Ross Gazette 4th June 1914 - Page 9
Ross Gazette 4th June 1914 - Page 9
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| Date | 04/06/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 4th June 1914 |
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Costumes Fit , that are New , that will Please . Largest Stock in the County , ERE IS NO BETTER VALUE . AKEFIELD KNIGHT , HEREFORD , ORDS OF WISDOM . erance is the very hinge of all virtues . e more to satisfy vice than to feed a proof of nobility of mind to despise rose in sick man's room is worth a bier . not go against your own conscience , er the gain . virtues are never the stronger for giv- ma vacation . an can usually patch up his reputation ding his ways . we cannot get what we like , let us at we can get . e conscious that you are ignorant is a tep to knowledge . " re is often hidden , sometimes . over- seldom extinguished - BACON . judgments are inspired by our acts , han our acts by our judgmente . an's accusations of himself are always d , his praises never . - MONTAIGNE . y duty which is bidden to wait returns fresh duties seven LEY . at its back.-c. acts our angels are for good or ill , our shadows that walk by still.- HER . us ou have any doubt as to whether a thing at or wrong , it is pretty safe to call it tter ! s , like weeds , sprout up at short and beget a huge crop from very little hment . e thou no thought for aught save truth ight . Content if such thy fate to die re.-L. MORRIS . grand essentials of happiness are some- to do , something to love , and something be for . - CHAMBERS . hes are the baggage of virtue ; they can- be spared nor left behind , but they the march . - BACON . happiness of your life depends upon uality of your " thoughts ; therefore guard dingly - MARCUS AURELIUS . severance does not mean never to fail , to hesitate in our way , but it means to every day , and not only every day , but moment in the day . ew books well studied and thoroughly ed nourish the understanding more than reds but gargled in the mouth , as ordi- students use . - OSBORN . finer the brain , the finer should be its re . The higher the daily plane upon the soul lives , the higher still must be limb each succeeding day . t us never forget that an act of goodness itself an act of happiness . No reward ng after the event can compare with the t reward that went with it . is supreme folly to attempt to find happi- by taking the short - cut across the laws fe . There is but one end to all these en- ours . They all end in tragedy . fe is like walking along a crowded street ; always seem to be fewer obstacles to ng along on the opposite pavement ; and if one crosses over matters are rarely ded . ast one sort of man has the right to criti- and to be heard - the man who has ed the right by making some positive con- ation himself to an inevitable and super- ely important problem . eticence and courage usually go hand in d , and yet not infrequently are we con- as of a latent strength and power emanat- from people whom we often speak of as a or woman " of few words . " PUBLIC SERVICE . eep this motive before you of public duty public service , for the sake of the Em- and also on your own account . You will it , I believe , the most ennobling human ive that can guide your actions . And while will help the country by observing it , will also help yourselves . Life in itself is a poor thing at best ; it consists of only certain parts , the beginning and the end e . birth and the grave . Between those . points lies the whole area of human ortunity . You may embellish and conse te it if you will , or you may let it lie gnant and dead . But if you choose the ter part , I believe that nothing will give r life so high a complexion as to study to do ething for your country . - LORD ROSEBERY . elf Starting oment . er ) with Hood , all Lamps . 75 LIVERY . of nearest Agent . AND , Ltd. , St. , London , W. THE RALEIGH ALL - STEEL BICYCLE is the constant friend of every sportsman . By its aid you can reach the cricket field , the tennis court , the golf links , or wherever your fancy wills , in the minimum of time and at no expense . The Raleigh Lightweight . The unique features of the Raleigh , its all - steel construction ( no malle able iron castings as in other bicycles ) liquid - brazed joints , perfect bearings and scientific construe tion are completed by fis being GUARANTEED FOR EVER . Send a postcard for the " Book of the Raleigh . " BUTCHER & CASSON ( LIMITED ) , Brookend - street , ROSS . Raleigh Cycle Co. , Nottingham . Dunlop Tyres Brooks Saddle , Sturmey Archer 3 - speed Gear . " Cycling for Health and Points for Cyclists , " by Frank Bowden . FRGS . 100 pages . 1 / - . From all Raleigh Depots or Agents . At a meeting of the South Herefordshire Farmers ' Union , at Hereford , From £ 5 19s . 6d . , or 9. 4d . per month , D their students would be lost with the old PROPOSED FARM INSTITUTE FOR places to carry on the work , and after a training at a place like a Farm Institute HEREFORDSHIRE . methods when they got back home . Mr. THOMPSON said there were two points which ought to be kept in view . First , they had the opportunity of im- proving their methods of agricultural edu- cation , and if that opportunity was lost it would not be repeated . The second point was that there had been vast changes in farming during the last 30 years , and there would be greater changes in the next 30 years . It was necessary that their children should obtain a scientific knowledge of farm- ing which a Farm Institute would afford . He hoped also that the Farm Institute would become a centre of research to the advan- tage of agriculturists . Ald . PREECE , in introducing for discus- sion the proposal to establish a Farm Insti- tute , said it