Ross Gazette 11th June 1914 - Page 7
Ross Gazette 11th June 1914 - Page 7
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| Date | 11/06/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 11th June 1914 |
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Costumes Fit , that are New , hat will Please . rgest Stock in the County , E. IS NO BETTER VALUE . KEFIELD KNIGHT , HEREFORD . W RCH TOWER SIEGE KILLED AND 16 WOUNDED . man named August Tomsics , who ay wounded a girl and murdered her t Gross Hoeflany , and afterwards ge in a church steeple , whence he H comers , surrendered at midday on after three persons had been killed eteen wounded , says Buda - Pesth morning the police took up protected around the tower , but they were un- scend it , as the stairs were very steep ow , and the murderer would be able as he appeared . down each man shouted out from the tower : " It is hing that you have let me sleep . Now ot fresh strength . To - day there will blood bath . and when my last cart- gone I shall kill myself . " He then He had fired in all ed firing again . The altar and the sacred in the church have been destroyed by At midday the gendarmerie directed fusillade against the tower , and the riest then stepped forward and called e criminal to surrender . Tomsics ap- at the church or , and was ordered o his hands , failing which he would be Thereupon he surrendered with- stance . A Browning pistol with seven rged cartridges was found on him , as thirty cartridges in his pockets . shots . n . HE EMPRESS DISASTER . RECTED OFFICIAL FIGURES . corrected official figures of the Em- Ireland disaster show that out of a 87 first class passengers 36 were saved lost . Of the letter 27 bodies have been ed and 23 are missing . In one case eation is doubtful . Of the 717 third- assengers , 140 were rescued and 577 rew originally numbered 413. but on the of the boat at Quebee from Liverpool eserted , making the total 406. When the ft Quebec there were five additional tes and four supernumeraries , making of 415 , of whom 241 were saved and CITY FAILURES . ANCIERS SUSPEND PAYMENT . eat sensation an- was caused in the City don on Saturday morning by the post- the following notice at 6 , Princes- E : C .: " Messrs . Chaplin , Milne , 1. and Company much regret to that they have been obliged to sus- The books of the company ayment . een placed in the hands of Sir Wil ender , of the firm of Deloitte , Plender , s , and Company . chartered accountants , bare a statement of affairs . " stated that no further statement in tion with the suspension will be issued he chartered accountants have com- their investigations . suspension is understood to be associ- ith extensive speculative difficulties in nadian market . suspension of payment by Messrs . . Milne , Greyfell , and Company , has ollowed by that of the Canadian Agency , a : Canadian Agency is a privately - owned y in which Mr. Arthur Grenfell , the an , has by far the largest interest . It an issuing and financial house for an and other securities . ATAL ACCIDENT SEQUEL . 5 TER FALLS DEAD BY SON'S BED . returning from school on Thursday , the Standard Paris correspondent , a ar - old child . the son of a contractor , d a lift alone . What happened nobody , but , attracted by terrifying shrieks , oncierge found the boy caught between ft and the staircase , crushed almost to The aid of firemen was necessary to ate him , and he was carried to the tal , where he expired . A servant went eak the news to his father without say hat the child was dead . When the un- parent reached , the ward where his was weeping in front of the cot contain- the remains , he was so affected that he enly fell dead on the floor by the side of bed . King Manuel and his wife distributed London schoolchildren at the Crystal e on Saturday tome 4,000 prizes and icates for essays on kindness to horses . rticulars of the maiden trip of the the Atlantio rd liner Aquitania across that she steamed 2,180 miles at an age speed of 22-95 miles per hour . nday's Times was a record penny paper ixty - eight pages . In addition to the ary twenty - four pages of world news , s four - page supplement was devoted to many aspects of the food question . fore the eyes of his parents , and after wing himself in vain at their feet in an al to them to allow him to marry & g dressmaker's assistant , Count de Bou- e , aged twenty - five , shot himself dead in aris hotel . elf Starting oment . er ) with Hood , all Lamps . 75 LIVERY . · of nearest Agent . AND , Ltd .. St. , London , W. ESTABLISHED 1813 . WILLIAM PULLING & CO . , DISTILLERS , THE ROSS GAZETTE THURSDAY , AGRICULTURAL NOTES . BY A PRACTICAL FARMER . PIG FOODS COMPARED . The fact that particular food materials are in constant and general use does not imply that they are being employed to the greatest Wine and Spirit Merchants , Bonded Warehousemen advantage , and we cannot have too many And OIDER MAKERS , Hast - street , 48 , Broad - street , and Bath - street , HEREFORD . AND HIGH - STREET , ROSS . Foreign Wines and Spirits imported direct , under Bond , from Country of Production to their Bonded Stores , East - street . DISTILLERS , FOR 80 YEARS , OF PULLING'S PURE HEREFORD GIN . Manufacturers of all kinds of Finest Quality British Liqueurs and Cordial Retail and Trade Lists Post Free on application . Goods Carriage Paid to any Railway Station Finest Special Reserve Whiskey , 50 / - per dosen . Sound Claret from 11 / - per dozen . Bele Consignees of TIRANT and Co.'s CHAMPAGNE , at 66 / - and 68 / - per dosen . All other Champagnes at Lowest Prioos , FARMERS AND THE BUDGET . MR . HICKS - BEACH , M.P. , AND THE PROPOSALS . I NORTH LEDBURY PUPPIES . The demonstrations intended to show to what extent it is profitable to use any foodstuffs , The Irish Department of Agriculture has re- cently carried out some instructive experi ments in the feeding of pigs at a number of centres in different counties to test the rela JUNE 11 , 1914 . MARKETS . OATTLE . tive values of such materials in everyday use , POULTRY AND CHEESE SCHOOLS . Robinson , £ 47 78. 