Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

Knighton horse show is to be resuscitated this year. The export of Danish butter to Great Britain is to be re-started this week. The Yorkshire Agricultural Union meeting at York. last week, carried 'a resolution by wfiieh all the members pledged themselves by written document ik b to pay increased wages or grant shorter hours, the union to support :ec who niq be penalized. j

OFFICII RETURNS OF MARKET PRICES. I The official returns of market prices for the week ending May 21, compiled from the reports received from the Board of Agriculture's market reporters give the fallowing information Fat Stock-p-Considerably reduced supplies of cattle are reported at practically all markets, the only noticeable increases being Wellington (Saioi;), where 212 a were on offeff against 108 last week, and at Preston, where there were 278 against ¡27. The t<)tat -supply at f, The total supply at all markets amounts to 10,931 against 15,430 last wk, the average for the corres- ponding weeks in the three preceding years being I 9,987; during the 21 weeks or the present year the return is 172,869, against a three-year average of numbers; at London there were about 2,700 fewer in the market this week than last, at Balford 1,100, Hull ?00, Carlisle 600, Leeds and Lincoln &00, and Derby and York about 400 less, the total decline at ail markets amounting to 7,000 on the week. Supplies of pigs were much shorter at Birmingham, only 1,475 being on offer, against 3,187 last week, white at Manchester there was a fall in number of 170 com- pared with the previous week; the total supply at all markets is only 8,002, against 4,877 last week. Oswes- try (May 21).Small supply of cattle but quality good, about a thL of the animals being placed in the, ist grade. Smaller show of sheep; skins made 6s. to 15s. each. Shrewsbury (May 20).—-Smaller supply of fat cattle, an quality only ordinary. Sheep were in fair supply and included some nice clipped tegs. Pigs were mostly of good quality. Wellington (May 19).— Fully 100 more cattle in the markeb than last week, ■the entry including a number of very good butchers' beasts, about so of which received the full 3s. over 1st grade price. Rather larger show of sheep, the supply including 55 lambs. of nice quality. Only four fat pigs on offer. Corwen (May 20).-Gooa show of cattle for this market, but several beasts in the 2nd and 3rd classes had deductions made, the quality not being over good. Fair show of 250 fat sheep, which realised, with the additional allowances, Is. 6id. per ib. lb, Store Stock.—With better growing weather the de- mand foi store cattle has improved, and prices show a pretty general advance; at the Shrewsbury sale, where 1,320 were on offer, the reporter states that about 65 per cent changed hands, but he adds that although prices were higher, trade was still rather slow for all but the best conditioned beasts, a sta te- went which applies to practically all markets. Store Sheep met with better enquiry, prices generally ruling higher, while store pigs are fully as dear as they have been during the last few weeks, strong stores1 being 'c gre request by cheese-makers for consum- ing the whJ)'. and in some oases costing as much as 308. to 85s. per score live weight. Corwen (May 20).— rrade for store cattle very similar to last market, young barrell cows being in, chief request. Sharp trade for store pigs at higher prices. Oswestry (May 21).-Larger supply of store cattle; trade better -at slightly higher prices. Dairy cows in-milk were not! in so much demand, but oalvers were in good re- quest, calving heifers advancing In price. Store sheep were not quite so dear, although some excep- tionally good couples realised up to 150s. Large entry of store pigs: tri-Cie very good, strong stores especia.ll- bemg dears. Shrewwury (May 16).