Ross Gazette 16th April 1914 - Page 7
Ross Gazette 16th April 1914 - Page 7
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| Date | 16/04/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 16th April 1914 |
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LIMITED . BAR - SMITH . KAUMONT PEASE . £ 26,304,200 4,208,672 3,000,000 50,871,240 91,947,968 ESTABLISHED 1790 TELEPHONE 39 . T. W. PURCHAS & SONS , WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS , ROSS , IMPORTERS OF FOREIGN WINES AND SPIRITS . Special Blend of Finest Old SCOTCH WHISKY , G.G. Very Fine Old IRISH WHISKY *** GED And other very Fine Olarets , up to 60 / - per dozen . BOTTLERS OF PALE ALE AND STOUT . Good Bound CLARET , in excellent condition IN ENGLAND AND WALES . 60 , Lombard St. , E.C. RY ! 6 , AVENUE DE L'OPERA . OF NEWS . quartrains by Omar Khay- poet , have been discovered . id , the High Commissioner s arrived back in England he Commonwealth . and Queen visit Paris the in the bed of Napoleon I. at of the Easter show of eggs ndow of a Newcastle dairy oke and about 500 of the eggs and were smashed . beri beri fever has been the Lascar crew of the ying in Birkenhead Docks , enth case , and one patient . otided the fire brigade with ment of petrol - driven fire- ndon County Council an- old steam and horse - drawn C le . 000 has been discovered at German Bank at Lima mployees have been arrested - Parliamentarian , Senator killed as the result of a his motor and an electric els . William Buckingham , a part- f S. Buckingham and Sons , ers . Colchester , dropped turday at his home in Col- forty - nine years of age . man , who died at Rochester , at the age of ninety - one , was Sunday , and married on an children medically examined the London County Council than 2.363 were found to be ent . t . the inquest on the man of a skiff at Eel Pie Island ue to heart disease . Appa- ept over the weir , and heart proved fatal . of the homeless villagers of Essex . are being relieved atside help is required . anarmed American marines Tampico , but released on the fral Mays . General Huerta romised to punish those re- arrest . rd Colliery , North Wales , on e Pritchard , twenty - four , a lled by runaway waggons . legram from Tetuan states of the territory occupied by ibe have made their submis- ish Resident . a fell in Lincolnshire on farms . e work on the flower topped . Between the storms als of bright sunshine . ated , to a Cork cattle dealer to Drogheda for sale cattle area , the port of Drogheda losed for the export of cattle , announced on Saturday of ke , mother - in - law of the Earl m inflammation of the lungs Dresden of the well - known Petri , in his fifty - ninth year . Spanish subjects , expelled Mexico , are in a wretched anish Government will take te them . announced of Baron Schim- Der Olje Van Hoevelaken , f the first Chamber of the neral . atry Regiment , which was re- ern owing to the trouble be- tary and civil power , will ack to that town . out of a top - floor window at Kentish Town - road , William ght , d an upholsterer , over- some 50ft . , sustaining fatal kull , ans were performing feats of vessel in the Tyne on Satur B of them placed his head in avoured to raise himself above noose slipped , and he fell , pinal cord . Death WAS in- om Salonics states that the bccupied Hodjista , and the 1 are concentrating at Lam- Greek population of Hodjista ge in Biglista in spite of es . The Turkish inhabitants upon the Greeks as they fled . an found in the Thames off bankment was identified BS da , twenty - three , a domestic erston - road ,, Bowes Park . oman , named Eva Hornetter , bourg on suspicion of espion- that she had been commis- but nothing of importance to ound in her possession . randley , sixty - five , has been ottingham charged with strik- Edward Robinson , sixty - one , face with a poker . One of badly injure 1 that it had to be han , of the Royal Irish Con- hed near Drogheda , becoming his rifle and fired at some He was overpowered , and was sent to a lunatic asylum . ving been made to the Ather- ouncil that children had been n unsanitary condition , after scarlet fever in the Isolation ouncil has decided to inquire for providing means for nication between lighthouses nd Devon and Cornish coasts as at last become effective . tus is to be installed at the Wolf Rock lighthouses . den ARIO NADA 250 million mores virgin soll 2 / - per apre , easy terms . Improved freehold farms for what British farmers pay in rent . Dairying , cattle raising , fruit growing , gardening . Unlimited market . Grand climate Thousands of acres in peaches deal social and educational conditions vernment guarantees farm hands and stics situations . Good wages . Mar- atural resources await investors . Write : R. REID , rnment Agent , 163 , Strand , London . SUGAR - BEET GROWING . CESTERSHIRE FARMERS . POSITION AND PROSPECTS . Per Dosen : 49- 49 / - 16 / - Experience in THE ROSS GAZETTE - THURSDAY , APRIL 16 , 1914 AGRICULTURAL NOTES . private landowners . Altogether small hold- ings have been furnished for 17,005 applicanta in six years . BY A PRACTICAL FARMER HINTS FOR THE HOME . TO BRIGHTEN DIRTY WALLPAPER . For a small room , place a pound of flour in a basin , add a tablespoonful of liquid am- In 1913 fresh applications were received by County Councils from 3,982 individuals and Afteen associations for a total of 69,622 acres . IMPROVING POOR GRASS LAND . Of these applicants 2,445 individuals and nine monis and sufficient cold water to form a Increase in the area of land under per associations have been provisionally aptiff dough . Divide the dough in four parts , manent grass has been a great feature of the proved . The proportion of applicants ex- agriculture of this country during the past at less than 2 per cent of the applicants . The covered over with a duster . Rub the well pressing desire to purchase holdings remains dust by sweeping the walls with broom and use one part for each wall . Remove the forty years , and though we were assured at quantity of land acquired by County Councils the beginning of the present century