The Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times

LIME FOR OAT CROP. If your land has not recently been limed, the ground limestone would certainly be good for both oats and grasses, and it would undoubtedly be wise to give it before seeding the land to grass. Apply the ground limestone as soon as possible, 1 ton per acre being a fair dressing. One can, however, scarcely call lime of any sort a manure-that is to say, it is not in itself a plant food to any appreciable extent. 4 But if the soil is fairly rich from previous good treatment, it releases plant foods locked up in the soil, and so acts as a man- ure. It is also necessary for the successful and economical use of other fertilisers. If the land is in poor condition it would be well to apply suitable artificials at seed- sowing time in addition to the limestonei now. A good mixture would be 3 cwt. superphosphate, I cwt. sulphate of potash, and 1 cwt. sulphate of ammonia, mixed, per acre.

cluck will not lay, nor will a poor duck lay therefore, in order to secure eggs at the desired time it is vitally important that strict attention be paid to the flesh con- dition of the fowls. Ducks are naturally very fond of mash food, and do much better when fed a part ration. The mash ration may be compounded from a wide range of ingredients the main object to be kept in mind is to supply a high per cent. of protein or nourishing matter, both from an animal and a vegetable source. The animal source of protein for the daily ration is the most difficult to supply, as farm-grown grain cannot be depended upon to furnish this essential ingredient. There are several sources, however, whereby ani- mal protein can be economically obtained. First, and perhaps the cheapest, is to pur- chase meat scraps from the butcher's shop. If there is bone in the scraps it should be ground before feeding. Another source of animal food is feeding the flesh of animals. In some parts of the country poultrymen make it a practice to feed their poultry on meat obtained from killing worn-out animals or those that have die dfrom some accidental cause. This source of meat sup- ply is very cheap, but as a rule cannot be depended upon. Then there is another source that is always reliable, and that is purchasing beef scraps on the market. They are somewhat expensive, but at the same time are worth twice their cost when it comes to egg production. Ducks are very fond of animal food, and will consume a large quantity, yet they are good layers and will several times pay for their feed.

I BASIC SLAG FOR PASTURES. In the last few years basic slag has grown giddually in favour, say the Field.' Many instances of the versatility of this manure have come under notice. A southern farmer states that an application of basic slag to low-lying pastures has been attended with such gratifying results that the influence upon the cattle grazed upon the dressed part was unmistakable. In another case a field which had tumbled down to grass some years ago, and was no better than grass of the kind usually is, was improved out of recognition by a liberal application of this phosphatic manure. The soil in this case was fairly heavy, and of the kind which is believed to be most responsive to basic slag, but the farmer expresses himself as more than surprised at the change pro- duced. White clover and other leguminous plants took possession of the soil, to the ex- clusion of the weeds and worthless herbage, and there is no doubt that similar improve- ments might be effected by the extended use of artificial materials. It need not be basic slag, as, under different conditions, super- phosphate or basic superphosphate might be better, while -kainit, or sulphate or muriate of potash may be included where there is reason to suppose that potash is deficient. Nitrogenous manures are seldom required on pastures, but moderate dress- ings may give profitable returns on mead- ows, and the choice between nitrate of soda

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I i It pays you 1 I to bake at home with | 'Paisley Flour | —the sure raising powder — j | The cost is less than shop made, 1 and you know that all the in- s I gredients are sound and good. I By mixing i part Paisley Flour" 1 I with 8 parts ordinary flour you 1 I have a perfect baking flour, much S | more economical than cake i I mixtures. a

When the farmer purchases seed from a distance it is a good plan to. make a rule of testing it by sowing a number of seeds in a box of moist soil. Count the seeds before putting in. Then count the blades, and he will see then whether it is safe to sow it. If the box is placed in a warm room the blades will appear in six or seven days. The last season's seed should always be sown, as old seed is not to be depended on. DON'T BUY RUBBISH. When purchasing mangel or turnip seed it is not advisable to buy that which costs least money, as it is the dearest generally in the end it often causes gaps in the rows, and that means only about half a crop. Clover seeds should be obtained from a reliable firm of seed merchants, as there are generally a lot of weeds in them if not pro- perly cleaned. Potato seed should be free from disease, as the diseased tubers will cause gaps in the rows. All kinds of land do better with a change of seed if the land is of a heavy nature seed off light land should be procured if the land is light it is best to get seed grown on strong soil.