6d . and others at good ance COUNTY FARMERS ' DAUGHTERS AT HUNTSHAM COURT SUCCESSFUL CLASSES . just been appointed to donsider the matter , It is to be hoped that their recommenda tions will be made without undue delay and quickly be given effect . The use of scrupa- fously clean vessels and also of milk poolers is the only satisfactory way of giving milk Ross , Thursday . Messrs . Cooper and products a maximum length of life , Preece had a good entry on Thursday last , For the period 1909-12 , inclusive , legal pro when trade was again good on all classes of ceedings in respect of cream containing added stook , fat and store pigs , large or small , resulted in preservative convictions in meeting a very keen demand . The calves seventy - four cases . Of the seventy - fous numbered 28 , and the highest price was £ 5 samples of cream in question twenty - one con- 10s . Several cows and calves were sold , the tained less than 25 per cent of boric acid , highest price being £ 19 15s . for one the thirty - nine samples contained between 25 property of Miss Hill , The Lea . The trade and 5 per cent , and fourteen between 5 and on store cattle was again very good . Several 075 per cent . bunches were on sale , nearly all meeting with ready buyers . Six yearlings from Mr. Harry Preece , Ashe , made £ 57 158 .; four from Mr. prices . The entry of fat cattle was small , but the trade was exceedingly good , in fact the best for months past . Mr. Edwards , of Bickerton , sent two exceptionally nice bul- locks , one of which topped the market , mak- ing the high price of £ 80 , the other £ 26 15s . Mr. Tom Webb , Treberran , sent two The Hereford County Council poultry and good butchers ' cattle , making £ 19 10s . and Mr. Percy Ingram , Hildersley , cheese schools have just been completed at £ 18 15s . the Hunteham Court , Symonds ' Yat . The for- £ 21 58 .; Mr. Geo . Ratcliffe , two ripe cattle , mer extended over a period of six weeks , and which met a ready sale , making £ 21 2s . 6d . , the latter four weeks . daughters attended the courses , and under quality Hereford bull , well finished , which the direction of Miss Yeld managed the realised £ 26 12s . 6d . and others from Messrs . whole of the poultry and dairy . They receiv - Cole , Marfell , Birch , etc. , etc. ed instruction in the incubation of eggs , every reason to believe that the best beef rearing of chickens , fattening of fowls , milk will be very dear in the near future . Ross , Thursday . At this market Messrs . ing , keeping of milk records , cream separa- tion and ripening , milk testing , butter - mak- Dampier , Footitt , and Bennett had an ex- ing , cheese - making , etc. At the conclusion cellent consignment of lambs , sheep . fat of each of these schools , Mr. Porter , agricul- and store cattle , and pigs on offer . There was a good attendanec of huyers and dealers tural organiser , examined all the pupils , and was more than pleased with the results of from the Midlands and South Wales , and the examinations . The whole of the students also from Hereford and Monmouth , and showed that they had acquired a very large trade all round was very good . Lambs par- amount of practical as well as scientific ticularly were in great demand , as much as knowledge . The benefits derived from this from 88s . to 45s , each , at which figures kind of instruction are becoming appreciated every lot changed hands . Wethers realised more and more every day . Three incubators from 54s , to 58s . , fat ewes from 45s . to 59s . Caerphilly . Smallholders and Wensleydale , were kept going , and the cheeses made were highly satisfactory prices . while lessons were also given in Devonshire cream - making . as potatoes , barley meal , and maize meal . In one set of experiments the value of potatoes was compared with an equivalent in maize meal and pollard , one pound of meals being reckoned equal to four pounds of potatoes , so that instead of a daily allow- of 8lb . of potatoes each pig receiv ing no tubers had its daily share of meal increased by two pounds . The result was slight advantage in favour of meals , the cost of producing one hundred- weight live weight being on the average 278 , 3d , without potatoes , and 29s . 1d . with potatoes . Opinion upon the quality of the pork was also slightly against potatoes . The potatoes were charged at the rate of £ 2 per ton , so that , according to these investigations , this price may be regarded as the highest price at which potatoes can be fed to pigs with ad- vantage , unless the other foode are corre- pondingly dear - maize more than £ 7 10s . and On the other pollard more than £ 7 per ton . hand , when the market gives less than 40s . for potatoes , they are to be recommended as afood for pigs . On the basis of this and other experiments the Department estimate the value of potatoes as one - fourth the price of meal . a food for pigs at " . " BARLEY OR MAIZE . Sixteen farmers £ 16 10s . Mr. Tom Williams sent a nice The Inspector of the Board of Agriculture was so delighted with the schools that he took over the County Education Secretary of Cornwall to see them in operation . HAREWOOD END AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY . POULTRY . There is Ross , ThursdayTrade was fairly brisk at this market , and with a good company of buyers and dealers present the supply , which was fairly large , was soon cleared at the following prices : -Dressed ducks , from 7s . to 78. 6d . per couple ; Dressed chicken , from 58. 6d . to 68. 6d . per couple ; live fowls , from 86. to 4s . 6d . per couple butter ( wholesale ) 1. 18. ner lb .: butter ( retail ) Is . 