that the in 1913 was 24,493 acres , of which 20,822 acres lightly with the ball of dough , and as the sur increase was being checked , and that once were purchased for £ 684.417 , and 3,771 acres face of it becomes soiled , work the soiled part more land would be brought under the were leased for rents amounting to £ 5.95 inwards until the whole mass is soiled . plough , the past ten years alone show an ex - year . This is a decrease of 9,000 acres the wall lightly with a clean duster to remove pansion in permanent grass land of nearly compared with 1912 . any particles of dough that eling . half a million acres . as ROSS SHIRE HORSE SOCIETY . ONE OF THE BEST ORGANISED IN THE KINGDOM . Since the formation of the Ross Shire Nixon says : A USEFUL WRINKLE . If you have a cracked hot - water bottle , do not throw it away , but fill it with sand and put it in the oven an hour or two before bed- time . You will find you have a hot bottle just as good as and more safe than one filled with water . This also keeps hot a good bit longer than a new one . AVOID MONOTONY IN DIET . Let all those who wish to be considered . SMOKING BAD FOR ARTERIES . THE LC REGISTERED The High - Class ESTABLISHED 1858 . Grocers . TINNED FRUITS . APRICOTS PEARS PEACHES PER TIN . from 7 d . 7d . " 7 d . 41d . Splendid Value . PINE CHUNKS , 1lb . Excellent Quality . LARGE ASSORTMENT OF TABLE DAINTIES . SEE WINDOWS . THE INDIA CHINA TEA CO . Local Branch - 33 , HIGH STREET , ROSS . ( Orders sent by Post receive special attention . ) ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF HALF - A - CENTURY . Unfortunately , & large proportion of this permanent pasture is giving a yield far below what would be possible if the land were pro- perly managed . In many cases the herbage is of low feeding value , due to the growth of worthless , or nearly worthless , grasses and plants , whilst in others bad or unsuitable seed can be grown per acre in this country . down . The poor condition of the soil which has been used when the pasture was laid Assuming the price is only from 188. to 20s . prevents the growth of useful grasses and a ton , the farmer can calculate on getting olovers by allowing them to be gradually re- Horse Society , the greatest interests in its THE NETHERLANDS OFFER TO WOR- £ 14 per acre . Expenses of cultivation are placed by weeds is , however , responsible for welfare has been taken by the farmers good cooks avoid monotony above all things . admittedly rather heavy , £ 10 an acre , leav- the poor returns in the majority of instances . throughout the district , while to - day the ing a profit of £ 4 . To this has to be added As a general rule , permanent pasture land Ross Society is reported by Mr. W. Nixon , It is quite possible to starve in the midst of the gain from beetroot slices , leaves and stands in need of lime of phosphates , and in the Society to the Live Stock Committee plenty - that is to say , we may eat day after crowns for manure , put at £ 2 10s .. making many cases also potash . Where the pasture of the Advisory Council and Live Stock Ad - day , of a substance which is very nourishing The conditional offer from a gentleman a total gain per acre of £ 6 10s . This is said is grazed by dairy stock the drain on the ferviser to the Board of Agriculture and Fisher- in itself , and yet derive no benefit from it . in the Netherlands to establish a sugar - beet to be putting the profit at its lowest . In - tility of the soil is particularly heavy , and in ies , as " one of the best organised societies Strive , then , to have variety , and strive to factory at Kidderminster brings once more direct advantages have , however , to be borne consequence , deterioration follows unless some- in the kingdom . " In fact , in his last official have each dish as " tasty " as possible . into prominence a question of great interest in mind . These are an assured market . thing is done to make good the losses . equally to the town and its agricultural en- cash on delivery , and improvement of the The results of an experiment which has report to the Board of Agriculture , Mr. Eggs , for instance , can be cooked in great many ways , and yet some people's sole idea velope . With the abolition of bounties to soil by the thorough cultivation necessary been in progress at the Midland Agricultural " This ( the Ross and District Shire of cooking an egg is to boil it , or fry it , until and Dairy College since 1909 serve , rowers on the Continent brought to produce good beetroots . sugar - heet Horse Society ) is the most enthusiastic it is leathery and indigestible . It is not about by the Brussels Convention of 1902 , Germany has shown that the deep plough- many others elsewhere have done , to show Horse Society in my , Province . During merely to pamper the appetite that one attention has been directed continuously to ings , frequent hoeings . and liberal supplies how a suitable dressing of artificial manures ean transform indifferent grass land and give the week , I have spent some days in should make everything as tasty as possible . the possibility of sugar - beet production in of manure so benefit the soil that the pro- South Herefordshire . It would be an Taste , and a variety of tastes , are necessary this country on a large scale , with the three- duce of a farm is actually increased , in spite such large returns in quantity of milk that a easy matter to form two more Heavy to the digestion as well as the enjoyment of study of the figures set out in a bulletin pub- of the acreage laid down to beet . Thus a fold object of benefitting British agriculture , lished by the College will , it is hoped , convince Horse Societies in South Herefordshire . food . It has been satisfactorily proved by providing a new industry in the towns giv- farm in Saxony of 625 acres produced , be- scientific experiment that no man can be pro- ing upon suitable areas , and preventing the fore beet culture was introduced , on an aver- many farmers that a similar treatment would prove equally profitable to them . perly nourished on tasteless food . The taste depopulation