was not very well understood . Some farmers believed that it would increase the rates . It was not the intention , either of the County Education Committee or the ' Agricultural Committee , to put any burden on the rates . Neither was it believed that the scheme would do so . The intention was , instead of holding different classes in differ- ent parts of the county , for which premises had now to be hired , to have a centre be- longing to the county . This would serve for purposes of administration and of carrying out experiments , and young farmers and others would go there to receive instruction . The scheme would benefit the farming in- dustry . Mr. PORTER explained that the Govern- ment , out of what was called the Develop- ment Fund , was making grants towards agricultural education . The Agricultural Committee came to the conclusion that the county ought to avail itself of these grants , and after going carefully into the matter , had promoted a scheme for establishing a Farm Institute . The first principle laid down was that the institute should admit of the extension work butter - making classes , poultry lectures , etc. , going on as before- the second that the farm attached to the institute should be at least 100 acres , and the third that the cost must come within Mr. MATTHEWS asked where the Farm Institute would be provided . Alderman PREECE replied that it would probably be near Hereford to be central . Mr. WATKINS said he hoped that the institute would comprise both good and bad land , so that experiments might be con- ducted . Mr. PORTER , in reply , said if any farmer had a piece of land which was not pro- ductive , he would be pleased to experiment with it . At the present time he was carry- ing out an experiment on land at Kilpeck , which had not produced a crop for 12 years On being put to the vote , nine supported the establishment of a Farm Institute , ad two voted against the proposal . FARM SALES . The following resolution was afterwards carried : " That this meeting agrees with the limits of the funds at the disposal of the the members of the Ledbury and Ross committee . At present the poultry and branches that on account of the dangerous dairy school was held on a farm for six fast motor traffic on the roads , live stock weeks , the cheese and dairy school was held offered at farm sales ( which usually take for four weeks , and the young farmers ' place in the spring or the autumn ) should course was held in Hereford for ten weeks . be sold first , so that animals may be re- Accommolation had to be hired for the hold- moved in the hours of daylight . " ing of these classes , and they had to put up with the best facilities that were available . The idea was to centralise these classes at a Farm Institute , and other classes would continue as previously . If the farm was confined to 20 acres , the Board of Agricul- ture would give 75 per cent . of the capital The following resolution was submitted by the OHAIRMAN , seconded by Mr. WIL- LIAMS , and approved : " That the Execu- tive be urged to make representation to the proper authorities to readjust the motor taxes so that the County Authorities shall receive a fair share of the revenue ; also to revise the taxation of motor lorries , so that they should contribute a fair share towards the upkeep of the roads . " FIFTY YEARS AGO . Severe Frost Towards the End of May- There was a severe frost on Thursday , which proved injurious to several crops of potatoes and kidney beans in the neighbourhood . We have seen some potatoes the haulm of which was quite black and withered . The effect of the frost on kidney beans is much more severe even than on potatoes . THE ROSS GAZETTE THURSDAY , AGRICULTURAL NOTES . BY A PRACTICAL FARMER . GUERNSEY CATTLE . The English Guernsey Cattle Society ha just published some of the results of its mili record scheme . The daily weight of the yield of milk of each animal entered must be kept by the owner on approved forms , and this is checked at intervals of two months through- out the year by the society's supervisor , who also makes butter - fat tests of each animal's A record is thus obtained of the indi milk . vidual yield of both milk and butter - fat during the lactation period , which must not exceed fifty - two weeks in duration . Each animal whose record is accepted must be safely in calf within five months from the commencement of the record . The records just completed show that the breed is proving itself , when well cared for and tended , to be capable of producing , in addition to butter of first - class quality and colour , yearly yields of milk which will com- pare favourably with any breed of dairy cattle in the country . A feature very charac- teristic of the Guernsey is her capacity for maintaining a comparatively moderate flow of milk for a prolonged period , a point very quickly realised by dairy farmers and others in the United States , where the Guernsey is in great demand both for pure bred herds and also for what are known on the other side as grade Guernseys - i.e . , the produce of cross- bred herds upon which pure Guernsey bulls have been used . It was soon found that cows yielding & it for a considerable period , and probably moderate 4 gallons at calving and maintaining yielding from 2 to 3 gallons at the end of the lactation period , would easily exceed in the course of a year the yield of animals coming into the dairy with probably 5 or 6 gallons , but quickly dropping to two or there- abouts and not unusually dry at six or seven months from calving . As a first cross for dairy purposes the Guernsey is excellent , throwing neat , com- pact stock , the milk of which shows appreci- able increase of butter - fat upon that of the average cross - bred dow , a point well worth consideration , particularly at the present time of year , when there is all too often trouble in keeping the milk from many herds up to stan- dard quality . FOOD VALUE OF POTATO TOPS . JUNE 4 , 1914 . MARKETS . POULTRY . Ross , Thursday - There was a good supply Brought into successful working order in the course of time . This is by the development of co - operative societies for the sale of members ' pigs . If a society is well managed , and thus is able to make good prices for its members , it gradually builds up such a large connection that ultimately a bacon factory becomes only of dressed poultry and trade was fairly brisk . Dressed chicken sold well from 5s . 