The Brecon Radnor Express Carmarthen and Swansea Valley Gazette and Brynmawr District Advertiser

CYCLING. The Bicycle and the Shop-Front. :\1,)' sympathies are all with the correspondent who complah, of the damage done to shop-fronts by cyclists leaning their bicycles up against them. But what is the cyclist to do? The solution proposed is that the machine should be stood against the Kerb. but then it Íri at the mercy of any passing boy, to say nothing of the certainty of being blown over if the day be windy. The chop-keepers of Leamington have found the real solution by providing posts wllkh are are stuck into the gropnd at the kerb, and against which the bicycle can be leant, whiie the cyclist is doing his or her shopping. In dfK§ of old it wa? usual to provide po,t- for hor?,, to b^tthered to. Why not trea.t the bicycle in the same way? In these days, when so many people us- their bicycles in shopping, I am sure the innovation would be welcomed. And, unless it is introduced, I am afraid that shop-keepers will have to go on complaining of the damage to their shop.front, Reviving the N.C.U. There i., some talk of revi\n:g the local centres of the National CyclistV Union, which have allowed their work to lapse to a large extent -ince the war began. It Is a proposal which will have wide sympathy The N.C.U. has always been the democratic body of cycling, and its war work has. been magnificent. It raised a large number of men for the Army, and has maintained a splendid fund for the relief of cyclist prisoners in Ger- many. All this we should keep in mind. Of course, no a~tive cycling propaganda can be undertaken till we have settled accounts with the Kaiser, but that is no reason why old N.C.U. men should not now be begin- ning to think about getting the house in order, for we shall n~ed a strong representative cycling institution after the war. All-the-Year- Round Cycling. Tho war possibilities of the bicycle have effectually knocked in the head. in the views of vast numbers of people, the idea that cycling is a summer pastime only. Men and women find that there are few days when cycling is undesirable, and non, when it is impossible. I admit that. during some of the recent extremely had weather, many probably returned to train or tram for a few days, but the reason for that was not in the difficulty of cycling, but because of the danger of sitting or standing about in wet clothes all day. Such blizzards as we had for a week upset all ordinary routine. At the • same time, when properly clad, there is nothing grander than a ride through a howling gale. The joy comes at th, end with a feeling of conquest, of something accom- plished, something done. It is a man's game. It brings out the elemental fighting capacity. It breeds the spirit that the German, are up against, and can- not understand. But this winter many people have discovered that cycling is possible and enjoyable on nine days out of every ten in winter. And. on the tenth, it is quite pas-able. The idea of a cycling ''season" if- one of the things the war is killing. Cycling is being dis- covered by the great- public as an all-the-year-round joy.

MOTOR-CYCLING. I A Second-Hand Deal. i I am a great believer in the .-econd-hand motor cycle, J provided that the buyer thoroughly understands every- thing about the macliine, and whether it is in good order or not. If he does not possess thorough experi- en-e, he should call in the assistance of a practical I man—either a professional or an amateur. To buy a second-hand mount, without making a thorough and searching examination, is merely asking for trouble. One of the first machines I possessed I bought second- hand, through an advertisement in the paper, and I have never had a finer or more trustworthy machine. To emphasise my point, I quote from a letter which ap- peared recently in a contemporary, in which the writer gives hi- experience. Last summer he bought- a 3i h.p. 1912 mod-1 for k22 10s. When he had been riding it a littl- time he found "the cylinder was very badly scoped and the valve seatir.g badly pitted. The engine badly needed robu-hing, and the main bearings had absolutely worn out. The belt was useless. Two nuts were miss- ing from the crank-ease. Th" petrol tank leaked in four different places. The handle-bars were tiadly bent. The front tyre burst before I had ridden the machine 20 miles. I renewed the back cover at the same time, as it was on the point of bursting. Both the tubes had so perished as to he useless. The machine had no acces- sories, while the tools provided were a pair of pliers and one spanner only. The front brake was entirely missing." "I rode the machine 1000 miles, or thereabout, during which time, as it was thoroughly worn out, I spent £9 on repairs. At the end of that time I felt really luck to sell it for £10. This is what it cost me, rough- ly :—Cost of machine, R22 10s; repairs (roadside), 99; accessories, tyres and tubes, €10: new belt, 10/ total. £t2. 1 sold it for €10 with difficulty." And, after this, he asks for sympathy. The only sympathy one can give him is npon his utter foolishness in buying such a machine. He can blame no one but himself for buying such an evident "dud." When the Valve Tyre Leaks. Whenever a tyre requires inflating every two or three d;.):" it b, ten chances to one, that. it is the valve which is at fault. Occasionally, it is owing to a very small puncture, but-, almost invariably, it i- in the valve where the trouble lie*. First of all examine the rubber Masher to be found in the screw cap which has to be detached every "time the pump has to be attached, not the big dust cap. This little washer, owing to the squashing it gets, is soon pressed out of shape and cut short by the edge of the valve, and, nine times cut of ten. it b the catisb of the leak. The little par- ticles of rubber torn, from the washer pass down the valve stem, and are mainly responsible for the trouble. For this reason, it is advisable to deflate the tube every now and then. and then fit a new washer. Of course, the rush of air from the tube carries away the hits of rubber. I can never understand why all makers i do not fit washers of hard leather on top of the rubber 'rashers—these, I have found, quite obviating all the trouble. The rubber washer behind the leather is reo quired in order to impart the necessary resiliency.

