Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

I OFFICIAL RETURNS OF MARKET I PRICES. I I The ofGcial returns of market -prices for the week ending May 16, compiled from the repoirts received from the Board of Agriculture's market reporters, give the following informetion:- Fat Stock.—Supplies of both cattle and sheep are rather larger than last week, but in the case of cattle the increase does not amount to cry much; at Newcastle-on-Tyne 1,169 beasts were on offer, against 835 the previous week, while at Salford there was an increase of about 2tO, but at London supplies were smaller by about 150. while at Norwich there were only 1,2§8 cattle in the market, against 1,666 last week. The total over all markets. however, shows a slight Increase, and is well above the three years' average. The supplies of sheep ware fairly large at nearly all markets at RuH, for instance, 6,200 were penned, against 2,720 last week while at London there were 1,000, and ab SalfoM 2,000, more in the market than the previous week. The total supplies at all mark ets are comiderably in excess of Imt week. bu £ are still below the three years' average. Trade for all classes of stock has been very steady with little variation in price from the previous week. Caititle were slightly cheaper at the London market on Mop- day, while at Newca^tle-on-Tyne and Lincoln there was a fall of about 6d. per 141b. stone, and at Carlisle and Oswestry of ts. per live cvrt., but at other- places where changes have occurred they have been in an upward direction, causing the average over all markets to be slightly in excess of last, week, beat quality Shorthorns making 17e. 5d. per 141b. stone, while the live weight quotation for that class is now 79s. 6d., and for Herefords 82s. 6d., per live cwt. In spite of the heavier supplies of sheep after the exceptionally keen trade reported last week, the t demand has again been very good, and prices ? on the average show a further oMght advuice. I ,?t N.we-on.Tyne and Leicester there vas a fall of Id., and at a few other places about J., but at Bristol, Derby, Liverpool and Oar1i.sle prices advanced ?d., per lb. P%s show no 'I change in pnce, except sows which were cheaper, the demand for these beiiif nothing like so keen. I The live weight quotation at Ipswich for best i quality bacons is now 12a. per 141b. stone, or 17a. 2d. per score. Ait Oswestry, on Wednesday, j all classes of cattle were en easier trade at Is. | to 2s. per live ovrt. leas money thaai bot week. Sheep wer? alao cheaper, icèti dec?nh!? ?d. to j 1$heop wer,,? .al so c h eaph er g ;iee. 7 were in fifin re Id. per lb. Fat pigs, however, were in ntm re- J quest at late rates. At Oorwen, on Tuesday j week, fat cattle were slightly Reaper, but very- few were really ripe beasts. Sheep maintained la.te high rates, but pigs were ra-thor easier in price, although the demand Still remains food. Grain and Meal.—LiverpooL—Wheat: Can- adian feed dearer, making about 18s. 9d. par I cental (90s. per 4S0Ibs.). There has been con- siderable business during the week at late rates, No. 1 Manitoba realising 80s., No. 2 80s. 6d., No. S. 78s., Canadian white winter 70s., Canadian mixed winter &Qji.. No. 2 hud winter 79s. No. 2 red winter 71 s.. No. 2 steamer grade red wiDtter 75s. 6d., No. 2 steamer grade western red I winter 76s. 6d., and Australian 83s., all per 480 ¡ lbs. Oaks: Only a few sales of Britiah have been made. Foreign sorts rather dearer, American clipped making 9a. 4jd. per 451bs. (65s. per 312 1 lbs.), Chilian white 9s. 6d. to 91. 6icl. per 461bfi. I (65s. 9d. to 66s. 3d. per SlSlbs.), and tawny 9.s. M. to 9s. 5!d. per 45ros. (65s. 3d..to 65s. 6d. per SllSibs.). Maize: There have been a few small sales of Brazilian at 1&. 2d. to 18s. 4d. per conul (378. 3d. to 88s. per 4Abs.). Milling OSals: D&amnd again good at higher prices, broad bran realising 3Ms., sharp# 3121. 6d., and poUards$Ss., per ton, ex mill, sacks included. Oilcake: TMe firm &t last week'# prices, ?ng- Mi linseed cake making .1 10a., Ameriran imli linseed cake nvOkce inL I RO6oI palm nut ?e and Indian linseed undecoiticate d cotton ca k e .616 5?., B?ypitam undecor&,ate4 oo?on cake £17 5. and American decorticated cotton ca?e I £21 15s. per on. Pota.to&s.—Stnains??m: Fair supip?ea oi I Channel Islands potatoes ma?6 up to YÖd. par Ib., but very few old TarietMa were on olr. Bristol: A few Channel Islands were onolIer and made lO?d. per lb. Leeds: Very limiaed supplier of old potuiom Moderate onerings 01 Channel Islands, which realised late ra/fces. Liverpool ChaDBel Islands ehowed no ange in price. London: The old crop is nearly exhausted. New Channel Isknds were more abundant and cheaper. Some Cape potatoes made 3d. per lb. ManchèSlter Channel Islands a firm trade at 10d. to Is. per lb. Milk.—London: Many farmers have not made any definite summer contracts, but have con- I tinued to send on their tnilk to their old cus- I tomers allowed by the Price of Milk Orders. The prices realised by those who have contract- ed for six months have averaged from Is. 4d. to Is. 5d. per imperial ?aBon for April and Is. 2d. to Is. 3d. for May to September, where the farmer supplies direct to the retailer. The price to wholesalers would average from ?d. to Id. per gallon less. Theøa sales are soject to ;:1Y ¡ further increase being permitted by the Food Controller. Birmingham: Farmers who have made contreot-s for eix months on the terms of the Price of Milk Orders have obtained la. 4d. to Is. M. per imperial gallon for April, and Is. lid. to Is. Zd. for the remaining summer months. Many, however, have not signed contracts owing I to the Imce;i;L?Y of conditions at present. Man- Chester: Summer mflk contracts have been made I at the following rates:—April Is. 34d. to Is. 5d., May to September 1f!. l £ d. to Is. 2^d., per im- perml gaflon. These rates are in accordance with the Price of Milk Orders, and are subject to any further alterations being made.

