Ross Gazette 21st May 1914 - Page 7
Ross Gazette 21st May 1914 - Page 7
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| Date | 21/05/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 21st May 1914 |
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Costumes that Fit , that are New , that will Please . Che Largest Stock in the County , THERE IS NO BETTER VALUE . WAKEFIELD KNIGHT , HEREFORD.I CHIPS OF NEWS . efore the will of Sir Henry Schooles , Lord Justice of Gibraltar , who admitted to ate an affidavit was required from an sting witness . r Ronald Ross has sent to Mr. Lloyd rge , for submission to Parliament , & peti- setting forth his claims for financial re nition of his work . he Bishop of London has been promised 000 towards the remaining debt on King's lege Hostel for Theological Students pro- ed a similar sum is raised by the end of month . fr Lionel Carden has been ordered by the vernment to remain at his post in Mexico y with a view to the protection of British erests . The third boat from the Leyland liner lumbian , which was burnt at sea on May , has been picked up . ats were alive . Four of its occu- Labertesque , the man who fought 200 duels . died in Paris , where he was the hero off boulevards . Irs . F. E. Smith gave birth to a daughter London on Saturday . ir Edward Carson denies the statement t he is to be married next month . derelict wooden ship has been sighted by Olympic in 46.19 north latitude and 29.34 at longitude . Lord Kitchener will leave Cairo for Eng- d on his usual leave about June 18th . At the Newcastle corn market on Saturday eat advanced from 9d . to 1s . , maize by 1s oats by 9d . Flour was up by 1s . The French Government will be repre- ted by two Ministers at the unveiling of Victor Hugo monument in Guernsey in July Vesuvius is active , says message from ples . An imposing , tall column of vapoura e from the crater during Friday night , wing flame . A resolution has been passed by the Port London Authority authorising the Law d Parliamentary Committee to oppose the portation of Plumage ( Prohibition ) Bill . A 200 - mile journey in the balloon Planet- . om London to Launceston - was made on turday by Mrs. Mortimer Singer , accom- nied by Mr. Mortimer Singer and Mr. C. Pollock . It is stated that the London Chamber of mmerce Council's attitude towards the oposed introduction of the Empire Trade rk is not one of active opposition , but of solute neutrality . Counterfeit florins are said to be largely in culation , particularly in the north of London , The death occurred on Saturday at Bath Mrs. Bonar Law , mother of the Leader of Opposition . The deceased lady was eighty ars of age . The new naval Zeppelin LS , in the course a high flight trial at Friedrichshafen on turday , reached a height of 10,250ft . , carry- seventeen persons . This is claimed as an ship record . " At East Cowes on Saturday afternoon , ssrs . Samuel White and Co. launched an- her large Navy seaplane the third of actly the same type the firm have built for Admiralty within the last few weeks . After White Wolf's " bandits had looted inchow , where there were many casualties , d also Tsinan , in the Province of Kansu , y were defeated , with heavy loss , angshui . at An inquiry has been opened at Nancy , on Franco - German frontier , with reference S German Army seroplane which is eged to have flown several hundred metres o French territory . Sir John Hare , the famous actor , cele- ated his seventieth birthday on Saturday . Dr. Henry O'Neill , one of the leading mem- rs of the Belfast Corporation , and author many medical works , died in Belfast on aturday . A workman , Thomas Glades , twenty - eight , " 11 into a smelting pit at Brown's Steel orks at Sheffield , and was terribly burnt Saturday . A verdict of found drowned was returned Sileby , Leicestershire , on John William akin , forty three , gas works manager , hose body was found in a disused canal . " Damage amounting to £ 30,000 was done by e which broke out on Sunday morning at cotton mill at Nelson occupied by Messrs . indley and Co. , and Messrs . Naighton and Co. The Paris Civil Court has awarded £ 720 amages to a young woman who had suffered juries resulting from the application of -rays for the removal of superfluous hair . The Bishop of Leicester held a special con- rmation service at St. Philip's Church , eicester , for the benefit of a boy named Villie Sharpe , who was too ill to attend the . Harch confirmation service . At the funeral of Mr. A. G. Gardner , ell - known riding , master , and resident of Carshalton , the deceased's favourite hack , Polly , ' was led to the graveside saddled nd carrying her master's riding crop . i The marble statue of Lord Justice Fitz- ibbon , upon which Mr. Bruce Joy has been t work for over two years , is completed and as been forwarded to Dublin , where it is to e placed in St. Patrick's Cathedral . The Echo de Paris asks that the Cross of he Legion of Honour should be bestowed on Tadame Poulain , the woman who worked the gnals after her husband , a railway signal- an , had been shot . PRINTING . All classes of commercial rinting at lowest cost for reliable work at he " Gazette " Office . - Advt . EL 1813 . LLING & CO . , LERS , Bonded Warehousemen MAKERS ,. Bath - street , HEREFORD . ET . ROSS . Bond , from Country of Production to their Bat - street . - 80 YEARS , OF TEREFORD GIN . ality British Liqueurs and Cordial Goods Carriage Paid to any Railway Station Sound Claret from 11 / - per dozen . IPAGNE , at 56 / - and 68 / - per dosen . Lowest Priccs MOWERS . MOWERS . What are you going to