6d . to a question of capital , which can be raised a good deal more easily by an old - established 6s . 6d . per couple ; live fowls from Se . to society with a large membership than by 4s . 6d , per couple . Eggs were in great de- new one . The Eastern Counties Farmers ' mand , and sold at 15 for la . wholesale ; and Co - operative Association , Limited , has for 14 for 1s . retail . Butter from 1s . 1d . to some years performed very good work in buy 1s . 3d . per lb. ing live pige from its members , and probably the erection of a factory in Suffolk is only a matter of time . HEREFORD HORSE SALES . OORN . Ross , Thursday . Small market . Wheat firm . Oats unchanged . Quotations : - Wheat , white , 48. 5d . to 4s . 6d .; red , 48 , 5d . to 4s . 6d .; barley , grinding , 25s . to 25s . 6d . ; oats , white , 20s . to 22s .; peas , 4s 6d .; beans , 4s . 6d . hay , 50s , to 62s . 6d . ; clover , 50s . to 52s . 6d .; straw ; 45s . A RECORD CLEARANCE . What was perhaps the most successful of the series of sales conducted at Hereford by SPECIAL FARMERS ' UNION REPORT . Messrs . Jackson and McCartney this spring was held in the Cattle Market on Saturday ( This is a Farmers ' report for Farmers , etc. , May 23rd . and records the actual expressions and ex- periences of Farmers in the several De- partments of Hereford Market ) . Hereford , Wednesday . The trade was undoubtedly the keenest yet experienced this year all classes of animals changing hands at prices in favour of the vendor , a record clearance being affected . The auctioneers had again brought forward an attractive prize list amounting to £ 35 in silver cups and cash awards , com- petition in the various classes exciting keen interest . The judges in the heavy horse section were Messrs . J. K. Hyslop . of Iving- ewes and other inferior mutton . CATTLE ( STORES ) . ton Court , Leominster , and G. J. Gittins , Woofferton , while Messrs . J. Wilson , M.R.O.V.S. , Nantwich , and Luke Cox , Lon- There was a rather short supply of stock in the market to - day , and trade was rather better on the week for all classes except fat A small supply of stores , for which recent BEEF . Best quality in A rather small supply . good demand . Cow beef a dragging trade . Best beef , 7d . to 7 d . per lb. Other qualities , 6d . to 7d . per lb. Fat calves not so dear , 9d . to 10d . per lb. owners of the prize winners were as follows : as dear as ever . don , officiated in the light horse classes . The prices were well maintained . Store calves Best heavy cart gelding or mare ( silver cup value £ 10 ) : 1 , Mr. G. 8. Price , Homme Farm , Ross , who also took the second award . Smaller types of cart horses suitable for lighter work : 1 and 2. Mr. E. Matthews , Townsend Farm , Brampton Abbotts ; r . , Mr. E. Lewis , Hill House Farm , Bromyard , h.c. , Mr. J. R. Hill , Orleton Manor . For the best ride or drive horse over 15 hands ( silver cup value £ 5 ) : 1. Mr. E. E. Andrews , Sut- ton , Hereford ; 2 , Mr. A. Dawe , Orchard Farm , Mordiford ; Mr. W. Crump , Barnt House , Monkswood , being reserve , and Mr. J. H. Yeomans , Withington , Hereford , highly commended . SHEEP . A moderate supply . Best quality sold well . Ewe and other inferior mutton cheaper . Fat lambs a better trade . Best teg mutton ( shorn ) 81d . to 9 d . lb. Other qualities from 6d . to 8d . per lb. Fat lambs , 10d . to 11d . per lb. PIGS . A moderate supply . Store pigs in good demand recent prices . Fat pigs up to 11s . Porkers , 6d . to 7d . per lb. " Bacons , 5d . to 6d . per Ib . per score . CORN . Wheat , per 62lbs . , 4s . 3d . to 48. 4d Oats , per 40lbs . , 2s . 9d . to Rs . 3d . Malting barley , per 56lbs . , 38. 6d . to 48 . Grinding barley , per 56lbs . , 38. to 38. 6d . Beans , per 65 lbs . , 4s , 2d . to 48. 4d . HAY TRADE . Slow . Quotations are for good quality in stack , seller to deliver on rail : - The following are a few of the prices real- ised in the heavy horse ring with the names of the vendors : -Mr . C. H. Matthews , three Potato haulm in this country is most com- geldings , 163 gns .; Mr. G. 8. Price , brown monly ploughed under or burnt when badly 58 gns .; Mr. A. B. Brain . brown gelding , gelding , 71 gns .; Mr. J. Lewis , brown mare , diseased , but healthy tops are sometimes used 52 gna .; Mr. J. Jones , brown mare , 48 gns .; to cover the tubers in clamps . Their use as a Mr. M. Matthews , bay gelding , 48 gns .; Mr. fodder has received practically no attention F. W. Barling , bay gelding , 48 gns ; Mr. E. Prices very firm in sympathy with the im- A moderate amount of business doing . whatever in Britain , though some authorities Lewis , chestnut gelding , 45 gns . Mr. Aproved price of foreign grain . Reese , brown gelding , 45 gne .; Mr. J. R. have gone out of their way to condemn its use for this purpose on account of the presence to Fill , brown mare , 44 gns . Mr. W. Jancey , a small extent of solanin , a poisonous prin- bay mare , 44 gns . Mr. E. P. Bennett , brown potato is a crop of enormous importance , ing , 42 gns .; Mr. W. E. Taylor , brown mare , ciple . In