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Agriculture. ,r. THE WEATHER AND THE WORK OF THE FARM. The recent spell of sharp weather has pre- sented rather an inverse order of affairs as regards the month of March and the lion and the lamb theory. The cold has been as intense as any experienced during the winter, as much as 22 degrees of frost being registered in some parts, while snow storms and blizzards have been general over the United Kingdom. As a matter of course field work has received a check as well as the growth of vegetation. This may not be altogether unpropitious in the latter case, especially in regard to the advancing buds of fruit trees, as it is just as well that they should not be too forward till the middle at least or even later on in April.. Not so with field work however, as it is getting almost im- perative that all spring sown corn should be in the ground, and the later change to milder weather is welcomed in consequence. The cold has been very trying to the lambing flocks, and it naturally follows that more losses are reported. In regard to the latter, it goes without saying that great caution should be exercised as to allowing both dams and young to eat too freely of the new green herbage of rape, Brussels sprouts, and turnips. These are rapidly grow- ing green and succulent, and it is a temptation as well as pleasant to allow the lambs especially a free nibble among them. But all farmers and stock owners know too well the dangers of scour, which, once set going in a flock, is hard to get rid of. The liberal use of hay or other dry meat such as corn or cake is j udicious at such times. Little, if any, change is observable in the cheese markets, and though business was not quite so active last week prices were fully maintained. BORAC1C ACID IN FOREIGN BACON. In the House of Commons the other day, Mr. Kilbride asked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether he was aware that foreign bacon inported into this country had been found to contain 0 33 per cent. of boric acid, and that the French authorities had refused to admit the importation of bacon thus preserved on the ground that it was injurious to health whether he was aware that the law in Brazil prohibited the use of borax as a food preservative; and whether, in view of the action taken by other Governments, inquiry would be made into the use of borax in the interest of the public health ? Mr. Chaplin, who replied instead of Mr. Long, said he was not aware of the facts suggested in the question, and had not yet been able to ascertain how far they were correct. The Local Government Board had no information on the point. He had been con- sidering whether such an inquiry should be made, and if it appeared desirable in the interests of the public it would be made. SUGGJCSTIONS RESPECTING MARGARINE. The Garstang and District Dairy Farmers' Association have passed a resolution urging the following amendments and additions to the Sale of Food Bill, in order to make it satisfactory :— (1) Six per cent., and not 10 per cent., should be the maximum limit of butter-fat permitted in margarine. (2) An invoice should rank as a warranty, and proceedings against the giver of a false warranty should be made as simple as possible. (3) The colouring of margarine to imitate butter should be prohibited. (4) Im- prisonment should be included in the penalties for second and third offences. (5) In cases where the Board of Agriculture has had to take samples, they should have power to proceed direct against offenders. (6) Penalties should be enacted against persons impeding an inspector in the course of his duty." CONDENSED SKIMMED OR SEPARATED MILK. Mr. Long, President of the Board of Agricul- ture, recently received a deputation of metro- politan and provincial local authorities, who urged the insertion in the Food and Drugs Bill of a clause rendering it imperative for manu- facturers to label tins of condensed skimmed or separated milk so as to indicate that it was unfit for the food of children and invalids. Mr. Long, in reply, pointed out that there were serious difficulties in the way of asking the Government to provide that the public should be informed not only that a commodity was what it was, but that it had or had not certain properties rendering it an undesirable article of food for a certain portion of the community. A safer course would be to provide by enactment that the public, when they bought the article, should know what it was they were buying, and that was the object aimed at in the Bill; but of course the Government, when the Bill was before the Grand Committee, would be ready to consider any practical suggestions. PLANTING F-ABLY POTATOES. As this work is now in progress a word or two concerning the process may not be out of season. In the first place it cannot be too strongly urged that' change of seed' is highly desirable, and the farther the distance from which the new sets are obtained the better, especially if they are brought from the north to occupy a more southerly climate, for the reason that the latent qualities of the tubers are better developed where they are likely to get more warmth. A second consideration is to plant the sets in rows, in the regular way, that they may be earthed up like the general crop, and not set thickly a few rows in a bed' as is too