of villages . We import every age of ten years , 13,789 bushels of grain . and smell of food cause the digestive juices THE SHIRE HORSE . year more than a million and a half tons of When 135 acres were planted with heet the to flow more abundantly . DISTANCE APART OF MANGOLDS . beetroot sugar , for which we pay it is esti- grain crop of the remaining 405 acres avail- The Society , through its excellent selection able amounted to 14.397 bushels , or 508 more There is some interesting information on mated , not less than £ 20,000,000 - a sum so committee , has been able to obtain the ser- enormous as not only to strike the imagina- than from the whole farm before beets were this point in a report on field experiments vices of a really fine horse in Wedgewood It is , therefore , claimed that the carried out by the East Suffolk County Edu- II . , " and a short history or pedigree of it tion . but set farmers and business men raised . thinking very hard . Experiments have advantage of beet - growing cannot be measur- cation Committee throughout the county and may be of interest to those farmers and proved conclusively that the soil and climate ed by the profit from the heet cron alone . of Great Britain are as well adapted to sugar but must be taken in conjunction with that at the permanent experimental station at Sax - readers intimately connected with horse breeding : - mundham during the season 1913 . heet growing as are those on the Continent . derived from other crops in rotation , such as In connection " WEDGEWOOD II . " with experiments on the and the question naturally arises whether . wheat , rve , barley , oats , peas , and potatoes . ( 26816 ) . manurial treatment of mangolds conducted at Not only can the shorn tons be converted five centres in the county , it is stated that a instead of remaining sunine , home farmers Bay . Foaled 1907. Stands 17 hands . and manufacturers should not make a hold into manure , but there is the question of comparison of the number of roots per square Sire Childwick Champion ( 22215 ) . bid for a share in the trade which yields food for cattle . It is the custom for factor- rod affords considerable food for thought . g Sire - Childwick Majestic ( 17254 ) . such handsome returns to Continental coun - ies in Germany to return to the farmer . free Undoubtedly it is a point which is well Dam - 44744 , Dimity , by Birdsall Menestrel tries . Sixteen European countries produce of cost , about a third of the weight of the worthy of some investigation . The distance ( 19837 ) , by Menestrel ( 14180 ) . 6.499.000 tons of beet sugar made from dressed roots delivered in the form of slices apart of the rows and the number of plants Bred from London Champions on both or pulp . The value is estimated at a . to left at singling out was , of course , left in the 42.927,000 tons of roots , the produce of four In Germany owners 10s . per ton . The saturation lime also freely hands of the farmer , and it seems dificult to sides , " Wedgewood " cannot fail to leave two ' medium ' million acres of land . of sugar factories have paid - probably are supplied from the factory has its value as a avoid the conclusion that the custom of grow his mark as a Stock Horse . This is already confirm the widely current impression that still paying dividends on capital invested manurial agent . It contains about 40 per ing mangolds on very wide baulks , and leav - proved by several very likely Colts at the nicotine can produce changes in the coats of ranging from 20 per cent . to 40 per cent .. so cent . of carbonate of lime with small quanti - ing them very far apart in the rows , which is Bramhope Stud . He has won Prizes at the arteries . Therefore , anyone with a ten- that the lucrative character of the industry ties of nitrogen , phosphate , and potash . almost universal in Mid - Suffolk , is not a several good Shows , vis :: - First and Champ - dency to hardening of the arteries ought to be sound one where the land is reasonably clean . ion , Wharfedale ; Second , Great Yorkshire ; extremely moderate in his use of tobacco , or may be said to be abundantly demonstrated . ' As the Earl of Denbigh once put it : " If we and Second , employ a substitute . Of course , the baulks are frequently made Third , Royal Lancashire ; ourselves only grew one quarter of the The important thing in estimating profit wide in order to enable cleaning to be done Altringham . TOOTH - BRUSH DRILL . £ 20,000,000 worth of sugar that we import Der acre is to bear in mind the difference be- more easily . At the same time there can be annually we should require a hundred fac - tween the gross vield per acre and that al- little doubt that it is desirable to have the rows THE WEEKLY ROUTE . As soon as the child is old enough to use & tories . Thousands of men would get employ - lowed by the factory after the removal of as close together as is reasonably practicable . Arrangements have been made for tooth - brush a medium soft brush should be ment , most of them unskilled men , who now earth and crowns . In this connection the fol- It is also worth noting in this connection that " Wedgewood II . " to make the following provided , and the child should be carefully find it hard to get work in the winter . Fully lowing figures issued by the Board of Agri- small number of excessively large roots per weekly routes , but at those places marked taught how to use it , says writer in Good £ 6.000.000 worth of plant alone would he culture based upon experiments at trial sta - acre are almost invariably of much lower with an ( * ) asterisk the horse does not call : Health . If the teeth are brushed for a few erected without counting the cost of build- tions in 1911 are of great value : - quality than the medium - sized roots which re- MONDAY - Benhill , Wall House , Overton , moments after each meal there will be little ings . Much money would be spent on up- Gross yield ( tons ) sult from growing them fairly close together " Welsh Court , Burton , Eccleswall . Castle o no difficulty in keeping them perfectly THE WEEK'S GARDENING . frames without