Germany , however , where the gelding , 42 gns .; Mr. H. J. Lane , bay geld- good deal of attention has been given to the 42 gns .; Mr. C. F. Goodwin brown gelding , forage value of the haulm , and opinion is 41 gns .; Mr. J. P. Hill , brown mare , 41gns . growing in favour of using it when dry and Mr. W. Griffiths , bay gelding , 41 gns . Mr. free from berries , cattle , sheep , and pigs W. J. Brown , grey gelding , 41 gns . Mr. J. eating it without ill effects . Apperley , brown mare , 41 gns . Mr. W. Dale , bay mare , 40 gns .; Mr. J. H. Powell , brown gelding , 40 gns . Mr. C. T. Bosley , brown gelding , 40 gns .; Mr. HW , Sherratt , brown mare , 89 gns .; Mr. W. Crump , brown ton . mare , 39 gris .; Mr. W. E. Winney , brown bay mare , 38 gns .; Mr. W. H. Pinches , black doing . mare , 38 gns .; Messrs . H. and P. Perkins , gelding , 37 gns .: Mr. F. Cotton , brown mare . 36 gns .; Mr. W. Teague , black gelding , 35 gns .; etc. , etc. In the light horse section : Mr. E. C. Andrews , hay gelding , 45 gns .; Mr. A. Dawe , bay mare , 38 gns .; Mr. A. Haines , bay gelding , 34 gas ; Mr. T.-J. Eaton , bay gelding . 34 gns . Mr. W. G. chestnut gelding . 30 gns .; Mr. W. A. His Dale , roan gelding , 30 gns . , ; Mr. E. T. Cave , brown gelding , 30 gns .; Mr. G. F. Goodwin , Rudge , cream mare , 25 gns ; Mr. A. Trum- per , chestnut mare , 25 gns . etc. , etc. , This has lately been confirmed by investiga ; tions carried out at the Royal Agricultural High School in Berlin , and it is further con- cluded that potato tops are equal in value both as regards chemical composition and digestibility to good meadow hay ; if anything , they are declared to be slightly superior to the latter in their proportion of digestible protein . The results of a feeding experiment with dairy cows showed that the yield of milk and the proportion of fat and dry matter were at least as high as when good meadow hay was fed . If well harvested and made into hay or arti- ficially dried the tops were found to be quite unobjectionable for feeding purposes from a hygienic point of view . pared they were also found to form good When properly pre- silage , which was willingly eaten . In order to prevent any unnecessary dis- turbance of the tubers it is advised that the tops should be cut just before the potatoes are harvested in the normal course . Care should be taken not to include any roots , as the SWINE FEVER IN THE MIDLANDS adhering soil may lead to disturbances in the health of the animals . • quality 40s . to 458. per ton ; clovers , 458. to Best hay , 45s . to 50s . per ton second 50s . per ton ; wheat straw , 45s . to ' 50s . per Trade firm . WOOL . THE & REGR The High - Class ESTABLISHED 1858 . SEASONABLE LINES . Grocers Tinned Fruits . PER TIN . Apricots Pears from 7d . 7d . 71 . 1lbs . 4d . Peaches Pine Chunks Excellent Quality . Splendid Value . LARGE ASSORTMENT OF TABLE DAINTIES . SUMMER BEVERAGES , & c . & c . SEE WINDOWS . THE INDIA CHINA TEA CO . J. GROCERS & PROVISION MERCHANTS ; WINE , SPIRITS , & BEER DEALERS . ROSS . Local Branch - 33 , HIGH STREET , ( Orders sent by Post receive special attention . ) ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY . Alton Court Brewery Co. ROSS , ( LIMITED ) AND MINERAI . WATER MANUFACTURERS . BREWERS , MALTSTERS , Moderate amount of business FAMILY ALES AND STOUT Best Herefordshire fleeces up to 14d . Ib . HINTS FOR THE HOME . BREWED FROM LOCAL BARLEY . MALT AND HOPS . Detailed Price List on application . THE WEEK'S GARDENING . THE FLOWER GARDEN . Jut until the piants are properly established and growing away freely , as watering will be more quickly accomplished when they are all together . See that any plants in tubs or large pots placed in exposed positions are provided with support in good time to prevent damage by wind . are in TO STARCH WHITE PIQUE SKIRTS . made by taking three small tablespoonfuls An excellent starch for a white piqué skirt of laundry starch and about one and one - half teaspoonful of liquid gum - arabic added just as the starch comes to a boil , and letting it boil up once . Wring the skirt dry from the rinsing water There are many plants the seeds of which and dip it into the starch . If it then seems may be sown early in June , in drills , the seed- too stiff , sprinkle it with warm water instead NEARLY 1,000 PIGS SLAUGHTERED IN of cold . Then roll hard and let it remain lings being pricked out when large enough , A WEEK . Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri , and over night done up in a towel . Iron on the and , with the exception of Canterbury bell , others Returns received by the Board of Agricul- wrong aide . constant demand for trailing which can stay until the spring , finally trans- purposes , and ture show that in the week ended Saturday for supplying that delicate last , May 29 , 116 fresh outbreaks of swine half a pint of boiling water over an ounce of The liquid gum - arabic is made by pouring planted to their flowering quarters in the green so often desirable for table decoration . autumn . Sprinkle the young plants with soot They may be propagated now , either from cut- fever in England and 1 in Wales were con- gum - arabic and letting it stand over night , and lime to keep off slugs . The following are tings inserted in the warm sandy bed of a firmed . They included 2 each in Bedford- or until dissolved . This may be kept in a among those which may be sown : Aquilegia propagator , or seed can be sown in light soil shire , Derbyshire , and Worcestershire , 8 in tightly - corked bottle indefinitely , and is an or columbine , Canterbury bell , delphinium , and kept in a brisk heat until germination has Gloucestershire , 4 in Notts , 1 each in Leices excellent addition to starch , causing the