Ross Gazette 19th February 1914 - Page 7
Ross Gazette 19th February 1914 - Page 7
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| Date | 19/02/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 19th February 1914 |
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ROSS AND NMOUTH 3. MEETING AT 68 . all grades of railway- ew Inn , Ross , on the residency of Mr. Jno . he Hereford Branch of of Railwaymen WAS d the proceedings by of the meeting , and al speaker , the Presi- Traders ' Council ( Mr. d the meeting for 45 asterful style , dividing ree headings , namely : ndividual effort ; 2 , co- sation : 3. continuity . ably surprised at the ealt with , and the ap- on of his address testi- his hearers . supported by Mr. Jno . ord , who gave a very necessity of not only ntation for the work- emphasized the neces- ntation on our Munici- proposing a vote of s , gave the meeting a concerning the work- ation boards and it was carried .. minated with a vote of man , proposed by Mr. onded by Mr. G. H. grave short addresses ganization among the very way a success , pers were enrolled . THE GALE . E ON COASTS . 1 been experienced on ring the week - end , and done to shipping . The Mad rough passages , uth - westerly gale which ht the Dutch steamer between Langton and miles east of Lyme Regis . sea on Sunday caused ankment , washing down ing others a distance e embankment for 200 up . coping having dis- nt of several feet in g the stonework rose . pping tons of embank- l'the roads were ren- xperienced for twenty mibe . causing consider tened by the north- as broke over the pro- mile sea front was one al feet deep . The side oded , and furniture in all directions . Huge torn out of the pro- f palisading were up- were tossed like corks th ends of the town are is strewn with wreckage . N AMERICA . experienced in the s is responsible for the rs , including ten Trans- on Sunday overdue in land all North - Eastern grip of the heaviest several winters . The in depth from six to ad twenty persons are e Campania , with the voie , with the French with the German mails , not arrive until Monday . ORMY TRIP , ed at New York on s late , after a terrific oes . A great cumula n February 6th , break- spar deck , which were hutters , Mr. C. A. of one of the state . , and a large piece of the room and cut open passengers who were on wn , and only saved by ashed overboard GBY FOOTBALL . v . IRELAND MATCH . es a great interest in ho usually attends at atch during the season , afternoon from Buck- wickenham to witness land and England . His fed in the car by Earl aiting ) , Sir Colin ing ) , and Colonel Sir ( Equerry - in - Waiting ) . her points along the sembled to cheer him football ground was arce o'clock , and his great ovation as he d and was conducted he Prime Minister also d occupied a seat next the immediate vicinity the Rugby Football ers of the Committee Majesty on arrival Skin Cure ! KIN OINTMENT one application ; de Eczema ; heals old cts like a charm on Cuts from Festering ; a few days ; removes ruption and Scurvy . d . Agent for Ross : nist ; Ledbury : Mr. F. Whittles . Colman Debenham . Picture Framing Of every kind done on the Premises at the Lowest Prices . 200 PATTERNS OF MOULDINGS to select from . Special attention given to the Repairing of Old Frames . A large assortment of inexpensive PRINTS , PHOTOGRAVURES , and ORIGINAL WATER - COLOURS always in stock . Gloucester - road ( opposite G.P.O. ) , CORRESPONDENCE . THE TRAFFIC IN WORN - OUT HORSES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE Ross Gazette . SIR , I shall esteem it a great favour if you will insert the following letter , which appeared in the " Morning Post ' quite recently . Faithfully yours , L. SPARROW . Sir , In view of the meeting of Parlia- ment and the unrest caused by the recent correspondence in the " Spectator " and other papers , we have made a special visit to Bel- gium , and we now write from Antwerp to make some public announcement as to the actual facts as they may be observed to - day . We admit , frankly and thankfully , that great improvements in the class of horses exported , the means of transport , and the supervision and inspection of the animals have undoubtedly taken place , and yet we are fully convinced that nothing short of the absolute prohibition of the export of old , decrepit , or infirm horses alive can satisfy the public conscience or be consistent with the dictates of humanity . We are satisfied that under the hest conditions practically attainable such animals must suffer greatly Gunther , and after arrival in this and other during the sea voyage in rough and cold Belgium ports the supervision ceases when the poor creatures have left the city pre- cincts for the interior , and we know of our own knowledge that the methods of handling and killing such animals are revolting in the extreme , being neither painless , merciful nor expeditious . More than half of the total number of horses killed in rural Belgium are butchered by the most primitive of methods , the cruelty of which we dare not describe in your columns : and the lot of those horses sold for further work cannot be less deplor- able than that of those done to death in the fashion referred to . The dealers on both sides of the North Sea appear to be neither British nor Belgium , but consist largely of aliens to either country , and of the humani- ty