frequently the case in the Cheshire district. If the latter method is followed the new pro- duce is apt to be too thinly covered with soil, in fact in many instances they are scarcely covered at all, the result being that the crop is affected by the light and sun, becoming yellowed and almost greened through, and are far from delicate eating. This method of planting can- not be too strongly condemned. THE DESTRUCTION OF CHARLOCK. A great many Cheshire farmers are too well acquainted with this pest, and not a few, it is to be feared, take little trouble to rid their land of it. Dr. Schultz, an eminent German scientist, has published in a German agricultural paper the results of experiments in the destruction of charlock with a solution of sulphate of iron, carried out by himself last season, fully confirm- ing the satisfactory conclusions derived from similars trials in France first, and later in this country. He found that wild radish, as well as charlock, in wheat, barley, or oats, was killed or kept from developing seed by spraying with this solution, without harming the corn. But he recommended a 15 per cent. solution, which is just double the strength found most satis- factory by Dr. Somerville in the North of England. That is to say, he used 151b. of the sulphate with 10 gallons of water, spraying about 40 gallons over an acre. Other experi- ments shewed that it was not safe to use the solution where young clovers were growing with the cereals, and that pulse and beet crops were also injured by it. After all, however, there can be little question that the only effective way to eradicate the pest, like many other weeds, is to employ a few women to persistently pull it up by the roots, and if one season is not enough for the purpose, do it a second, and even a third time-it would pay. DUCKS AND EGGS FROM AUSTRALIA. It is reported from Australia that an industry is springing up there which breeders of Ayles- bury ducks for the home market will before long have to reckon with. A big farm has been established in the Botany Bay district for the express purpose of supplying the English market with ducks, and a report from the Sydney Department of Agriculture shews that the output last year was about 10,000 or 12,000 ducks, besides a very large quantity of eggs; that the trial shipments to England have resulted very favourably and that, as the business pays well, there is every prospect of an enormous increase in the output. At the start, the owner began with two kinds of. ducks, Aylesburys and Muscovys, but he finds the former pay better and sell more rapidly, so he means to stick to them. A PATENT FRUIT PROTECTOR. It is stated that a new device has just been patented for protecting ripening fruit from the attacks of birds, wasps, snails, and other injurious creatures. It consists of a very light and neat guard of celluloid netting, made in two pieces, and having a hinged joint so that it may readily be applied to the fruit. Being made in various shapes, it can be used for many different fruits, and it is stated that by its use the ripening process is hastened, and the flavour of the fruit improved. Similar appliances, made in paper, will be utilised for the purpose of packing fruits and flowers for exhibition or other purposes. Some specimens were recently exhibited before the Fruit Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, and no doubt in the coming season extensive trials will be made of them.

TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE. EXPERIMENTS BY THE CHESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. The Cheshire County Council recently under- took a series of experiments with the dairy herds at their Dairy Institute at Worleston, and their Agricultural School at Holmes Chapel, with a view not only of purging them from animals affected with tuberculosis, but of demonstrating the reliability of the tuberculin test in diagnosing tuberculosis, and of ascer- taining the amount of loss that would be suffered in dealing with the disease, and also whether or not a cure might be effected at a reasonable cost. The work undertaken was to a very great extent educative on the farmer's behalf, experiments being carried out in a thorough and drastic manner, and at an outlay such as the farmer could not be expected to meet. It was recognised by the County Council that all the testing and examination should be undertaken by highly skilled and efficient men, that the examining and analysis must be most complete, and no trouble or expense spared in obtaining reliable results, as by these means alone would the conclusions carry conviction to those for whose benefit they have been undertaken. The extreme importance of this question to the farmers of Cheshire will be seen when it is remembered that the number of cows and heifers in the county of Chester in calf or in milk in 1898 was 105,198, giving an average of 195 cows to every 1,000 acres of land in crops or in grass. No other county comes anywhere near Cheshire in the average number of cows per 1,000 acres, the next in order being Lancashire with 166. In but seven counties is there an average of over 100 cows per 1,000 acres of land in crops and grass. Hence it will be seen that, deeply as this question affects the country at large, it concerns the Cheshire farmers in a much more marked degree. The Cheshire