2d . per lb .: eggs ( wholesale ) 14 for 1s .; eggs ( retail ) 12 for 1s . FUTURE OF THE HUNT . The annual puppy show in connection with the North Ledbury ( Mr. J. F. Twinberrow's ) " The Budget as far as it affects agricul- Hunt took place at the Kennels on Wednes ture " was the subject of discussion at Saturday . There were 11 couples for Mr. M. O. day's meeting of the Gloucestershire Cham- Albright ( Master of the South Hereford ) and ber of Agriculture , Mr. R. Cozens residing . Fred Bevan ( huntsman of the North Here The entry consisted of six The Hon . Michael H. Hicke - Beach , M P. ford ) to judge . ( Tewkesbury Division ) said that with regard couples of dogs and 5 of bitches . Sailor " ( Tyredale awards were : -Dogs : to the income tax and death duties it was a Simon - Saintly ) , walked by Mr. S. Brad- matter for congratulation that at last the burn , Colwall , 1 ; " Workman " ( Simon- Warble ) , Mr. E. Potter , Starford Court , 2 . Chancellor of the Exchquer had realised that Bitches : " Velvet " ( Simon - Vanquish ) , Mr. owners of agricultural land did not put into F. Clift , Lulsley Court , 1 ; " Marvellous " their pockets anything approaching the gross Simon - Mazurka ) , Mrs. Spencer , Swan Inn , 2. Couples : " Warden " ( Simon - Warble ) income they received in the form of rent , and they had to thank Mr. Lloyd George and " Playmate " ( Cotswold Chorister Pae for allowing them in future to deduct from time ) , walked by Mr. Clews , Yearsett Court , Pitiful " and " Patrick " ( both Cote their gross income the total expenditure on 1 ; the upkeep and repair of farm cottages be - Wold Chorister Pastime ) . Mr. F. Gwynn , low a certain value before they arrived at West Malvern ) . 2 . their income tax basis . He did not think , Walker proposed the health of the Master At the subsequent luncheon , Mr. Lawsom however , that concession went far enough , and he urged that the owners of agricultural in complimentary terms , and in reply , Mr. Twinberrow said when he retired from the land ought to pay income tax on the same basis as other people , namely , on the income mastership of the Teme Valley hounds two they actually put into their pockets . Dealings ago and took over the mastership of with the increased death duties . Mr. Hicks- the North Ledbury , the Ledbury Hunt Com- Beach said they had got to an appalling mittee guaranteed £ 200 per annum towards figure , and quite beyond what the original the expenses of hunting the North Ledbury proposer of those duties had any idea of country , which were paid to Ledbury Hunt their being raised to . It was notorious that account . The Ledbury Hunt were unable to although those excessively high death duties continue their guarantee , and as he was on were very oppressive to owners of personal tinuing the mastership of the North Ledbury possible profit . It is interesting to notice that competitors as well as farmers away , yet amall supply and without change in price . I he understood that all subscriptions which able to the North Ledbury Hunt fund , and were given by that hunt would now be pay- they hoped they would be sufficient to enable him to continue to hunt the country as he had done during the past two years . He was perfectly willing to continue to go a good way towards the expense , and hunt on such two days a week as would meet the conven- ience of his followers . property , because they affected the tenants and the labourers employed upon the estate by crippling the financial resources of the owner . It A CURIOUS PROVISION . There was one very curious provision in the Finance Bill , and one which he had never seen in any Finance Bill before . was that certain grants were to be made from the Treasury to local authorities " if provis- ion is made by Parliament for dividing the ratable value of land , so as to distinguish the value attributable to houses , buildings , or other improvements , and the value attribut- able to the land without the houses , build- ings , and other improvements . " That meant that before any grants could be made under the section there would have to be a new valuation of land . They thought that - dur- ing the past few years they had discovered pretty nearly every form of land valuation , real or artificial , that the ingenuity of the Treasury and the revenue officials could pos- sibly devise ( laughter ) . The local assessment committees had done a very valuable work in the past , but now . as he understood from the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement , they were to be abolished , and properties in future were to be assessed for the purposes of local rates by Government officials . The local assessment committees had the advan- tage of local knowledge , and they did their work without payment . He thought it was a very sad thing in this expensive age if they were going to dispense with voluntary service simply and solely for the purpose of employing people , as part of their regular avocation , to carry out work which in the past had been done voluntarily by persons well competent to do it . As he understood , the proposed valuation was to be on entirely novel lines , namely , the annual value based upon the value of the land itself , without any man - made improvements upon it . How that would work out in rural districts he did not know , but he thought that in many parts of England , after proper allowances were made for man - made improvements , the ac- tual remaining value of the soil would be re- markably small , and it was very doubtful whether it was worth while undertaking the expense of making that additional valuation . With reference to the proposed withdrawal of grants under the Agricultural Rates Act , Mr. Hicks - Beach said that in the case of two unions in Gloucestershire with which he was acquainted the loss would amount to £ 1,152 , represeting an annual rate of 74d . in the pound . After discussion , the following resolution , drafted by Mr. Hicks - Beach , was unanimous- ly adopted , on the proposition of Professor ANGLING NOTES . It has been a quiet week in the Worcester area . While the temperature has been more satisfactory the rain has kept away , and at present the streams are at an unusally low level . A flush is highly desirable . In other experiments barley meal and maize meal were compared . The meals were the only food of the kind in the ration , and about the same quantity of each was given along with potatoes , swedes , separated milk , and , in one instance , linseed cake and table refuse . In a period of 100 days the average difference between the two lots of pigs was only three pounds per head live weight , which was in favour of the maize - fed pigs . The barley meal was charged at £ 7 per ton against of producing one hundredweight live weight £ 7 10s . per ton for maize meal , and the cost increase was 25s . 