Home-grown Wool: lgl 7-Clip I Prices. I The Centra.1 Advisory Committee on Wool Purchase for England and Wales have approved lists of prices for taking over the 1917 clip based on an increase of 60 per cent. ov-er the average prices ruling in June and July, 1914. The llste will form the basis of more detailed local price lists to be drawn up in consultation with the local advisory committees in each district.

One and a half million bushels of wheat I have been bought in Australia by the New I Zealand Minister of Agriculture, vrao is visit- j ing the Commonwealth to tuT. two pillion I bushda.

THE FOOD PROBLEM. I NEED FOR VOLUNTARY RATIONING I I STILL GREAT. Mr. Kennedy Jones, the Director General of I Food Economy, speaking at Edinburgh on I Edinburgh on Saturday, said that new methods of dealing with the submarine menace had so I far proved successful, but the need for voluntary I rationing", particularly in regard to bread, was still great, a d would be until after the war. DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE USE OF I SUBSTITUTES. i The first demonstration on the use of sub- ¡ stitutes, etc., arranged at the request of tne I Food Controller, by Miss McLeod, to be given every Thursday until July 26 at Radbrook Tech- nical School, Shrewsbury, was devoted to bread- making, barley bread, rioe bread, maize cakes, oatcakes and Johnny cakes. The demonstra.- tion was taken by Miss Couttes in the spacious I and beautifully kept kitchen at Radbrook and was ( well attended. Apart from the urgent need of lessening the use of wheateii flour by the aid of substitutes, it was interesting to the home- baker" to see the nKht way of mixing, kn6&d- ing and baking the bread. The dainty &ppear- ance, too, and the manner in which Miss Couttes I i prepared the different foodstuffs for'the oven f made one feel that more interest might well be t!ten in home cooking. After the lecture, the I cakes were soon bought up by 'the visitors. DIED FROM EATING RHUBARB I LEA VEa. ? A verdict- of ,Daath from misadventure I !w&9 returned at an inquest at Pinner on tne body of Dorothy PC, 61ev 12, who died as the I' '%? Tt of eatin# cooked rhubarb leaves. A doctor who amended the girl said the symptaaM were th4use of oxalic poisoning and the result of I his post mortem confirmed this. SURPLUS PRODUCE OF ALLOTMENTS. I Allotment holders in the Totten-hayn district met on Saturday to discuss the desirability of I forming district associations to co-operate in the disposal of surplus produce. It was resolved to ask the Board of Agriculture to give encour- jj facilities and publicity to all ailo-t- mani holders, so that their surplus produce may jj I be distributed to the advantage or the public generally and to the satisfaction of the pro- ducens. t EVADING THE FOOD ORDERS. The attention which has been called to open and impudent evasions of the various Food Orders made by Lord Devanport has resulted apparently In the Minister of Food taking more num?b er of the of t eid- vigorous action ajgainst a- number of the offend- ) era. In some parte of London, where the fale i of SB?i" potatoes under conditions whioh I aroused more than a suspicion that tlhe pota- toes were ?oH?ht to be eaten had become & .?MWaJ, ? r?tailers MV developed j caudon. The impro'?eme?t b&s yet to exwnd, j however, to some of fhe uburhs, where the only j potatoes to be bought in the ahopa are priced ?t M. a pomid and ticketed M "seed," although they w<MM f*U to Pw through the seed riddle even when cut into balrw. OOBN FOR PIGEONS AND FOWLS. I .1 A fine of B,100 was imposed by- the Bedford I county magiatrates on feafcurday in a case where tho defendant pleaded guilty to feeding pigeons and fowls on cprn and maize. The defendant was Colony Thomas Sunderland of Rwensden Grange. It was stated that the police visited his residence on three occasions and saw wheat and maize used for the feeding of pigeons and poultry, and it was also alleged that some of tha com was used for pigs. The wheat had been grown by the defendant. There ward abotsfc 1,000 pigeons, 300 fowls and 100 pigs. i SALE OF NEW BREAD. I At Croydon. & baker. ol Collier's Wood, was new bread for ¡;ale. He said there eeem^d to be a horrible muddle. Mem- bars of the trade did. not get the Food Con- troUers orders direct, and he was too busy to read the nows"of"3l 4r. Arthur Spurgeon, the Chairman: That k where you are wro?g.— Mr. Kanslake, president of the London Master Bakers' Protection Society, and an expert ad- viser to the Minister of Food, said the Orders were published in the *'Oaz&t4e and were fully explained in the nowspapem.-Mr. Spurgeon: Then the nevflspapera are of national importance in that sense, and the Food Controller depends upon them for making his ciders known?—Mr. Keralake: Yes.