—Store e,attl e numbered 1,820, or over ocir less than last! week, and, with a good attendance pi buyers, prices ruled higher, ranging up to 94s. per I've cwt., which was obtained for some small but nice quality Irish Shorthorn heifers, weighing 4i cwts., while other bunches of Shorthorn heifers realised from 84s. to 93s. 64. Some strong Shorthorn and Welsh bullocks of SJ cwts. made 92s„ some Shorthorn steers of 7! cwts. 83s., two other bunches 80s., and some of infer'or quality 6Ss. and 73s.. per live cwt. A small lot of five nice quality Hereford steers of barely 8 cwtg. made rather over 90s., and another lot just over 91., while some yearlings of 51 cwts. realised 83s. 6d., and some heifers of 6 cwts. 71s., per live -cwt. Some Angus eros-i heifers ;n nice condition weighing nearly 7 cwts. made about 90s., some tullocks of 65 cwts 85s., and a heavier lot; of bullocks weighing 71 cwts. 87s. 9d., per live cwt. On the vthole, best quality cattle made from 83s. to 94s., secondary 71s. to 80s., and others 6:s. -1:0. 67s., per live cwt., while about 05 per cent. got sold. Wellington (May 19).—Trade for best quality dairy cows was good, but heifers with first calves and little show of milk were decidedly easy to buy. All classes of store pigs sold readily, sows and pig making up to for one with 11, while a gilt and nine Iua4e £26 10s., prices for these show- ing an advi-ace of £ 3 to t4 on the week. Small stores from 8 to 12 weeks made from 32s. to 60f., while some of the older and stronger pigs made from §5s. to 74s. each. Strong stores were also in good request. Grain and Mqal. Londo.Il.- meat.- Suppli.s )of English have been fairly good, especially from Suffolk,, and the condition has shown improvement; about 76s. per 5Wbs. (72s.$d. per iSOlbs.) has been paid by millers. Imported wheat has been all American and Canadian, which, at $4s. 94. to 8-5s. 3d. per 4W lbs. ($as. to 82s. 6a. per 4SO lbs.) has sold slowly. Barley. .Demand has been much to. excess of supply; California.i, on passage, makes 92s. per 4.48 lbs. (828. I 3d. per 400 lbs.), the top price allowed for English i of a like weight and quality being 70s. per 44$lbs. (02s. 6d. per 4001bs.). Some sales of malt are re- corded at 98s. for pale, 93s. for brown, 94s. for black, and 90s. for crystallized, all per 3361bs. Boasted barley sells at 28s. per cwt Oats.—A good market for the tim& of the year is reported at 51s. per S361bs. (47s. 3d. per 3121bs.) for English, 51s. 6d. per 3201bs. (50s. 3d. per 8121bs.) foi white Irish, 48s. per 32011)?. (46s. 9d. per 412lbs.) for black Irish, 62s. per 3201bs. (60S.M. per 3121bs.) for Arg-:atine, and up to 61s. per cfiQIbs. (62s. 6d. per 3121bs.) for good California! There are buy* of oat husks at 6s. to 6s. Cd. per cwt., and of rolled oats at 33s. to 34s. per cwt. Maize. —There have been small resales at 72s. per 4801bs.; I the nom nal official prices are 60s. to 65s. per 48Qlbs. Pulse.—Demand is variable, but a fair number of transact.ons have been recorded1; prices include 8S. per S921bs. to" English buckwheat. 175s. per 464lbs. for mazagan canaryseed, 105s per 5041b. for maple peas and for winter beahs, Us. per cwt. for locust ans,and 38s. to 40s. per cwt..or butter beans. Milling oaals, etc.—Trade as been fair, and for by- products of ricd rather more brisk than formerly; kran mal.s 220s, middlings 240a., hominy chop %us. flaked maize 400s., rice bran 280s., to 300s., rice flour 600s., ground rice 610s., Aberdeen oatmeal 615s., groats 620s., and fine oat flour 700s., all per ton. In- I ferior types have included barley st at 280s. to 300s., oat husk meal at 140s. to 145s., and malt culm dust at 160s. to 165s., all per ton. Oilca&e.—Decorticated cottonseed meal at 395s. per ton is obtainable, also decorticated srround nut cake at 880$.. and Egyptian dottonseed cake, at SOOS., but other sorts are scarce or absent from the market. Brewery and distillery ] p.rgduc,L,,s.-Wet grains Are che-aper and. cell readily at 42s- per ton cash, pried grains, aftej- a brief period of cheapness, are now firmly held, 260s. per ton be- ing paid for ale and 280s. for distillery. Milk.—London (Paddington).—There is a full sup- ply, but practically DO sales of surplus milk were effected. Birm:ingham.-There have been no platform sales during the week. Dealers generally have had more than they required, and have instructed farmers to divert supplies to local factories. In some cases surplus milk was on offer at 15s. per imperial gallon, but there were no buyers. Manchester.—There has been a good supp'y of milk all the week, and the demand has been fair at prices ranging from 15d. to 17jd. per gallon.

l The rails of' a disused Somerset minera l line being required for war purposes the Government employed a tailor to remove thtm j