6d . and 25s . 10d . for the barley and maize respectively . also gave slightly the better quality pork , but the difference was not sufficiently pronounced to affect the selling price . The result of these experiments indicates , therefore , that maize is worth about 10s . per ton more than barley meal as a food for pigs , a difference that must not be overlooked in selecting foods that are to yield the greatest swedes proved to be a poor substitute for scarcely gaining a pound per head per day . potatoes , the pigs making slow The former progress , 42s . 6d . to 458 . CORN . Gloucester , Saturday . - English wheat in No change in foreign wheat , maize , or oats . Barley 6d . per quarter dearer . London . Monday . - Market firm . English SHEEP SHEARING COMPETITIONS . Ross , Thursday - Fair attendance . Wheat The competitors at the annual shearing firm at last week's prices . Oats unchanged . competition held at New Inn , Hentland , on Quotations : Wheat , white , 4s . 5d . to 4s . 6d . Friday last , were favoured with excellent red , 4s . 5d . to 4s . 6d . barley , grinding , 24s . weather for their work . The match had 6d . to 25s .; oats , white , 20s . to 21s .; peas , been postponed from the previous Saturday 4s . 5d , to 4s . 6d .: beans . 4s . 5d . to 4s . 6d . owing to rain , and notwithstanding the early hay , 47s . 6d . to 50s .: clover , 50s .; straw , haymaking that has already commenced on some farms , and which doubtless kept some there was an excellent attendance and a great interest shown in the work . The sheep were provided by Mr. W. H. Rudge , Tre- ribble , and the thanks of the society are THE COST OF SWINE FEVER . due to him for keeping them for this oo - wheat fully 6d . dearer on the week ; white The most serious cost to the farming indus - casion . The promoters of the competition quoted 958. 6d . to 888 .; red . 358. to 97s . 6d . Town flour firm : try involved by the continued prevalence of must be cheered by the large number of dearer on the week . swine fever is the great inconvenience entries , as there were no less than 35 com- country flour 3d . dearer on the week ; Ameri- caused by the hampering restrictions . peting for the prizes that were offered . can flour firm ; grinding barley 9d . dearer on result of that is that pig breeding in some dis- Prizes were also given for the best tied the week ; malting barley nominal ; British tricts has gone quite out of favour , and breed- fleeces by Messrs . G. E. Morgan , Ltd. , of oats firm : Russian oats 3d . dearer on the week ; beans firm : Deas steady : lentils ing sows were rarely scarcer . It may be that Hereford , and Mr. Bomford , of Evesham . this represents a loss of revenue to British The judges were Mr. E. W. Howell , of steady . Arrivals : British wheat 786 , barley agriculture a little short of a million , pounds , St. Weonards , and Mr. Porter , of Hereford , 2.081 , oats 784. maize 1,100 . malt 8,978 , Foreign though some people say it is even more . and they took great pains in scrutinising the beans 60. peas 72. flour 19,898 . wheat 74,462 . barley 9,104 , nate 66.568 . But swine fever also causes a direct expen- work done before giving their decision . diture by the State of a vast sum of money vided by Messrs . Probert Bros. , of Ross , and quarters , flour 46.571 sacks . The sheep for the block test was pro- maize 816. malt nil , beans 1,947 , peas 2,057 which is badly needed for the development of the industry . A statement has been issued by this was taken to Ross by the secretary at Mr. Runciman , President of the Board of Agriculture , showing the cost incurred in the dressed forthwith , two pounds being allowed The execution of the Diseases of Animals Acts in respect of swine fever in Great Britain . In The river Wye is now influenced by sum- merlike conditions of weather and water . Salmon angling is quiet for the time being , and trouting is not productive of sport , save early and late . The May - fly season is over . Current killing flies include fern , alder , the financial year 1913-14 the number of re- hare's ear , red quill , blue quill red spinner , ports received was 15,281 , and the number of mallard spinner , coch - y - bonddu , anl y gochen outbreaks confirmed 2,901 . Compensation las . Casting for trout fly - fishers are rising came to £ 82.982 , and the cost of administra- grayling , which are spent and out of condition to £ 993. The receipts from salvage tion , and many and large - sized chub . Pike were £ 277 , 50 that the net loss was are far less numerous than they were for- £ 120,178 . merly , particularly in Hereford waters . the conclusion of the work , and killed and for cooling . SPECIAL FARMERS ' UNION REPORT . ( This is a Farmers ' report for Farmers , etc. , and records the actual expressions and ex- periences of Farmers in the several De- partments of Hereford Market ) . THE & REGP The High - Class Grocers ESTABLISHED 1858 , SEASONABLE LINES . Tinned Fruits . Apricots Pears Peaches Pine Chunks Excellent Quality . PER TIN . from 7d . 29 7d . 99 800 7d . 1lbs . 