MOTORING. I Recognition for the Motor Volunteers. I The War Office has at last oiffcially recognised the National Victor Volunteers < which name now dis- appears) and has constituted it as a part of the Volun- i teer Force. Up t-o the present this force has accom- plished a. great deal of valuable, and often thankless, i work. for which they have received practically no en- couragement. From now onwards the motor volunteer units in a county will constitute a single volunteer corps, designated, for instance, the County of Middle- sex Volunteer Corps. The arrangements in regard to the issue of grants in respect of members of volunteer in- fantry battalions who enter into agreements framed under the provisions of the Volunteer Act, 1916, to per- form a certain specified programme of drill and train- ing will not apply to the members of the county motor volunteer corps, and no financial assistance can be given to the units, except that when the F.M.C. in C. Home Forces, or such officer as he may depute, considers that it is necessary for the purpose of training that certain motor volunteers should be exercised in manning their emergency stations, the necessary supplies of petrol may he provided. No other free issues of petrol will be made unless members of the corps are called out for actual military service. The chief work of the Motor Volun- teers will be to provide tran-port for certain volunteer infantry battalions. j Is a Hotel Proprietor Responsible? A very intere-ting case is reported from Scotland by a contemporary regarding the vexed question as to how far a hotel proprietor is responsible for a motor-car while it is in his garage. A motorist sued a hotel pro- prietor for 10/ the value of two gallons of pet-rol (thank heaven petrol is not yet 5/ a gallon), stolen from his car while it was in the garage. Judgment for 7/- and costs was given for the motorist, thus creating a precedent, and making it clear that hotel proprietors, etc., are responsible for petrol, and, it is presumed, other appurtenances of motor vehicles left in their charge. The only difficulty raised is how it is to be de- cided, in similar cases, when the machine was left offi- cially in the charge of the hotel owner, and when not. The latter might- easily argue that persons using his garage for their car- do so by his courtesy, and, there- fore, entirely at their own risk. It would he interesting to see whether an English court would give a similar rtilinf4 to that of the Scottish. I _d, THE HUB. I

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Public Meeting at Hay. SPEECH BY MR. SIDNEY' ROBINSON, M.P. THE VICAR AND CO-OPERATION. The first public meeting held in the County of Bre- con in support- of the National Service Scheme was or- ganised at Hay on Friday night. Notwishstanding the inclemency of the weather there wa.s a large and re- presentative audience in the Drill Hall. Councillor Dd. Morgan (Chairman of the Urban Coun- cil) presided, and he was supported on the platform by Mr Sidney Robinson, M.P., Prof. Joseph Jones (sub- commissioner for llreconshire and Radnorshire), and the Rev. J. J. de Winton (Vicar). Rev. Leigh Spencer wrote regretting his inability to attend. The chairman, in welcoming Mr Sidney Robinson, said the hon. member had come down immediately the scheme had passed the House. Some held that the act did not apply to country districts. It did apply, and he hoped there would be a good response and that everyone would do everything in their power to bring this war to a speedy end. (Applause). Moral Value of Enrolment. Professor Joseph Jones congratulated Hay on being the first locality in the county to hold a public meet- ing touching the scheme. It was one further argu- ment to prove that the people of Hay were not lacking in patriotism. The scheme was one of three line.