The Brecon County Times Neath Gazette and General Advertiser for the Counties of Brecon Carmarthen Radnor Monmouth Glamorgan Cardigan Montgomery Hereford

Brecon Rural District Council. ¡ ———— At a meeting of the Brecon Rural District Council held on Friday (Mr Owen Price pre- j siding) circulars were read from the Local Government Board respecting the provision of houses for the working classes. The Clerk said returns had to be filled up, and he had called a meeting of the Bye-laws and Sanitary Committee thaUafteraoon to con- sider it. j The Chairman said houses would be required in some districts and they would have to tackle the question. An order no doubt would be made eventually under which they would have to supply any deficiency. j Mr Johii Jónes brought forward the question of the urgent need of road repair, remarking that some roads were in a terrible state and quite impassable. Stone was urgently needed, and now the war was over and the restrictions removed there ought to be no difficulty in getting it. The Chairman said the restrictions to obtain- ing stone from outside the district were not yet removed. Mr W. Williams (surveyor) said it was not the fault of the surveyors. There was not a stone crusher in the district to-day. The Pen- wyllt quarries were not in a position to supply stone to the local authorities who were confined I to one quarry in the county. There was also a shortage of men. It was decided to refer the matter to the General Purposes Committee.

RHEUMATISM KIDNEY TROUBLE. Rheumatism is. due to uric acid, which is also the cause of backache, lumbago, sciatica, gout, urinary trouble, stone, gravel, dropsy. The success of Estora Tablets, a thoroughly harmless specific, based on modern medical science, for the treatment of rheumatism and other forms of kidney trovfble is due to'the fact that they restore the kidneys to healthy action and thereby remove the cause of the trouble, and have cured numberless cases after the failure of other remedies. Estora Tablets-an honest remedy at an honest price—1/3 per box of 40 tablets, or six boxes for 6/9. All chemists or postage free from Estora Ltd., 132, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C. Brecon Agent, Walter Gwillim, M.P.S., Medical Hall Builth Wells Agent, T. A. Coltman, M.P.S., The Pharmacy.

X CHEAP SOUP. The somewhat fodorn looking end of a J matton-bone, bereft of all its meat, need not daunt the resourceful housewife. Among the many dishes that can be made from it is a very nice thick brown soup, which grown-ups ad children alike will enjcy, and if served with a batter or suet pudding or potato cakes well takes the place of the meat course at dinner. Chop the borite up fairly small, put in a bowl of slightly-salted water, and extract all splinters frtim it. Whan i is washed, pub in a fairly large saucepan and cover with II water, add half a teaspoonful of salt and a little dust of pepper. When it comes to the boil, a. tablespoonful of Worcester or other sauce may be added, if it is not to be eploll by children. Mix in a basin an ounce of pea flour, oatmeal, or ordinary flour with a little water or vegetable stock, and stir this into the soup. Add a few drops of browning and bring it again to the boil. Then draw to one side of the fire and allow it to simmer gently for about an hour. Stir occasionally to kepy from sticking. Serve with fingers of toast.

A RICE PIE. Rice has the great advantage of.being very satisfying, and a pie made of it is just tho kind to give to a hungry man back from dig gins, the allotment or a growing boy from school. Boil six tablespoonfnls of rice till it is thoroughly cooked. If yen have any vege- table or meat stock to bcii it in, so much the better. But if not, wafer will Lave to ;<erve. Drain it quite dry, unless all the moisture is absorbed in t;: r j. Crease a pledish well, then put a layer of cooked rice t the t^ottom, tbc-n one c.f ci -.i'o;' ?x«I minced meat or flaked fish, i\cn fprluklrng of some sauce and- a forrl 5<?rvcniTjc of pepner and salt. Continue in this way till all the rice and jneai are used. Spread mashed potato on the top, with little bU.. of dripping on it to keep it moist. It will only need to be baked for about half an hour, and the top enn the- be browned under the "Till or before the fire patent granted, garlic yields a glutinous sub- stance of high adhesive power. The bulbs are crashed a-nd pressed, and the iuioe thus ob- tained is bailed do#n at a temperature of 60deg. C. The residue from the prepsing pro- cess is then boiled in water for an hour, and again subjected to pressure and the juice ob- tained is in its turn boiled down and added to the extract first obtained. The final product yields an excellent adhesive and binding medium. Not only cultivated, but also wild, types of garlic can be treated in this way with the same result. The yield of adhesive amounts to from 70 to 80 per cent. of the raw material.