4d . Splendid Value . LARGE ASSORTMENT OF TABLE DAINTIES . SUMMER BEVERAGES , & o . & c . SEE WINDOWS . THE INDIA CHINA TEA CO . GROCERS & PROVISION MERCHANTS ; WINE , SPIRITS , & BE DEALERS . Local Branch - 33 , HIGH STREET , ROSS . ( Orders sent by Post receive special attention . ) ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY . Alton Court Brewery Co. ROSS , ( LIMITED ) BREWERS , MALTSTERS , AND MINERAL WATER MANUFACTURERS . FAMILY ALES AND STOUT BREWED FROM LOCAL BARLEY MALT AND HOPS . Detailed Price List on application . This sum - only one year's expenditure- gave his colleagues and himself great pless- better for all classes of stock except store phears must never be employed for this pur Conditions generally being favourable , would be sufficient to erect and equip in full anglers in Bridgnorth district availed them - working order six bacon factories , each selves of the holidays to fish the Severn from capable of dealing with 500 pigs per week . morn till eve with varying success . The river Or it could be spent in providing pedigree is now very low , and weeds are a great boars in pig - breeding districts . Instead of nuisance . any such productive use , it is spent on a disease which it fails to check . It would be a far - sighted policy to make a tremendous effort to stamp out the disease , even if it cost twice or three times as much . Seeing that numerous pig - keepers are able to boast their complete freedom from it , there must be some means of controlling it , and the duty of the authorities is to spare no efforts to find out and adopt those means . The Severn is in a very low state for fish- ing at Buildwas . Several anglers were out on Monday , but not many fish caught in the way of trout . Not much fly - fishing was going on , chiefly with worm bait and spinning for pike , but few were caught , if any . A good flush of water is badly wanted to clear out . the river . No fresh water fish will be caught until June 16 . " The Cook's Best Friend . " BORWICK'S BAKING POWDER . HEALTHY TEMPERATURES . In the house it is almost more important to J. Penebrthy , seconded by Mr. Bruton : guard against overheating than against cold , That this Chamber , while welcoming the says Miss Martha Millar in " Useful Hints on profound intention of the Government to Health and Habits " ( Blackie ) . Overheated deal with the problem of local taxation , re- grets that no attempt has been made to ooms tend to make persons less vigorous , assess personal property for local rates , but just as we see that persons living in hot coun- feels that it is unable to express any opinion tries are not so energetic as those living in more temperate regions . As a rule , the tem- upon the Budget proposals until some con- crete examples are published of the probable perature of a room should be 60deg . Fahren- effect on rural areas ; and urges the Chancel - heit ( that is about 15deg . Centigrade ) . lor of the Exchequer to collect the necessary very young and the very old are less able to information and publish it without delay " THE CAUSE OF INDIGESTION . 7 Much valuable information may be gleaned from a somewhat lengthy medical report just published . For instance , it is made of indigestion , dyspepsis , etc. , are due to The withstand cold , and will probably require a temperature between 65deg . and 70deg . Fahr , Where people are strong and vigorous , and able to take plenty of exercise , the tempera ture should never be allowed to rise above B0deg . Fahr . , and will do no harm if it falls a little below that figure .. CAMPHOR FOR COLDS . One of the most efficient remedies for break- When clear that more than 90 per cent . of all cases Ing up a cold during its earliest stage is the presence of acid in the stomach , and camphor , says the Family Doctor . physicians agree that when this fact is the eyes begin to water , and there is the ac- realised by the public they will be called companying tingling of the nose and feeling upon to treat very few cases of stomach of chilliness , put three drops of camphor on trouble , and the cause of the trouble the a lump of loaf sugar and place the sugar in acid in the stomach - may be readily over- the mouth . come without their aid . The most effective Repeat this every fifteen minutes until four preparation for this purpose is said to be or five doses have been taken . At the same pure bisurated magnesia , and they advise time place the feet where they will become those who are troubled with any form of thoroughly warm . This will usually provB digestive trouble to obtain a small quantity effectual in breaking up a cold , if the cold is of this product from their chemist and take taken at its very beginning . For a child , but half - a - teaspoonful in a little water after one drop should be placed upon the sugar , meals , as this will prevent fermentation and and five or six doses administered . neutralise any acid which may be formed , Another method of taking the camphor thus rendering the food easy of digestion . which is sometimes preferred for grown Certainly this plan seems preferable to dos- people is to put a spoonful of sugar in a cup , add hot water and Trom ten to fifteen drops ing the stomach with drugs . This makes what is called a Our readers will have no difficulty in ob- of camphor . taining supplies of this valuable product as camphor sling . Gamphor may be prepared by the genuine bisurated magnesia is now stock- placing in a tightly - corked bottle as much ed in the various forms by Albert Porter , of camphor gum as the amount of alcohol which the bottle holds will dissolve . Place some of 13 , High - street . the gum in the alcohol and add more as this is taken up . This makes a strong , pure solution . The death of a recluse at Ponder's End has is ta disclosed the fact that he was Mr. Samuel WATERPROOF PAINT FOR CANVAS . Peel , the heir to a Baronetcy which he had re- fused to assume . " The following recipe for a waterproof paint has been thoroughly tested and found re- The new plea of " moral insanity " was again put forward at the Marlborough - street , liable : Cut into shreds three ounces of com- Police - court on behalf of a girl accused of mon hard yellow soap , and boil it in one pint of water until dissolved ; while hot add obtaining goods by false pretences . A Frenchman who embezzled £ 160 of his to this two and a - half pounds of yellow ochre employers ' money gambled away £ 120 of it , ground in oil , one ounce of terebine , and and with the last £ 40 plunged on a " double three pints of boiled linseed oil . Stir well , event " and won £ 200 just as he was arrested . and continue boiling for two or three minutes . When cold , use with a brush like ordinary He refunded the money , and was forgiven . sint . over THE APPLICATION OF LIME . A question addressed to me by a reader as to the best form in which to apply lime may be answered by a reference to the valuable experimenta , extending eight years , which were carried out by the Agricultural Department of the Lancashire County Coun- cil . They showed that ground limestone is more effective and is also cheaper for appli- cation to meadows than quicklime in lumps to be slaked and spread or ground lime . There was a money loss of 14s . 