The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard

Poultry. LAND CONTROL. The reader need not think I am going off on s to a political subject, but only deal with this question as it applies to poultry. Without the { ground is sweet and clean you cannot expect healthy stock. No matter" whether it be 1 grass or the plain earth, it must be cleaned | and though nature will do this naturally you will need to assist as much as possible. The small man is much more handicapped in this respect than the big farmer, because he cannot c devote as much space to the stock and cannot change the ground so often as necessary. J One large farm of the writer's knowledge devote as much space to the stock and cannot change the ground so often as necessary. J One large farm of the writer's knowledge keep all their birds on the ploughed land and j the situation is changed every two years. The 1 idea is simple and easily understood. One half < of the field is to be used for fowls and then k runs are erected round the sides while the centre is left clear for the young stock. About four acres is used like this so that the birds always have two acres and while they manure the land they also have fresh soil every other year. The netting is fixed on good posts so 11 that the whole lot can be moved easilv and with houses of moderate size anyone can see that the work of moving is not great and will not take long. For the last plant some seed is used which will leave behind a certain amount of green food and the stock has a fine time when so moved. It is rather early in the year for this, because in a month or two most of the young surplus stock will be cleared off and then the job of changing is not so great. Certainly all will be ready for the next breed- ling season and the birds have quite fresh ground. The owner assured me that it answered well for the crops reaped an advantage through the manure, while the fowls also did so much better through a change of ground. Where the stock is always kept on grass land, this cannot be done, but the runs can be cleansed in a different way. For instance, now that the breeding birds are being divided up and most of the runs are empty, leave them for a week or so and then mow down all the grass as close as possible and rake it all out. The cutting will give the rain a better chance of cleansing the top, while the new shoots will provide excellent green food when you want to put in some young or fresh stock. By cutting the grass you clear out all the coarse bits which have never been picked off by the fowls and the whole looks fresh and clean. The fowl manure will make the grass grow rapidly and their continual scratching amongst it makes a finer quality grass come, because they tear up ail the moss and rough herbage which is found on some land. Another good plan adopted by some men is to keep a flock of sheep which are turned into the different runs in turn and they eat off the grass. This will save mowing through, although on the whole it is not quite so clean and cer- tainly the grass which is cut can be made into hav and thus provide food or. litter for the other stock. The smallholder with just a few runs will not want many sheep and. probably the cutting will be best, but if he has a few the change to the fowl runs will give the other grass a chance to grow. Where the birds are only kept on earth then the cleansing will be different- If it can be arranged, a good plan will be to change the ground and dig over the old run, or if possible to grow a crop of something on it, because this will clean it better than anything. The turning of the top underneath freshens all the lot, but to continuallv do this without some growth to take out the excrements only tends to make all the ground foul and then only trouble will follow. Without the grass the top can he easily cleaned, but with continuous rains it soon churns up into mud and this is bad for any stock. When the ground is sticky the birds are best inside the house, and this is the draw- i back to all earth runs. If fruit trees are grown in the pens they will draw out a great deal of the foul matter and at the same time give a good return in value. All houses kept on such land must have plenty of dry litter on the floor so that the birds may clean and dry their feet before going to roost. The earth run is usually the only place for the small man. and he must nake the most of his surroundings.

DISABLED SOLDIERS AND THE TEACHING PROFESSION. The University College of Wales, Aberyst- "vth. with the consent of the Board of Educa- tion, is endeavouring to make provision during the coming session, for the future of a certain number of discharged soldiers of good character and good general education, by offering a course of training to fit them to become certi- ficated teachers in elementary schools. It is proposed to admit (1) Graduates of universities who by a one year's course can qualify themselves as certi- ficated teachers. (2) Men who have passed the matriculation examination of a British university and who wish to proceed to take a degree. "and qualify as teachers. (3) Men who have passed examinations of the Central Welsh Board, or the Oxford and Cambridge Locals, or the Preliminary Exam- ination of the Board of Education, who wisl) to qualify as certificated teachers in elementary schools. (4) Candidates who have not passed any ex- aminations, but who show after a special ex- amination held by the College Authorities suf- ficent intelligence to proceed to a two years course of training. It is assumed that there are a number of intelligent young fellows disabled in the war who would like to be trained for the teaching profession. It is pretty certain that there will be a great dearth of teachers after the war and as there is little doubt that salaries will be largely increased, the teaching profession will afford many openings for men who are dis- abled for manual work. It is the intention of the College to have a special staff to deal with the last type of cases and to introduce a sys- tem of personal tuition for their benefit. r Further particulars of the scheme may be obtained from the Registrar at the College.