I What Newtown has found Montgomery has Found. I It is good to know that our neighbours over in Montgomery have found what so many well- l, known and respected Newtown men and women have found. Mrs A. Pryca, who lives at Chirbury-road, Montgomery, says" For many years I have II been troubled with kidney complaint, having had at one time inflammation of the kidneys, which left a weakness. I was terribly troubled with pains in my back, and with rheumatism, and occasionally I had attacks of sciatica, and fainting fits. I was advised by a friend to use Doan's back- ache kidney pills. I tried them, and now would not be without them in the house at any cost. The pills gave me wonderful relief from the pain; and now when I feel the slightest attack I always take a few doses and obtain immediate relief. I can heirtily recommend Doan's backache kidney pills." Doan's backache kidney pills are two shillings and ninepence per box, or six boxes for thirteen 8hillings and ninepence. Of all chemists and stores, or post free direct from the Foster-Mc- Clellan Co., 8, Wells-street, Oxford-street, London, W. Be sure you get the same kind of pills as Mrs Pryce had.

WEIGHT AND QUALITY OF SHIRES. How to obtain a combination of great weight or massiveness, with plenty of quality or style, has always been one of the principal problems confronting the breeder of Shire horses, nor is it surprising that this question should present so much diffi- culty, seeing that these two qualities ad- mittedly are in a certain measure antagon- istic to one another, for it is usually found that the one can be got in complete perfec- tion only at the expense of the other. Thus Shires which excel in size and weight do not, as a rule, possess any super- abundant amount of style, but incline to be more or less coarse and sour" in their type, while where a Shire horse shows the acme of quality or stylishness, it is gener- ally also of a somewhat smaller and less weighty stamp. The cases in which it is otherwise are exceptional.

BUTCHERS' HIDE, SKIN AND WOOL Company Limited, New Canal-street, Birmingham. —Current Prices Hides-90 and up, 6i—5} • 80 to 89, 6-5|; 70 to 79, 5f-5*; 60 to 69, 50 to 59, 5if—52 49 and under, 6—; cows— 60 and up, 5,1-5 50 to 59, bi-5 49 and under, 6- 1St; bulls, 5-4t; warbled and irregs. s 4!-5!. Calf, 17 and up, 73; 12 to 16, 9; 9 to -1 ;v 4 11, 9; light, 8f. Horse hides, 22/ 2013 18/9 17/3, 14/3, 11/6, 9/9. Wools—Lots, 13/6 12/6' 10/3, 10/ 9/10, 9/9, 9/4, 9/3, 8/9, 8/6, 7/4, 5 9 Welsh-3/10, 2/3. Fat-Best beef, 3id; best mutton, 3d; seconds, 2id; common, lid. Mixed fat, 2td. Bones-Marrow, 1/2 waste, 9d per score.

In the show-ring the tendency at the present time undoubtedly is to lay the greatest possible stress on style, and to go for the type which possesses the most quality, and shows the greatest degree of neatness in its shape. Shires of this type are, as a general rule, being preferred to those that have greater weight and more massive and powerful proportions to re- commend them, but which are wanting in stylishness. In how far this fashion of re- garding quality as even more essential than weight and size is justified is a debatable point. Of course, in the highest class ani- S i °J breed both attributes may be blended in an almost perfect degree, but this is not the case with pedigree Shires of average merit. No doubt quality and neat proportions are a most desirable attribute,