2d . per acre from the use of ground lime in the eight years , while the gain from the lump lime was only 4s . 2d . per acre , whereas the limestone gave a profit of 27a . 7d . None of the sums is great when spread over eight years , but the total difference on a large acreage would be worth considering . • VARIATION IN COWS . There is a great variation of the quantity of milk yield , not only among certain cows , but also with the same . cow from year to year . To get reliable data , a large number of re- bords have been made in the United States to overcome the varying influence and find a fair average . Out of a total of 289 of care fully - compiled records it was found that nine tenths of the cows made their best records during the first ten weeks of lactation , and that over one - half made their best records during the first month . The first week is calculated beginning four days after calving , thus making the end of the first week eleven days after calving . It was shown by the experiments made that the greatest number of cows made their best milk How the third week , while the best butter pro- duction was made in the second week . From Mr. M. K. M. POWER , of Aston Court , kindly attended to distribute the prizes , and in doing so he congratulated the competitors on the excellent work done , and also pro- posed a vote of thanks to the secretary and committee who had worked so hard to bring about this success . Mr. A. E. RUDGE , in replying , said it ure to do all they could to help improve any work relating to agriculture , and they were rewarded by the keen interest that was being taken in the work by the young men of the district . He also added that another year it would greatly assist the committee if the intending competitors would give in their names at least two days previous to the competition , as when entries close on the ground it is most difficult to know how many sheep to provide and what pen accommoda- tion is necessary . Mr. J. BADGER proposed a vote of thanks to the Judges . This was suitably responded to by Mr. E. W. HOWELL , who said that the work in some cases was so nearly equal that , if another competition were to take race on the morrow amongst the same competitors , in all probability the losers of to - day would be the winners on the morrow . Appended is a list of the winners : - Hand Shearing , under 18 years . - 1 and bronze medal , H. Winney ; 2 , J. Williams ; 9 , P. Smith and L. Seudamore ( equal ) . Hand Shearing , under 21 years . - 1 and bronze medal , J. Keddle ; 2 , F. Scudamore ; 3 , F. Jones . 2. T. Davis ; 3. J. Drinkwater ; v.h.c. , J. Hand Shearing ( open ) -1 , 0. Watkins Probert : h.c .. W. Watkins . bronze medal , R. Jones ; 2 , A. Brewer ; 8 , Machine Shearing , under 18 years . - 1 and W. Watkins . Machine . under 21 years . - 1 and bronze medal . F. Exton ; 2. J. Amies ; 3 , S. Evans . Machine , open . - 1 . R. Webb : 2 , A. Evans ; 9 , F. Jones : .h.c .. F. Nicholls . Best Tied Fleeces . - 1 , J. Keddle ; 2. R. Jones ; 8. T. Davis . Silver medal for the best shorn sheep on the ground . C. Watkins . Silver medal for the best machine shorn sheen , R. Webb . Block Test . - Correct weight . 694lbs . Equal , first and second . WH . Footitt , 89 Ths . and W. L. Heard , 691 lbs . Third prize divided , H. Probert , 69lbs . T. P. Williams , 69 lbs . F. T. Miles . 69 lbs . A. H. Evans , 70 % 15s . E. W. Howell , 70 lbs .; A. E. Rudge , 684 lbs . SWINE FEVER . BEEF . growing . Retain them in a cold frame during the summer months . Seeds of P. malacoides that will commence flowering about the New and P. obconica sown now will give plants Year , in forty eight size pots . The seeds may have the benefit of artificial heat to germi nate them . Rhododendrons must THE WEEK'S GARDENING.damping , and at the same time keep them THE FLOWER GARDEN . Laurel hedges and bushes need attention Hereford , Wednesday . at this time . Long , straggling branches and There was a rather short supply of stook in the market to - day and trade was rather young shoots should be cut off with a sharp knife or a pair of pruning shears . Clipping pigs , which were down on the week . the old have all pose , because they would sever leaves as well CATTLE ( STORES ) . to prevent seed - vessels as stems . It is best to cut off the stem of the flower - stalks cut off A small supply of store cattle . Desirable branch several inches further back than the ripening , which impose & considerable strain on the shrubs . Should the leaves of rhodo- tips of the leaves of uncut shoots , because lots were cleared early . Store calves ex from the stumps a number of young shoots dendrons appear in the least limp or flabby oeptionally dear . quickly grow , and unless the stems be cut during the heat of the day , it may be taken off well back the young growth would project as a sure sign that they will benefit from a unduly . Weak places in bushes may be made good watering at the root . The application much fuller by judicious pruning at this season . of the syringe will also do considerable good in keeping them in good health . When they have been hardened off hydran- gea plants may be turned out of pots into the open garden . With regard to the soil in which they are to be grown , a mixture of loam and a little decayed manure is often A small supply . Couples very dear . Best used , while some prefer peat and manure in equal parts . When plant gets too large all quality mutton about the same price as the branches must be pruned back , that is lamb . Ewe and other inferior mutton con- may throw out young shoots all over . siderably cheaper . A large supply of fat planted in groups in the open to remain lambe , and trade ( except for best quality ) through the winter a framework of strong slightly down on the week . willow sticks may be placed over , to be Best teg mutton ( shorn ) . 