artificial heat . It is beat to keen and renewals . Mechanics , engineers , It seems to be the case that order a large erop one must have from 140 to 160 End , Woodfields , Ryeford , Hill , and Rudge clean , and ordinary water is the only lotion and fitters would he wanted in large numbers Farm . that will be required . It is also a good prac for an industry that would rapidly spread . roots per square rod . TUESDAY . -Rudge Farm , New House , tice to give them a final brushing the last THE FLOWER GARDEN , Collieries and railways would benefit , while " Howle , Walford , Homme , Daycroft , Bry- thing at night . A harsh , stiff brush is not de- Pampas grass will succeed in almost any subsequently . hundreds of thousands of bags would he TRIAL OF GRASS MIXTURES . wanted for the sugar . Sngar refineries would Another series of experiments conducted in ants . Brelstone , Whitfield , Marstow , Old sirable , for it is likely to lacerate and other soil provided it is deep and well drained . If the pots are placed in a small frame within wise injure the gums . If the gums are very inclined to be heavy it may be improved by a the greenhouse , or if the pots are not Blled too once more look up , and much employment WEDNESDAY . - Old Court , * Ganarew , tender a piece of cotton wool moistened in would he found in them . New methods of Trewen , " Trefassey , Treworgan , Kilreague , water may be used to clean the teeth , but it liberal use of sand and peat or leaf - mould . full of soil and a sheet of glass is placed over them . The seedlings should be reared to agriculture , intensive enltivation would in- Llangarron Court . Treribble , St. Weonards , is more awkward to handle than a brush . The Water should be given till the plants aro withstand full sunehine . crease , and the general fertility of the land use of toothpicks other than in exceptional established , if the soil gets at all dry . Treherron , Old Hall , and Pencoyd . would improve . " THURSDAY . - Pencovd , " Netherton , Red , circumstances is not to be recommended , for House , " Donothan , " Llanwarne , Lenastsone , unless applied with care there is every chance Llanwarne Court , Llandinabo , Elvastone , of damaging the gums and causing them to Grange , Morastone , at " Hoarwithy , and recede .. Fawley Court . The prospect seems so alluring that one wonders why hands are not ontstretched in eagerness to grasn all these benefits , main and subsidiary . The answer given by those who have made a special study of the whole question is that the British grower is so wedded to all methods , so suspicious of change , so lacking in initiative and experi- ment that his co - operation - the main factor in the introduction of a new business like this cannot at present he secured to the re- quired extent . He has been spoken to , lec- tured at , deluged with pamphlets , but he re- mains for the most part incredulous and irresponsive . So we continue paying twenty millions a year to foreigners for an article which , in part , at least , we could produce at home with great advantage to all concerned . That is the contention of those at the back of the movement to establish the industry in this country . WORCESTERSHIRE EFFORTS . Alderman Dalley , ex - Mayor of Kidder- minster , is the gentleman through whom the Netherlands offer comes . To a representa- tive of the " Birmingham Daily Post . " he described in brief ontline what the British Sugar Pioneer Association , of whose council he is a member , had done to get a beet - sugar factory in the carpet town . The subiect has been before the municipal authorities and the local Chamber of Commerce on many oo- casions . As the title implies , the obiects of the association are largely educational . Abont two or three years ago serious effort was made to get to work in Kidderminster . The op- tion of a site was obtained from Lord Dud- ley , of Foley Park . The first thing to be done before raising the money for building the factory , which it was estimated would cost about £ 55,000 , was to be sure of an ade- quate supply of raw material . The farmers in the district were asked to sign a contract to delived so many tons of sugar - beet roots at the price of 20s . a ton . The terms of the agreement provided that the grower should put a given number of acres under cultivation for five years , should procure his seed at cost price from the company , and should deliver the roots shorn of their tops , reasonably free from earth , and in.good sound condition . For reasons best known to themselves the farmers declined to enter into this agreement in sufficiently large number to produce the tonnage required , and the scheme efther fell through or remained in abeyance . The association , however , had SOME USEFUL FIGURES . Station and County Wra ( Kent ) ... Midland ( Nottingham ) Harper - Adams ( Shronshire ) Cirencester ( Gloucester ) County Laboratories ( Essex ) Seale - Havne ( Devon ) 26.6 14.4 15.0 9.4 8.7 5.0 13.8 Ridgmont ( Bedfordshire ) The shrinkage when we get to the factory weight varies from 7 ner cent to as much as • Suffolk was concerned with the laying down of permanent meadow land . Eight mixtures of seeds were used , and as the experiment has been in operation for eight years the results 29 per cent . , as the following table shows : are particularly valuable as showing how grass land is to be improved , no less , perhaps , cleanine & by the use of superior grass seed mixtures trimming . than by the proper provision of fertilisers . The outstanding feature is the marked 29 superiority of the Elliot mixture , judged by the annual weight of hay or by the annual Fatimated TORON Estimated not factory welcht MATE per CA- 18.8 12.6 Rtation and County Wee ( Kent Midland ( Nottingham ) Harner - Adams ( Shropshire ) 18.4 Cirencester ( Gloucester ) County Laboratories ( Essex ) 7.5 Sonle - Havne ( Devon ) ... Ridgmont ( Bedfordshire ) 8.2 4.5 12.9 19 11 18 7 The percentage of sugar varied from 15 8 The conclusion to 19.8 on the net vield . reached by the Board of Agriculture as the result of these trials was that there was no doubt that heet with a higher sugar content can be grown in this country , and that with value , deducting an eighth part of the cost of 12 the seeds as the annual cost of the seed . It is fairly expensive , 89s . 