- of defence which our nation had adopted. There was first the Army and Navy, secondly the mobilisation of our financial resources and thirdly, national service. Their sons, brothers and kinsmen had gone to fight the battle-; they had lent the Government what money they had. and there only remained one thing to do. that was to offer their personal services to the Government in the height of the present crisis. (Hear, hear.) Prof. Jon,e, explained the scheme in detail. The Govern- ment, he said. wanted every man whatever lie was do- ing to enrol. It might he asked why, so long as the) were doing already essential work? One answer to that was, the moral value of universal enrolment under- taken by the country; and another reason was that it seemed the only satisfactory way of getting at certain people who. perhaps through no fault of their own, were not doing all they possibly could in the interests of their country at the present time. The only way for the Government to get at everybody and see that every- body did his best was for everyone to enrol and place him- self unreservedly in the hands of his leaders. He would like to correct a misapprehension touching the 25/- minimum wage. The idea had got abroad that under the scheme no man would get more than 25/- a week. That was wrong. The 25/- just meant that under no circumstances was any man under this scheme to receive less than 25/- a week. He sincerely trusted for the sake of the country in the hour of its direst need they would respond and support the scheme. He felt sure that the people of Hay would record their names on the enrolment form and thus bring the days of peace nearer and nearer. (Applause). Vicar and Co-operation. Rev. J. J. de Winton, in a stirring speech, said the war was teaching the nation many lessons. Their faults in the past were being happilv corrected by the nation's renewed spirit. Let them take the way in which they looked upon their finances before the war. They were very stingy as a nation and were spending their money upon themselves. It was on record, he was sorry to say, to their lasting shame that they thought they were liberal when they gave some three- quarters of a million a year towards evangelising the world. Now they had to spend some five million every day in order thtt the principles of Christianity might be upheld throughout the world. Another lesson they had to learn as Christians was to so control them- .elves nd take a wide view enough of life that they might be able to co-operate with one another in doing good for their nation and fellow citizens as well a; for the whole world. That spirit of co.operation was un- fortunately at its lowest ebb at the beginning of the war. The bitter strife between every class and every section was too evident. The nation during the last two-and-a half years had been gradually throwing that off. They had been learning to work with one another in peace and harmony against the great foe thev had to fight. Their men had gone out willingly to fight the enemieis: of their country. No class had held hack and he was proud to say that Hay, before the Militarv Ser- vice Act came in. had responded as good as anv other, if not better than most places in the United Kingdom. (Applause). It was something of which the town might feel justly proud. A great opportunity now came to all to back up the efforts of their gallant ,soldier, and s-ailors. They had a great opportunity of coming under a scheme of co-operating with one another. That ap- peared to him to he the key-note of the scheme. It was not only to find out what they could do themselves but what they could enable other people, to do as well. For instance the maximum amount of work was not he thought, being got out of the population of Hav. It- wanted a little rearrangement. He could not help thinking that there were strong men doing work which could very well be done by women, and that they could be released to do more strenuous manual labour and certainly help the community in that way. All that would come under the purview of the National Service Committee which had been formed in the town. As to the training of the nation by this war, until they had learned the lessons which God had to teach them this war would not come to an end. They had to realise the great duty of learning the lesson of co-operation and working together. He was thankful thi, wa" not a compulsory scheme for they would get more work from one who volunteered and did it in the right spirit than from one who was compelled to do it. (Hear. hear). When they undertook to do the work they would not- only do it because they were expected to do it. but they would do it in the right spirit, for the good of the nation, for the welfare of the world, and to bring peace nearer. (Applause).