or consideration of the drovers we have seen no evidence , whereas , on the contrary , we have witnessed with our own eyes to - day the infliction of wanton cruelty which we were powerless to prevent , for indignant re- monstrances fall on deaf or indifferent ears . It is perhaps a minor point . but it is in- active of the want of care for the feelings of the animals . that those set aside for slaughter are branded by means of a stout brass button , which is forced through the ear and clenched together , a circular disc measuring about half an inch in diameter having first been punched out of the animal's The horses so branded must be killed within ten days , and if not extremely pain- ful at first the presence of this metal seal in the wound must give rise to unnecessary discomfort and suffering as inflammation sets in . Surely a simpler and a painless system of branding the condemned animals might ear . he devised . We have ascertained from persons of the highest trustworthiness living on the main road leading from Antwerp to Brussels that the amount of infirmity and decrentitude of the animals who make their last journey of twenty - eight miles on foot to the Brussels abattoir varies strangely from week to week , and that the best horses are seen when the official British inspector is present at the disembarkation , previous information as to his whereabouts being apparently in the pos- session of those concerned . THE ROSS GAZETTE – THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 19 , 1914 . AGRICULTURAL NOTES . BY A PRACTICAL FARMER . Steamed bone meal , used at the rate of THE WEEK'S GARDENING . Bowt per acre , gave a profit of 98. 6d . The most profitable of the " complete " dress ings was the following : Sulphate of am- Roses which could not be got in before monia , 150lb . per acre ; superphosphate , ought to be planted , if possible , not later than 520lb . per acre ; sulphate of potash , 561b . per the end of February . The situations selected acre . This dressing increased the crop by for the rose - trees should be deeply and 4 tons per acre , and after deducting the cost of the manures left a profit of 2d . thoroughly dug . Where manure is to be given The roots were valued at 10s . per ton . it should be incorporated with the lower at Matlock this mixture increased the onop rough state , where the weather will act on it , In supplementary experiment conducted layers of soil , and the upper surface left in a by nearly seven tous per acre , leaving a prot due to the manures of £ 1 138. The soil in sweetening and ameliorating its condition . If this case was a light loam or gritstone , and an interval occurs between the working of the the elevation about 1,000ft . soil and the planting of the roses the land will settle down and be in better condition . On poorer its These experiments indicate that for swedes on good land , and when an ordinary dressing of farmyard manure , is used , very profitable returns may be expected from an application The winter - flowering honeysuckle is a de- of 40wt . or 5ewt . of superphosphate per white flowers in January and February . It lightfully - scented climber , producing acre before closing the drills . land , and where less farmyard manure is should have a fairly deep soil , not too heavy ; available . the above " complete " mixture is and it is advisable to train it on a south , recommended . Quick - acting artificial menures south - west , or south - east wall . To have the are particularly valuable in districts with wood well ripened it should be fully exposed short growing season . to light and air , and not be trained on a wall with other subjects whose foliage prevents their access , and whose roots take all the nourishment from the soil . Pruning , if neces sary , should be done after the flowering period is over . The laterals may then be shortened back close to the main stems . RAILWAY RATES FOR MILK At the recent meeting of the Council of the British Dairy Farmers ' Association , Mr. B. Palgrave Page , vice - president , reported that he had presided over a conference of dele gates from forty - two kindrd societies , and the increased rates for the transit of milk were fully considered . In the opinion of dairy farmers generally , and indeed of all those who have to handle milk , the amount taken out of the gross value of this particular article by the railway companies was already sufficiently high before the new rate came into force . Why coal should have been exempted and milk seized upon as a suitable article to put on a very substantial increase nobody can understand . At the conference the following resolution was unanimously passed and ordered to be ROSS - ON - WYE . forwarded to the railway house , viz .: " That , considering the importance of cheap distribu- tion of milk to the agricultural interests , and to the health of children in large cities , the railway companies be requested to receive a deputation upon the subject at an early date . " By H. STUART BAKER . A sub - committee has been appointed to pro- ( Specially Contributed to " Ross Gazette . " ) ceed with the matter in the interests of the industry , and a substantial sum has been It has been said that the expanse of forest voted to cover preliminary expenses . The land to be found around Ross , is one of the hope was expressed that in the event of it finest districts in