gardianthus in variety , foxglove , hollyhock , myo- taken place tershire , Northants , Oxfordshire . Warwick - ments to retain their stiffness a longer time sotis or forget - me - not , pansy , polyanthus and shire , and Shropshire , and 12 in Stafford- than starch made in the ordinary way , and primrose , viola and wallflower . shire . The number of pigs slaughtered as also giving them an appearance of newness . diseased or as having been exposed to infec- tion was 054 , including 11 in Bedfordshire , 7 in Derbyshire , 6 in Worcestershire , 75 in Gloucestershire , 1 in Northants , 19 in Notts , 1 in Oxfordshire , 184 in Shropshire , and 29 in Staffordshire . In the same week 16 outbreaks of anthrax ( including 1 in Herefordshire and 1 in Shrop cost , but the committee thought that a larger farm could be run far more useful . Towards the larger scheme the Board would contribute 75 per cent . of the educational buildings and the five acres of land round the house to be used for orchards and so on .. With regard to the other part of the land and the farm buildings , this would have to be provided for out of borrowed money . They would he required to keep hooks of ac- count , and if there was any deficiency the Board would help them to meet it . The Board would also contribute towards the sinking fund and interest on capital cost of land and farm buildings . It was estimated they would have to borrow £ 12,000 for buildings and equipment , land , and stock , etc. , and £ 2,000 of that sum would be paid off in ten years , another £ 5,000 in 20 years , A New Cattle Market for Ross . On and the remaining £ 5,000 in 40 years . The Thursday evening iast , a meeting was held annual cost of maintenance , including sink- in the large room at the Swan Hotel , for ing fund and interest on borrowed money , the purpose of meeting a few gentlemen would be just over £ 2,000 a year . The Agri- who wished to make a communication re- cultural Committee received at the present specting a new cattle market . It has be- time up to £ 1,800 per annum out of the come patent to every one , who has paid the higher education funds ( whiskey money ) , least attention to agricultural matters , that and they had earned last year in grants the want of a proper place at Ross for the £ 310 . This latter sum had been utilised in disposal of horses , cattle , sheep , and pigs , the past for other kinds of higher education , has long been felt , and it was but natural By the time it had been loaded into carts the shire ) were confirmed , and 40 animals ( in - retain youthful looks you must do nothing syringing as soon as they come out of the although the Agricultural Education Sub- that the meeting - although the notice call- manure would show a further loss in weight cluding 2 in Derbyshire and in Leicester- that will make you feel old . Here is the great house will generally be sufficient to keep Committee grants they earned would be handed over for agricultural education as soon as a good case could be made for the utilisation of same . These two sums , viz . , £ 1,800 and £ 810 , should easily cover the annual cost of maintenance of a Farm Insti- tute , and clearly show that the scheme would be no call upon the rates . Mr. THOMPSON asked whether larger grants would be earned if a Farm Institute was established P Mr. PORTER : Certainly . All these figures have been before the Board of Agri- culture , and as far as they can see , our mode of interpreting the scheme is correct . At present we are receiving in grants be- tween £ 300 and £ 400 , and as soon as we start the institute we shall receive much nearer £ 1,000 . Mr. WATKINS asked whether classes would still be held in different parts of the county ? Mr. PREECE : The itinerant classes will be held as they are held now , and the staff of the institute will be the staff which is at present doing the work . Mr. PASKE said he understood that £ 50 an acre was allowed for the purchase of land . Seemingly , they were going to buy the best land , and , as farmers , they wished to know how to grow good crops on inferior land ( laughter ) . • " ing it was extremely short should be at- tended by many of the leading farmers of the district as well as a good number of the Ross Town Commissioners . " " Mr. Luches , having been voted to the chair , observed that he thought they would all agree with him that it was very desir- able to have a cattle market . The site pro- posed for the consideration of the meeting included , as the plans would show , the gar- den at the rear of Edde - Cross House , a por- tion of the Swan Yard . the site of Mr. Cor- bett's cottages and the Swan garden , alto- gether about three - quarters of an acre of ground . If this was insufficient . Mr. Thom- son's garden and other property adjoining could be had . The ground already secured would pen 3,000 sheep , and that was thought sufficient . The entire cost of the market , including the site , would be about £ 2,500 . A committee was elected to make arrange ments for the carrying out of the scheme . The lightest Bread , Cakes , Pastry , & c . , are BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER AN ANCIENT PROFESSION . LOSS DURING TRANSIT . A complaint which farmers often have to make who buy town manure , and have it sent them by rail , is that a loss in weight is ob- served when the manure is received , although the seller guarantees that the proper weight was despatched . This loss in weight must , therefore , have occurred in course of transit ; and some instructive experiments have been carried out at the instigation of the Board of Agriculture to ascertain what lose may be expected to occur . The conclusions arrived at are that if the manure is not sent more than a fifty miles ' journey , occupying about two days , the loss would be about 54 per cent . , supposing that the manure were in such condition that the maximum heat occurred during the journey . of between 2 and 3 per cent . , making in all tershire ) about 8 per cent . as the maximum . But if the mange . condition of the manure was such that the maximum heat did not occur during the two days ' journey , and the loading was carefully done , a loss of 5 per cent . is all that need be expected . Buyers of manure from a distance can , therefore , regard a loss of this percentage as inevitable ; but anything from about 8 per cent . upwards is a matter calling for inquiry and explanation on the part of the sellers . fruit farm , Ridgmont , is that the loss of The experience of the Woburn experimental manure received there in 1911 averaged 47 per cent . , and 5-2 per cent . for 1912. , BACON FACTORIES . were attacked with Bournville By test - - the best . -- When they are well above ground kidney beans , both of the runner and dwarf kinds , Rambler roses need constant feeding and should be moulded up alightly with fine tying up to the stakes as they grow . As soon mould , and given a final moulding when the HOW TO KEEP YOUNG . as the strong young shoots have made a start third leaves appear . If this work is delayed Beauty and youth come and go with health . into growth all the old wood of last year until the seedlings become too large , they may The bad habits and false conditions which de should be cut away . These plants are rather be injured . In all instances where more than stroy the latter render the former impossible . subiect to red spider when grown under glass , one seedling are growing together remove all Youthfulness of form and feature depend and they want watching . They should be laid but the strongest . Should there be blank upon youthfulness of feelings . If you would on their sides and syringed forcibly as soon spaces in any rows , make them good from the as the first signs are visible ; a thorough thinnings . re- Currante are now swelling freely , and the bushes should have unnecessary young shoots thinned out and misplaced central ones Geraniums are easily trained into standard moved bodily . It may be advantageous also shape , zonal and ivy - leaved varieties being to pinch out the points of unduly vigorous both suitable . If no plants have been reared shoots and so equalise the growths of bushes on purpose from cuttings , select the tallest throughout . All suckers forming around the and strongest from the stock of bedding bases should be removed .. parasitic secret of youth : to lead a normal life ; to them clean through the summer . enjoy living and doing ; to keep on thinking young thoughts and doing young things- exercise , dancing , and singing - and , above all , do not utter the expression , " getting on in years . " That very thought is ageing . Keep happy by making others happy round you . Cocoa WOOD THAT WILL NOT ROT . According to the Chemical News , a wood which will never rot has been found in that of the mangrove . TO RENOVATE FEATHERS . plants . If they are already in pots , give them a shift into a larger size , and place them in a be Wall cherry trees should , if possible , be cold frame , where they will have plenty of netted as a protection from birds as soon as Feathers that have become dead and heavy light , and may be freely ventilated . Plants in the fruits begin to colour . The net should be from age or any other reason may be reno- boxes may be potted up in 3in . pots , and be fixed to the top of the wall , and held way vated and made light by the following pro- given a shift as soon as these are well filled from it by means of a stick here and there , to cess : Choose a bright , clear day when there with roots . They may be put in the green keep the net quite clear of the tree . In dis- is a good breeze stirring for the work . If house and be allowed to bloom while running triets where birds are specially troublesome it there are three pounds of feathers to reno- up with tall stems . They should not is often necessary to net standard cherries , vate , make a bag out of thin muslin that will pinched till they have reached the desired and in such cases it is well to tie a stout pole For four years pieces of hold five pounds ; stitch all round with the height . The zonals will keep to a single stem into the head of the tree at intervals to hold Much interest has been aroused in the past mangrove wood have been lying in soaking exception of one half across one end ; now till pinched , but the ivy - leaved varieties the net off the branches , and keep the birds few years in the possibilities of co - operative pits at Collonges , France , urrounded with rip a seam in one end of the pillow which con- should have their laterale removed , and the from getting at the fruits . bacon factories owned and managed by the all the elements susceptible of producing the tains the feathers to be renovated of the same main stems tied to a stake . farmers who supply the pigs , and it is easy decomposition and rotting of wood in S size as the one left in the bag ; sew the to see that the ides , if fully realised , secures minimum of time but they have not yet for the , pig - raiser the largest possible return shown signs of alteration , The quality is due on his animals by avoiding middlemen's to the closeness of ita grain and the large profits . So far , however , the movement has quantity of tannin it contains . Mangrove not had much practical result , and hitherto wood , resists twice na much bending strain na the factories that have been opened are meet- the oak ; it is easily worked , and is not brittle . with a hard struggle . ing BARLEY WATER BO . Vine borders , unless they receive