6d . per acre ; but 12 when this initial cost is spread over a number of years it does not amount to much . The feature of the mixture is the exclusion of perennial ryegrass and the inclusion of deep- rooting plants . As sown in this experiment it consisted of cocksfoot six , hard fescue two , meadow fescue five , tall fescue two , rough- stalked meadow grass two , smooth - stalked meadow grass two , tall oat - grass three , yellow oat - grass half , Italian rye - grass four , alsyke clover two , perennial red clover two , white clover two , kidney vetch two and a - half , burnet eight , chicory two , sheep's parsley one , and yarrow one pound - a total of forty - five and a - half pounds per acre . sub - soiling ( not carried ont in the experi- ments ) and more liberal mannring a heavier vield could have heen gained . The Board did not set themselves ont to decide the ones tion whether sugar beet could be profitably substituted for other descriptions of root crops . That is left for the farmer to deter- mine . One can only auote the two sets of figures and leave to those hest qualifiel to indge the question whether the claims of the pioneer association are extravagant or not . The hope , however , may be expressed that the prospect of a new industry for Kidder minster will be realised to the advantage of all concerned . MAKE SURE of SUCCESS by using SPRATT'S Chicken Meal & " Chikko " Sand 34. Stamps for Samples and Book , " Chicken Culture " SPRATT'S PATENT LTD ... 24 1 THE UTI ITY POULTRY OLUB . HARPER ADAMS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE . TION , 1913-14 . A STRONG BREED . The Hereford is a strong breed in more Court . special study of the influence of tobacco smok A Dortmund physician has been making a measurements indicate that the smoking of ing on the circulation of the blood . His two . " medium " cigars causes characteristic alterations in arterial pressure . " The essen- tial feature in the nicotine effect on the vaso- motor apparatus consists in a constrictor stimulus to the vessels which results in in- rate is variable . Eight or ten Russian cigar- creased tonus . The behaviour of the pulse- ettes give a vasomotor result ( the effect on the muscles of the blood vessels ) comparable with cigars . " These experiments . POLISHING BRASS . Alton Court Brewery Co. ROSS , ( LIMITE ) BREWERS , MALTSTERS , AND MINERAI , WATER MANUFACTURERS . FAMILY ALES AND STOUT BREWED FROM LOCAL BARLEY . MALT AND HOPS , Retailed Price List on application . . sow single seed in fine , rich mould , in emall pots . If the soil is fairly moist it will not be necessary to water it for four or five days Growth might be quickened if be FRIDAY - Fawley Court , " Brockhamp- ton , Tump Farm , Brockhampton , Penalt , Llanfrother , Kynastone , Caradoc , and " Cole an old silk handkerchief . Brass that is vrhaps , the simplest method , but the fire must of protection - boxes or tube - should be ready of Foy . Everstone . SATURDAY . - Caradoc Harewood , Gillow , Minehead , Hightown , Flann , Bowers , Weir End , Whitecross , Benhill . Mr. W. H. Rudge , of Treribble , is the hon . secretary . of whom all other particulars may be obtained . MARKETS . POULTRY . Ross . Thursday . - Dressed poultry was in great demand . as were also eggs , and trade all round was brisk at the following rates : Dressed ducks , 7s . to 88. per couple ; dressed chicken , 68. to 7a . per couple live fowls , 88. 6d . to 4s . 6d . per couple ; butter , 1s . 4d . per lb. retail , 18. 8d . per lb. wholesale ; eggs , 18 for 1s . retail , 15 for 1s . wholesale . CORN . A few vegetable marrow seeds can now be Old clumps of pampas grass may be trans- sown in pots in a frame for a week or two . planted if they require fresh soil , or the stock The bush variety of marrow should may be increased by taking off vigorous pieces selected , as it matures and fruits much more When a from the outside of the clumps . It will be quickly than the running varieties . found advisable to trim off the leaves first , as pair of rough leaves is made the ants are New brass needs nothing but duating with this makes the dividing of the clump much gradually hardened and planted out on pre- easier . To set fire to the old leaves is , per pared mounds at the end of May . Some form old , or which has been carelessly treated , be kept under so that the plant is not to hand in case frost threatens , and these should be polished with paste made by damaged . The burnt appearance will soon be covers are removed in the morning . In this moistening powdered rotton - stone with tur hidden by new growth . " pentine . After . bright polish has been rubbed , the surface of the brass should be mastic varnish . If treated in this way at the painted over with thin , smooth layer of time of spring - cleaning , the brass will last through the summer without becoming dull . A FEW LITTLE WRINKLES . Spotted tiles should be rubbed with lemon juice , then dried with a soft cloth . The varnished street door will look like new if well rubbed over with a cloth dipped in parafin . After cleaning the brasses in the usual way , polish them with a dry cloth sprinkled with powdered , whitening . When relaying the stair carpets put a pad of folded newspaper over the edge of each stair . This will lengthen the life of the carpet . To remove marks from mahogany furniture , than one respect . Its prepotency when crossed with other cattle shows that it has been bred pure for a longer period than most other breeds , and its increasing exportation shows Ross , Thursday . Quiet market all round , rub a little sweet oil into the mark , then the favour it enjoys in many parts of the world . and very small supply of grain of any descrip- little spirits of wine . Dry with a soft cloth , It has always been bred , first and foremost , as tion . - Wheat , white , 4s . to 4s . 