do with this now ? Why send it to NICHOLS and SONS , Who Repair all kinds of Agricultural Machinery , BOILER REPAIRERS . IRON & BRASS CASTERS . THE ROSS GAZETTE THURSDAY , MAY 21 , 1914 . AGRICULTURAL NOTES . BY A PRÁCTICAL FARMER . FACTS AND FIGURES . Agricultural questions are much to the front in these days , and to take part in dis- cussion and debate one must be well in formed . I know of no better work of refer ence on agricultural questions of the day than the “ British Year - Book of Agriculture and Agricultural Who's Who , " of which the volume for 1918-4 has just been published at 58. by Messrs . Vinton and Co. , Limited , Chancery - lane , E.C. The volume is divided into nine parts , and deals with societies and institutions ; county agricultural information ; agricultural , hor ticultural , and veterinary education and re- search ; diseases of animals and the Diseases of Animals Acts ; importation and exporta- tion of animals ; markets , prices , & c .; statis tical , legal , and general information agricul- ture in the Colonies ; and the all - important Who's Who giving particulars of , about 2,500 prominent people . Part V. is a section which should interest all who are concerned with live stock ; it deals with British , foreign , and Colonial import and export regulations and sanitary and Fiscal laws . Part VI deals with markets , prices , & c . Perhaps the most interesting portion of the volume to the average farmer will be Part VII - statistical , legal , and general informa tion , tables and statements . Whether it is the acreage of potatoes in Perth , hops in Kent , or the number of cows in Carmarthen , one finds it all here . If the farmer wants to be certain of some point under the Agricultural Holdings Acts , or if a small holder wishes to consult the Small Holdings Acts , it is all , and a good deal besides , to be seen in this part . The book is published by Messrs . Vin- ton and Co. , Limited , 8 , Bream's Buildings , London , E.C. , at 5s . net . • A NATIONAL GRAIN AND SEED SHOW . The Royal Agricultural Society , though never in a more prosperous condition than it now is , has wisely taken steps to consider how it can further increase its membership by making a wider appeal to practical work ing farmers . Various suggestions have been ROSS.forward . One of them , which the society has decided to adopt , is the experiment of holding grain and seed show . This is being arranged in connection with the show to be held next year at Nottingham ; but it will take place early in October of the present year . A schedule has been specially drawn up for the purpose by Mr. Ernest Mathews and Professor Biffen . BROOK FOUNDRY , ROSS . SEASON'S PROSPECTS . IN HEREFORDSHIRE . use of them , they would never be wisnos them between October and March . MARKETS . POULTRY . Ross , Thursday . There was a good supply In some experiments connected with the feeding of pigs carrots have been shown to return 30e . per ton by being converted into pork . For cows they are also , wholesome of dressed poultry and trade was fairly brisk . food , giving a nice flavour and , apparently , Dressed chicken sold well from 58. 6d . to also colour to the butter . When the roots 6s . 6d . per couple ; live fowls from 36. to are harvested the green tops can very satis4s . 6d . per couple . Eggs were in great de- factorily be fed to cattle : some growers , how ever , allow them to rot on the land . White mand , and sold at 15 for le . wholesale ; and carrota generally give greater yield ( up to 14 for 1s . retail . Butter from 1s . Id . to thirty tone per acre ) than red ones when 18. 3d . per lb. grown under field conditions , and are not much less nutritious . SOUTH HEREFORDSHIRE ! FARMERS ' UNION . ANNUAL REPORT . The following report is taken from the fifth annual report just issued by the National Farmers ' Union . The reports provide some interesting reading for farmers in general , and it also contains a portrait of Mr. E. W. Caddick , the Chairman of the Ross Branch . CORN . Ross , Thursday . - Small attendance . Very little corn offering . Wheat a small supply , and 6d . dearer on the week . Quotations : Whest , white , 4s . 3d . to 48. 4d .; wheat , red , 4a . 3d . to 48. 4d .; barley , grinding , 238. 6d . oats , white , 20a . to 21s ; oats , black , 20s . to 20s . 6d .; peas , 4s . 4d . to 48. 5d .; beans , 48. 6d . to 4s . 6d .; hay , 50a .; clover , 50s . to 52s . 6d .; straw , 42s . 6d . to 468 . SPECIAL FARMERS ' UNION REPORT . ( This is a Farmer's report for Farmers , etc. , and records the actual impressions and ex- perfences of Farmers in the several De partments of Hereford Market . ) good demand at recent rates . , A moderate supply , for which there was a Store calves very dear and in great demand . BEEF . A rather full supply . Best quality about £ 2 per cwt . , live weight . Rougher qualities and cow beef made lower prices than last week . Best beef , 7d . to 71d . per lb. Other qualities , 6d . to 7d . per lb. Fat calves , 10 d . to 11 d . per lb. SHEEP . SOUTH HEREFORDSHIRE . There was an average supply of stock in The past year has been one of steady pro- the market to - day , and trade was variable . gress and of increasing usefulness . Union occupies a big place in the interest and The Fat lambs and beef cheaper on the week . public life of Agriculturists in Herefordshire . OATTLE ( STORES ) . In the majority of the parishes in South Herefordshire the farmer who is not a mem- ber of the Union is quite the exception . A Special Committee was appointed to deal with the County Council Elections in March , and a programme was submitted to each can didate , the replies to which were considered satisfactory . Arising out of this programme , the Committee , with the approval of the Branches , petitioned the County Council to tend the meetings of the Standing Commit- allow the representatives of the Press to at- tees . Unfortunately , a vote of the full Coun- cil could not be taken on the matter , the Chairman ruling that it was a question for dear ; fat sheep scarce and very dear ; an presentatives of the Union are watching for advance of 38. to 58. per head on best quality the Committees themselves . However , re- opportunities of raising the question in Com - wethers . mittee , and already the Diseases of Animals fairly well , but did not reach the sensational Committee and some others have been thrown Agures of last week . Best teg mutton ( shorn ) , 9jd . to 10d . per lb. Fat lambs , 10d . to 11jd . per lb. PIGS . open to the Press . dical representations to the local Auctioneers It has been found necessary to make perio- Sales in the Markets . The Committee has anent the evils of " tossing " at the Stook also discussed such important questions as the evils of letting sporting rights to sport- ing tenants ; the landlord's power to dilapi date a tenant who claims for improvements and unexhausted manures , etc. The whole question of manure values has been discussed . have been made to the proper quarters and scales of values , including that suggested by the National Farmers ' Union , have been subjected to criticism , and representations A small supply . Stores and couples very Fat lambs a good supply , sold A small supply . Both stores and fat pigs sold very well . Porks , 6d . to 7d . per lb. Bacons , 5d . to 6d . per lb. CORN . Small market . Prices unchanged . Wheat , per 62lbs . , 48 , to 4s . 2d . Oata , per 40lbs . , 2s . 6d . to 3a , Malting barley , per 56lbs . , 3s . 4d . to 38 . 10d . Grinding barley , per 56lbs . , 2s . 10d . to gs . 4 . Beans , per 65 lbs . , 4s . to 4s , 1d . HAY TRADE . Practically nothing doing . Quotations are for good quality in stack , seller to deliver on rail : - Best hay , 458. to 50s . per ton ; second quality , 40s . to 45s . per ton ; clovers , 45s . to ton . 50s . per ton ; wheat straw , 45s . to 50s . per Complaints as to the difficulty of obtaining compensation for poultry killed by foxes , led to representations being made to the manage- stituency . ment of the various Hunts in the con- Workers Union , the Committee decided In reply to a communcation from the neither had they any desire , to interfere " that they had no power , nor authority , between the farmers and their men . " ed Mr. W. H. Wiltshire's proposal to pro- The Branches having unanimously support- mote the Establishment of Horse Sales at Hereford , a Horse Sales Committee was ap pointed , representative of North and South Herefordshire . This Committee entered into with the Markets Committee of the Town negotiations with the local Auctioneers and The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in known to themselves . decided to appoint an Council . That august body , for reasons best their monthly agricultural report for April state : The crop reporters of the Board , in outside firm , while refusing to throw the ap - reporting on agricultural conditions in Eng- pointment open for a general tender from land and Wales on the 1st May , report that , generally deeply resent this , a fact that may other firms of horse salesmen . The farmers after the first week or ten days of April , the have a preindicial effect upon the sales for AGRICULTURAL REPORT . The Very Best . THE && REG ! 18 PER LB. AFTERNOON DIGESTIVE TEA LOCAL AGENTS THE INDIA CHINA TEA CO . GROCERS & PROVISION MERCHANTS ; WINE , Setarre , & BE DEALERS . Local Branch - 33 , HIGH STREET , ROSS . ( Orders sent by Post receive special attention . ) ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY . Alton Court Brewery Co. ROSS , BREWERS , MALTSTERS , ( LIMITED ) AND MINERAL WATER MANUFACTURERS . FAMILY ALES ALES AND STOUT BREWED FROM LOCAL BARLEY - MALT AND HOPS . Detailed Price List on application . THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS will be very thin in extensive districts where they were practically swept by the frost , no- body can tell yet what proportion of the crop left on the trees in the districts which ap- Of course , a large number of such shows parently escaped lightly is likely to remain . are held during the autumn ; but a show in According to reports from fruit growing The cold weather and biting winds of the connection with the great annual fixture of districts in the Midlands the recent frost first fortnight of May perhaps did as much the society will have considerably more im- and cold weather has caused more damage 2. though the effects are not so apparent . and seed shows that the exhibits are not pro- portance than one that is local in character . damage to the plum crop as the frost of May The complaint is often made against grain In parts of Worcestershire than in other The cold has checked growth , and a large duced under ordinary working conditions , counties . Thousands of acres of peas are re - proportion of the plums not killed by the and that the competition tends to favour the ported to have been cut down by the frost , frost will disappear during the next few whilst the first blooms of a large acreage of weeks , and are , indeed , already vanishing the production of prize - winning exhibits . man who has means and leisure to devote to rapidly . strawberries and plums were killed . Uncer- suffered the mast , and the vield of this kinds of competition . But it is impossible to Victoria plums have everywhere This criticism applies , of course , to most tainty exists in the Evesham district as to the variety is likely to be small . Of most other restrict classes so as to give the practical plum yield , which will , it is stated , be thin sorts there are still hopes of a fair yield in man every inducement to enter ; and , in re- in some districts , and it is thought the aspar- those grounds which were not badly swept by gard to grain and seeds , success at the Royal agus crop will be short . In the Worcester the frost , but it is too early to speak with Show means that the finest market in the district the frost has caused havoc with early any degree of certainty . Prolifics still give country is assured for the whole crop if the potatoes , peas , and kidney beans , and all fair promise , but this plum is often disap- prize - winning sample is a fair one . Shows of kinds of fruit , but in some localities the pointing , and has a habit of disappearing this class are of the greatest importance , par- damage does not appear to have been so ser- after looking like cropping well and it will ticularly at the present time , when so much ious as in others . In Herefordshire the frost he surpising if Prolifics have not been ser- scientific attention is being devoted to the has done little damage . iously affected by the recent cold weather . improvement of seed . It is to be hoped , On many grounds there appears to be so far therefore , that the show at Nottingham next a good prospect for Damascenes and Czara , Never has there been a more brilliant but it will probably he found that the old justify its continuance as a permanent feature . October will be sufficiently well supported to wealth of bloom on the Herefordshire hardy plum . the Pershore egg plum , always orchards than that seen this season . The a good friend to the district in time of frost , receiving consideration , and is , I think , likely Another important suggestion , which is still trees everywhere have been a picture . It is will cron best of all . very satisfactory to be able to report that to be adopted by the society , is a system of the frosts have done but little damage . For they did after the frost . The later blooms own farms . Strawberries are now looking hetter than inspecting herds and flocks on competitors tunately , during the cold snap the weather have disappeared , and there is the prospect worthy of the attention of the practical man , This would be a contest quite remained dry ; otherwise considerable harm of a fair vield in plants which a week before and may do much to increase the general inte- would have resulted . Cherries and damsons were plentifully decked with black - eyes . were the chief fruits affected , and the crops rest in and respect for well - bred stock , which Some varieties of anples and pears auffered ought above all things to be in the hands of of these will undoubtedly be somewhat limit - severely in places , but the prospects for these working farmers instead of tending , as it has have taken advantage of the Legal Aid A very considerable number of members ed . A good many of the very early potatoes fruits is more promising than for plums . hitherto done , to be almost the special pro- which they are entitled to . were also cut , but as the planting of the Bush fruits also escaped serious damage by perty of rich men . tubers generally has been rather late the in- frost in many places , and gooseberries A dispute as to the condition of wheat jury is not serious so far . promise to vield fairly well . Good supplies purchased for seed was ultimately settled With regard to the other crops the out - of gooseberries of fair size for so early in the A LITTLE - USED ACT . by the seller agreeing to take back what was some quarters we hear complaints considered unfit for use . Arising out of the as in many instances the fruit has set so well made from 3d . to 5d . per lb. that the fear is that the trees will be over- very small outlay is needed for the production was consequently much hindered , and the of this popular vegetable , and the plants will If this is true were supported in actions to recover pay- So far the season has not been a satisfac - enterprise by the authorities . Hoeing not only destroys weeds , particu- loaded , thus endangering the size of the fruit . tory one for market gardeners . The cabace in some respects it is not so in others , and ment for fruit purchased at per ton and sowing of spring crops interrupted . Where last and continue productive for a very long Pears and apples are very thick . left to decay in the orchard . Most of cron , which is an important one in the Vale undoubtedly more might be done to protect were fought ont in Court . In the one case Both cases showing , the young crops are looking well . the bush fruit also look exceedingly healthy . of Evesham , has given a very poor return . Potato planting has generally made good time it conserves the soil moisture by check- the buyer against fraud , and also against the a verdict for the full amount with costs was progress , and in some districts is nearly com- ing evaporation at the surface ; the loose soil In some isolated districts the strawberries Owing to the excentional autumn and mild legal jugglery of which fraudulent dealers obtained . and in the other an order for 10s . pleted . Conditions were favourable in Lan- should be selected for the outdoor cultivation ground has dried somewhat after shower of A light , well - drained , and open situation acts like a light mulch , especially when the have suffered a good deal , but generally the winter , spring cabbages came into the mar know so well how to avail themselves . The prospect is good . Plums have also set better ket in the last few weeks of 1918. and a report for last year of proceedings under the per month . cashire , Lincolnshire , and the north gener- of the perpetual flowering carnation . The rain spoils loose mulch , making than was expected . Accidents on account of motors are un - ally , but in the south the dry state of the possible , raised beds are greatly to be pre- the soil run together , and hoeing should be The warmer weather has had a remarkable great acreage has been ent since , but the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act , 1906 , well fortunately becoming very frequent . and it is ground has impeded progress on heavy land . illustrates what I mean . Its operations were , ferred . The best results are to be obtained renewed whenever this happens . This method The progress of mangold sowing varies : on from plants in bud in a 5in . pot possessing of surface cultivation prevents the water from price has always been very low . Of late large no doubt , useful as tending to keep in check becoming more and more difficult to obtain effect , and there is every likelihood of a good quantities have made from 4d . to 7d . per the manipulation of goods by traders who wish compensation for loss or damage sustained by the whole , this work is probably rather late , twelve to fifteen shoots . If these are planted being brought to the surface and evaporated . grass crop . The hops likewise have improved not , and the hest quality rarely more than to enrich themselves by taking unfair advan Union was able , with the aid of a . jury , to for the proper preparation of the land or for they are practically in flower from the time notwithstanding the damage done during the 18. Spring onions have also made low prices , tage of buyers . But the efficiency of the Act obtain £ 88 , damages and costs , for a member the actual sowing . In the north , conditions of planting until severe frosts set in . The as many farmers are waiting for rain , either in their summer quarters at the present time , From " • a time at least . their flowering pots . In dealing with old plants , when the young growths appear , turn out the pots , ahaking all the soil away , and THE FLOWER GARDEN . separating the roots into small pieces . Dibble Provided that the necessary accommodation these out into boxes or pots of fairly light soil , country very generally experienced a dry and THE WEEK'S GARDENING . warm spell that lasted until the end of the month . The change to warmer weather nearly everywhere looking quite satisfactory is available , asparagus seed should now be and , given plenty of moisture and cle mostly suited the winter crops , which are and promising . But the droughty conditions , accompanied as they generally were by cool sown in order to form plantations next April warmth , every one will make a sturdy little nights , effected a rather too sudden change from one - year - old roots . A packet of seed , plant . There are two forms of musk , both in conditions , and the land , more particu- sown somewhat thinly in a row , will suffice the other . It is not , however , so fragrant , dwarf , but one has much larger flowers than larly in the South of England and on heavy look is most encouraging , almost too good season came into the markets last week , and that there is too much officialism , too much glut of cider fruit in 1912. two members soils quickly baked . Cultivation of the land for a beginning . By this simple means only a and so loses much of its charm . recent cold nights . IN WORCESTER . mar- On the farms most crons give good promise drivers of horses or horse vehicles . tion . time . . larly during hot weather , but at the same Where rain . But from then onwards a succes- Chicory is now generally known as a vage table , but it is also a pretty flowering plent VEGETABLES AND FRUIT . Carrot seedlings must be well thinned out . and spring crops generally have given grow is cramped by limitations which ought to be who had his horse killed in a collision with a ers a poor return . So far the ent of aspara- removed . have been more favourable , and in some dis- for the herbaceous border . It will be most The sunny days are welcomed by the gus has heen small and the quality not quite Of the total number of samples of fertilisers motor car . A couple of motor - cylce en - tricts sowing is nearly completed . If younger plants of these carnations are appreciated by those who are in their garden ket gardener and the agriculturista in this up to the average , and although warm and feeding stuffs submitted for analysis dur - thusiasts were induced to pay as compensa- There is everywhere abundance of blossom used they must be in a perfectly healthy and weather will bring large supplies in at once most in the first half of the day , for in early area , but the satisfaction would have been the general opinion is that the yield of this official samplers against 2,656 in 1912 , so that loned along the road for a distance of four present , are generally , promising . Although course , have been hardened off in a cold blue tint , are fully expanded , and are much to greater if they had been preceded , not by important crop will be short this season . The the official samplers have shown more activity , miles . on the fruit trees , and prospects , up to the vigorous condition , and