9d . to 10d . per lb. covered with mats in severe weather . Other qualities , 6d . to 8 d . per lb. Fat lambs , 9d . to 10d . per lb. PIGS . A short supply . Best quality very dear ; bullock beef 40s . to 42s . 6d . per owb . , live weight . Helfer beef up to 458. per owt . Fat calves dearer on the week . 4 Best beef , 7td . to 8d . per lb. Other qualities , 6d . to 7 d . per lb. Fat calves , 9d . to 10d . per Ib . ВНЕЕР . A small supply of fat pigs . Store pigs oheaper by 28. or Se . per head on small stores . Porks up to 12s . per score . Porkers , 6d . to 7td . per lb. Bacons , 5d . to 6 d . per lb. CORN . • • In lifting daffodil bulbs care must be taken to keep the label with each variety , if impor- tance is attached , to names . Any clumpa of bulbs which come apart readily should be carefully divided , by which means one may add considerably to the stock . They may be replanted at once if new quarters are ready for them , or if the foliage has died down they may be kept in a cool dry place for a month without appreciable damage . In order to have fine flowers , all but the very small varieties should be planted at least 6in . apart in rows 18in . or 15in . apart . The new ground should be prepared by deep digging , and the addi- tion of as much leaf - soil as can conveniently be added . The tops of the bulbs may be placed 8in . below the surface , and they need not be disturbed for two years . Any surplus plants that are not particularly valuable may be sparsely planted in open spaces in wood- land or shrubbery . VEGETABLES AND FRUIT . Gloxinias may be propagated by means of their fleshy leaves . One method of doing this is to insert a number of the smaller leaves , which have been removed with about an inch of stalk , in well - drained pots containing light sandy soil . The pots are stood in a moist warmth , and if all goes well tubers will be formed by each leaf , and from these flower ing plants may be expected next year . Another method of propagating plants is to pin down a . big healthy leaf on a pan of soil . Before so doing a number of outs are made with a sharp knife on the under side of the leaf in the principal ribs or veins . The leaf is then turned over and laid рове . flat on a sandy compost in a well - drained pan , and is pinned or pegged down . In a seller to deliver on rail : Quotations are for good quality in stack , warm , moist atmosphere the leaf , if shaded A very small amount of business done . Prices unchanged . Wheat , per 62 16s . , 4s . 2d . to 4. 4d . Oats , per 40 lbs .. 2s . 9d . to 8e . 3d . Malting barley , per 56 lbs . , 8s . 6d . to 4a . Grinding barley , per 56 lbs . , 3a . to 8s . 6d . Beans , per 651 Tbs . , 4s . 2d . to 4s . 4d . Blow . HAY TRADE . these To produce peas throughout the autumn weekly sowings should be made now , and , if possible , the ground for these sowings should have been trenched and manured for the pur- Deep cultivation is the best means of avoiding mildew , which often proves trouble- Bome during the autumn . The pea is a gross- feeding plant , and should receive a liberal the roots through supply of moisture August and September . The space between the rows should be mulched with farmyard . Best hay , 50s . to 62s . 6d . per ton ; second from hot sun , will form roots , and a number of little tuberous plants will result . quality 45s . to 50s . Der ton : clovers , 50s . to 52s . 6d . ton ; per wheat straw , 45s . to 50s . It is a mistake to allow chrysanthemums manure . per ton to become pot - bound before the final potting . WOOL . As an indication , plenty of roots should be Trade firm at recent rates . ton . NICE DISHES . at It is not generally known that rhubarb may be quite satisfactorily raised from seed with- " Best Herefordshire fleeces up to 14d . per lb. showing around the ball of soil when a plant is tipped out of its pot . The compost should out difficulty , and , for many reasons it is a consist of three parts fibrous loam , half - part method of propagation to be preferred to leaf - soil , and the same of old manure , with a division of the roots . A seed bed must be good sprinkling of grit . To produce a firm prepared by deep digging and rich manur- ONION SOUP . - Cut into alioes two or three growth , hard potting is necessary . Good de ing , and seed sown at the present time in Spanish onions . Also alice two or three corative plants can be grown in 8in . pots , or drills one inch deep . Thin out the seedlings potatoes . Returns received by the Board of Agrienl - at to form a thin layer , and add the vege sizes , but watering will need more attention , In a saucepan melt either butter or several may be placed together in larger as soon as they are large enough , giving each the results obtained in this test , it may be Enre for the week ended May 80 show swine tables . one retained as much space as can be spared , taken that the second and third weeks of a Put on the lid , cook by the side of the and feeding will have to be started earlier Hoe frequently , and give a mulch of short cow's lactation are the best , and there is not fever to be still rampant , the number of fresh fire for about half an hour , then add boiling much difference between the two . A cow , it outbreaks confirmed being 197 , all of them water in which meat or fish has been cooked ( of than when the 10in . size is used . After pot manure to each plant after thinning , and see was concluded , reaches her highest produo- being in England , with the excention of one plain water ) to cover the vegetables completely . ting stand the plants on a path , or in any that the plants do not lack moisture . tion of butter - fat at an earlier period than in Wales and two in Scotland . They includ- As soon as the onion is soft enough to maah , open position , water with care , and damp over the foliage every evening . Sage is one of the most useful garden she does her greatest milk flow . ed 1 in Derbyshire . 