County Council appointed a special committee to deal with the question, and on this committee every farmer in the Countv Council was placed. Mr. Laithwood, the chief veterinary inspector for Cheshire, was em- ployed to conduct the tests and generally to give advice and assistance in carrying out all experiments required. The herds at the Dairy Institute, Worleston, and at the Agricultural School, Holmes Chapel, were tested with tuberculin, with the following results:—In the Worleston herd, numbering 54, 37 were found to be healthy, 14 reacted to the test, and hence were classed as tuberculous, and three were classified as doubtful. In the Holmes Chapel herd of 17,13 were found to be healthy, three tuberculous, and one doubtful. Of those classified as doubtful, one had just calved, two were about to do so, and the other had a high temperature before injection hence it was not considered that a reliable conclusion could be come to in these cases. In each herd there was a valuable shorthorn pedigree bull, both of which reacted. The next step was to prove the reliability of the test by slaughtering those which had reacted, and having a careful and thorough post-mortem examination of the bodies made, by reliable men. It was, however, deemed advisable to retain a few of those which were considered tuberculous for further experiments. Accord- ingly arrangements were made for ten animals— including the two bulls-to be taken to abattoirs in Manchester, and there slaughtered, and their bodies examined by Mr. King, chief veterinary inspector for Manchester, Mr. Storrar, chief veterinary inspector for the city and county of Chester, and Mr. Laithwood, chief veterinary inspector for Cheshire County Council. Arrangements were further made with Professor Delepine, of Owens College, that should any difficulty arise in detecting tuberculosis in any of the carcases, he should be called in to make a microscopic and physio- logical examination, so that no doubt might remain. Again, in order to test whether or not the milk of the cows that had reacted was tainted with tuberculosis, a sample from each cow giving milk was sent in a special sterilised bottle to Professor Delepine, to be analysed bacteriologically and physio- logically. Mr. Laithwood examined the udders of all the cows that had reacted at the Dairy Institute, Worleston, and found only one with an indurated udder, the remainder, so far as could be ascertained by manual manipulation, being entirely free. The slaughter of the animals and the post-mortem examination took place in Manchester on the 8th instant, in the presence of three members of the Cheshire County Council and the organising secretary. Of the eight cows sent, two were in full milk, having but recently calved, and were low in flesh, one had anff indurated udder, one was a little over two months of calving, was a heavy milker, and a lean, shelly cow. One cow was fat and ready for sale, and another in very good condition. Hence they represented all classes, and consequently the loss on them may be taken as approximating, if not exceeding, the average of what would ensue by sacrificing animals at once under such conditions. The veterinary inspectors found every animal more or less affected with tuberculosis, and have since made a detailed report of each. The disease was chiefly found in the glands, lungs, and liver, and in the majority of cases the inspectors certified that the carcases were otherwise very good.' The examination is regarded as strong evidence of the reliability of the test. The examination, of course, was most complete, being carefully done by experienced men, who not only knew what they were looking for, but exactly where to look. All the carcases were declared suitable for human food, and they were placed in the hands of a salesman, who disposed of them at prices varying from £22 Is. 8d. to R4 14s. Id. (less expenses). All the cattle had been carefully valued before being sent away, such valuation being their worth to the farmer as milking cattle or dairy stock. The total value of the nine animals was JE149 18s. 6d. Their sale pro- duced S97 7s., shewing a total loss of £ 52 11s. 6d. The main loss was in the cows which had recently calved. Being heavy milkers, they were low in flesh. Hence, though high in value as dairy cows, they were of low value for selling as meat. The remaining cows that re-acted to the test have been isolated from the rest of the herd, and further experiments will be conducted to ascertain if tuberculosis can be cured. The experiments already carried out shew that the disease is not hereditary.

MIDDLEWICH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The general annual meeting of the subscribers to this society was held at the Town Hall,Middlewich, on Tuesday afternoon. Colonel France-Hayhurst, presided. The balance sheet showed a balance of £ 142 in the hands of the treasurer, and subscriptions outstanding to the amount of 925. The year's receipts amounted to JE750. The accounts were passed. It was decided to ask Sir Joseph Verdin to become the president of the society for the ensuing year. Mr. T. B. Manley, of Newton Fields, Middlewich, wrote resigning the post of secretary, which he had held for thirt-f years. The resignation was accepted with regret, and it was decided to appoint a new secretary at a future meeting.