Minsterley Rats.. I LOCAL PIED PIPERS. I Using the County Council pipe of "Twopence a head," some half-dozen "Pied Pipers" of Minsterley last week lured 1.100 rats to their death. This Hamelin-like performance was done on the farm of Mr. T. J. Edwards of Rea- brook during the threshing of three bays of grain. It is estimated that a further three hundred rats escaped to breed elsewhere. What the damage to the grain must have been by this great rat family farmers will be able to figure out for themselves. The pied pipers, however, had to be paid, and the parish supervisor under the Rat Orders (Mr. J. R. Gornall) duly did his part on the nail," otherwise one trembles to think what might have happenea to him! He in "turn presents his account to the County Council and £10 7s. 4d. is the sum they have to pay out for the killing of the Reabrook rate.

Mr. J. N. Thomas, president of the Welsh Farmers' Union, has been appointed to repre- sent Wales on the Agricultural Costings Com- mittee of the Board of Agriculture. The Advisory Committee for Wales of the National Farmers' Union have approved of the proposal to hold a conference of repre- sentatives of their Union, the Welsh National Union, and other agricultural bodies, to dis- cuss the desirability of forming one Farmers' Union for the whole of Wale§. owland Charles Casewell (22), Meretown Farm, Forton, Staffordshire, on May 14, was working three horses cultivating a field when one of the animals became restive and the young fellow was knocked down and one of the teeth of the cultivator entered his right groin. He was attended by a doctor, but died on the 18th. At the inquest on Wednesday a verdict of Accidental death was returned. The annual conference of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen at Leeds, last week, called upon the Govern- ment, now that hostilities had ceased, to withdraw the Military Service Act, 1919, fail- ing which they decided to enter into communi- cation with the Trade Union Congress Parlia- mentary Committee for the purpose of taking action, even to the extent of the withdrawal of all labour, "to secure redress of these breaches of faith on the part of the Govern- ¡ ment."

A Brymbo Housing Scheme. An important housing scheme has been launched at Brymbo, where a fine lead has been given by the Steel Compaq. To meet the housing difficul #. it has been decided to form a Public Utility Society, and about 100 houses are to be er ad at P?ny- graig. The scheme is to provide hpising accom- modation for the steelworkers, in the first place, and for as many as pcosible. The land has been offered by Sir Henry Robertson; chairman of the StoWl Company, at the low price of 6d. per yard, gnd the Com- pariy is prepared to advance considerable sum, by way of loan, to assist t scheme. It is proposed to erect 108 houses, eight to the acre, with a playing field fof the children in the centre. Considerable gar$g*n space will be provided for each house, w additional allotments on the outskirts of t* village. The whoW, when completed, will form a model village, and there has beet; no difficulty in securing a sufficient number of shareholders to give the scheme a good, start.

WREXHAM HORSE REPOSITORY- Messrs. Jones and Son held their ponthly horst, sale rn Thursday, May 22, good %usiq?Ǥs being done. The judges were Mr. Whipp Oldham, gnd Mr. Jobs Jones, Tyntwll, whos" awards gave evoly eatiMtotioc- Mr. Roberta, Dergoed, Llangollen, won the ei0 prize for the best art mare or geldinlf..h a potttrtu: chustnui gelding which was sold at Igji guineas. In the vanner class the. priz< -r-as awazc** to Mr. L ig. Pugh. Llangollen, with a bay gelding Which realiwril lOOgs. Other prices, were Mr. T. Huxltf, 101 and 80f Mr. John Vaughai., 101; Mr. Roberts, Bwlch Mawr, 78. In the light horse section the prizbe were award* ed as follows:-14.4 an..l over class. 1l- Parry, Leef wood, with a gelding, 50gs., the same pgiidor, geldinf 45; Mr. John Hughes, Bryncglwys, 461 Mr. Edwarde, Ruabor, 421; Mr. Harold Jones, 56; Mr. Edwards. Tryddyn, 50; Mr. Parry Llanferres, 416 Under 14.1 class: Tn, prize was awarded to Mr. Hert Awards, Johnstown, wit i a four-year-old mare jt 61 guineas, followed by Mr. Mostyn, Coedpoeth, 4%; Mr. Moult, 37; Mr. Jojes, Tyntwli, 38; Mr. Sllwood, Cym. mau, 33; and Mr. Jones Talwrn Smifty, S4. Thes* sales are held on tht third Thursday 0 each mouth, and the next one will be held on Thursday, June It.