MR SIDNEY ROBINSON, M.P. Mr Sidney Robinson. M.P.. who received a verv heartv | welcome, said he was exeewlinglv glad of the oppor- tunity of being present at the first public meeting held in the county upon this question of National Ser- vice. As the Vicar was speaking his thoughts went hack to the time when he was last there on the occa- sion of a recruiting meeting, and when for the first time party feelings were thrown aside and he and his late political opponent found themselves fighting side by side, doing what they could, without the pettv iztrife. of party matters, for the nation'- interest. (Applause). That spirit, had since been fostered and greatly in- creased. An earnest of it could be seen in the non- party Government they had to-day—men of all shades of opinion working together for the sake of the coun- try. He ventured to think it would be a long time he- fore that spirit died out. (Hear. hear.) Having paid a tribute to the record of the town of Hay in recruit- ing before the Military Service Act came into force, and recognising the splendid work which wig bein,, achieved hy our soldiers and the magnificent work of our Navy, the hon. member went on to speak of national service. That afternoon, he said, lie had taken part in a meeting of farmers at Brecon on the question of food-growing, which was national service of the highest importance. Farmers had their part to play, and first and foremost they had to consider the national in terest. It was in the same spirit, demanding national service for all. tbat they came there that evening. He had reminded his audience at Brt-con that they had lengthened their line in France, and they wvre asking that the line should he stiil further extended by taking nart in national service just as their gallant soldiers had done in the trenches. They could not all fight., hut all could render some service, and that was what thev were asked to do. (Hear. hear). There wa splenty of orititl-;m of th" present scheme. It was not easy to bring so enormous a scheme into operation at once. T,et them five un criticism and heln along the scheme as far as th"v could. He wonlf1 like to make his re. marks on national service a little wider than the seh'-me with which Pr,f. Jon,.? w"" specially connected, Tn nassing h* wOHld like to sav how very glad he w' "-I that Professor.Tont-s had taken un the office of sub- commissioner. With his record of imblic work, and his knowledge of both counties. h" !TlPW of no man who would be a more valuable ally and help in thn work and who could better perform the office. (Applause.) As he had said he wanted to carrv his rem«»-Vs a little wide' th-m did Prof- .Ton"" in sur>riort of the sclwme. He thoiu'ht he was justified in doing so beeai'e tlior"( were many Ways of National Service 'which were open to 'some and not open to others. Later on he would like to say something of the exten- sion of the scheme to women. (Hear, hear). Firbt, there was the scarcity of the food supply. This was a very real danger and menace at the present time. He referred to the very grave warning given by Sir Edward Carson following upon that of the Prime Minister. They had to be prepared to fight this food shortage question and they had to make very grave sacriflc' indeed, in doing it. There was likely to be a very serious potato famine, and it behoved them as far as they possibly could to get every householder, who could secure a little hit of ground—and in this the district council should help them-(hear, hear)—to grow all the vegetables and potatoes he could for his own household. If only every householder could do that It would make a very great difference to the amount of food it would be necessary to import. Allot- ments were being obtained in other towns, and he hoped Hay would also see to it. The hon. member re- ferred to the likelihood of the shortage of raw material all over the world and the urgent need there was for making ourselves more and more self-support- ing. It would be it real national service if they could honourably get down to the standard, or very dose to it. of the rationing proposals put forward by Lord Devonport. The effect had already been seen in Lon- don bv the meat demand being reduced by 25 per cent. It showed that people there were honourably trying to do this, and thereby rendering a real national service by consummates and seeing to it that there wa.s no waste. (Hear, hear.) Already 110,000 had enrolled in the National Service Scheme, and very shortly the en- rolment of women would commence. I Women's Services. He had a very special knowledge of the Services that women had been able to render. It was just twelve months ago that he was asked, with a few othr A-I.P.'s, to inspect some munition factories which had been constructed in the north of England. He was greatly impressed with the splendid service women were render- ing in those factories. Here, were women, who a