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I BRECON RURAL TRIBUNAL. Mr Jenkin Williams presided over -a j meeting of the Brecon Rural Tribunal on Friday, and there was a full attendance of members. Lieut C H deWinton was the military representative, and Mr J L Davies the representative of the Board of Agriculture. With reference to the substitution question, the Rev T C Richards said that two farmers in his district sent to the War Office for substitutes, and last Saturday two men came all the way from the Isle of Wight. Both were foreign tailors, and they said they had never seen a farm before. They had returned. Mr R McTurk, Cnewr, applied for ex- emption on behalf of E M Price (19), single, Pantyffordd, waggoner and stockman. Applicant said Price was the only man living at the farm, his father having died since the last hearing. He had hired him until May 28th. The Rev Thomas Griffiths: Why do you hire until May 28th ? Mr McTurk It's a Scotch term. Mr Griffiths: Oh. Temporary exemption till June 1st granted.

Cambrian Railways Company. The accounts of the Cambrian Railways Company for the year 1916 provide for the payment of the full interest of four per cent. on the D Debenture Stock. X7,000 has been added to the General Reserve Fund, and £11,658 is carried forward as compared with f,11,375 in 1915, when a similar pay- meut was made on the D Debenture Stock, and an appropriation of 9 10.000 was made to the General Reserve Fund. In accord- ance wiLh the suggfe-tiei) of the Railway Executive Committee, it is not proposed to send a copy of the annual report and statements of account for the year 1916 to individual stockholders as has been the custom hitherto), except on application. The yearly meeting will be held at the Euston Hotel, London, N.W., on Wednesday, 28th inst., at 11-30 a m

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YSTRADGYNLAIS BURIAL j DIFFICULTY. > At "the monthly meeting of the Ystrad- gynlais Rural District Council on Thursday, Mr D Lewis presiding, the Clerk (Mr A Jestyn Jeffreys) reported on the legal position with regard to the provision of a burial ground for the Y stradgynlais area. He said the Council could 'not do the work, and a site would have to be levied on the Ystradgynlais Lower War I. Mr J W Morgan pointed out that the question was a very serious one, the Rector having already refused to have new graves opened. A deputation consisting of the Revs D J Davies and R M Rees, and Mr H Powell waited on the Council to put the views of the locality. The Rev D J Davies said that at a well- attended and representative public meeting the opinion was expressed that this was a citizens' question and therefore they were appealing to the Council. They had the authority of the Rector for stating that the local churchyard was practically closed. There was nothing for them to do but to go to Cwmtwrch and Abercrave, but the burial grounds there were denominatioral property, and the Ystradgynlais people felt that it was unfair to draw the Abercrave and Cwmtwrch districts into the payment. Unless there was a. legal objection the wards concerned were prepared to be rated for the cost of a cemetery. It was not a question for the various denominations. Mr H Powell was of opinion that the districts should join to provide a central cemetery. Mr B Watkins said the ratepayers of the outlying wards should be consulted before any step was taken involving their interests. Mr L Thomas agreed and observed that Cwmtwrch had had a levy for its own cemetery. Mr T Williams reminded the Council that Ystradgynlais was prepared to be rated for a cemetery. Mr Lewis Thomas suggested that the Council should take over Gurnos.cemetery, which was central, aDd make it a central one. Mr Wm Walters said the Abercrave and Cwmtwrch people had provided for them- selves, and it was not fair that they should be asked to bear an additional burden through the neglect of Ystradgynlais. c Mr T J Watkins agreed. Mr J W Morgan (heatedly): We have not been negligent. You in Abercrave and Cwmtwrch are sleeping where you were twenty years ago. Both Abercrave and Cwmtwrch members protested warmly against the insult to the progressive localities in which they live. Eventually it was decided to write again to the Local Government Board and inform them that the ratepayers of the Central Ward were prepared to be rated for a cemetery.