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SaturtrajTg jFootfoalL CHESTER v. BANGOR. The return Combination fixture between Chester and Bangor was played at Hoole on Saturday afternoon, before a poor attendance. Marshall re-appeared in the Chester team as centre half, and Lewis in the first half took up the inside left position, with Speakman on the outside. Eardley, who has been suffering from an attack of influenza, also re-appeared. Imme- diately on the kick off Chester attacked, the forwards displaying nice combination, and in the first minute or so, from a good centre by Lewis, the Bangor colours were almost lowered, the chance being lost through several of the Chester players falling over each other in the attempt to rush the ball through. Then Bangor came away, but their line of forwards were smartly brought up by Harry Jones. Play was once more transferred to the Bangor end, where Spencer placed the ball in the far corner of the net, giving the custodian, Owen, no chance with what was a splendid shot. Ten minutes after- wards the score was made level, a capital centre by D. Roberts being smartly headed through by W. Jones. Meanwhile Owen had saved good shots from Pountney and Speakman, while shortly afterwards Lewis sent in a dropping shot, which the Bangor custodian cleared. At half- time Bangor were a goal in front, D. Roberts sending in a long, puzzling shot, which Eardley fumbled. In the second half it appeared that Chester, who during the opening stages of the game had been lackadaisical in their efforts, were going to give the visitors a warm time of it. A vigorous bombardment, lasting five minutes, resulted in Pountney equalising with a shot which he whisked round with his left foot. Although Chester had the best of the play they seemed to relax their exertions, and the Bangor men being always quicker on the ball broke away several times, one of these attacks ending in a capital goal, scored in exactly the same way as their first one. Time was getting on, and immediately on the kick-off the Chester men, who played desperately once more, drew level in a scrimmage. No further scoring resulted, and the game thus ended in a draw of three goals each. SATURDAY'S RESULTS. LEAGUE. NottsForest. 1 Liverpool. 0 Sheffield United 5 West Bromwich A. 0 Aston Villa 3 Sheffield .Wednesday 1 Stoke 1 Sunderland 0 Newcastle United 2 Derby County 0 Wolverhampton W. 2 Notts County 0 COMBINATION. Tranmere Rovers 4 Garston 1 Everton 2 Chirk 1 Druids 2 South Liverpool 1 Rhyl United 4 White Star Wan. 1 Oswestry United 7 Buxton 1 CHESTER CHARITY CUP-SEMI-FINAL. Tarporley. 1 Newton Rangers 0

QUEEN'S FERRY BRIDGE. -+- BILL PASSED THROUGH COMMITTEE. A Select Committee of the House of Lords, coniaisting, of the Earl of Camperdown (chair- man), Earl Stamford, Lord Sinclair, Lord Newton, and Lord Wimborne, sat on Thursday to consider the provisions of the Bill promoted by the Flintshire County Council to raise further capital for the construction of the Queen's Ferry Bridge. Mr. Honoratus Lloyd appeared for the pro- moters of the Bill, and Mr. Rickards for certain landowners and occupiers of Sealand who petitioned against the Bill. Mr. LLOYD, in opening the case for the Bill, explained that before 1894 there had been no means of communication across the Dee except by antiquated and ill-adapted ferries below Chester, and in that year the County Councils of Flint and Cheshire and other bodies were authorised to construct a bridge at an estimated cost of £ 13,000. Of that sum £ 3,000 was to be contributed by the Cheshire County Council, X4,000 by the Dee Conservancy, 11,000 by land- owners, and E5,000 by the Flintshire County Council. It was found when they came to build the bridge that it would be much more expen- sive than anticipated, and, in fact, the total cost was about £ 22,000. They were, therefore, desirous of raising a further sum of X10,000, and such further sum as might be necessary wiili the sanction of the Local Government Board, and, having applied to the Local Government Board for that power, the Board had directed them to come to Parliament for it. Counsel then ex- plained the position of the owners and occupiers of Sealand, and their liability for the mainten- ance of the roads, and the arrangement which was come to in 1894 for their release from that liability by the payment of E4,000 to the Flint County Council, and similar arrangements with the other local authorities in respect to the roads in their district. The petitioners were now seeking to rip up the arrangement made in 1894, and to get some better terms for themselves than they got at that time. The CHAIRMAN You are not imposing any liability upon them for this money that you are now seeking to raise P Mr. LLOYD said they were not, except that they were ratepayers of the county, and the County Council raised their money upon the security of the rates of the county. But the petitioners did not