An Over Production of Poison. Some people produce uric-acid twice as fast as others, and an overload of this poison is a serious thing for anyone. It comes in differ- ent ways, but the most productive causes are over-exertion and eating too much, particularly of meat. I Some allowance should be made to those suffering from uric-acid complaints, for they can't help being nervous, morose, cross, sus- picious, headachy, dizzy at times, and racked with all sorts of queer pains. The rheumatic sufferer knows what real pain is like, and it is no wonder lie grows old too fast—and sooner or later develops heart I trouble, sciatica, gravel, dropsy, or hardening of the arteries. The sensible thing to do is to take warning at the firs sign that uric-acid is developing— eat less meat, and not too much of any food. Drink plenty of both milk and water. Jake regular exercise, and get eight hours sleep seven nights a week. Use Doan's Backache Kidney Pills to repair the weakened kidneys and help them filter uric-acid from the blood. You can't be really well while an excess of this poison remains in the system.. There is scarcely a man or woman in Aner. vstwvth who has "not a good word for Doan's Backache Kidnov Pills, the special kidney medicine that does not claim to cure every- Ali* dealers, or 2 9 a box, McClellan Co., 8, Wells Street, Oxford Street, London, W.l.

Meat Prices. FOOD CONTROLLER'S SCHEDULE. The Food Controller last week announced a schedule of wholesale maximum dead meat prices, which will come into operation as and from Monday, September 3rd. The beef prices correspond to and are based upon the maxi- mum prices per live cwt. for cattle purchased for the army which have already been pub- lished. Any person buying cattle for slaughter will know the highest price which lie can obtain for dead meat and will only pav such prices for the cattie as will correspond after making proper allowances to these meat prices. The prices per stone of beef are as follows those for home killed carcases being given first and those for imported hindquarters and imported forequarters second and third:- September 8/8 8/4 7/0 October 8/4 8/0 6/8 November and December 8/0 7/8 6'4 January 7/4 7,0 5'g ne. prices tor mutton and lamfj carcase for all five months will be 8s 9d home killed, and 7s 8d imported. Pork for all five months will be 9s 6d home killed, and 8s 6d imported. ft should be noted that these prices are maximum prices, and that the consumer will get the benefit where market conditions allow purchase below the maximum price. Further, the profit of the wholesale dealer is already limited under the existing Meat Sales Order.. The new Order contains provisions for the limitation of retail prices in conformity with the above wholesale maximum prices. The effect of these provisions is that the retail butcher must not sell meat over the counter at prices which in the aggregate exceed the price paid by him for such meat by more than 2d. per lb. or 20 per cent., whichever is the less his accounts foiling balanced over fort- nightly periods. Out of this difference the re- tailer will- have to pay the expenses of carriage, wages, rent, rates, and all the other expenses of his business, including his personal remu- neration. Further, the local Food Control Cm mittee are empowered to fix schedules of maximum retail prices for the various joints with- which the butcher will in addition be required to comply. These schedules may vary from dis- trict to district, according to varying local con- ditions. A butcher is required to keep posted in his shop in a conspicuous position the pnc-* which he actually charges for the various cuts and joints, and these prices must comply with the conditions set out above. The responsibility of enforcing the retail prices and of securing that the charges made by the butcher do not exceed those allowed bv the Order will rest on the local Food Con- trol Committees. An Order will be issued at a later date dealing with the control and super- vision of the cattle trade generally.

j LLANDYSSUL. Private David Totie, and Private William Jones, two soldier brothers, hailing from Feiingraig, Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, were charged at Llandvssul Petty Sessions on Thursday with committing wilful damage to garden produce and glass frames belonging to Major Cass, D.S.O., Dol-llan, on the night of the 27th August. The damage was estimated at £10. P.C. Evans. Pencader, found footprints and a khaki handkerchief and a portion of an over- coat pocket, the latter of which was after- wards found to fit- into an overcoat in possession of one of the brothers. Accused made no statement with the exception that t1.ey were in drink and could not account for their move- ment-s.-The Chairman of the Bench. (Mr. Charles Lloyd) said that in view of the fact that both had seen considerable active service abroad it had been decided to let them off upon payment of £2 10s. each.