"BARGOED" COAL. _=- THE MOST LASTING COAL IS ■■ WELSH. THE BEST WELSH COAL IS BfiRGOEO" The only place obtainable in Brecon 13 si i'HE Breconshire Coal & Lime CO. It is sold at all the Company's Retail Depots. Track Loads (4 to 10 tons) inay be had at an Station in Wales at Faotora' price*.

THE WEEK'S GARDENING. HINTS TO ALLOTMENT WOHKERS. Special care should be taken of all vege- tables now left in the allotment or garden, for there is reason to believe potatoes will be lather scarce, owing chiefly to the many de- mands made upon them. Turnips should not be left in the ground if it is possible to store them, for they keep better stored as a rule. Parsnips may be left throughout the frost, but if the weather is very severe a light litter of 'leaves or bracken should be put over them. Cabbages and savoys will generally stand any kind of weather, but it is as well to draw the soil well up around their stems, so as to afford some protection. Brussels sprouts should be carefully gathered and the plants should be carefully gathered and the plants made firm in the ground. Celery plants need I 911!Ç protection; liaht boards or twigs serving the purpose well. i When potatoes are being stored for eating, the must be kept entirely in the dark to pre- vent greening of the skins, which greatly deteriorates the edible value of the tubers. The green substance is due to ti 1 action of a poisonous substance called soianme, and while this is well known to be beneficial in tubers intended for seed it is unsafe in tubers for eating purposes; therefore, do not expose to the light. The simplest method of storing eating potatoes is in a sloping heap at the side of the wall, or in a -!i:iiiow heap on the floor, covered with some Iii leT, a thick cdating of dry leaves, bracken, cr .ait. Stored potatoes are 1 ily to be attacked by winter rot wherpy" the disease has occurred before. I3v.t the o Uv'.is" cannot I develop wha.o, the potatoes are kept dry and exposed to the air. If they were not quite I dry before storing they sweat, and cause the temperature of the heap to rise, which favours tli,* growth of the disease, a n"! before long the whole interior of the tuber becomes a useless foetid mass. Where this- disease has occurred before, it is a, good plan to sprinkle over them some powdered sulphur. about 21b. to the ton. Land that has produced the dis- eased potatoes should receive a liberal dres- siiig of lime, in which it is very probably lack- I ing, and a rest of several year's from the crop is best given to till the land to allow it to get into a healthy condition again. o Every experienced gardener CfWnot advo- I cate too highly the in-, porta nee of kee-ping all tools cleaned and, if necessary, oiled and sharpened. They should be hung up on nails or placed tidily in a corner of the shed or cupboard, and spades and forks should never be put away with lumps of mud adhering to them. All mud should be scraped off, the tools thoroughly freed from dirt, and occa- sionally a little oil rubbc-d over them to keep them free from rust. Shears, before being put away, should be well rubbed with some such oil as vaseline. During the winter evenings,- when the darkness prevenis work on the land, tools can be looked over, and a.ny repairs done, so that all are in readi- ness for work in the spring. There is no need to allow tha foliage of Jerusalem artichokes to remain. On a dry day it rkrvJc! be down to t''0 q.,r? burnt. The ashes from this plant as well rs from the sunflower contain a good percentage of pchsh, and a.s probably this fertiliser will he aHfTieult to obtnin for some time it should be stored carefully. It is valuable for potatoes, onions, and many other vegetable crops in the spring. But as it is very soluble it should be collected at once, and stored where moisture cannot get at it. The tubers will be quite safe left in the soil, though if the ground is reouired thev can be lifted and stored in a n:!?:iõ1,j, the wall. If allowed to remain in" the ground it is best to dig only sufficient for uge at a time. Lettuces crowing in the open at this time of the rear are more tender and more easily dam aired than in the summer, owing uv, doubtedly to the dun weather and the short davs. If some sort of a handlight can be placed over them it is a great advantage; or plants may be lifted cm-efuUy and placed in a frame, taking can, not to damage the leaves. Seeds of the Cos variety mpv be sown thinly in boxes or pans, and placed in a temperature of about fvV.eg. or 60<1=>? The plants w',Il, be very valuable for fe d ad when cut in young state. .a To mnkp sure of sec- large onions, it is just as well to prepare !h° bed now by trenoh- A rathDr wide nnrl deep lrGncll is neces- sary to provide the desir-'d depth of soil. The svstem should be applied as far as possible to the whole of the garden or allotment, for vegetables other than onions will r"ot deeply if given th opportunitv and something in the nature of manure to strike down for. If dig- ging to a depth of 2ft. allow a similar width of trench. Allowing the soil to mellow down during the winier saves work next spring, and when sowing time arrives the .fork and rake will quickly bring it into proper condition. Rhubarb that has not done particularly well during the summer will be very much bene-, fited now by the application of a dressing of well-rotted manure, which should be lightly dug into the ground. The failure\of the plants to produce well is very likely a sign that the soil is exhausted and needs manuring. As the roots of rhubarb often come near the snrfaoe, a spade should not he used when digging in the manure; a fork is best for the purpose. When forcing ^akale roots, it is best only to use those which have been growing for two Yf'flr."I at least. These wil! be good strong roots that will produce strong shoots. Younger roots ore not satisfactory for forcing, aa they are onlv capable of vielding a small crop of shoots. The roots should be packed close together with a little ordinary soil between them in boxes, or 10in. pot's may be used. The crowns must. not be covered with soil, but some kind of shelter, box or pot. should be placed over them to exclude all light.: If forced in a dark cellar, no covering of this kind is required; all that is necessary is to pack the roots very closely together in soil on the floor. 0 0 There are various ways of disposing of the grass on waste land when it is being prepared for cultivation. One method is to pare off a thin strip of turf and burn it. This makes a useful supply of charred earth to mix with that which is still to be broken up, and also gets rid of many insect pests. It is especially valuable on cold, sticky soils. The ground beneath should be bastard trenched to a depth of nt least ISin. Then the surface of the soil should be left as rough as possible throughout the winter for the sun and air and frost to act upon it.