2d . red . Se . and the marks will disappear . a beef - producer , and whatever the stock it is 11d . to 4s . 1d .; barley , malting . 26s . to 828 .; crossed with it may be trusted as surely to grinding , 23s . to 25s .; oats , white . 198. to dip the bag in clean warm water , and rub the To clean matting , tie some bran in a bag , improve it from a meat - producing point of 21s , 6d . black , 18s . to 208 .; beans , ds .; pean , view as to impart the white face . No won4s . to 4s . 6d . hay , 50s . to 51s . 6d .; clover , matting briskly , then rinse off with a cloth der , then , that enterprising ranchmen in the 55s .; straw , 45s . new countries are willing to pay big prices and go to the heavy expense of exporting choice bulls . SPECIAL FARMERS ' UNION REPORT . ( This is a Farmer'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 . This being Easter market , there was a good supply of all kinds of live stock , and gener ally trade was better than at the fair last week , the exceptions being fat pigs and fat cattle , which must be quoted lower . BULLS . wrung out in warm salt water . To clean holland blinds , lay the blind flat on a table , sprinkle with powdered bathbrick , slightly warmed , rub well into the holland , then shake off . To clean the lace edge , apply powdered bathbrick with a brush , working is well in . . way marrows will be produced quite three weeks in advance of the main crop sown in The godetia will grow in any soil , and in the open ground . any sunny place . The flowers are of large size , and they run from white to deepest It is not generally realised that the Globe crimson . They are invaluable for cutting . In artichoke can be used with great effect for habit the plant is sturdy , forming littlo ornamental purposes . flower- Usually the bushes from a foot to eighteen inches high . heads are cut off whilst in an immature state , Seed can be sown during April where the but when fully developed they resemble giant plants are to flower . Thin the seedlings out to thistles , and are coloured a lovely deep sky . about a foot apart . When in bloom do not blue . As the plants grow to a height of 6ft . hesitate to cut freely , as they do better if not to 8ft . , the effect they produce is very strik . allowed to form seed . ing . The foliage is spreading , and the flowers stand up well above it . • 1 . . A common practice as soon as a palm is re- ceived from a nursery is to pot it into a larger pot , and probably to give it a different soil from that to which it has been accus tomed . July and August are the best months for removing palms . If procured now they must not be repotted . . The more robust kinds of palms will en- dure a wonderful amount of cold or heat , dust , draughts from open windows , and gas- the more delicate species , and should in all heated air . But such treatment soon tells on cases be avoided . Well - grown palms do not die , except from accident or some other cause easily explained . It is very necessary to keep the foliage perfectly free from dust and grime by cleaning the under as well as the upper side of the leaves with a damp sponge at least once a week . Pot A For palms the most suitable soil is a mix- NICE DISHES . ture of turfy loam and peat , with a little ARTICHOKE SOUP . Four pounds of arti . sharp sand , care being taken to afford plenty chokes , four alices of lean bacon or ham , half of drainage , as nothing is more injurious head of celery , one turnip , one grated carrot , than stagnant water round their roots . one onion , four tablespoonfuls of butter , two firmly when removing them into small pots , cupfule of boiling milk , three quarts of stock , and place in a warm greenhouse , with a tem salt , pepper and red pepper to taste , two ten - perature ranging from 65deg . to 90deg . spoonfuls of sugar , one bay leaf and one blade liberal supply of liquid manure should be of mace , and two potatoes . Put the bacon , given them , and the syringe should be used grated carrot and vegetables , which should The pricking out of the various seedlings out into thin licee , into L. caucepan with the freely to ensure a warm , moist atmosphere . them look these for twenty minutes , keeping Web and pare the artichokes , and after cut raised in the greenhouse and in cold frames ting them into thin slices add them with the should not be deferred once the young plants look to the other ingredients , stir the soup are ready for moving , more especially if they well , add the seasonings , bay leaf and mace , are rather overorowded . The majority of the allow to cook slowly until the artichokes are plants do well transferred to boxes , and these soft , then rub through a sieve . Pour the soup should be of a convenient size for moving . back into the saucepan , let it get bot , and stir about . If the boards forming the bottoms are into it the bolling milk . Serve with small placed tightly together holes must be bored to eroutons of fried bread . A report presented at the annual meeting of the Hereford Herd Book Society shows that during the year 1913 , 404 exportation certifi cates had been issued , as compared with sixty - eight in the previous year . This consti- tutes record number for any one year , and they represented cattle sent to the following countries : South America , 299 ; South Africa and Rhodesia , 108 ; United States , 50 ; Congo , 3 ; British East Africa , 1 ; Spain , 2 ; and Aus tralia , 1. The council are anxious that all breeders should take advantage of the The second annual bull sale was well TWELVE MONTHS ' LAYING COMPETI- proximity of the Royal show this year at Bhrewsbury to ensure a record hibition of The fifth report of this competition , which the breed , recognizing that the Royal show patronised , and the demand for an excep a well stirred , do done a useful amount of preliminary work . is under the management of Mr. R. W. large numbergement possible , owing to the of enantional character , at least generally and in 1911 promoted an exhibition in Kid Rhodes , has just been issued , and covers the large number of visitors from abroad who satisfactory , the highest gure being 116 s . , derminster , visited among others by the Chan- period from February 14th to March 18th . attend this show . The new volume of the Herd Book , which and the popular price from 30 to 40 gns . cellor of the Exchequer , at which it was suc- The figures show once more a considerable A moderate supply , and trade was a little cessfully demonstrated that the local soll increase in the average number of eggs laid has been issued , contains entries of 754 bulls and climate were favourable to the produc- by each of the three hundred competing and 8,959 cows and their produce , as com- Best beef , 7d . to 71d . per lb. tion of a good marketable , beetroot . With birds . All the birds entered are pullets of Pared with 616 bulls and 3,481 cows in the lower on the week . Other qualities . 