attempt to come qua rate- payers as against their Council, but because of their special interest in the Sealand roads, and they were objecting to the raising of the money for the bridge unless they got some better bargain than they made in 1894. Under these circumstances he objected to the locus standi of the petitioners. The CHAIRMAN said that as Mr. Lloyd had necessarily gone into the merits of the Bill in his opening, the committee would be virtually compelled to hear the case on the other side, whether it were done as a question of locus or on merits. Mr. LLOYD said he was quite willing to enter into the whole matter, and he would drop his objection to the locus. The CHAIRMAN said he understood from the petition that the contention of the opposition was that the 94,000 paid by the Dee Land Company to the Flintshire County Council ought to have been put to a special account, and that the interest of that X4,000 ought to have been applied as a part of the maintenance of the roads. Mr. Tnos. KELLY, clerk to the Flint County Council, stated the circumstances under which the roads of Sealand were taken over by the authorities, the difficulties which had been met with in the erection of the bridge, and the inability of the Local Government Board to grant the County Council power to raise the further capital required. In the course of the witness' examination, The CHAIRMAN asked if the County Council objected to giving an undertaking that no part of the maintenance and upkeep of the Sealand roads should in future be charged upon the county rate levied for the keeping up of the main roads. If they would do that, that would do away with the whole question. The witness said he was not in a position to give such an undertaking. The E4,000 might in course of time be expended; the roads would then have to be put in repair, and the only fund for keeping up the roads was that derived from the county rates. Mr. RICKARDS said the petitioners were per- fectly willing to pay their quota for maintenance and upkeep of the county roads as a whole, except the Sealand roads, but they maintained that the payment of the X4,000 discharged them for ever from any contribution to any rate for the roads in Sealand. No further evidence was called, and counsel addressed the committee on the question of the petitioners' liability to the county rate. The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Rickards to point out in what way this Bill affected their position. Mr. RICKARDS said the petitioners would have to contribute their quota of the sum authorised to be raised by the Bill, and they claimed that as a set-off to their liability regard should be had to the payment of that sum of £ 4,000. The CHAIRMAN said that to settle that ques- tion the parties must go to a court. Mr. RICKARDS submitted a clause which he desired to be inserted in the Bill to preserve the existing status of the petitioners. The CHAIRMAN said that the clause suggested by Mr. Rickards was really an interpretation of the Act of 1894, and was settling everything in the petitioners' own way. Mr. RICKARDS said that if the County Council would give them an undertaking not to levy a rate upon them for the repair of the roads in Sealand he would not press the clause. The CHAIRMAN said the committee could not insert the clause, and as to the suggested undertaking, that was a matter which arose under the Act of 1894. If the County Council attempted to extort rates from them illegally, they could go to the courts. The committee passed the Bill, and ordered it to be reported to the House for third reading.

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DENBIGHSHIRE CLERK OF THE PEACE. 4 A CLOSE CONTEST. A special meeting of the Denbighshire Standing Joint Committee was held in the grand jury-room at the County Hall, Ruthin, on Friday, for the purpose of appointing a clerk of the peace for the county, in succession to the late Mr. Llewellyn Adams. There were nine applicants for the post, and the greatest public interest was shewn in the election. The appointment carries with it a salary of X600, jE250 of which, however, is paid to the deputy- clerk.—Mr. Simon Jones (Wrexham) proposed the appointment of Mr. W. R. Evans, of Wrexham, and Mr. J. Watkin Lumley seconded. —Mr. W. D. W. Griffith proposed Mr. R Humphreys Roberts (Denbigh), and Mr. A. O. Walker seconded.—A vote was then taken, when 12 votes were given for Mr. Evans, and 11 for Mr. Roberts. Mr. Evans was declared elected.—The new Clerk of the Peace briefly returned thanks, as also did Mr. Humphreys Roberts.—The committee confirmed the resolu- tions passed by the magistrates of the Ruthin Court on February 20fch, fixing the salary of the clerk to the justices that day appointed at Cl65 per annum, and agreeing to pay P,36 5s. lid. to Mr. John Roberts for his services as acting clerk since the late clerk's death.

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