proper attention , are liable to get injuriously dry , even when there is plenty of moisture else . where . A good way of checking evaporation A nasty fruit - tree pest is American blight , or woolly aphis , which is always prevalent at this time of the year in old and neglected orcharda . It may easily be recognised by the specks or clusters of white cottonwool - like edge of the bag to the edge of the pillow , and If it is desired , perennials may be trans- then shake all the feathers from the pillow planted at the present time without great into the bag . Sew up both the openings . risk , but it is advisable to break as few roots Bhave third of a bar of some good white as possible , and , therefore , plants with deep , le to spread over the border mulch of soap into a bowl , add a tablespoonful of pow- fleshy roots should be left undisturbed while manure , which should be removed as soon as dered borax and enough boiling water to dis- they are in active growth , but most others the grapes begin to colour , dryness of soil at solve the whole , and then pour the mixture may be moved at any time , even while in that time helping the wood to ripen . It may be helpful , therefore , if I mention Into a boiler of soft cold water . Place the flower . If the ground is dry , it should be LEAD BALLS DO NOT REBOUND . some of the principal points which the Agri- boiler on the stove and put the bag of feathers thoroughly watered the previous evening , cultural Organisation Society advises should Make two equal balls of lead , shoot them in and boil for five or six minutes ; with a and , before the actual operation begins , Alderman FARR said a great deal of be taken into account in the establishment of about on a billard table , and you will observe clothes - stick turn and lift the bag up and should be made quite firm . good had been done by the agricultural a bacon factory . A supply of not less than classes , but they had no centre at which about 500 pigs a week is essential , it being a some actions that seem extraordinary . In the down constantly while it is in the boiler . Take first place , if they strike each other head on it out and rinse in two waters . Use cold The plant , with a large ball of soil adhering they could be conducted . There was no matter of practical experience that the ex- they come to a dead stop ; they do not re water , and plenty of it . Do not rub or wring to the roots , should then be carefully lifted . substance , beneath which the real pests hide place where they could even store their penses attached to the working of a factory bound , for lead has no elasticity . if they it , but drain and squeeze out all the water It is then transferred at once to the hole pre- themselves . They are generally to be found churns . Some of them believed that in on the main boles and branches , and especi with a smaller number of pigs are much strike each other at an angle , the result is possible and hang in a shady place to dry . pared for it , saturated with water , and pro - ally upon knots in the wood and on wounded What is the age of dentistry ? Professor heavier per pig . order to make these classes more potent tected from sunshine and wind for a week or A pig that is large in the what is called a " couple " the ball rotate While drying shake the bag frequently . and powerful , a Farm Institute should be Saville , during his excavations in Ecuador , back , with light shoulders and heavy flank , is around each other for a part of one turn , and On account of the check received by its surfaces , but in time they spread to the young established , where cheese and butter making found many skulls , perhaps 1,000 years , or needed to provide the requisite quality . A each moves off in a straight line tangent to roots , it will need more water during the shoots , and by sucking the juices make fresh could be taught from the milking of the more old , of a type superior to the Aztecs . capital of from £ 15,000 to £ 20,000 is needed the circle in which they were moving . wounds resembling those caused by canker . Two ounces of pearl barley , three lumps of summer than plants that have not been moved . cows through all the various stages of pro- What was especially remarkable was that for the erection and thorough equipment of a their teeth showed both gold and cement fill - factory capable of dealing with 500 pigs sugar , rind of one lemon , one pint of boiling duction . In some places where classes were Pink pipings can be secured now or soon . A good method of treatment is to rub off the water . First peel the lemon - rind as thinly as and dibbered out firmly on a shady site , and " blight " with a stiff brush moistened with now held it was not possible to do this , and ings . The gold - filled teeth struck him as the weekly . This is a large sum to be raised by cream had to be obtained from a distance . most unusual feature of his find . In Mexico farmers , who already have so many demands you can ; wash the barley . well in several covered with glass in some form . It is cus- turpentine , persisting with this remedy as he had dug up skulls filled or ornamented for capital . Herefordshire was becoming noted for its The difficulty of finding a good and Then put the barley , sugar tomary to cut away the two lower leaves upon often as the pests reappear . A quicker . method cheese and butter making , and prizes had with stone , but he had never before seen gold manager may not prove to be a small one . lemon rind into jug , pour the boiling water each , but if the pipings are simply pulled off of treatment consists in applying with been won locally and in adjoining counties fillings in a prehistoric skull . The gold was The manager must be thoroughly conversant over , and keep