CARDIGAN, Lieut. Haroid Madoc Jonas, R.W.F., killed on July 31st, was the son of the late Mr. T. R. •Tones, .J.P., of Bodfeirig, and of Mrs Jones, of Bryn Cadnant, Anglesey. He was educated at Christ's College, Brecon, and afterwards gained a scholarship at the University Col- lege of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he gradu- ated with classical honours. He took up teach- ing as his profession, and was successful and popular as a schoolmaster. At the outbreak of war he was on the staff of Cardigan County School and enlisted in a. battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers (University Company1). tn March, 1915, he obtained his commission in the same regiment, and left for the front early in December of the same year. Thenceforward he had been almost continuously in the line. He spent two winters in the trenches, flnd mentioned in d'spatchrs. His commanding offi- cer writes;—"He died painlessly and gallantly. A more gallant gentleman I have never md,"

SUPPLY OF COAL. Mr. Finlay A. Gibson, secretary of the Dis- trict Coal and Coke Supplies Committee, states that factors, merchants, and consumers who, after September 8th next, must obtain their supplies of coal from collieries in Monmouth- shire and South Wales are now being advised as to the collieries from which they are to ob- tain coals in substitution for those hitherto imported from areas now prohibited under the I Coal Transport Order. The main purpose of the scheme is to econo- mise railway transport facilities, and to that end the Controller has directed—(1) that con- sumption shall take place as near the centre of production as possible; (2) that an area pro- ducing less coal than suffices for its own needs should not send any portion of its output to other areas; and (3) that an area producing more coal that it requires for consumption 1 within such area itself should distribute the balance to adjacent or convenient areas.

-=- I NUTRITIVE VALUE OF EDIBLE FtJNI, I. Suggestions are frequently received that the use of edible fungi should be increased, par- 1 ticularly in time of shortage like the present. I Such suggestions are founded on the wide- spread popular belief that the nutritive value of edible fungi is very great. This belief ori- ginated in the fact that analyses have shown fungi to contain a relatively large proportion of nitrogenous or "flesh-forming" compounds, but as a "matter of fact a considerable amount ell I the nitrogen contained the fungi is not in a form which can be utilised by the human body, so that they can be regarded in no sense as substitutes for meat and their nutritive value is not equal to that of cabbage or potatoes Moreover, too great care cannot be exercised with regard to the use of edible fungi by per- sons not very familiar with the different peeips, There is no test which can be usefl for the detection of poisonous varieties, and the soundest advice which can be given -.o tne would-be fungus eater is not to expermien. un- less he is absolutely certain of the specks wi-h S.U 1.* « ",c Board of Agriculture, July, 1911.)

How to Save Bread The new maize meal. or a mixture of maize meal and oatmeal, makes delicious fritters and rissoles, when fried in "ATORA" Block Suet Rice lentils, peas and beans are equally good (l nel save bread without lowering the nourish- ment of meals. These fritters and rissoies can 1 foe used as vegetables or otherwise A pinch of Huron's Sauce Powder gives a delicious piquant 'flavour. Ask for "ATORA" Suet m Blocks for frying and Shredded for puddings, etc., ot all grocers, lib. boxes ls. 5d., jib. 9d. |—V_ A% What is your • ravoume Perfume? 7, M You will find it-lo perfection-in II one of the 21 charming varieties of || 'v S FRIPP'S i g t I TOILET SOAP f Prepared from the purest materials Fripp's Toilet Soap yields a creamy lather of delightful fragrance—soothing iajK to the skin and truly beneficial to the complexion. The 21 charming varieties include Vjp Apple Blossom Honeysuckle Sweet Lavender Bonnie Brae Jersey Buttermilk Sweet Pea Carnation Jessamy Bride Verbena Caasia Meadow Sweet Violet Scented Oatmeal ZW Cucumber Cream Mignon Wallflower hD English Rose Old Brown Windsor Wild Thyme 'Lvv C2 Gwalia Rosemary Wood Violet In dainty boxes of 12 tablets 2/9. Single tablets 3d. each. J". Sold generally by Grocers, Chemists and Stores. /(\\ CHRISTR. THOMAS & BROB. LTD., BRISTOL SUCCESSORS TO SAMUEL FRIPP, ESTABLISHED 1745. F. is Iwn I —————————————————————, ———. =