they should , of morning the flowers , which are of a beautiful ing the year , 3,027 samples were taken by tion to a member whose horses they had gal- Bevere frost , but by a few days ' steady rain . price was low at the onening of the season cold nights during April gave rise to some frame before being planted in the beds . In be admired . Early in the afternoon they with at least a normal temperature prevail- owing chiefly to the large imports of French contraventions of the Act reported by local alleged that a hay rick fired as the result of appears to have been done , on the whole , by the growths to allow the remainder to run off lowing day . " which is point to the good . The alleged A case in which the Insurance Company apprehension , comparatively little damage some cases it will be necessary to stop one of close up , but renew their brightness the fol- ing . May has maintained its reputation as asparagus . Good prices were made laat week . authorities amounted to twenty - three , and in spontaneous combustion , was submitted to frost ; but the present time is critical , and to flower , a fickle month . It ruined much of the but this was due to the very small supplies thirteen of these cases the Board issued their arbitration , and subsequently the Company frost now would materially alter the situs- sion of bloom will be obtained . blossoms of apple , pear , cherry , and plum , owing to the cold weather . bursting out all too early to bedeck the trees , consent to the institution of proceedings , though agreed to nay half the value and costa . in several cases no further steps were taken . by the " little summer " in April . The ex -- the rain which came after the warm spell The solicitor successfully defended a charge Seeds , on the whole , are poor , being often Gerberas , or barberton daisies , are usually It is remarkable how unevenly the Act con- preferred against a member of selling milk thin and patchy , although in almost all parts sponsible for much . Not only did the blos- in May did not improve the appearance of ties . to develop after the superguous The object of this soms spurt forth with unaccustomed rapidity , For instance , in the small county of being dismissed . The dainty , ones have been removed . but in hundreds of gardens and fields pota crops , and the pastures made little progress . Monmouth 201 samples were submitted , in The financial statement shows that , al- tion is much better . Not much growth was feathery flowers range in delightful variety is to circumvent the carrot fly , which does toes and peas made good growth , and there Kent 183 , West Riding of Yorkshire 338 , while though the minimum and rate of subscrip- made during the month , owing to the dry from orange to scarlet . The tints are beauti- such immense injury in some distriote every was promise of a valuable early supply for in Bedfordshire only one ample was sub- tions in Herefordshire are much lower than weather and cold nights . fully soft , making the plants ideal for growth season . If the seeds were set well apart , the mitted , in Cornwall eight , and in North- in other counties , yet we are able to pay our The fine weather during the month has in pots . The seeds should be sown for early task of thinning will not be heavy . umberland none . The contraventions of the way and add a substantial sum to our reserve . ing . Lambing is now practically over , and bloom ranges from June to October there turned out , the soil should be drawn up and suited all classes of stock , which are thriv- flowering in March , but as the period of But even though few plants have to be Act do not disclose any offences of a serious which now amounts to nearly £ 120 . nature , so that if farmers are being much de- the results may be regarded as satisfactory . need not be any hesitation about sowing even frauded the official inspectors are not success- Labour has , on the whole , not been de- now , so long as a sandy peat soil is used and again made firm around those that are re- ful in catching the culprits . ficient , although very few districts report a moderate temperature is maintained . Watertained , because it is the tender part of the skin which has previously been covered with any abundance . At those hirings which took should be given freely . Gerberas are peren- place since the last report , some increase in nials , and to obtain the best results they the soil that the fly pierces with the object of depositing its eggs . wages continues to be reported . should be repotted annually in the spring . cessively warm period in April is , in fact . re- in April was beneficial , but the cold weather tinues to be administered in different coun- that was helow the standard , the summons of the country there are many satisfactory Brown as greenhouse plants , but in mild dis . The soil should be kept firm up to the plants the markets . Experienced men , however , THE NEW RALEIGH MODELS . were pessimistic , and in the first part of this month there came the frost which played sad havoc with early potatoes and all kinds of The latest models of the new Raleigh bi- fruit . The potato crop especially has suffer - eveles for 1914 are now being shown by the ed , and in scores of plantations the blackened Raleigh agents , Butcher and Casson , Ltd. , haulms are being dug up and fresh planting Brookend - street , Ross . goes on with all possible speed . The frost - to use & farmer's phrase - has " aimply swept " the low - lying areas , and great damage has been done , not only to the potatoes , but peas and kidney beans . IN THE VALE OF EVESHAM . CARROTS AS A FIELD CROP . It is a matter for some surprise that carrote HOLDINGS . AGRICULTURAL QUESTIONS IN THE COMMONS . tricts they will survive in a well - protected , Helds . In the north and in Wales , the posi- sunny corner in the open . which are BWINE FEVER . Youn " fuchsias raised from cuttings last Grapes must be thinned as soon as the year will require a shift about this time , berries are well set , and are commencing to swell . Grapes differ slightly in the bunchs they are to bloom in pots . The compost may some are of oval shape , others are round The Raleigh , known all over the world as " the all steel bicycle , " is always worth the special study of every cyclist , because of its are not more extensively grown as a food for struction , for instance , gives it unique vided they are reasonably deep to allow the asked the President of the Board of Agri many unique features . Its all - steel con- stook . In the House of Commons on Thursday On some of the poorest solls , pro- last , Mr. Edmund Harvey ( L - Leeds , West strength because of the absence of malleable iron castings in the head and seat - bracket tap - roots to form , crop of a ton or two ha culture whether his attention had been called outbreaks of swine fover in Great Britain old manure rubbed up finely , and sufficient ones . Large , round berries , with short foot In the week ended Saturday , May 9 , 108 consist of good loam , with a little leaf - mould , some have short footstalks , others have long With the welcome return of warmer joints and in the crank - bracket . been harvested . Light or peaty land is most to the fact that at the end of last year in were confirmed , including 9 in Derbyshire , 6 sand to make it porous . The Raleigh bearings are hardened so that desirable for carrots , and an additional Fuchsias like stalks , must obviously crowd one another un- weather growers Eave hopes that there will they will last a lifetime , while every ball is manure , consisting per sare of lows , of sul- the counties of Hereford and Salop the num- in Gloucestershire , I in Herefordshire , 2 in liberal supply of water in summer . A little less thinned , and the result will be that the be no more damaging frosts , such as that gauged to the 8-10.000th part of an inch , the phate of ammonia , Howt , of superphosphate , her of allotment holders , tenants , of the Hunts , 4 in Leicestershire , 3 in Northants , soot will also answer as a stimulant . Keep bunch consists of numerous small , uneren of the early morning of May 2 , which ap - result being that beautiful silky running and and about bowl . of kainit , should be ploughed local authorities , was 137 and 126 respective in the Solca of Peterborough , in Notte , the house close for a day or two till the plants sized berries . The oval - shaped berries will pears to have been more serious in the usual - life " , which is always so apparent in in in the autumn before sowing . An addition lv . as compared with 1014 in Worcester in Oxfordshire , in Shropshire , in pick up , after which they may be pinched to also need room for development . favoured Vale of Evesham than in other Raleigh . In many other respects the of soot at the rate of from bewt . to 100wt . shire and 1.568 and 10 associations in War fruit districts . That frost cut down thous- Raleighs set the pace in the cycling world , Per acre is strongly recommended . It acts as wickshire : and whether he would enquire a Staffordshire , and 2 in Worcestershire . The the shape they are meant to take . With a pair of sharp , clean scissors cut out number of pigs slaughtered during the week stroyed the bloom Worcestershire , de so that this opportunity of seeing the very darkens the soil , which from the point of ings Commissioner for the district had re - infection was 1,246 , including Derby- being advocated , but very seldom practised . fully thin out a berry here and there , leaving an insecticide and a fertiliser , and as well it to what information , if any , the Small Hold - as deceased or as having been exposed to A very thin sowing of annuals is always all the small , stoneless berries , and then o stroyed the first blooms of a great acreage latest in cycles should he taken by everyone view of temperature is often an advantage . of strawberries , and killed a considerable pro- interested in the bicycle , while those who ceived as to the existence of a demand for shire , 145 in Gloucestershire , 8 in Hereford- It is quite obvious , however , that a dozen or just room for those that remain to grow to portion of the plums in the district . Before cannot call will obtain full information from cultivation of carrots by those who have tried which had been communicated by him to the Northants , in the Boke of Peterborough , should rightly occupy cannot do themselves bunch . Start at the bottom , and finish of the May 2 there was the prospect of the heaviest the charmingly illustrated " Book of the The objection commonly raised against the allotments in the two former countiesshire , 8 in Hunts , 29 in Leicestershire , 6 in so plante growing in the space that one only their full size , and form a good , shapely crop of fruit of all sorts for many years . Raleigh , " which will be sent free by post to in rather a casual way is that too much local councils concerned . 