The Welsh Council of the Ni -toga.1 Farmers* Union are considering the question of roping in Herefordshire, Shropshire, 4pd Chester. They are Welsh in everything bwt name and Act of Parliament," said one speller. The Government have decided to increase the barrelage of beer from 20 million standard barrels to 26 million standard barrels, which at the present sanctioned gravity of 1040 ill give approximately 35 million ordinary barrels. The present prices of beer will remain. At a meeting of the North Wales Joint Vagrancy Board at Rhyl last weak it was re-i ported that last year only 1,316 vagrants were relieved, against 26,577. in 1914. Mr. P. Harding Roberts (Holywell) resigned his posi- tion as secretary, and Mr. It Jones (Holywell) was appointed to act until the end of the year.

t, Wheeled About in a Bath Chair. "But that was 14 Years Ago. Mus. A. NortSh of 143, Buckingham Road, Aylesbury, is now in excellent hedth, and on October lat, 1917, said:- "I once was wheeled about in a bath-dhaar, but that was fourteen years ago. The bat-h chair has been aid aside ever smee Doftn's Pills rid me of Riheumiatism, SeLataca and Luaibago, and I have ha.d very good health for ell tfcttW 14 years." What Mrs. North said in 1903. On September 3rd, 1903, Mrs. Kofth said:— "I mishit have been an invalid for life. For & year I was so helpless that I was wheeled about ia a batbh-chiir; rheumatism, sciatica and lumba,go so crippled me I could not stir unaided. We knew the fcidneys caused my illness be- cause of disordered urine, jeedimeat, and pufli- riess beneath my eyes. "I had entirely lest hope when I first heard about, and tried, Doan's Pills, and great W'a8 my joy when they brought relief." "Doan's Pills induced kidney activity, -tbe puffy pouches left my eyes, the urine became clear, and the stiffness and paans gradually left my limbs and my body. "In a month I discarded the baith chair and walked about in ease and ccanfoqt, much to the amazeimentt of my neagthbo<urs, all of whom can vcudh for the wonderful recovery Doan's Piila have brought about. I am unquestionably ab- solutely cured. (Signed) A NToxth." To ensure the same results as Mrs. North insist upon the same Kidney Medicine- DOAITS BACKACHE KIDNEY PILLS. Sold by all Dealers, or zs. 9cl. a bottle from Foster [McClellan Co., 8 Wells St., Oxford St., London'. I M I rev M X « < 3| eUARANTEED FOR EVER- mt RIDE A RiGfO. RAPtO. j THE ALL-STEEL 51KYKLE !?????? ? ???? ?'TMOUMt.OfTVRe&AMOST?MtTARCttBtm-St?eoc?a*? ;!?? ?????,? OSWESTRY.E. J. GITTINS,Ltd., 5,Ohurcl? Si. j ??????''? ? WREXHAM.POWELL BROS, 6, Town Hill SHREWSBURY. J. C. PICKERING, 49, Alardot j Mh&y .?? yUitf "I hare contiauonsly Nsed the Rateigh for 12 ye?rs. ? .'? L?yf ?s?SSSL Ge?S :veragirig -over 9.000 miles a year, without a single vV,\RjP ???P-?-?°???'??'"?MM,CAe??<tt.Af?tC?€?er. ? ?C? ''<°*?*????U.E)6H F, ? ? ? ? .?'?'T.I??'????I'L'pCHAt? j iwfi ffihSTiiJltir iHiln (BiTii1(lh"ir iFlfT? iij 18. <^p •