PENCELLY. A successful competitive meeting, under the auspices of the Vale of Usk Free Church Council was held at Pencelly C.M. chapel on the 5th inst. In the absence, through ill- ness, of the President (Rev W H A Morgan) the chair was taken by the Rev Roderick Morgan. The duties of treasurer were entrusted to Mr W Morgan and Mr H Harris carried out his work as secretary in a very satisfactory manner. The adjudicators were :—Music, Principal Lewis, Brecon literature, Rev D 0 Griffiths, Brecon There was a good muster of juvenile competitors and their efforts met with judicious words of encouragement and advice from the adjudicators. At the close of the meeting a vote of thanks to the adjudicators was pro- posed by the Rev Roderick Morgan and seconded by Mr Morgan, Millhrook Mill. A similar compliment was paid to the Chair- man. Results of competitions :-Solo for girls under 10-1 Maggie Williams, Talybont 2 Dolly Hughes, Talybont. Recitation under 10-1 Harold Williams 2 divided' between Charlie Williams and David Williams. Solo for boys under 10- 1 Harold Williams 2 David Williams. Solo for girls under 15—1 Maggie Jones 2 Cerwen Rees. Recitation for ail under 15- 1 Maggio Thomas 2 Maggie Jones 3 B Harris. Solo for boys under 15-1 Herbert Rees 2 Donald Wozftcrof t. Solo for men over 40-Mr S Rees. Tenor or bass solo— 1 Mr S Rees 2 Mr W Morris. Recitation (adults)—1 Mr John Havard 2 Miss M Thomas. Soprano or contralto solo—Miss Maggie Rees. Duet—Miss Maggie Rees and Miss Gwladys Price. Quartette-Misses Rees and Price and Messrs John Price and M Davies impromptu speech Mr W Morgan.

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AMERICAN HUMOUR AND MORE COMING. The stern father had consented- to the en- gagement, and the young fellow was wildly elated. He lovedi fair Flossie for her' goodness, of course, but she was also the daughter of a very wealthy father. And his gratified- excite- ment showed in his voice and face. "Oh, well, Brown," said the old man, as he thoughtfully eyed the cigar the suitor offered him, you needn't be so conceited about it! You're the seventh young chap I've aocepted as a prospective son-in-law this year, and I'm expecting two more to come along next week." "W-w-what!" stammered Brown. "I—I don't understand what you mean "It means," said the elderly cynic, calmly, amusement for my girl and free cigars for me!"—Chicago Journal. < THE BOY KNEW. Teacher: Who can tell me the meaning of a 'round robin '? Bright Boy: Please, miss, it's what that burglar was doin' last night when they nabbed him."—Buffalo Courier. MADE A MESS OF IT. During a social evening a woman sang for the guests. One of the guests turned to a meek-looking little man sitting at his side and said: "How awful! Who can she be?" "That," replied the man addressed, "is my wife." I Oh, I b-b-beg your pardon stuttered the other. She's really a-I know she'd sing beautifully if she made a better selection of her music. Who do you suppose wrote that song? "I am the author of that song," replied the mek-looking little man.-Argonaitt. THE JOY OF BEING BOSS. "Am yo' daughter happily married, Mrs. Perkins? She sho' is, Mrs. Lumley. She's done got a husban' dat's skeered to death of her. Boston Transcript. WHILE HE LABOURS. Why do you always take along a book when you go out motoring with Mr. Glithers? "Oh," replied Mrs. Glithers, I read it while he's making repairs on the car. In fact, I keep up with all the latest fiction that way." I A LEVEL-HEADED LUNATIC. A young millhand in Massachusetts, having some slight mental trouble, was sent to a State asylum. After he had been there for a few weeks a fellow-worker visited him. Hello, Henry he asked. How are you gettin' on?" "I'm gettin' on fine," said the patient. "Glad to hear it. I suppose you'll be corn- in' back to the mill soon? "What!" exclaimedi He.nry, and a look of great surprise came to his face. Do you think I'd leave a big, fine house like this and a grand garden to come back to work in a mill? You must think I am wrong in my head! A VAIN LONGING. I'd love to be a housewife! I would love to spend' my day In a cosy little kitchen while the moments sped away! With the Dicey, spicy odours, homey, and yet sharp and' strange, And the genial warmth proceeding from the cunning little range; With the mysteries of cooking, and the know- ledge of the power To turn out a fresh creation of one's genius, every hour; Oh, the drudgery of rhyming is a tame and thankless thing- I should love to be a housewife, that my very soul might sing I I'd love to be a. housewife! Making bedeandJ sweeping floors- Washing windows, if I chanced to need some exercise outdoors; Ne'er a thought of earning wages to disturb the careless brain, Ne'er a fear of boss or foreman .with its con- stant, prodding pain; Just the simple round- of duty, with the mind at perfect rest, Thinking thoughts of love and beauty—free, and giving forth its best; Oh, the world with all its worriea is a false- hood and a snaare— And I fain would be a housewife, free Irom every earthly care! Would that I had been a housewife! Naught annoys her, year by year, But the tinner and the plumber when the bathroom's out of gear, And the grocer and the garbage and the babies and the rugs, And the garden and the furnace and the roaches and the bugs, And the neighbours witli their gossip and the iceman with his dirt, And a slouchy, grouchy husband with the but- tons off his sliirt- Oh, it's fine to be a housewife, sheltered from the madding mob I (But a man that digs a sewer has a sweeter, easier job). —TED ROBINSON, in Cleveland Plain Dealer. HAPPINESS AND SCIENCE. You cannot measure happiness. If, indeed, the labours of an International Commission could give a standard of happiness, a unit of happiness, politics would be more nearl. an exact eeienco than it either is or is ever likely to become. But if you leave these higher regions of human emotions and activity, every- body, I think, would be ready to admit that one of the great advantages of human progress is our growing command over Nature; that this growing demand over Nature is the sphere of our activities in which it is most plainly and ob- viously certain that immense advance has been made in the last 150 years, an advance which, instead of diminishing in its rate of progress, seems to mo to be increasing. You may argue as to whether we have improved in° this respect or that respect. You may debate whether growing social or political influences are or are not for the general advantage of society, but the ono thing you can- not argue about is whether mankind has benefited by the command which science has given us, which science is teaching to thoso who' are engaged in the technical work of industry. Nobody can dispute that that, at all events, has covered an immense range of progress, and that wo arc still moving rapidly in the right direc- tion,—A. J. BALFOUR.