few- weeks previously, knew nothing about turning a lathe, which had hitherto been considered the skilled work of man; yet these women were doing this after about five or six weeks' practice. (Hear, hear.) In another fac. I torv, which covered an area of five acres, 4,500 women were turning out 23,000 shells in the course of every week. (Applause.) That was really splendid national service. (Applause.) Then they saw some other class of work-more delicate work which women were doing, in making time-fuses for shells. In some of these there were no less than 61 pieces to make the timing of the fuses right. That work again had been done by women, who before the war had known nothing about work of that "ort. From what he could make out it was done just as well as ever it had been done by skilled men. (Applause.) He felt sure when the time came for ask- ing women they would have a very big enrolment throughout the land. (Applause.) I "Domestic" Not National Service. I He asked whether it was not time that a certain class of women and men should not be more brought into the national service? He referred to "domestic" ser- vants. Quoting from some newspaper cuttings, Mr Robinson said he found that in one family of three, nine servants were employed, in another of three there were 16, and only the other day he saw there were 15 employed for one lady. (Laughter.) It was about time they took tlifs sort of thing in hand, and whilst he did not want to set class against class lie thought there should be some combing out from the big houses. (Hear, hear.) He suggested that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should put into hiio next budget a family service tax, imposing 10/- in respect to a second and tl for a third servant, and graduate the tax accord- ingly. It would not do some of these people, who had so many servants, much harm if they did some little work themselves. (Laughter and hear, hear.) The hon. member was also of opinion, and said he had expressed his views in the House on the matter, that horse racing, fox-hunting and such forms of sport should be stopped. (Hear, hear.) He was not an enemy of sport, on the contrary he was fond .of it, but at the present time they had other things to do and other games to play. (Applause). Certain people must be prepared, as many others were, to give up these things, and he hoped the Government would bring more pres- sure to bear in stopping hunting and racing and other things at the present time. (Applause.) As the Vicar had said, thye did not want compulsion if they could avoid it,\but he thought he would agree with him that there was a species of compulsion, not so much against the working-man, but against the man who employed an undue amount of labour at the present time to the detriment of the country's interest. (Hear, hear.) Thev had heard much about the equality of sacrifice. Couid there be any equality of sacrifice when they thought of the men who had gone out and given up their lives for them? (Hear, hear.) It behoved each one to make some sacrifice for his country's good. Ho agreed with the Vicar that the war was going to do some good. The nation had been suffering, as Lord Rosebery said before the war. from "fatty degeneration of the*'heart." As soon as they had learned the lesson of being of service one to another so soon would the war cease. As their Vicar had said, it was not the power of man alone, for he believed the war would have been stopped if it had been good for the world. Terrible as the lesson was they had to learn it, and he prayed they might learn it in the best sense of the word. In conclusion, he pleaded with one and all not to consider self, but how best to help forward at this time of terrible crisis their country and stand by one another for their King and Empire and, lie believed, as their Vicar had said. for the cause of God. (Loud applause.) I Council and Allotments. I Several questions were asked, one of which was whether Mr Sidney Robinson did not think that the local council rather than wait for applications should not go round and ask persons who had not gardens to take up allotments and then apply for ground. Mr Robinson replied that it was difficult for him to say what the local council's intentions were. They should understand the noeds of the locality and he was sure, if there was any public trend in that direction, the council would take the matter up, and in doing so, he thought, they would be rendering a great public service. Professor Joseph Jones replied to a number of ques- tions put to him by Mr T. J. Stokoe, who proposed a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Sidney Robinson, M.P., Professor .Tones and the Vicar for their speeches. This was seconded by Mr Cater and carried with acclam- ation. Mr Robinson responded, and at his instance a similar vote was accorded to the Chairman. a successful meeting closing with the national anthem.