Enlgand for its variety of coming to legal action the country at large bird life . We have not only those which would rise to the occasion and support the frequent gardens and cultivated lands , but Association's funds , and thereby assist in also numerous others which take up their keeping down the cost of the most necessary extremely unsatisfactory , but they have also sent season . The usual method is to fill pana abode in the woods , by the banks of the Wye , especially for the rising generation . article of food for the nation's health , and or rear their young near some private lake . In the woods , and notably in that grand ex- panse , Dean Forest , birds varying in size from the gull to the diminutive wren are to be found . BIRD LIFE . One cases . • A CAUSE OF BAD FLAVOURS . Bad flavours in dairy produce are often very difficult to explain or trace to their The Sparrow Hawk may be seen flying cause , and sometimes it has required long down its quarry by its persistency . and laborious investigation by scientists to day near Lydbrook I saw one pounce on its ascertain the origin of flavours in particular victim after dashing through an opening in A simple and obvious cause of bad the hedge . This bird will take up birds as large as a partridge . Often in the wood - flavour is the use of vessels that have not lands between Ross and Hereford , the Kestrel been properly cleaned ; but the possibility of bad effect through employing vessels in Hawk is to be seen taking its toll of mice , frogs , and beetles , though occasionally it which the iron is not properly protected by a takes a bird for variety . But though this layer of tin or nickel or enamel may be bird is shot at sight by viligant keepers , vet it should be protected , as it benefits the farmer greatly . In many of the little coppices may be heard while many an old harn and outbuilding at dusk the curious cry of the Wood Owl , holde the Barn Owl . This bird is occasion- ally noticed just before dusk , softly flying above the surface of , some pasture land in its hunt for its " mousey " supper . In the Dean Forest may also be seen two varieties of Woodpeckers , the green and the greater - spotter , while Jackdaws are abund- ant , and the big Carrion Crow a constant visitor . One peculiar bird I have noted round Ross and one that has been sadly slandered , is the Night Jar , also called the goat sucker . It is often heard and seen on the outskirts of the plantations , and at one time it was actually believed by country folk that the bird robbed the goat of its milk . Its note is a very strange one , resembling the noise made by an old stockinger's frame . Ring Doves are very numerous , and being destructive to the farmers ' crops efforts are being made to reduce their numbers by periodical " wood pigeon shoots . " The Turtle Dove , not common to this district , is occasionally seen and its pleasant soft note heard . The Jay is , however . very com- mon . It is a destructive bird , will carry off voung fledglings from the nests of other birds , and one writer affirms that it also sucks their eggs . It is one of our most beautiful species . and one would be sorry to see it exterminated . Its loud , harsh cry is heard at all seasons , except when breeding , and would he missed in the silent woodlands . The Magpie is of a similar character , tiful bird . Watch him as he settles on the topmost branch of a tree . The bird itself , however , does not show the same confidence in man that the thrush does . Of the many residents taking part in nature's chorus may be mentioned the Missel - Thrush . Robin , Wren , Linnett . Hedge - Sparrow , Chaffinch , Starling , and Skylark , the latter with its inspiring song must be placed in the front ranks of our songsters . A local gentleman says he heard one of these birds sing con- The tinuously for twenty - five minutes . " Heron is sometimes seen in the Wye Valley . These birds build on the summit of tall trees . Their rests are enormous structures of sticks , youngs ones in their light - grey and the plumage look like ghosts . crafty , cruel , an expert robber , yet a beau- Swallows visit around Ross in considerable numbers , often taking up their abode in the same old nesting site , while the Swift is on the wing from early morn until late " at night . The speed of this bird on the wing is four times that of an express train The gipsy's bird , the Pied Wagtail is often mittee , 83a . Chester - square . Pimlico , of the observed , while ducks of various species are Truly , to the bird lover around Ross is a wealth of study in this absorbing ornitho- logical pastime . , We feel that the horse is so good a friend and servant of man that after a life spent in ministering to his pleasure and profit he should be immune from the known evils inseparably associated with the Conti- nental traffic , to say nothing of the unknown horrors which may accompany it . May we invite your readers to apply for further nar- ticulars to the Horses and Drivers Aid Com- executive of which we are members , and may we ask all who wish to help to use influence with their Parliamentary representatives in favour of Captain the Hon . A. Murray's Bill , which , if passed into law , would pro- hibit the export of live horses of a less value than ten pounds ? There is no need to com- plain of the legitimate trade in valuable horses of a high class , whose comfort is al- ways well provided for . - Yours , etc. CHARLES REINHARDT , M.D. PERCY CAREW ESSEX . Queen's Hotel , Antwerp , Feb. 9 . WORTH REMEMBERING . When we are fearful the judgment is as un- reliable as the compass of a ship whose hold is full of iron ore . When we hate we have un- shipped the rudder , and if we stop to meditate . on what the gossips say of us we have allowed a hawser to befoul the screw . common . A FEW RULES . one There BE HONEST . - Dishonesty seldom makes , rich . and when it does riches are a curse . is no such thing as dishonest success . WORK . - The world is not going to pay you for nothing . Ninety per cent . of what men call luck is only talent for hard work . BE INDEPENDENT . Do not lean on others to do your thinking or to conquer your difficulties . P CONSCIENTIOUS in the discharge of every duty . Do your work thoroughly . No one can rise who slights work . Do not try to begin at the top . Begin at the bottom , and you will have a chance to rise , and will be surer reaching the top some time . of Be BE PUNCTUAL - Keep your appointments . there a minute before time , if you have to lose dinner to do it . BE POLITE . Every smile , every gentle bow , is money in your pocket . BE GENEROUS . - Meanness makes enemies and breeds distrust . If a man smiles , waves his hand at you as you walk down the street in the morning , you wave your hand back and smile unconsciously , and often one little experience like this will key for SPEND LESS THAN YOU EARN . - Do not run in you the day joyously . Courtesy , kindness , good . debt . catching . will , generosity , liberality are all Watch the little leaks , and you can live Nothing is so contagious as a smile . Try it on on your salary . the first person you meet . - ELBERT HUBBARD , table . . THE NECESSITY OF HIGH IDEALS . REST . The power of work which makes many a suo Someone visiting the studio of an artist obcessful man what he is must often be placed to the credit , not to his hours of industry , but to served some highly - e.loured stones lying on his that of his hours of idleness in boyhood . Even When asked why he had these stones the hardest worker of us all , if he has to deal s before him , the artist said it was with anything above mere details , will do well , khis eye up to fone . For the same reason now and again , to let his brain lie fallow for a need to keep before us always high ideals The next crop of thought will certainly space . Otherwise our minds are apt to drift bo all the fuller in the ear and the weeds fewer . of 1f away from the things that are best . FOREIGN MATCHES to -T . H. HUXLEY . More than ] half the matches used in Eng- land are made abroad . ENGLAND'S GLORY MATCHES ENGLAND are made in England . Every box you buy means MORE WORK FOR BRITISH WORKERS . MORELAND , GLOUCESTER . a easily overlooked . POTATO DISEASE IN THE MIDLANDS . RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE . In a report on the horticultural work of The newer varieties of antirrhinum or snap- the Board of Agriculture , detailed reference dragon are so beautiful that the increasing is made to the subject of wart disease of popularity of these plants is not surprising . The Beed should be sown at once if the plants are potatoes in the Birmingham district . season last year , the Board point out , was to make a good show of bloom during the pre- reason to believe that the increase in the or boxes with soil composed of loam two parts number of cases of disease was due to a and rather coarse sand one part , taking care transference by means of diseased seed . The that the drainage is good . areas affected were Lancashire and Cheshire , though the Birmingham district , including The rather small seeds should be scattered Cannock and Walsall , as well as some parts thinly and lightly covered with silver sand . of Shropshire , is scheduled as a noteworthy If pans or boxes are stood in a warm green- disease centre . In Staffordshire , which is a house a host of seedlings will quickly appear , potato growing district of some importance , and these will subsequently need pricking off there has been , the Board of Agriculture Sin . apart into other boxes filled with similar point out , considerable neglect , owing to the soil . After they are established in these re- omission of the local authority to appoint an ceptacles a cool temperature with an abund- inspector . Altogether the infected places ance of fresh air must be afforded , so as to numbered nearly a thousand , and of these get the plants well hardened before planting ten only were fields , the greatest number them out about the third week in April . being allotments . Herbaceous plants , especially phloxes , should now be examined , in case they need dividing . The main object in divid- ing the more robust kinds is not only to increase them , but to reduce the number of root shoots , which tend to overcrowding , and so affect flowering . When disturbing the roots of any , it is a good plan to point into the ground around them a fair amount of old manure . Throughout the country only in two in- An investigation by the experts of the stances was it necessary to take legal pro- Dairy Section of the United States Agricul- ceedings , these cases being at Perry Barr , tural Department has shown that very small where a workman was convicted and ordered amounts of iron or copper