GLEANINGS. I FARjjle'B'S PECULIAR POSITION. I Tat armer is certainly placed in a peculiar position just now. He is getting a better re- turn for his produce now than he has done for corns time, and the reason for it is because .the commodities he produces are comparatively ecaree. On the ether hand. the Pood controller wishes to get food cheaper for the consumer, and in order to do this farmers are urged upon to increase pro duction, on the principle that as food becomes, more plentiful its market value will decline. In connection with this theory it is not unreasonable to ask what benefit will the farmer derive through increasing production? He may rest assured that he will get less for it, but whether the cost of production will also be re- duced 13 another matter. Statistical ifgures-prove that the farmer has done his bit in increasing production during the war, and he does not. now object to a drop in prices so long-as the cost of I production is reduced proportionately. This, however ,is where the doubt comes in, and it is & one-sided argument to appeal for increased  production in order to cheapen food and at the same time keep up the price of labour and every- thing else that is required to produce food. DEMONSTRATION FARMS. j An interesting article appears in the Farmer and Stockbreeder on the subject of demonstra- tion farms, the establishment of which has been mentioned by authorities as a desirable step in the fixture. The writer says at one time t was felt that the demonstration farm had practically no use, and that as it was then conceived to be in the nature of a model farm it would fail l e- cause of its presumed perfection. A more sensi- ble attitude, however, has been adopted, and the demonstration holding are now believed likely to serve an extremely useful purpose. It wall be necessary, however, to insist that these farms should be run. on business lines, and that the ac- counts should be 'accessible to those who ,are to inveatig-ate the financial side of the business. There is one aspect of the question to which no reference has previously been made. One of the great difficulties in farming successfully is the comparative absence of security. On a demon- itiation farm presumably farming will be carried out as it ought to be, with the knowledge that there will be no Ices incurred by failure to reap the benefit of high farming. In other words, the full benefit will be obtained from the enrichment of the. soil. Perhaps if they do nothing eke these demonstration farms may show very clear- Iv the difference between ordinary farming and high-class agriculture, and when seeking the cause it will probably be found that this differ- ence is not so much due to lack of skill on the part of the ordinary tenant as to his fear of dis- turbance and his conservative use of capital. The more we look at the matter in this light the more demonstration farms will be favoured, but wherever they are established they rrmst be ran on practical linea if they are to influence fg. and strict accounts must be kept. O r

[ Worthenbury Farmers. I I COMPARISON BETEEN ENGLISH I AND WELSH M.P'S, A well-attended meeting of farmers was held at the Worthenbury schools on Friday to consider the advisability of forming a Maelor branch of the Flintshire Farmers' Union, Mr. Hoekenhall presiding. Mr. W. H. Fox; (Hawarden) said considering farming was the most important industry in the po"try there was none so less organised, but faneers were making great strides now in the matter of organisation. They must work gradually, first by forming county associations aad then onwards till they had one society for the whole of Great. Britain. (Hear, hear.) The demand now made by the working classes was for higher wages and cheaper food, and unless the farmers o obtained better prices for their produce they could not produce what the country required except at a loss. They only required a fair profit on their expendi- ture. Townspeople would be surprised if they knew what it cost the farmer to grow his crops. Again some of the restrictions im- posed upon farmers were very harrassing, and it had been proved that most valuable land had been ploughed with disastrous results, and orders had been carried out with great loss <o farmers. Individualism was done away with, and it was the day for organisation. He was sure judging from the number present a strong branch could be formed. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Oldfield (vice-president of the Flintshire Farmers' Union) said it was immaterial to which Union they belong, whether Shropshire, Cheshire or Flintshire, so long as they belong to one of them. He was an upland farmer, who., with others, spent their time in wrest- ling with Nature and trying to get something from her, but theirs was a beautiful country. It behoved them, however, to belong to a Welsh 'Union, for he was sure they would de- rive more benefit by doing so. There was apparently a great hatred felt by the English people for the English farmer, but in Wales they could, show an entirely different, side 'of the picture. To the English tourist the Welsh farmer coajured up visions of hard conditions and dilapidated steads, but the English farmer just the opposite. He was of opinion that the NYelsh farmer would be able to secure more privileges from the English Parliament owing to the approachability of the Welsh M.P. The average English M.P. went into Parliament; if he met you he shook hands, but carrying out promises was another matter. The carpet- bagger M.P.^was the man for them, much more than the staid English M.P. No one worked as hard as a farmer, with his 16 hours per day of labour, and they had every argu- ment in their favour for the amelioration of the present state of affairs. He asked them to throw in their lot with a Welsh Union. He was a Conservative himself, but for the future he was going to vote for the man who iyould do the most fpr him. (Cheers.) Mr. W. E. Bellis, Mold (the secretary to the Association) having spoken, a resolution to form a branch of the Flintshire Farmers' Union was carried unanimously. Mr. Evans Jones (assistant overseer) was appointed secretary pro tem., it being decided, to appoint permanent officials after meetings held at Hanmer and Overton. —————— —————.