6d . to 7d . per lb. the offer from the Netherlands to build a different strains of pure breeds . The average previous volume . The membership of the factory if from 80.000 to 90,000 tons of beet- number of eggs laid per bird during the 28 ociety also shows an increase in numbers , Fat calves sold very well from 11d . to le . and this year has good promise of exceeding SHEEP . roots are forthcoming per year the prospects days is almost 20. being three eggs more of establishing the industry are regarded as per bird than last month . A point worthy 500 , of which more than half are life members . more favourable . Provided the farmers can be induced to enter into contracts for five years they are assured of a good sale market at prices , it is understood , better than the pound per ton originally offered . The cost of erecting and equipping the factory will be no local concern . Mr. Dolley is of opinion that it may be possible to offer 24s . a ton for roots , and still leave a reasonable margin of note is the large percentage of large eggs laid , over 94 of the whole of the . eggs laid weighing two ounces and over . The White Wyandotte still holds the first ” SMALL HOLDINGS FIGURES . The small holdings question continues to excite much discussion ; and as discussion is two places , but are closely followed up by always much more enlightened , and there- the White Leghorns , which have made ex- fore more satisfactory , when exact informa- cellent progress , and have stood the adverse tion is available , I think it well to quote weather conditions admirably . few figures from the , annual report for 1913 One death has occurred , but otherwise the just issued by the Board of Agriculture relat- health of the birds has been good . The area of grass run allowed for each pen ing to small holdings and allotments . of profit . That , however , remains to be seen . The immediate task is fo convince the farmers that it will he to their interest to of six birds is 400 square yards , and is prov- change their crops , and for this purpose they ing ample for the purpose in spite of the are referred to the results obtained at Cant- previous twelve months ' competition having ley , in Norfolk , and on Cornish farms . But been conducted on the same site . while hopeful , Mr. Dalley and those associat ed with him are fully aware of the difficul- ties in overcoming the ingrained prejudices of local agriculturists against the adoption of a new system of farming , and making them realise the profitable nature of the offer extended to them . ESTIMATED YIELD AND PRICE . The possibility of producing beet - roots in the district in the quantities required being AN AMPHIBIOUS STEAMER . The unsophisticated visitor to the lumber districts of Canada may occasionally see what The total land acquired is 182,022 acres , of which 125,971 acres have been purchased for £ 4,126,421 , and 56,01 acres feased for a rental of £ 68,291 a year ; 157,888 acres have been let by County , Councils to 11,021 small holders , and 476 acres sold to forty - two small holders , County Borough Councils have let 994 Bores to 209 individual tenants . There are 8,037 aeres let to sixty - one co - operative small holdings associations , who sublet the land to 1,424 members , 3,314 applicants have is to him a very remarkable sight , a primis been provided with over 44.000 rea tive - looking steamboat high and dry on road , crawling along quite comfortably , appa rently just as much at home as in its natural element . These boats are known as " alli ( so it is asserted ) proved , the farmer has only gators , " and are used for towing the rafte to concern himself really with the financial of logs down the rivers and lakes to the aspects of the change he is invited to make . mills , says the Wide World Magazine . Bome At sixteen tons per acre sold at 24s . a ton , times it is desired to transfer one of the the amount would be £ 19 0s . 4d . , after allow - craft to a new sphere of operations which ing for waste . According to some figures can only be reached overland , and the boat a issued by a certain company , it is estimated then hauled out of the water , placed upon that , with pure seed and liberal manuring , rollers , and travels to its destination crops of from 15 to 20 tons of dressed roots means of its own power . 10/6 THIS INTERESTS YOU ! 14b page List for 3 stamps . Rabbit or Target Ride for Long Hege Accurate Shooting , Rifled barrel , Unstable backsight , perfect cartridge Accuracy guarentes , Walking Stick BEEF A good supply . Ewes and lambs much the same as last week . Fat sheep a better trade . . TOMATO PI - Peel , blanch , and alice & good . allow water to drain away freely . It is quite sized onion , and fry it in hot lat till lightly unnecessary to place crocks in the boxes . browned . Peel and alice one pound of tomatoes The compost should be composed of two they will peel more thinly and easily if rat plunged into boiling water . Put a layer of the parts loam , one part leafmould , and some Best teg mutton , 10d . to 11d . per lb. fried onion at the bottom of the pie - dish , then sand . Make the soil fairly firm in the boxes , Best teg mutton ( ahorn ) , 9d . to 10d . per lb. layer of tomato seasoned with salt and and leave room at the top for proper water Other qualities , 7d . to 9d . per lb. Fat lambe , 11d . to la . per lb. PIGS . A moderate supply . Stores alightly cheaper and bacons and porks considerably lower . Porks , 6d . to 7d . per lb. Bacons , 5d . to 6 d . per lb. CORN . A slow market . No change to report . Wheat , per 69 lbs . , 8s . 