LLANON. Lieut. Teddy Richards, Claremont, and Driver G. M. P. Davies, The Tonn, were home last week. Lieut. D. M. Jones, Carlton, and Pte. Stanley Morris, Emporium, were lately home. Corpl. John E. Jones Evans, Glanperis, also is home. A public meeting, which was well attended, was held at the Council School on Thursday evening of last week when a Mr. Davies from Bristof gave a lucid address on the present position and the aims of the war. Mr. E. Morgan, The Green, presided, and after the USlwl votes of thanks were passed the meeting terminated with the National Anthem. Driver Wm. Davies, Tnalbach, left for Meso- potamia some weeks ago. Driver J. E. Jone, Harriston, has joined the motor transport this WIS Annie C*. Jones, the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. T. Jones, Talarvor, has sueeessfu ly passed the senior examination ot the Lcnt.ai, Welsh Board.

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BY SPADE-WORKER. POTATO HINTS: PRUNING RASPBERRIES. | I notice that many allotment-holders have cut off the tops of their potatoes. It is ex- tremely bad gardening to do this unless the plants are diseased or the haulm has turned yellow or withered. If you cut off the potato tops the development of the tubers will cease, and there is no object in leaving them in the ground. They will ripen in the store, and are safer there than in the soil. for in the event of continued wet weather they often .start growing when left in the ground. When storing potatoes it is a good plan to scatter a little lime among them-- thi.s hell), to dry the 6kins of the tubers and may arrest- the spread of do cay. It is sur- prising how quickly the potato skins dry if you sprinkle a little powdered lime on them, and it is worth remembering this if you are obliged to lift the crop during showery weather. "SPLIT" CARROTS. When I made a sowing of mnincrop car- rots in April I included both long-rooted and stump-rooted sorts. I find that many of the latter are now ready to dig. The foliage is losing the fiesh green colour that is characteristic in summer, and I notice that some of the roots are beginning to split. At this season of the year, especially on heavy and if the weather is wet, carrots are liable to deteriorate in this way, and when this defect is noticed it is better to lift them. The best way to store carrots is in sand or sifted ashes or fine soil, in a shed or at the foot of a warm wall or fence. However, many gardeners give them very rough storage, merely placing them in heap* in an outhouse. Readers of this column must not imagine that I advise them to take up all their maincrop carrots now. but only tho-e rows in which the rocta are be- ginning to split. PRUNING RASPBERRIES. The raspberry is an ideal fruit for the allotment-holder, for it is easily grown and, ,III when established, rarely fail." to bear a satisfactory crop. It thrives as well, or perhaps rather better, in a slightly shaded spot than in full sunshine. The simplest way to fail with the raspberry is to allow the plants to get dry at the root, and this is very likely to happen when they are I planted in a sunny spot, unless the soil is deep and rich and mulched with manure in I How To Prune Raspberry Cants. summer. The pruning of this profitable bush fruit is really very simple, and it must be from lack of attention rather than from lack of knowledge that so many raspberry plantations are allowed to become mere thickets of growth. All that one has to do is to look over the plant-at thi- time of year, cut out the canes which have fruit, and leave about six new CHUf" aT shoots at each clump, which will produce next year's crop. If this dono^ ever> season the raspberries take on a t':c.-h 'ease of life, for all-the old stems are replaced by voun^ ones. I+, however, the work i> neglected, old and new shoots become mixeo together, and the raspberries are neither so numerous nor of such large size. It is wise to shorten the new sheets slightly in autumn and to cut down to within 4ft. of the ground in early spring. The sketch on the right shows how to prune newly-planted raspberry canes; they should be cut to within a few inches of the ground in February. TROUBLESOME CATERPILLARS. The chief trouble the allotment-noMe? h, to contend with at this season of the vear is the attack o' various caterpillars. If the greens are frequently sprinkled with soot, or a mixture of lime and soot, the severity of the attack is lessened. I fmd that svringeing the plants with salt water, !oz, in a gallon of water, is also useful. But, after all, the most successful plan is to look over the greens as often as possible and kill all pests that are seen. Badly damaged leaves, together 'with the caterpillars on them, should lie taken off and burnt. Keep an eye on the seedlings of spring cabbage -.own carIN- in the month, and thin out super- fluous seedling" to prevent overcrowding. If thev are large enough to handle con- veniently they should be transplanted .at Gin. apart, ready to be planted finallv in October ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. J.—As soon as the raspberry plants have been cleaied of fruit, cut out the canes or stems that produced, the fruit, and allow half a dozen of the fresh growths to remain on each clump. The other matter will be dealt with in the weekly notes. LII.I.IPUT. — Caterpillars can, of course, be destroyed with a poisonous wash, but it is not wise to use this on greens which are to be eaten You must sprinkle the plants freely with soot, .svringe them with salt water, and kill as many a. possible by handpicking. The onions are mildewed. They should now lie. lifted and dried for storing. ROTATION. Potato Early Midlothian ought to be ùug- without deby. The tubers will keep until late Autumn or Christmas. You cannot get another crop among the cabbages. Turnips must have a .separate plot. N. K. W.—Onion sets or small bulbs arc obtained by sowing seed in May and harvesting the bulb* in August in the usual way. If you have anv small, well-matured onions, you can plant them in spring. They are, however, rather liable to run to seed. O. L. E.-Many thanks. If 1 can possiblv in-ica,-e it I will do so. C. H. M.—Cut the herbs to within it few of the ground, tie them in bundles, and hang them up in a room to drv. In the course of two or three week. remove all the foliage bv drawing the hand down the bunches; throw away the stalk and .-terns. Put the foliage in stop- tiered bottles to keep them clean and label them. Phlox.—The potatee- are attacked hv ordinary potato scab; this disease affects the skin (¡¡,lv, and the potatoes are still just- as useful for eating purposes. Lime tends to encourage this malady. Immersing the tubers before planting in a solution of for- malin will generally prevent scab. Do not save seed from your crop. E. A. J.—It ts important to pick the runner beans when thev are large enough for use if they are allowed to get big and old the development of the others is arrested. 0. A.—\ou will find that the long trailing shoots of veget- able marrows, which find their way into the air and sun.-hiuc. bear a greater number of fruits than those that are crowded together in the bed. Most people plant their mar- rows too closely. F. K. E.—The August sown onions remain just as sown until spring. Superfluous seedlings are then taken out and transplanted to form a fresh bed or they are used as "spring onions." HOLDEH. —Your apples and pears are no doubt at- tacked by the grubs of the ccdlin moth and apple sawfiv. Those do an enormous amount of ^damage f very year, and I shall deal with the subject very shortly. "Spadeworki-r" is open to give practical advice, free of charge, to readers of this paper. Replies will be sent by post if a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed. Address your inquiries to "Spadeworker," care of Editor.