Toll of Tractors. I THEFT CHARGES AT WREXHAM. I Four smart-looking youths, named James Palmer. Thonl" Roberts, William Swart Mang- ley, and Stanley Salisbury, whose ages varied from 16 to 18, were brought up at Wreszham Borough Police Court, on Friday, on a charge of stealing three magnetos and three tool kits, valued at JB30. A further charge of stealing 20 tins of petrol, belonging to different persona was preferred against them. It was stated that the magnetos were taken from agricultural tractors in course of transit on the Great Western Railway. From inform- a.tion given to him, Inspector Rses visited a small workshop tenanted by the defendants, and arrested Roberts, who made a statement incrim- inating Palmer, Salisbury and Mansley, who were afterwards taken into custody. Two of the magnetos were found at the workshop, and two at Roiberts a house, and a tool outfit connected with the tractors was recovered from Mansley's. house. A charge of receiving from the defendants twelve petrol tins, and twenty-four gallons of petrol, of the value of JB4 10s., knowing them { to have been stolen, was brought against Arm- ando Marubbi, an Italian refreshment caterer. t All the accused were remanded on bail, pend- t mg inquiries. II

It may be of interest to dealers, farmers, sportsmen and others concerned to know that the recent order respecting arms and ammun- ition does not in any way restrict the sale or purchase of shot gun ammunition, such as is commonly used for sporting purposes, nor of ammunition for air guns and air rifles, and that for transactions in these items a licence is not necessary. Messrs. Alfred Mansell and Co., Shrews- bury, have despatched to Rhodesia two fine specimens of Hereford bulls (Montford Ebony, bred by the executors of the late Thomas Minton, and Hazle Captain, supplied by Mr. T. J. Shirley) and a Lincoln red (Blankney Hermit, supplied by Mr. John Cartwright). Messrs. Mansell have also despatched to Col. Fcwie, ?oath Afrioa. a red DextM baU from Mr. R, T. Robertsonf's _d.

PLOUGH STILL MORE; OFFICIAL ORDERS FOR AN EXTENSION. LABOUR AND SHED TO HU FORTHCOMING. A lettor of great Importance with regard 111 agricultural dievelopamemt in relation to the fooII supply of the country lias been sent by the Board of Agriculture to county War AgTicuiturail Oomaultte«< in Englaaid and WttLes, indicating the Govemmeilf pequiTeroents for Increasing emitivation for titc harvest of 1018. The work to be done, it is Btotedf will demand far greater exertions from the corai mittees and fro—, farmers geaaeraily than anytmag attempted hitherto. As the task 01 breaking up grass to the extent of 3.000,000 acres, the total mentioned, by the Pnme Ministeir as comprising the CtoveTnTdent land proa gramme next yeat, wili need addilaoml labour, horsea a;n.1d nrachtnery, an, undeTtafr! rtg ia given ny, the Board, that due «6tentlon will be paid to ibis subject, and also tbsb adequate quantities of seed will be secured. T,he committee* airts uirged to bear in mafimi ttiat their object gbould be not,. mere,ly the ploughing up of a given number oif acres, but to aim at I)ro- ducing focd in such <pMunttjrties that the L.,ation will be indiftpemdent of Imported supplies. For this putjposa the teoad. to be ploughed must b* finch that it will produce at least average crops ot corn arid potatoes. It will tI,i()Ib be sufficient ri^rcJj to break up poor land. On this point the Board of Aigrieultare states: "It will be mece4seary to pljcrugh up some of tIle good grass land tWs country Tlse good grass larad Is the only reserve of tesrtlity in Europe, amd in the present ciicum stances we must malce use of It to produce the food which the nation neede." It would be necessary to retain sufficient grass to preserve the dairy stock, since the soppily of millt roust be maintatmed to the full, but, in this oonuec- ■ tion every effort should be raede to extend the system of arable daiirylng. The case for a great in- crease of arable cultivation is overwhelming tJrom. all points of view, and it is the duty of merobers o| the committee, and, all the leading agrfculturieS^ in the counties, to set the example in 1Ihfs matter. It is the earn-east desre of the Gcverament tbo the agricultural revclutidri wliieh is necesssary sboWA be a peaceful one, but committees have beam in. vested with power to enforce the task v -44b 18 placed typon them, and, in the laat. resort, tL61 must not he-dtate to u,s.& those powers wna3 necessary.