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-= CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY. Passenger Train Alterations- March, 1910. WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS v V, there will bo no Alterations in the running of this Company's Trains for March, 1910, and the Time Tables dated October, 1909, with the alterations announaed for December, will remain in force Until Further Notice. Every Tuesday until Further Notice a Passenger Tram will run as underWelshpool, depart 7-35 a.m.; Forden, 7-45; Montgomery 7-4S • Abermule, 7-55; Newtown, arrive 8-5 a.mV ————— For Train Service on Good Friday, -see Special Announcements. General Manager's Office, Oswestry, February 15th, 1910. RATS RELISH RODIN E. RODINE RA-T POISON irresistibly attracts rats to their doom. They like it, eat it die on the spot., Leaves no smell. Never fails! Complete clearance certain. 6d, 1/2/3/ 5/- Post, 2d. HARLEY, Chemist, Perth. AGENTS A. BREEZE, chemist, Newtown H E. ELIIS, chemist, Llanfair; H. PAYNE, chemist Welshpool; H. DAVIES, Machynlleth. 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ENGLISH WOOL. No change of importance has taken place in the wool market during the past week, trade continuing to be very healthy and prices very firm. A fair amount of moder- ate orders continues to come forward, keep- ing dealers employed, and consequently tending in favour of holders. Buyers ap- pear to have given up the idea of getting in at easier rates, and are content to yield late prices, so that the raw material is gra- dually being absorbed and stocks being re- duced. Wools in which quality is to be found, whether fleece or skin, sell very readily, and secondary classes command a fair figure. Colonial wools are very steady, and are well taken up.

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MR. MARSHALL DUGDALE ON LAZY FARMERS. Addressing a meeting of Llanfyllin farm- ers on the subject of sheep scab, Mr J. Marshall Dugdale said they should be loyal to the Board of Agriculture. Person- ally he disliked restrictions, but they had to have them until the disease was stamped out of existence, and he was of opinion that the disease could not be stamped out until they got the Board of Agriculture and the Farmers' Union to urge the local authorities to deal very strongly with farm- ers who were too idle to look after their flocks and too lazy to inform the police of the existence of scab. Dealing with the no- tices which were given by the police as to when dipping should take place, Mr Dug- dale said much inconvenience would be saved if small committees of farmers sug- gested and arranged dafes with the police.

Stitch in Time. There is an old saying, A stitch in time saves nine," and if upon the first symptoms of anything being wrong with our health we were to resort to some simple but pror-er means of correcting the mischief, nine-tenths of the suffering that invades our homes would be avoided. A dose of Gwilym Evans' Quinine Bitters taken when you feel the least bit out of sorts is just that "stitch in time." You can get Gwilym Evans' Quinine Bitters at' any Chemists or Stores in bottles 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each but remember that the only guarantee of genuineness is the name Gwilym Evans on the label, stamp, and bottle, without which none are genuine, Sole Proprietors:—Quinine Bitters Manu- facturing Company, Limited, IJanelly, South Wales.

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WREXHAM HORSE SALES. As will be seen from our advertisement columns, Messrs Frank Lloyd and Sons' great March horse sales at Wrexham are I to be held this week, commencing on Tues- day with 350 high-class hunters, match pairs and single harness horses, hackneys, shows cobs and ponies. These are a very fine lot of animals, and include many show- yard winners. Wednesday's sale is confined yard winners. Wednesday's sale is confined to 200 powerful town mares and geldings of weight and substance, standing from 16-1 to 17-2. Thursday, the concluding day, comprises 150 light lurry and parcel van horses, nearly all bred on the Welsh hills, and 100 Shire stallions, mares and geldings of the most fashionable breeding. Every facility is given for trial and examination. All descriptions are guaranteed, and two days' trial allowed for work. Catalogues will be forwarded on application to the auctioneers. WHEN IS A DAIRY COW USELESS? The United States experimental stations, and that of Wisconsin in particular, have been making experiments with a view to determine the above question, and the fol- lowing conclusions have been arrived at:- A cow in normal condition produces her miximum yield of milk towards its fifth or sixth year. How many years after that epoch such a cow will maintain her highest productiveness will depend on the aptitude of the individual, and also on food and care- ful tending. Other factors to be taken into account are the life surroundings and also special foods used for promoting lactation, such foods tending to premature exhaustion of the milk-producing faculty. Generally speaking, a good, well-looked after, and rightly-fed dairy cow will continue to yield an almost regular quantity up to her tenth year and, with some exceptions, which only the farmer is in a position to verify, it may be broadly laid down that in the case of a dairy herd the profitable term is passed after an animal has reached that age. In the case of breeding stock the case is different. Here milk production is only of secondary importance, and no cow should be got rid of so long as she continues to produce good calves. The fact that the milk productivity of a cow diminishes to- wards the age of ten years is no bar to the transmission by her of the quality of a good milker to her offspring born after that period. TO MAKE DUCKS LAY. To secure a uniform supply of duck eggs during winter and early spring months several important factors must be taken into consideration. To get eggs, ducks must not be over fat, and, on the other hand, not too lean. A fat

