play off and leave the dish in the oven until the given too freely when fruits are swelling , tennis for two hours to win back lost honours peaches are perfectly tender . but during the ripening period air should be when his physical condition suggests thirty WHOLE , RICE TRIFLE . - Mix together in a minutes . The excitement ended , exhaustion pie - dish two tablespoonfuls of washed rice , admitted . comes , and this man " puts more into the two tablespoonfuls of sugar , a little salt , and game than he gets out of it . " two breakfastcupfuls ( one pint ) of nearly A good authority says that boxing and fene boiling milk . Bake it in a very moderate ing are not good exercise for hard brain oven for two or three hours , or till perfectly workers ; they should select long walks , swim soft and fairly dry . When cool remove the ming , or something of a similar nature where , skin from the top , spread one - third of the after the movements are once learnt , the diree- rice at the bottom of a deep glass dish , and tion is governed by the spinal nervous system . add a good layer of stewed red currants . Cover with rice , add another layer of fruit P.C. Yapp , of Llangarron , deposed that he asked Mr. Dale when he last saw the cattle , and prisoner replied : " I saw them on the Tuesday morning , July 21st between seven and eight in the morning . They were then all right in the meadow . He was cutting thistles in a meadow , and he saw the bul- locks there at 2 p.m. the same day , all safe . Between 6 and 6.30 prisoner went into the meadow to see the bullocks again , but found they were gone . He was in the habit of seeing them twice a day . Dale then went to the far end of the meadow and found the gate not properly hung on its hinges , and thinking Mr. Thompson had At Bow - street Police - court on Saturday , fetched them away without saying anything before Sir John Dickinson , James Fean , a to him , as he had done before , he did not dealer in old metal , was summoned for con- trouble anything further about them . Mr. travening one of the London County Council thirds came from Shropshire and Stafford Thompson was present at the time . He re- by - laws by removing a lifebuoy from the Em - shire , thus showing the influence the college bears locally . ceived a warrant for the apprehension of bankment wall . Students have entered college from most of It was stated that a tramway inspector BBW Alfred James Dale . He then went to Lower and foreign countries , and Trereece Farm , Llangarron . When prisoner the defendant remove a lifebuoy from a hook the Colonies came down he told him he had a warrant for on the wall near Westminster Bridge and nearly all the public schools and universities his arrest for stealing seven bullocks . He throw it into the river . He called a constable , in this country have at some time or other read the warrant , cautioned him , and pri- who found that another lifebuoy from the been represented . Of the students who have sioner made no reply at first . After he had next hook had also been thrown into the put his boots and clothes on , he said : It's river . Both lifebuoys were recovered by some a bad job , but money matters made me do men attached to the Thames Fire Brigade . it . " He took prisoner into custody on July The defendant said that he threw them be- 25th at 1 a.m. , and handed him to Sergt . cause he saw a boy swimming , and he thought Kendall to convey to Ross . he was drowning . He admitted that he had Cross - examined by Mr. Matthews : Pri- been drinking . soner did not say he had an overdraft at It was stated that there was no one swim- the bank , but only that it was money mat- ning in the river , and the magistrate ordered ters that made him do it ... KHOCKABOUT CUN FOR LONG - DISTANCE SHOOTING From 201- deer op ver action . Sp cially suitable for YOU EVERYBODY'S WANT THIS P.S. Kendall deposed that while going to osts , or seven days . the defendant to pay a fine of 40s . and 2a . MIDLAND Barb St.Bing Various Bore , Single Barrel Collectors'Guns , Rook Pig on . Rabbit . Wild - fowl and all 1ng - distance work . Carriage Paid to your door for Il - tra , Larger hores same price . Smokeless C rtridges ir m 4/6 100 , 140 - page Tilustrate Catalogue on reipt of stamps , lb. Lamb's wool up to la . per lb. HAY TRADE . Very little doing . Quotations are for good quality in stack , seller to deliver on rail : Best hay , 50s . to 52s . 6d . per ton ; second quality , 458. to 50s . per ton ; clovers , 50s . to 55s . per ton ; wheat straw , 40s . to 45s . per ton . WHOLESALE FRUIT . This was the second sale of the season , There were 491 lots on offer , some of which windfalls . Quarendens 6s . 6d . to 6s . 9d . , Lord Suffields 8s . 6d . to 4s . 6d . , Ecklum- villes 3s . 6d . to 48. 9d . Plums up to 78 . 6d . , Lord Grosvenor - 58 . 8d . , Keswicks 88 . 8d . per hamper of 56lbs . net . are Anything can be mended with Sample free Bold everywhere in Pateht pin - stoppered Tubos , 3. & 6d .. SECCOTINE from M'CAW , STEVENSON & ORR , Ltd. , Loop , Belfast , and 312 , Shoe Lane , London , E.C. • WHEN THREADING SHORT CURTAINS , and a final covering of rice , and over the Use elastic , instead of tape . This should be whole pour cold boiled custard flavoured with qut to half the length of the window , and have vanilla , |