Wrexham Rural District Food Campaign. The Sub-Exacutive Committee of the Food Control Cainpaigii for the Wrexham rural dis- trict met at Midland Chambers, Wrexham, on Thursday, when there were present Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., chairman, Mrs. Fenwick, the Rev. R. Paterson Morgan, Bailor Isycoed, fes$rs. E. D. Roberts. ChIel Morn-, Bate man, R. W. Egerton, B. A. Cross (ocganteer),, W. R. Owen (correspond- ent), and G. Vernon Price (generftl secaretary). Instsraetions received from the Ministry of Food were fully disoussed, and am"emonts ipade for carrylug, them out where possible, It WM pointed out that much eouldbe don* through the schools, and the Ministry posters and pamphlets are to be issued to them forth- with. There was a general opinion that in some parta of the district the campaign, 1& effectively inflnec eing the consumption of brea4. It was decided t oappeal to tbto Bakers' Union for assistance in eatimating the consumption, as far as it ia shown in their sales. An interesting point was freely discussed, viz., that there is a probability of a district saving itself from the horrors of oompatsotT rationing by voluntaril rationing itself, ai Keighley has done, well within the Control- ler's limit, house to houie canvassing fot' pledge is already active in parts of the dis- trict, and upwards of 20 meetings were re- ported as having been hQd. Miss Underbill, of the National School of Bakery, has conducted highly successful lec- tures and demonstrations at Gresford and Bangor and other places, and it is proposed to retain her services for an extended period, as her work has been of inestimable boon to all who have availed themselves of her demon- strations. Independent testimony of people who were rather sceptical of this form of cam- paign work, prove its thorough success. The Organiser reported on the progress ot the campaign in general. Several places were co-operating wellT but in the case of those that kepi aloof ilile Committee propose to hold tbo meetings and organise them from head- quarters. h;

More Ploughing. FLINTSHIRE'S TALK OF 1&000 ACRES At a meeting of the Flintebixa We.r Agricul- tural Committee on Friday, Mr. P. T. D&viw Cooke, the chairman, gave a. summary of tiho work done by the Executive Committee up to date. Five Government ploughs had been at work in various paras of the oaunty, and on rllt whole these motor-tractors had given general satisfaction. 'the committee had taken over t farm of about 54 acrfes at Sealand, and they were now carrying oat the cult.wa..t,lon of that farm. In connection with Denbigiksliire they had con- sidered a scheme with regard to the putting of about 1,000 acres on Rhuddlan Marsh under cdt tiv,ation for the 10JB harvest. The greater Pal, of the land Was in Denbighshire, but tbey woold have to attend to the Ilintahire portion. Thic land was inspected the other day by both oom mittees with a view to the draining of it, u4 they hoped soon to conmeme farming opera- tions. They had also got a. conaiderehle extent of land at Prestaiyn, on the drainage of wfeich a competent engineer had made a report. The members were no doubt aware that the Govern- ment were asking that 3,000,000 additional acres of grass land in England and Wales thouldbe ploughed up for the harvest of 1818, and Flint- shire's proportion of ,tb&t extra ploughing would be 13,000 acres. Ho hoped they would all do their best to attain the end in view. The Lord-Lieutenant (Mr. H. N. Gladstone urged the importance of utlThring the 8cea «L women whenever possible in farming work. Mr. John Owen (district agricultural commis- sioner) gave an intereestiiyj address on the agri- cultural outlook.

It is officially estimated that the area wwa to winter wheat in Canada-diving last subma was 813,400 acres. A Louth auctioneer was summoned at Grimsby for soiling seed potatoes at .04 £ 23 a t6n and eating potatoes at SID a ion, when the Food Controller's maximum priaet were 21S and £ 10 respectively, It was stated that the offences were committed at a sal* off farm produce, and the defendant was AN4 £ 1 in each case. The buyers wwo-fiaed Vlkk waeh.