the jug covered as tightly as the shoots and inserted into fine sandy com- sprayer an emulsion made of two gallons of and at London . He did think that this on the edges of the teeth , and had been with all branches of the pig industry and post they will succeed ; on no account should paraffin , one gallon of water , and half a pound possible . When cold , strain , and is a ready " Break one thing , and you will break for use . the extremities of the leaves be cut off , as is of soft soap . The soft soap and water should kind of instruction could be more efficiently plied from the inside . It showed little on the bacon trade , and should also be thoroughly sometimes done . be boiled together , and then the parafin and effectually given at a Farm Institute . outside , so the purpose appeared to be less informed as to the most remunerative methods three . If you smash a plate or cup , break two matches , and the rest of your crockery poured on , and the whole thoroughly stirred Many advantages would be gained in con- for ornamentation than for utility . Some of of dealing with the by - products of the pig , on the teeth were filled with cement . In all which a large proportion of the profits is will be safe . Well - established yuccas flower regularly up until a butter - like mass results . This is nection with the young farmers ' classes , such as teaching of land surveying , esti- cases , whether the fillings were gold or usually dependent . The day you sweep with new broom some lettuce , cress , & c . , perfectly crisp and fresh , each summer , and their tall panicles of droop diluted with ten gallone of water for use . Obviously , such aventure makes an extra - luck will befall you . ing cream - coloured flowers , which last a long mating the weight of fodder , gauging quan- cement , the borings indicated that a tool had well washed , picked , and dried . Lettuce time , are quite a feature . The foliage is long tities of grain , and instruction could also be been used that did the work possibly as well ordinarily heavy demand upon a district , and should be washed in water to which a little and somewhat narrow , and remains on the given in ploughing . They must look at that as the instruments of the modern dentist . Matthews Australian Maggot lotion has powdered borax has been added , drained and plants all the year round . In old plants the matter from the point of vew of the rising Some of the teeth that had been loosened stood the test of time , a shilling bottle makes shaken in a cloth and left till the moisture is lower leaves will have decayed away , leaving generation . If they purchased a farm for were held together by gold bands . a gallon , every drop of which is effective . extracted , and then pulled apart with the a stout woody - looking stem . But it takes many From J. HARRY HART ( successor to T. fingers , or shredded with a silver knife . A years before the plants become bare at the Matthews ) , Ross , Advt . steel knife must never be used for it . Small base . Not being very particular as to soil erese should be washed through several they may be planted in any ordinary garden waters , all the black seeds floated off , well mould , though they are better in some good picked , and drained . Tomatoes should be loamy stuff . £ 10,000 , and could get from the Develop- ment Fund £ 7,500 free of interest , he thought it was in the interests of the county to secure it . A THERMOMETER 10FT . HIGH . In one of the New Orleans parks big that is why many suggestions for factories have never got past the stage of discussing how to make a start . Yet there is a way by which large numbers of factories might be Don't let the Charloch get ahead , spray The CHAIRMAN said he did not see why thermometer has been erected close to the they should establish a Farm Institute on superintendent's office which measures 10ft . it early . Choose a fine , still dull day , use good land . Anybody could farm on good in height , and is plainly visible from a dis- soft water with 15lbs . of QUICKSOL brand land . They wanted to know how to farm thee , enabling visitors to read the tempera- on bad land . It appeared to him they were without trouble . A gallon of mercury is Sulphate of copper to 40 gallons and success putting the cart before the horse . On used in the tube , the bulb being carefully is certain . J. H. HART ( late T. Matthews ) Agricultural Chemist , Ross , -Advt . their farms they found very inconvenient protected against accidental damage . HOUSEWIVES ' SUPBRETITIONS . H your apron accidentally comes untied , it sa sign of a visitor who will bring pleasant Sing while you are kneading bread , and you will cry before it is eaten . news . MRS . WINSLOW'S Shes the SOOTHING SYRUP . For Childres othing Over 60 years reputation Allays all pain Cures Wind Colic Is the best eme edy for Diarrhas Contains no bosonous ingredients . Sold everywhere , 1/1 per bottle , waters . PREPARING SALADS . The secret of preparing salad is to have the thinly peeled and cut in quarters . They peel more easily if first plunged for a few seconds VEGETABLES AND FRUIT . into hot water . When the salad is prepared Tubs may now be filled with bedding plants . it may be mixed in the bowl , covered , and See that ample drainage is provided , but the set on ice till wanted , but the dressing should soil used is not important , provided it is not not be added till the last moments poor and worn out . These tubs need not go THE WEEK'S WORK . Stake tall border plants . Plant out hardened - off dahlias . Transplant biennials . Train climbing plants . Transplant primula seedlings . Apply weed - killers to paths . Water cacti regularly . Transplant celery seedlings . Sow white garden swede . Sow late varieties of peas . |