in the cream cause to pay the costs , and in Worcestershire , certain undesirable flavours to increase in in- where the occupier of a garden was fined 10s . tensity during storage . These flavours are and costs . The point the Board emphasise metallic , " " oily , " or is that affected material should be properly often designated as " fishy . Experiments were carried out using disposed or got rid of , and another import known quantities varying from 1 to 500 parts ant recommendations is that only resistant to a million parts of cream . The butter was varieties should be planted on affected areas . stored and examined at intervals varying The Board's policy is this year , as last , to Large clumps of peonies should also be from 20 to 187 days . The most noticeable feature was the rapid development of bad send a list of about 20 of the best known taken in hand as soon as possible . Replant- and more useful varieties of potatoes which ing should be done in ground deeply dug and favours in the butter containing the iron . have been proved experimentally to be rewell supplied with farmyard manure . If there Butter made from cream which had stood in sistant to the disease to the principal are overshadowing shrubs near , they must rusty cans developed a peculiar taste easily potato merchants , with a request , that they either be pruned back or the peonies re- The Quence of copper was even . would state which they could offer for sale moved . The tree varieties of peonies must picked out . more marked thar hat of iron . They , too , It is thus demonstrated that if cream is in small quantities . They were also invited have all dead portions cut out . kept in rusty cans or comes in contact with to give an undertaking that , as far as pos- benefit from a light forking of the soil near iren or copper during the process of butter - sible , these potatoes should be true to type them , and a mulch of good manure . making it may take up iron or copper from without the admixture of any rogues . In Warwickshire the greatest number of rusty cans , exposed bolt heads , or other metal parts of pasteurisers or churns , in parishes affected was 12 , which was an in- sufficient quantity to affect the flavour of crease of four on 1912. and it is remarkable storage butter . The rate of development of that the disease was found almost exclusive- the undesirable flavour is greatly accelerated ly in the neighbourhood of Birmingham , during storage by very small quantities of where 19 fields were infected . The disease , however , is likely to be difficult to eradicate All reputable manufacturers of dairy appa in this district , but it is not anticipated ratus would guarantee their makes against that it will spread much , even if the regula- rust of this sert for any reasonable length of tions fail to control it . The eastern part time , and would , I am sure , be anxious to re- of Warwickshire , which was chiefly affected place any machine that rusted within a short a few years ago , is now tolerably free from time of its sale . But second - hand machines disease . Worcestershire fared rather better carry ro gnara tee , and the buyer would save than Warwickshire , where a great improve- himself a lot of trouble by testing the inachfine ment was found to have taken place . before parchace . He may then find the expla- Another tract specially scheduled in 1912 nation of the seller's . desire to rid himself of was Leicestershire , which showed a slight the faulty machine or vessel . Inferior and increase in the disease , eighteen parishes cheap makes , of course , carry their own risks . being recorded as having been affected , the bulk of these being in urban centres . these metals . " . SHEEP SCAB . Since the year 1826 there has been a steady diminution of the number of outbreaks of this nasty disease , thanks very largely to the attitude of the more enlightened farmers to the question of dipping and the support MARKETS , CATTLE . Candytufts are showy hardy annuals , suit- able both for borders and for rockeries . The seed should be sown where the plants are in- tended to stand , as they do not transplant well , and the clumps or lines should be thinned as soon as the seedlings are large enough to handle . Each plant should have a fair chance of attaining a good size , so as to be capable of producing a fine head of bloom ; it is , however , better to thin twice , at inter- vals of a week or two , taking care to pull out The dwarf all weeds during the operation . section makes nice edgings , and is very useful for rockeries . The Very Best THE @ & REGR 18 PER LB. AFTERNOON DIGESTIVE TEA LOCAL AGENTS THE INDIA AND CHINA TEA COMPANY , GROCERS AND PROVISION MERCHANTS ; WINE SPIRITS , AND BEER DEALERS . Local Branch - 33 , HIGH STREET , ROSS . Orders sent by Post receive special attention .. ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF HALF - A - CENTURY . Alton Court Brewery Co. ROSS , ( LIMITED ) BREWERS , MALTSTERS , AND MINERAI WATER MANUFACTURERS . FAMILY ALES AND STOUT BREWED FROM LOCAL BARLEY MALT AND HOPS . Retailed Price List on application . HINTS FOR THE HOME . EYES AND EYELASHES . A daily " eye - bath " is an excellent means that the end seam sets over the centre of the thumbnail , not along it now fold down the back and smooth out all the wrinkles ; com- mence to button from the second button ; the first button should not be fastened till all the rest are done ; in removing gloves , it is best When an evergreen laurel becomes so big that it smothers anything else near it , while the lower part of it is unpleasantly bare , the tall , upstanding branches should be cut hard of preserving the sight and beauty of the to turn the wrists up over the hand and draw back , so as to induce fresh growth nearer the eyes , and is particularly valuable for people them off inside out ; the fingers should at once be turned , then blow into the hand and pull base . If in a hedge , some of the lower who motor a good deal , for nothing is more them gently into shape ; place them flat , never branches should be brought down and layered injurious to eyes than frequent contact with roll them over into the other . Long gloves in order that in the course of a year or two dust . Dissolve one teaspoonful of boracic acid should have the arm part gently pulled from they may form bushy plants on their own powder in one pint of rosewater .. Every night side to side to widen it , then the hand must roots . The layering is done by making an in- pour some of the lotion into a glass eye - bath ; be slipped through the arm and the fingere eision just below a joint and pegging down add enough hot water to render it - tepid , and and thumb put on as for a short one . Care in the wounded part firmly into the soil , which bathe each eye in turn by opening and shut - putting on and keeping gloves will make them must be kept moist . But with comparatively ting it in the lotion . A simple way of beauti last nearly twice as long as if used carelessly .. large branches , to prevent movement , which fying and increasing the growth of eyebrows would interfere with root formation and break and lashes is to apply a modicum of purified delicate roots already formed , one or two white vaseline every night , smoothing the stakes should be driven into the ground and eyebrows well with it , but merely smearing it the branches tied to them . lightly on lashes and lids . The Jerusalem artichoke is Ross , Thursday . In every department trade was exceptionally keen , and as a consequence which they have given the authorities in top prices were paid . There was a fine en- Last year carrying out a compulsory Order . try of cattle , and with a large company of there were 266 outbreaks in Great Britain , us- against 301 the previous year , and more than huvers present , the auctioneers had little ten times as many in 1896. In Ireland it is to difficulty in disposing of practically every lot and the prices paid were actually in excess of what the vendors demanded in some in- be admitted the number has lately shown a rise , being last year 552 , as against 373 in stances . Foirst grade cattle made anything usually per 1912. But probably this is principally to from £ 21 to £ 26 per head : second from £ 17mitted to occupy the same site year by year , .explained by the closer supervision now bein exorcised in the matter , and by the fact that to £ 20 : and thirds from £ 13 to £ 16 . There and the consequent need of digging up and was a fair supply of sheen penned , and properly replanting is the commonest cause in years past a large number of cases the wethers sold well at 55s . 6d . to 69. each ; of small quantities of undersized tubers . never brought under the notice of ewes up to 56s . 6d . , and tega up to 50s . The Each season's crop should be dug up , and authorities . Anyhow , the disease is within measurable pig trade still kept up well , and the top every tuber removed from the ground . distance of eradication , and it is interesting price paid for bacons was £ 1 5s . , porkers in to find that , on the suggestion of the Veter great demand , and realised up to 18s . per aary Committee of the Royal Agricultural score ; while weaned pigs readily sold up to Society of England , a letter has been ad- 25s . each ; store pigs still remained very dressed to the Board of Agriculture express- dear . There were a few more calves on offer ing the opinion that as sheep scab has now and these made from £ 3 to £ 6 4s . been brought within comparatively narrow were CORN . . To produce fine artichoke tabers a piece of fresh ground should be well manured and dug deeply . Mark off the ground in lines , 3ft apart , and lay the garden line between each eet of pegs for the guidance of the planter . the best , though Medium - sized tubers are NICE DISHES . CHICKEN AND CELERY SANDWICHES . - Cub up some cold chicken ' free from gristle and ski , pass it through a fine mincer with an equal Mix into a quantity of crisp heart of celery . paste with enough mayonnaise to make it . paprika , and spread on buttered bread , white spread easily , season with salt and pepper or or brown . FRUIT FOR THE COMPLEXION . As every woman desires to have a good complexion , she should remember that the benefit to her skin from any cosmetic or lotion is not to be compared with that jo be MINCE AND POTATO PATTIES . - Mash hot pota- given by the use of fruit . This should be toes smoothly , and mix with them some butter , just a little cream or milk , and a good season- eaten as a staple article of diet , and not as a ing of salt and pepper . Use half of this to line luxury or delicacy . Grapes and apples are large buttered patty - pans ( or the china baking amongst the most nutritious of fruit , and dishes about the size of and rather deeper than a tea - saucer ) . Fill them with any kind of these generally agree with even the most A baked sweet apple with cream is minced meat , flavoured with powdered herbs , delicate . both nutritious and good for the skin . Straw highly seasoned , and moistened with gravy or berries enrich the blood , and contain a large water . Cover with the remainder of the mashed potato , brush over with beaten egg , and bake percentage of iron . Oranges and lemons are of great value in improving the complexion , for about twenty minutes in a moderate oven . limits , the time has arrived when regulations . Ross , Thursday . - Little corn on offer . large ones may be cut in half . The sets may of a more drastic character should be intro Prices unchanged . Wheat , white , 3s . 