THE NELSON DAY," Mr. Ernest C. Thomas, Terrace-road, Aber- ystwyth, on behalf of the Committee, thanks station masters and helpers who assisted in making collections on Nelson Day a great success, the total collected being E88 Os. 2d. The amounts collected at stations include Aberyst- wyth, E12 Is. Aberdovey, E4 18s. od. Bar- mouth and street, £ 18 8s. lOd. Barmouth Junction. E6 10s.; Borth, FS 4s. dd.; Burth street collection, E8; Criccieth, E4 4s. 7d.; Dovey Junction, 17s. 4d.; Harlech, £ 3 8s lOd. Llanidloes, £ 12: Machynlleth, C6 16s. 10d.; Moat Line. E2 6s. 6d.; Newtown and street. £ 14 5s. 3d.; Oswestry, £ 15 Os. 3d.; Portmadoc, E2 15s. 10d.; Pwllheli, C4; Towyn street and station, £10 13s. 7d.; Welshpool, S10 lis. 4d.; Lord Aberconwav, £ 20; Mrs R. Davis, £ 2 2s.; Miss Davis, Fl is.: Brig.-General Jones, C.B., fl: Mrs. Edward Roberts, £1: and Mr. John Daniel, 10s.

THE Wdslt armtr' tedte September 7, 1917. Aberystwyth, Monday.—Eggs 4 a shilling: 1)utter, 2s. a lb. Abergavenny, Tuesday.—There was a shorter all-round supply, no doubt affected by the fine weather, of which farmers took full advantage to proceed with harvesting. Although the trade j was somewhat- easier for lamb aud mutton, the was somewhat easier for lamb and mutton, the Control Order, which came into force for the lirst time, did not affect trade to any great extent. There was a good supply of beef, which met a ready demand. | Carmarthen, Saturday.—The supply of cask I butter continues good; demand quite equal.) Price paid for cask butter Is. 10^1 to Is lid per li)-, fresh pats firm at 2s. Eggs 24s to 26s per 120.

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