THE WEEK'S GARDENING. HINTS TO ALLOTMENT WORKERS. If food production in this country is going to be a real practical money-saving and money-making affair it must be done 011 a business-like system. Everyone taking over an allotment, or even those putting down their gardens' to purely practical uses, should start from the beginning to reckon the cost. Every penny spent should be recorded; and though in many oases saving- will be effected in kind, not in money, where the produce i" used in the home, this can aU be reckoned up at the end of the year. Haphazard food-pro- ducing may benefit the gardene.r and his family to a certain extent, by supplying vege- tables that he might otherwise not have, but an allotment run on purely business lines, with all expenses and receipts balanced, is of value not only to a family but to the nation. Those who are taking up gardening seri- ously this year for the first time may have heard of "rotation of crops" pretty fre- quently and not until now know how it ap- plies. It simply means putting the rule into practice that crops must not be grown 011 the same land year after year. For instance, an allotment that is roughly divided, one half into pod-bearing crops and root crops and the other half to greens, must be changed round the following year, the potatoes, &c., being grown where the greens were and the greens in place of the potatoes. In this way it can generally be arranged that the same crops dc not grow on the same land oftener than every three years or so. Even if the weather continues bad for the first two months of the year, so asr to hamper digging to a great extent, there is plenty of work to do on the allotment. Where new allotments are being taken over the question of fencing is all important. In some of the country districts hawthorn hedges will be chosen as most suitafile for a boundary; but in most parts, probably, the fencing will have to be of some kind of wood. Durability with cheapness are the two essentials of an allot- ment fence. The cheapest wooden fence, and one that is generally used, is chestnut fenc- ing. This consists of rough cleft p(illes, fixed at equal distances on twisted1 gailvanisoo wire. It can be made or bought in convenient rolls ten yards long, and' is held in position on sup- porting posts placed at convenient spaces apart. Another cheap fencing is made of deal weatlier-boarding, afterwards dressed with tax solution. Stockholm tar is the best for the purpose. Oak fences are very durable, and will1 last a very long time under all conditions of weather, but naturally they are expensive, especially at the present time.- Whatever kind of fence is put up, the lower ends of the sup- porting posts must be either tarred1 or charred, so as to prevent, premature d'ecay. This process is not quite so necessary with oak wood; but pine or any other soft ivooct must be treated in this manner if the posits are to last. The best plan is to leave the fences unpainted, though a preservative may be used, for this certainly increases the life of soft wood fences. One of the most important points in con- nection with newly-dug land is the drainage. Light soils will not need draining at all; but in the majority of districts the land being taken over for allotments is heavy, wet soil, and this is much lees likely to produce good crops if it is allowed to go undrained. Money spent on drainage is always well repaid, for it increases the fertility of the soil by removing the stagnant moisture from the subsoil. The effect of drainage is not only felt during the wet weather, when it makes sodden land much less sodden, but during the hot, dry weather, when it helpe the soil to retain moisture. Drained land is much easier to work, and thus is more economical; and it of course produces better crops. Drainage may be done either by means of pipes or by furrows. When a number of allotments are being arranged, together, it is certainly good policy to plant fruit-trees round the outer edge. They are no more trouble to look after, orna- mental, and many kinds are just as hardy as any of the well-known trees. They are beavi. tiful in spring, and again in autumn, and from records of other allotments where fruit is grown there is little likelihood of pilfering. When the allotments, are in an exposed posi- tion, damson and bullace-trees will not only thrive and bear good crops, but will act as a wind-screen to the plants. These trees, be- sides being hardy, are, as a rule, heavy crop- pers, and as they are a late fruit there is always a good market for their produce. In warmer districts, apple, pear, and plum- trees will all help to add to the productivity of the allotment, and, incidentally, will assist in draining the soil. Where fruit-trees are to be planted on the allotments they should be got an at once, for though they will not bear fruit this year they will be thoroughly established before another flowering season comes round. When the trees are planted in exposed positions, they will need to be substantially supported. Stakes should be inserted at the time of planting, so as to avoid all risk of injury to the roots. Misshapen trees, bearing little fruit, are often simply the result of careless or improper staking. Fruit-trees that were planted either in the gardens or allotments at the end of lost year may or may not require pruning. If a. tree has an abundance of roots, and has received little check in transplanting, there is no rea- son why one should not prune it. Should it be of weak growth and deficient in root action, it is better to allow it to recover itself for the first season, for, if pruned beforehand, the buds will, in all probability, develop into fruit-buds instead of producing wood growth. In a good many allotments cabbages were sown last autumn, but the bad weather has, in afiany cases, considerably spoilt them. Heavy rains have beaten them about, and the sodden state of the ground has retarded growth. Among the insect pests,sluõ' which keep busy in all but the severest frosts, have been very active, among the cabbages, and some amount of damage has been done. Fresh soot may be laid thinly about the roots of cabbage plants, and the ground kept constantly stirred I with the hoe to bring this crop back again to fertility. If a spell of fine weather should come, in sheltered gardens or allotments where protec- tion can be provided certain seed'9 may be sown., but they will need considerable c-re. Still, if brought through the wor<.t. of -lie weather thev will come to maturity :11. l; rime