THREE COCKS. WHY have Unsightly or Aching Teeth ? when you can consult Mr. G. T. Jones, Thursday, at Mr. H. Baits, Registrar, Hay.

:<7i0. :L, _n=: i< .'?: f: fT;i'_>" < Harold Elston & Co., Motor and Electrical Engineers, THE GARAGE, BRECON. -<III c€ooh fc £ ooh !Wook Everyone is out to save time and £ s. d. and it can be done by sen din ur broken parts to HAROLD ELSTON and CO., to be welded by our scientific Oxy-Acetylene and Electric Welding Process. No part is too badly damaged to be repaired and made equal to new. 4¡) ;-i,?::jtt;fr;:¿'i:\ }i:¡'¿ -_f;.i: f:}-{\t¡: |[ I, mtMMtH "S(>4C'- COSTLY -RATIONED COAL. It will pay to see to your Grates and Ranges before the cold weather comes. Many Grates are wasteful, burning a lot of Coal and giving little heat. s t) t3 Many Ranges in use arc larger than is necessary, having been selected when Coal was cheap and plentiful. We have a Stock of GRATES & RANGES OF NEW PATTERNS, the merits of which are apparent on inspection. < We shall be pleased to shew these and advise as to renewals, alterations to exietiug Grates, or other methods of economising in Coal. A. H. TYLER & SON, Builders, Plumbers, Decorators, &c., Bulwark, Lion Street and Canal Wharf, BRECON. .—————— SPRING FLOWERING PLANTS j NOW READY. j Wallflowers, Forget-me-nots, Polyanthus and Sweet Williams Also Daffodil and Narcissus Bulbs. n. QUABRELL, FLORIST, BRECON.

ERWOOD. HEALTH AND APPEARANCE depend on your Teeth. Consult Mr. G. T. Jones, Monday, at Mr. Wallace Jones, Photographer, High street, Builth Wells.

THE WEEK'S WORK. Plant climbers. Examine violets in frames and ventilate freely. I Top-dress borders of hardy perennials. Mfike lawns with turves on prepared sites. Take cuttings of privet, holly, and laurel. Water growing bulbs. Trench vacant ground. Manure asparagus beds. Sprout potato seed. Start forcing rhubarb and seakale. Blanch endive. Make up hot-beds for mushrooms. Make new raspberry plantations. Prune cherries: Transplant over vigorous young fruit trees.

Telephone P.O. 10. Li Telephone P.O. 10. Li FOE CORRECT I Autumn & Winter 1 LuO r T Cosfimh: and Coat Frocks Fit and Style Guaranteed. j i- ALL GARMENTS are Cut and Made on the Premises. I ob I Only Expert Workmen Kept. Write or Call forPatterns and Prices. MORGAN & LEWIS j BRECON. J