11d . be planted with the dibber 2ft . or 3ft . apart and a couple of oranges eaten before break- Good gravy or diluted meat extract should be Those served with them .. duced by the Board with a view to the com- to 4s .; red , 3s . 11d . to 48 .; barley , malting , in the lines and 4in . deep , as soon as the soil fast will often clear a muddy skin . who suffer from acidity should not eat acid plete eradication of this disease from the country . 26s . to 43s .; grinding . 28s . to 24s .; oats , is dry enough to work upon . fruit with farinaceous food . Fruit , such as In the course of the discussion on the sub - white , 19s . to 258 .; black , 18s . to 29s .; peas , plums , should be thoroughly masticated , and jeet , Mr. Mansell , who proposed the resolu- 4s . 3d . to 4s . 4d .; beans , 4s . 4d . to 4s . hd . tion authorising the letter , stated that it was hay , 50s . to 55s .; clover , 52s . 6d . to 57s . 6d . ; the skin of raw fruits should never be eaten . desirable , in sending this letter to the Board , that the society should point out the advan- tages that would arise from the complete eradication of sheep seab in this country which would be that the quarantine period abroad would be greatly reduced , and any thing that would reduce quarantine would reduce the cost to the importer . He thought it reflected on the British breeder , and it was high time to urge upon the Board of Agricul- ture to take drastic measures to get rid of sheep scab now that it had been brought within such narrow limits . FERTILISERS FOR SWEDES . Trials to test the effect of various arkadial manures on the swede crop when applied " along with a dressing of twelve or fifteen tons per acre of farmyard manure , were con- ducted last year in various parts of Derby- shire under the direction of the County Eda- Three different types of cation Committee . soil were experimented upon : ( 1 ) A shallow but strong loam overlying limestone ; ( 2 ) a light loam on gritstone ; ( 3 ) a mellow loam The experiment overlying coal measures . consisted of a series of eleven plots each The two end plots re- 1-20th acre in size . ceived no artificials . Five plote received " complete dressings . The remaining four plots were treated with different forms of phosphatic manures . The most profitable dressing in the whole series proved to be superphosphate alone , applied at the rate of 4owt . per acre . This increased the crop by 2 tons per acre on the average of the three centres . After charging the cost of the manure a profit of 158. 8d . per acre is due to the use of the dressing . HEARSON INCUBATOR for 5 / - a year ! A 60 - Egg Hearson costs 25 8 6 complete and carriage paid , and will hatch avery fer . Hile egg for upwards of 25 years , therefore the initial outlay works out at less than 5 / - per annum thus it is the poultry rearer's most profitable investment , May we send you a free cops of " The Prob lem Solved , " which is published at 11-2 Proprietors : SPRATT'S PATENT LTD . , 24-25 , Fenchurch St. , London , E.C. straw , 45s . SPECIAL FARMERS ' UNION REPORT . ( This is a Farmar's report for Farmers , etc .. and records the actual impressions and ex- Deriences of Farmers in the several De- partments of Hereford Market . ) Hereford , Wednesday . DIET IN ANEMIA . Celeriac , or turnip - rooted celery , is a most nutritious vegetable , which has the advan tage of being more easily grown than celery . A German professor gives some valuable No tenches are necessary , the plants being pet out on the fat , but the soil must be rich , hinta on diet , writes a contributor to the and plenty of moisture given in dry periode . Family Doctor , which , though ostensibly for It forms a root something like a turnip , and the use of anemic women , are worthy of the this growe at or almost above the ground attention of all housekeepers , particularly level , and must be taken up before sharp frost those who have to cater for growing girls . eets in . The seed is sown in March , and the He says that anemia is the result , more fre- enough ; it is best to plant shallowly . The market to - day was well attended , and Plants are put out as soon as they are strong quently than not , of a badly - chosen dietary , and says that the trouble can be averted trade was brisk througmout . CATTLE STUFFED MUTTON . - Take two and a - quarter pounds of either breast or loin of mutton , two tablespoonfuls of breadcrumbs , one tablespoon- ful of , chopped suet , a little chopped parsley and thyme , pepper and salt ( a little chopped onion may be added if the favour is liked ) , and Carefully remove