———————lag—!■ M—a——afa CRICKHOWELL RURAL TRIBUNAL. Farm Hands and Substitution. At the last meeting of the Crickhowell Tribunal, Mr E. Pirie-Gordon presiding, Mr Philip Griffiths asked whether there was ar.y information regarding the ten appeals made by the Military Representative to the County Appeal Tribunal. The Clerk (Mr T. Vaughan) replied that he had been given to understand that with the exception of one or two slight variations the decisions of that Tribunal had been upheld. (Hear, hear). Generally speaking this applied, except in a few instances, to all appeals which had beeu dealt with in regard to that Tribunal. The Chairman said it was not wise to praise themselves, but the way in which their decisions had been confirmed by the County Tribunal showd (tbat they did their work as well as any other tribunal in Breconshire. (Hear, hear). A number of farm hands were granted, conditional exemption. The Military Representative (Mr Gwilym C. James) said he would have to appeal in several instances, as substitution could be managed very well, and the young men ex- empted released for service with the Colours. Mr Philip Griffiths If we don't take notice of these instructions (referring to circulars distributed by the Clerk) we had better stay at home. Mr T. Ll. Jones: The men are worth more to the country remaining home to cultivate the land. MILITARY REPRESENTATIVE'S COMPLAINT. The Military Representative called the attention of a local farmer to a remark made by him at a farmers' meeting to the effect that-the military representative was appeal- ing against his workman and trying to take him out of his civil occupation. "You know this is not correct," added Mr James. I offered you a substitute, and you should have said so. My attention has been drawn to the statement by a couple of people. I do not like this sort of thing it is not right." The farmer said a substitute in the circum- stances he was placed in was useless. The Military Representative: You said nothing at all about a substitute, and that is my complaint.