8 in Gloucestershire . 2 Pass the whole through a sieve or colander . Re in Leicestershire , 2 in Northants , 1 in the tity , season to taste , and when boiling stir in best , add milk to make up the required quan- herbs , and is worth a place in all kitchen A free flowering plant for shrubbery bor- gardens . It may be grown from either seeds Boke of Peterborough , 5 in Notta . 1 in Ox- tablespoonful of medium oatmeal Stir and boil PRESERVATIVES IN CREAM . ders among hardy ferns and in various other or cuttings . Spring is the usual season for Some confusion exists in the dairy trade fordshire . 8 in Shropshire , in Staffordshire , gently for a few minutes after adding the oat half - shady spots and in sunny positions is the sowing the seeds , although they can be put in I in Warwickshire , and 8 in Worcestershire . meal . When made of water it is improved by Spanish bluebell , with blue , white , and rose- now in a shady spot and firm soil . Cutting owing to the fact that no regulations have The number of pigs claughtered during the tiring in tablespoonful of grated chesse jus coloured flowers . They are readily propagated may also be taken out now , choosing those been made defining the amount of preservative week as diseased . or as having been exposed before serving . When a thicker coup is liked a from seeds which ripen freely on the plants , shoots that do not show a flower head at the which may legally be added to cream before to infection , was 1,882 , including 81 in Glon - little flour may be added before the chesse , it is sold . Five years ago Dr. J. M. Hammill , cestershire , 4 in Leicestershire . 84 in North- sown on a border outside as soon as mature , top ; they will root readily in a fairly moist BAKED HALIBUT . - Wash and dry fillets of or by offsets . August and September is the soil , and unless the sun is ve bright will one of the medical inspectors of the Local anta , 3 in the Soke of Peterborough , 6 in halibut , cut them into portions , brush them Government Board , made a report in which Notts 50 in Oxfordshire . 12 in Shropshire , om in buttered fireproof dish , with enough lightly with lemon - juice , flour them , and lay best time to plant the bulbs . They will thrive not need any shading . he recommended that 17 grains to the pound 12 in Staffordshire , and 24 in Worcestershire . milk barely to cover them . in most soils and positions . Plant the bulbs of boracio aoid might without injury to health Put buttered about 3in . deep , and do not disturb them for The total number of outbreaks confirmed paper over them , and bake in a slow oven till be added to cream during the cooler months in Great Britain this year up to May 80 is ander . Lift the fillets on to a hot dish , arrang years . In favourable positions the seeds will of the year , and 28 grains to the pound 1,770 , as compared with 991 in the corre ing them nicely , and keep them hot . fall and self - sown seedlings come up freely . during the months from May to October . sponding period of last year , and the number sauce melt an ounce of butter in a saucepan , When daisies are numerous on lawns they Representations have recently been made to of pigs sacrificed 17,928 , as against 14,493 in it in tablespoonful of Bour , add the juice in the effect that an alteration of the regulations 1913 . very soon crowd out the finer grasses , and which the fish has been baked , making it up to means should be taken to check them . is desirable , and an expert committee has During the month of May the Board of half pint with fish stock or more . milk . Stir this purpose there is nothing better than Agriculture was notified of the existence of and boil for five minutes , add pepper , salt , and finely - powdered sulphate of ammonia applied tuberculosis on 542 forma or dairy premier toaspoonful of anchovy dente Pour it over in dry weather at the rate of one ounce to in Great Britain , and 75 bovine animal in the fish and garnish with cut lemon . eluding 11 in Derbyshire , 14 in Glouceton ahire , 1 in Leicestershire , 8 in Northants 11 in Notts , 8 in Shropshire 18 in Staffordshire , 7 in Warwickshire , and 5 in Worcestershire ) were marked for slaughter in consequence of their suffering from tuberculosis of the udder or tuberculosis with emaciation , or giving tuberculous milk . 10/6 paga List for 3 stamps . THIS INTERESTS YOU ! Rabbis or Tergit Rifle for Long Page Accurate shooting , Ried barrel , justable backnight , perfect cartridg Accuracy guaranteed , 30/6 1 , extra , Cartridges from Prevents hair falling off . THE MEXICAN is not a dye , HAIR For the Restores it to its natural colour , Prevents Dandruff and is The best Renewer known . Should be on every toilet table . For This must be repeated every square yard . from time to time , and if this is persisted in , it is really surprising what an improvement occurs . A brown tinge of the grass will only be temporary . Primula seedlings , when they have made a rough leaf should be transplanted into boxes RENEWER . Throughout the World , price 3 , 6d . f fresh soil . This will prevent them from Of all Chemists and Hairdressers THE WEEK'S WORK . Sow seed of sweet williams . Top - dress stem - rooting liliums in pots . Treat rose mildew with sulphur , and syringe with insecticides for aphis . Take pink pipings . Feed agapanthus and other tub plants . Keep wall fruit trees well watered . Break cauliflower leaves over centres to keep out sun . Plant lettuces in shady borders . Give peas and runner beans water and liquid manure . Keep cabbage and other seedlings thin . |