the bone from the mutton neatly with a sharp knife ; mix all the ingredients , have the egg well beaten , and bind them together with it . Put this stuffing in the mutton ; fold and sew up . Cook for one hour , basting well . Serve very hot , with gravy made from mutton . one egg . CHARTLEY PUDDING . - Well butter a padding- basin , and put in first a layer of currants , then a little brown sugar , rinkling of grated lemon - rind , a little finely chopped beef There was a good supply of store cattle , Use one nail , not two , to secure the growth . ons , and of all fruits and vegetables oon- full . To half a pint of milk add a well - beaten which made very satisfactory prices . BEEF 456 A moderate supply of beef , for which trade was again very firm , best beef making from 40s . to 42s . per cwt . , live weight . Best beef , d . to 8d . per lb. Other qualities , Bld . to 71d . per lb. Fat calves , 10a . to 11d . per lb. SHEEP . Moderate supply . Store sheep very dear . Fat sheep rather easier . Best teg mutton , 9d . to 10d . per lb. Wether mutton , 84d . to 9d . per lb. Other qualities , 7d . to 84d . per lb. PIGS . A good supply . Stores very dear . and bacons in good demand . Porks , 7d . to 8d . per lb. Bacons , 6d . to 7d . per lb. Heavyweights , 5d . to 6d . per lb. CORN . Porks A quiet market , with prices practically un- changed . Wheat , per 62lbs . , 88. 11d . to 4s , Old . Oats , per 40lbs . , 2s . 6d . to Ss . Malting barley , per 56lbs . , 36. 6d . to 48 . Grinding barley , per 56lbs . 3. to 3s . 6d . Beans , per 65 + 1bs . , 48. to 4s , 2d . HAY TRADE Quotations for good quality in stack , seller to deliver on rail : - Best hay , 50s , to 558 .; second quality , 45s . to 50s .; clovers , 50s . to 55s .; wheat straw , 45s . per ton . Some people have a positive genius for losing time - just a plain throwing away , with not thing to show for it . Those who work cannot afford to throw away time . The efficient worker tie . In and even cured - by the persistent eating of Wall fruit trees should be tied up as may be spinach , lentils , limes , black currants , dam- necessary before the trees start into taining iron . Another splendid article of diet nailing up a start should be made with the for such women , declared to be infallible by The contents of a lowest branches , arranging them as low as some doctors , is marrow . possible , for most of the future growth of the marrow bone taken daily on toast are said to tree will be made in the upper and centre be the most blood - making of food . parts . Of course , the big branches are made secure before attempting to do anything with the small ones . A CASE FOR SILVER . Every well - ordered household boasts of its table silver , and there is no doubt that a oer- In arranging the tree attempt to cover all tain variety of silverware adds . greatly to the the wall space evenly while avoiding any over appearance of a table . There are , however , crowding , and remember that space must be many housewives who forego the pleasure of left for other years ' growth . In nailing care having silver because of the additional care must be taken to avoid tightness , which would it requires to keep in perfect condition . cramp the branches , while anything in the When choosing your silver select a plain . nature of a bruise or broken bark is certain design . You may find it more expensive , on to do serious harm to the tree . The position account of its thickness , than the elaborate of the nail in relation to the branch depends raised patterns , but it is far easier to clean on the tendency of growth - it should be and shows better taste . pulled by the tie , not pushed by the nail . THE WEEK'S WORK , Plant anemones and , ranunculuses . Divide and replant strong - growing peren- nials . Divide old canna roots and pot in heat . Remove decaying remains of Brussels sprouts and other greens and manure and dig the ground . Set main crop potato " seed " in shallow boxes to sprout Sow parsnips in fairly dry soil . Transplant autumn - sown onions , Sow early peas . Complete pruning and tying in of apri- cots , peaches and nectarines . Well dig , level , and clean land intended for grass seed . If you do not possess a silver chest , and there is no small cupboard which can be used to store your silver , have one made and cover all with a thin round of buttered bread . Repeat this until the basin is nearly egg and a grating of nutmeg . Pour this over the pudding , and allow it to stand for an hour to thoroughly soak , then steam continuously for two hours . Turn out and serve with custard sauce . LEMON MERINGUE PUDDING . - Soak two cup- fuls of fine breadcrumbs in one quart of milk , add four well - beaten egg yolks , one cupful of sugar , a scant half - cupful of soft butter , the juice and grated rind of one large lemon , and bake in a buttered dish until firm and slightly brown . Beat the whites of the eggs stiff with three tablespoonfuls of white sugar , spread on to the oven until the pudding , and return tinged with brown . GIPSY PUDDING - Take two oranges , lemon , three ounces of suet , three ounces pound currants , half a pound of flour , half a of treacle , and one feaspoonful of baking- powder . Grate the rind of the oranges and lemon , and mix this with the flour , chopped suet . baking - powder , and currants . 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