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Increasing Food Supply.! I Speeches to Farmers at Brecon MR. MILLER'S STIRRING APPEAL. AGRICULTURISTS' RESPONSIBILITY. There was a large and representative gathering of farmers at the Guild Hall, Brecon, on Friday after- noon, at a meeting organised by the Brecon-hire War Agricultural Committee, to consider the urgent neces- sity of increasing home grown food suplies. Mr Owen Price, J.P., C.C. (chairman of the committee) presided, and lie was supported on the platform by Lady Glan- usk, Mr Sidney Robinson, M.P., Mr W. S. Miller, J.P., C.C., Mr Walter Williams (A.O.S.), Mr IM. Thomas (Agricultural Organiser), and others. The chairman said it was quite possible therc*might be a shortage in our food supplies by the end of the year, and every precaution should be taken in order to ensure a proper supply in this as in other counties, This meeting was held for the purpose of asking farmers to do a.s much as possible in order to increase j food production. They were asked to cultivate 5 per cent. or 10 per cent. more than they had done in the past. In going through the census of the production returns he was sorry to say there was very little wheat own in the parishes below and above the town. It was imperative they should sow more wheat, and he hoped those who did not sow any in the autumn would make a point of sowing it in the spring in order to get as much grain as possible. It was quite possible to plough land in order to save the country from disaster. our in the county, in fact there was not an over-supply of labour previous to the war. Although that was a difficulty, the times were so serious that he hoped they would use every effort in order to increase the supply. The Government had guaranteed a minimum price for corn and oats for the next six years, so that apart from anything else they would be well repaid for cropping the land. They v.cre asked to cultivate more )and i? order to save the country form disast-er. Mr Sidney Robinson, M. P who 'wa.s warmlv received, -Ilr .1-?i(Iii(?? Rol)iii?oij, :it om(? lti? peech will I)e foiind ii an- Mr Miller's Appeal. Mr W. S. Miller said he had no intention of trying to dictate to any farmers to what they particularly ought to do. They each knew the circumstances in which tliey were placed very much better than he did. However slow sometimes farmers might be, and difficult as it was to get them to express their opinions, they could think, and they knew their business better than anyone else did. (Hear, hear.) What lie wanted, if possible, to do was to impress upon them, what Mr Sidney Robinson had already done, their responsibility j in this treniendou.- struggle. It was very hard for any of them living there in peace and security, depriveti of nothing-lInk.s it be it little difficulty in getting sugar—(laughter)—to realise, what he believed to bo true, that they might alino-t starve very shortly. That was the problem they were up against. Mr Robinson had referred to Sir Edward Carson's speech. The SlIb- marine menace was not yet overcome, and the mine menace was as great as that of the submarine. The submarines were not only sinking their ships, but were laying down mines behind their mine sweepers, so that the tracks were just a full of mines after the mine sweepers had passed as they were before they began their work. "We want," said Mr Miller with emphasis, "to prevent the men, women and children of this country being starved, and the object of this meeting is to ask you to do your part in this and accept the responsibility that rests upon you." (Hear, hear.) Labour. he proceeded, was the crux of the question, and he was afraid they had been too long in realising the importance of agriculture in this crisis. Had they been more careful at the end of last year in not sending away men who were really indispensable to the prosperity of the country they would have been in a safer position to-day as far as food production was concerned. (Applause.) The Government and military authorities had realised now that to feed people in the present circumstances was equally important, if not more so, than to fight the Germans. It was a very dif- ficult matter for anyone to judge. really carefully and candidly and to come to a 'right decision—whether to give a man to agriculture or to the Army, and as long as human nature was as it is, fallible and very limited in its wisdom, there would be mistakes made. He a?k-  ed them not to he too hard on those who made the mistakes. The past had passed and their business was to prepare for the future. How were they going to pre- pare for the future? Every man should do his utmost j in the circumstances in which he found himself. Many of them had been placed in many awkward cir cumstances, and these awkward circumstances would continue. He saw no hope of very much redress, al- though some men had been sent down to help them. Their business was not to grumble and Rrunt. hut to put every ounce of energy they possessed into this great struggle. (Applause.) Let them realise what might come to them assuming the enemy invaded their country as the' had done France, Belgium, Servia and Roumania. What would they think of their careless- ness—of their rest-at-e:?' spirit then? They would be ) all too willing to fight then when it was too late. They would then have to face chains and slavery. Let them face -laver?