11d . to 4s . 1d . Oats , per 40 lbs . , 2s . 6d . to Sa Malting barley , per 58 lbs . , 8. 4d . 8s . 10d . To d Grinding barley , per 58 lbs . , 28. 10d . 8. 4d . Beans , per 65 lbs . , da . to do . 1d . hv HAY TRADE . Hay trade very slow . Best hay , 45s . to 50s . per fon . pepper , and a layer of white breadcrumbs , with ing . The distance apart to place the seedlings Bome tiny bits of butter here and there , Repeat must be governed by the size and growth of these layers till the dish is nearly full , then the plants , for whereas Lobelia and similar cover with a crust of boiled potatoes amoothly small plants need only two inches each way , mashed up , with milk and butter . Score the top stronger growing kinds must be placed at al- with a fork , and bake in a quick oven , till deli most double that distance . cately browned . GLADOR APPLES - Core and pare Where a bed of Boil can be made under a frame , or to be night apples Make a syrup with a cupful of merely covered by lights forming a rough kind sugar and a cupful of water , Cook the apples of frame , hardy and half - hardy plants can be in the syrup , putting them in as fast as they are pricked out in this , and they usually make Turn the stronger specimens than those grown in boxes . ready , cooking them until tender . apples during cooking , and do not cover the to , as the steam would cause them to break in Spring - sown pansy seedlings should places . Have ready rounds of stale sponge cake . Eransplanted two inches apart in boxes Alled to When the apples are cooked place them on the with nice rich soil , and kept in a cold cake , sprinkle apples and cake generously with frame until they are large enough to transfer granulated sugar from the dredger , and set be These artichokes are hardy perennials , and require little attention , and by means of the large number of suckers produced spread very rapidly . Owing to their great height they may be planted with advantage at the back of the herbaceous border . Old plante may now be divided and the pleces planted out in deep , rich soil , placing them 4ft . or 5ft . apart . to Slugs and snails are very fond of the ten- der foliage of newly - planted lettuce , peas , and the like . A dusting of newly - slaked lime is a good preventive , but the best of all is search for these marauders with a light in the evening . If some pieces of cabbage , broccoli , or other green foliage be laid alongside the rows , to afford the slugs a convenient hiding- place , many may be caught . During showery weather the snail and the slug are most busy , for then they are able to travel more freely , and therefore go a greater distance in search of food . • Raspberries should now be given a good mulch of littery manure ; spread it well over the roots , not piled up against the canes , Let it remain on all the summer . Do not dig the soil round the roots at the present time , The young growths may be thinned out moderately , if they are at all crowded , and the fruit borne on the remaining canes will be larger and of finer quality . THE WEEK'S WORK . Continue sowing hardy annurls , and sow half - hardy annuals outdoors . Plant dut sweet pen zeedlings . Remove and plant rooted violet runners . Mow lawns weekly . Pot off dahlia cuttings as they root . Plant gladioli in clumps or rows . Sow seeds of spinach and beet . Make new herb beds . Mulch wall - trained fruit trees and strawberry beds . Plant figs in sunny borders . FRIENDSHIP . Friendship is a vase which , when it is flawed by heat , or violence , or accident , may as well be broken at once . It can never be trusted after . The more graceful and orna mental it was , the more clearly do we discern the hopelessness of restoring it to its former state . BELIEVE IN YOURSELF . If you consider yourself a worm of the dust You them into the oven to glaze . In the meantime an open , temporary frame for a time , from add half cupful of finely chopped crystallised which they must be moved , with good balls of you must expect people to trample or you . inger to the apple syrup and let boil up once . soil adhering to their roots , to the flower If you make a doormat of yourself , people are Quotations are for good quality in stack , when the apples are glazed and delicately beds soon after the middle of May . While in sure to wipe their feet on you . More men fail coloured , pour the syrup on serving - diah , set the temporary frame , probably before , the through ignorance of their strength than seller to deliver on rail : apples in the syrup , end fill the open spaces young seedlings will commence flowering . But through knowledge of their weakness . with pieces of ginger . Serve hot . with cream . all Bower buds should be pinched off up to may succeed when others do not believe in The time the seedlings are planted out : then you , but never when you do not believe it they will have become quite large , and will yourself . The curiosity of him who wishes on produce a profusion of bloom . to see fully for himself how the dark side of life looks is like that of the man who took a torch into a powder mill to see whether it would really blow up or not - DE 0. 8. MARDEN . Second quality , 40s . to 45s . per ton . Clovers , 458. to 50s . per ton . Wheat straw , 45s . to 60s . per ton . STORE CATTLE . " Deuced hard lines 1 " said the commercial traveller when he fell out of the railway car riage and alighted on the permanent way . AND FRL There was a good supply of stores , for Client to barber's apprentice : " Stop ! You're VEGETABLES AND FRUIT . which the demand was not particularly keen saying me ! I must see the proprietor Where sowing of cucumber seeds may now be at recent prices , but a good volume of trade Apprentice : " He has gone out to geble under glass for subsequent prowth in was done . shave . " |