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I THB WEEK'S WORK. Plant anemones and ranunculuses. Prune clematis if shoots are sprouting. Sow verbena seeds. Divide and replant dumps of peri- winkle. Pot rooted fuchsia cuttings singly. Transplant autumn-sown onions. Sow mainorop broad beams. Collect leaves and littery manure for potatoes. Hoe,roun,d autumn-planted cabbages. I Sow parsnips in fairly dry soil. 1 Spray fruit trees. j Sow tomato seed. i Head back fruit trees for grafting. j

The Japanese wineberry deserves to be better known, for it produces delicious fruit, and during the autumn is very decorative otr account of its handsome foliage. It is not a, difficult plant to grow, and when well estab- lished fruits abundantly. As soon as the fruiting season is over, like the raspberry, it should have all the older growths cut away and the yonngier ones, when long enough, tied) securely to stakes. It can be obtained fromi seed, but germination is slow. The best met nod is to buy young canes and; treat them Timely the same as raspberry canes when planting. I A very prevalent disease with some varieties' of apple,trees is oanjeer. Some varieties are onlv very rarely troubled with it, while others, such as Cox's orange pippin, suffer from it bhdly. Treeq attacked should be lifted and ie- planted in warm, well-drained soil, and often they thoroughly recover. Sour, badly-drained soil is the commonest cause of this disease. As soon .as the disease is discovered, the sears should be cu" out carefully with a sharp knife and painted over with gas tar. If any branches are badly attacked, they should be completely removed, and the wounds painted with tar. The pruning of friiit-trees has for its pur- pose the diverting of the energies of the trees in the ways most beneficial. Development of one kind needs to be checked, and another kind needs to be increased. The two methods of carrying this out are by removing some of the branches, and by checking the growth of the roots. One method produces results exactly opposite to each other, and by practising either in various degrees, according to the circumstances and wants of each particular tree, the desired object can be effected' as far as pruning is concerned.

keen and clean game to a close with a goal- less draw. LEAGUF, TATILE. Matches Goals Place Plat's. Pl'd Won Dr'n Lost For Ag'st P'ts. Yst'dgynlais 15 & 16 6 4 2 10 3 10 Bailtb .9 & 10 4 2 2 5 2 6 Brynmawr 13 & 14 6 1 3 2 6 8 5 Talgarth v 3 & 4 4 12 14 34 Hay H 8 4 3 15 63 Cefn Coed 11 & 12 3 2 1 3 4 2 Brecon 1 & 2 3 2 1 2 5 2 Crickbowell 5 & 6 4 2 2 1 5 2 At a meeting of the Gymkhana Com- mittee it was resolved that the Gymkhana Cup Competition be played on the league system, matches to commence on the 8th inst. The teams entered include ABC and D Companies, Brecknocks, and some good games should be the result, especially between the men of the Brecknocks. Sergt- Major Green will referee these matches. ~==s

wnen the later-planted crops are not nearly ready, and wall be very acceptable in the home or fetch a good price in the markets. The soil should be light and xicli and well drained, so that there is no likelihood of water accumulating during heavy rains. Any of the smaller sorts of cabbage lettuce, silver -kin onion, long scarlet radish, round spinach, and French horn carrot may be sown. Makeshift shelters, such as old doors, old wood, and loose dry litter, may be used to protect the lings. If these seeds cannot be planted CIf the open, they may be sown in boxes and in awarm ished near a smmy window.