- now as free men and be for ever free. (Applause.) Farmers in the past had too much of the spirit of self-effacement. The labouring com- munity had not had the honour nor the status they ought to have had. (Hear, hear.) "Clod-hopper," "num-skull" and all the derogatory terms they could find in the dictionary had been applied to them, but now they were the men upon whom the safety of the Kingdom hung. Both as ploughmen and as men to fight they had no superiors and not many equals. (Loud applause.) He wanted them to realise th ej"ir personal and individual responsibility. They did not know the immense influence their bushel of oats might make. It might turn the scale. (Hear, hear.) They must realise that they were of the very utmost im- portance in this great struggle. The very most they could do was not more than those who had gone forth to serve and be sacrificed for them. "Greater love hath no man than this; that he lays down his life for his friend," and it was to them, who were to save tho wives and children they had left behind and the nation as a whole that he asked them simply to carefully consider and realise their special duty in these circum- stances. (Applause.) Although no one was more anxious to produce food than he was, experien(,? taught them that men could not work-at top-speed seven days a week. They tried in the munition works. They did not stop because of the fourth Commandment. but because the men could not produce so much. They must work an hour and a. half longer every day of the six, hut let them keep the seventh day. Let them hitrh their plough of hope by faith and obedience to the chariot of Omnipotence, and if they faint not they would come out more than conquerers. (Loud ap- plause.) ) Interesting Facts and Figures. I Mr Walter Williams, in the course of an interesting address, compared the production of cereals in Brecon- shire in 1874 with 1914. These had already appeared in our columns, but Mr Williams also submitted some very interesting statistics, published by the Irish De- partment of Agriculture, showing the relative value of cereals and beef as food stuffs. An acre of average land would produce one ton of oats, and eight tons of potatoes-an acre producing beef (primest fattening land) five cwts. An acre of oats would feed for a week 100 people; an acre of potatoes 220 people but an acre of beef eight people. To grow oats takes five months, to grow potatoes four to six months, but to grow beef it takes two years. That was the whole thing, he said, in a nutshell. They must increase the production of cereals. The plough was their hope. By following the plough this year they would be doing a duty to their country second to none. He wished something could be done immediately to secure for the farmer a guarantee of sufficient labour to gather the harvest once they put it in. (Hear, hear.) The Govern- ment were releasing from the Army all the ploughmen they could get hold of, and it was the duty of farmers to-day to do their bit for their country, which was fighting for its life, by at once increasing their arable j land. In this matter England expected every farmer to do his duty. Lady Glanusk. Lady Glanusk, on rising to propose a vote of thanks to the speakers, was loudly cheered. On behalf of women she would just like to say "give us a chance." (Laughter and applause.) There was no reason why Brcconshire women should not be every hit just as good as the French women. "All of lOU," said her ladyship, "turn your noses up and think we cannot do things." (Laughter.) But already they aw women taking the place of men in every kind of work, and if they were only given a chance on the farms they would certainly bo able to do a lot more than what farmers thought they could. (Hear, hear.) Rev. A. Garnons Williams, in seconding, said they were in a serious position. They must also realise more than they had in the past how much they owed to the Navy. (Hear, hear.) The vote was carried with acclamation. Mr Sidney Robinson, M. P.. in responding, expressed j the debt which Breeonshire owed to Lady Glanusk fer I the splendid lead she had given to the women of the j nIdtieaar.hatti3 done what ?he O\rI and more than that it was impossible to do. (Applause.) He could only say he was thoroughly repaid for com- ing down from London in seeing so many pre?nt on such a dismal, difficult day to get there. He hoped those present would convey the message delivered that day to others and inspire them to help in the great- work of increasing the food supply even if it cost them something to do it. (Hear, hear.) Then hon. BIt moer then extended thanks to the Chairman. Mr Owen Price, responding, said they were much obliged to Mr Robinson for the way he hud taken up the wool question. S

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Hey and Clasbury Farmers. SUGGESTED CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. Hay and Glasbury Branch of the Brecon and Radnor Farmers' Union held its monthly meeting at the Crown Hotel, Hay, on Thursday afternoon. Among those pre- sent were Aid. Mervvn T. Davies and Messrs. P. Good- win Beavan, J. W. Jones, F. Goodwin, J. Hughes, A. Bishop, T. Breeze, H. Sharp, Whittal, and W. She!. don (lion, secretary). The secretary, for the beneiit of the new members of- the branch from the Herefordshire portion of the dis- trict, read the reports of the last two meetings, which, were held at Glasbury. A vote of condolence was passed with the wife and family of the late Air Davies, Clifford. The secretary observed that, by the death of Mr Davies, the branch had lost a valuable member and suporter. The members resolved to pool the credit-balances of the amalgamated branches, now represented under the new title, and that the sum be held bN the Bre-con and Radnor Farmers' Union for legal purposes. Arrangements were made for the Branch Committee to meet on the 22nd inst., to elect a committee to con- sider the advisability of forming an agricultural co- operative society for Glasbury.

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