15 in Notts , 4 in Oxfordshire , 43 in Shrop credit , and by removing , the surplus when top of the bunch . The clusters of three berries Now much uncertainty prevails as to the pro - any of our readers applying to the address precautions such as thin sowing ( about 6lb , her of allotments held under the local au - tershire . labour is involved , but by observing certain In reply . Mr. Runciman said : The num - ahire , 3 in Staffordshire , and 28 in Worces quite small those remaining are encouraged at the extreme points may be retained . bable crop . While it is certain that plums i given above . to become strong and sturdy from the first . not handle the berries left behind nor tou per acre is enough ) in clean land , deeplý thorities in the counties named is correctly . Isolated outbreaks of anthrax were con- The various distances at which the plants them with the scissors , cultivated - labour of hoeing is minimised , stated , excent that the figure for Balop firmed last week in Gloucestershire , North- stand when thinning is completed depends on But even allowing for the extra cost of hand should be 129. Returns are obtained an ants , and Worcestershire . The outbreaks of the size and height they attain when full A useful but little known salad plant is cor hosing and digging , the roots are so nutri- nually by the Board from all allotment parastic mange included 1 in Northants and grown . Dwarf plants used se edging , for in salad or lamb's lettuce , especially in summer tious and so easily digested that they will authorities , and from the returns for 1918 stance , may remain 4in . apart , while tall when its leaves are young and tender . Seed effect a big saving in the cost of feeding it appears that at the end of that year growing subjects need 1ft . to 15in . to develop is sown in February , April , August , and stock , and especially horses . there were six unsatisfied applicants in properly . September , in rows 9in . apart , the planta One authority goes so far as to represent Herefordshire and two in Salop . When the Alleged to have sold German warship plans being thinned to 6in . apart in the row . It will this saving as 30 per cent . , which means that Act of 1908 came into operation the two to France , Rosa Langstein , a girl clerk at The musk , which is always valued for its grow in any ordinary garden soil , and the " a team of twelve farm horses might cost in County Councils made enquiry , but the re- Hamburg , has been sentenced to thirty pleasing fragrance , is easily grown in pots . It only cultivation needed is occasional bosing annnal keep without carrots £ 300 , and with sult showed that the unsatisfied demand was months imprisonment . does best in a light , fairly rich soil , with to keep down weeds . It should receive ps plenty of carrots the cost would be reduced very small , and no further action on their It is stated that M. Gabriel Fauré , director plenty of water and a moderate amount of tection from hard frost . The round - leaved to something like £ 200 . If , " he goes on to part seemed necessary . In some cases the of the Paris Conservatoire , is contemplating shade in its early stages . When preparing the and the Italian are the sorts usually grown say , " those farmers and horse owners who County Councils have assisted the Parish retiring . pota , fill to at least one - third of their depth with carrots were only once to try the free E. Collins and Sons , Smallbrook , ROSS , PLUMBERS , HOT & COLD WATER FITTERS , GASFITTERS ve not been in the habit of feeding them Councils to obtain land for allotments . Makers of all kinds of Sheet Metal Goods . ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR KITOHEN RANGES , GRATES , BOILERS , BATHS , LAVATORIES , AND ALL SANITARY WORK ; SPOUTING , PUMPS AND WATER WHEELS , WATER SUPPLIES FOR FARMS , & c . ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO . IN CHARLOOK SPRAYING the import- ance of the quality of the sulphate of copper is not so much the question of percentage as of detelerious impurities which may adveraly affect the very crop you desire to benefit . In Strawson's or Quicksol " you run no riak . Rock bottom prices from J. HARRY HART , Late Matthews . Man of Ross House , Ross . Ask for pamphlet . - Adrt . YOU WANT LONG - DISTANDE SHOOTING THIS top liver lon . Specially mimica for MIDLAND TUY Đ Various Bore , Single Barrel Collectors Can Rook , Pignon , Rabbit , Wild - fowl and all bg - distance work Carriage Paid tr door for extra Larger bores same pries Smokeles stridges from 46 100 140 - page Tilustrates Catalogue on respt of 3 stamp in Warwickshire . The centenary of Norwegian independence with crocks , and over this place a little moss , was celebrated at Johannesburg on Sunday and fill up with the soil , which should have by the Norwegian community on the Band . some leaf mould and sand in it . Musk may Fifteen cases of illness symptoms of which be increased by seed , or by division of the point to pneumonie plague , thirteen being roots in the spring . When sowing seed pro- fatal , have occurred in a village in the Baku vide free drainage , and as the seed is very small , sow on the level surface of finely - sifted district . The Bishop of Buckingham made a new de soll . Put a piece of glas over the box , and parture on Saturday by administering the rite over this a thickness of brown paper to keep of confirmation to a number of candidates in light away until the seedlings appear . the workhouse at Saunderton , near High Wycombe Prick ont at an inch or so apart , and when ther again touch each other shift them on into THE WEEK'S WORK Bow wallowers . Train shoots of climbing plante Plant out asters . Thin out buds on roses . Feed budding fuchains . Barth up early.potatoes . Keep all vegetable seedlings thin , Water wall fruit trees liberally , and thin out superfluous shoots . De |