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FINANCIAL REVIEW OF REVIEWS." This; month's Financial Review of Re- views contains two topical articles in ad- dition to the usual voluminous information dition to the usual voluminous information respecting investments. Mr Moreton Fre- wen, the well-known writer on international currency matters, contributes an article on Protective Tariff or Socialism," and Mr Robert Sanders, chairman of the Executive Council of the Irish Financial Reform Com- mittee, writes on Irish Land Purchase Finance." In this article Mr Sanders gives the working details of Mr Birrell's Act, and also the rules, published uv the Lord Lieutenant, on February 15th, 1910-an ex- cellent example, by the way, of the up-to- date character of this "Review." Mr San- ders does not think that the arrangement is likely to be permanent. In its working many instances of injustice will become ap- parent, and before long an appeal is sure to be paid to Parliament by the parties con- cerned to alter the arrangement and to sub- stitute for it a simpler and more satisfactory scheme. Dr Beattie Crozier continues his excellent exposition of the first principles of investment, treatment this month with in- dustrial monopolies, corporation loans, rail- way debentures, etc. Over 200 pages of the issue are devoted to a critical analysis of current balance sheets, new issues of capi- tal, statistics, etc. The "Review" contin- ues to challenge comparison with any other periodical investment publication.

I sulphate of ammonia, and the two new materials, nitrate of lime and calcium cy- anamide, will depend upon the results of preliminary trials. There is, undoubtedly, great scope for profitable expenditure in the use of artificial manures, not only on poor or impoverished land, but also on the rich productive pastures and meadows which suffer from an excess of certain ingredients, and which would be improved by the cor- recting influences of calcareous or alkaline dressings. THE SELECTION OF SEED. The farmer should be very careful about his selection of seed if he would avoid dis- appointment in the crop. It is better to purchase good reliable seed if it costs more money. Seed corn should be well win- nowed to take out all light corn that will not germinate also, it should be free from weed seeds, &uch as thistles and char- lock, etc. Corn that has sprouted whilst out in the field before carting to the stack through continual wetting with rain is unsuitable, for that which has once sprouted will not grow again also, that which has been stacked too soon and has caused the stack to become heated is unsuitable. BEWARE OF DAMAGED SEEDS. The corn most likely to become heated in the stack is that which has clover sown amongst it. If cut with the self-binder it is all tied up together, and the sun cannot get at it to wither it up. The best method is to bind up near the ear end of the sheaf, so that the clover can be easily shaken out. Corn that has been damaged by rain lacks the bright colour it would have if harvested in good condition. That which has been heated in the stack has a peculiar j smell and looks scorched.

but ought not weight and size, which are after all the fundamental breed characteris- tics of the Shire, and upon which its great value as a draught horse rests, to be re- garded as equally important ? This preference for animals that excel in neatness and stylishness involves the dan- ger of breeders being led to neglect the im- portant question of weight. This result has certainly accrued in some cases. One thing is certain, and this is that it is easier to get quality than a powerful build, weighti- ness, and size, and where too much atten- tion is bestowed on the former, the latter necessarily suffers to a certain extent. The great weight of the Shire breed is entirely, an artificially developed attribute, and it needs the greatest care on the part of the breeder to preserve it, as the natural ten- dency always is to lose size and massive- ness. And while weightiness is easily lost, it is not so readily regained again. In breeding Shires for commercial purposes- i.e., for the town draught horse market- one certainly cannot lay too much stress upon obtaining great weight and powerful proportions.