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SHROPSHIRE SHEEP IN 1919.1
SHROPSHIRE SHEEP IN 1919.1 By Mr. Alfred Mansell in the "Live Stock Journal." I Shropshire sheep breeders are to be con- gratulated on an excellent export trade during the past season, which would have totalled nwe than 1,000 but for the untoward out- break of foot and mouth disease at the latter end of the shipping sejason. It appears some- what ridiculous that because an outbreak of this disease occurs in Warwickshire, sheep bred in Shropshire, North Wales, Scotland, Ireland, or, in fact, any part of the United Kingdom, cannot be shipped to the United States and Canada. During 1919 some 872 Shropshire sheep have been exported, as against 898 in 1918; 524 in 1917; 368 in 1916; 155 in 1915; 553 in 1914; 702 in 1913; HQ in 1912; 883 in 1911; and 1,071 in 1910. Shropshire sheep were more numericall, y re- presented at the Cardiff Royal Show than any othe. breed, and the general excellence and uniformity of character was very gener- ally commented, upon. In the two-shear ram class Mr. Frank Bibby's first prize exhibit went to Mr. R. E. Birch at 60 gs., Mr. Berry's second prize winner being taken for Ireland by Lord Barrymore, the third prize ram of Mr. Bibby's going to Mr. F. W. Harding, U.S.A., at 40 gs. In shearling rams (a strong class) Mr. Bibby secured premier hopours, and the ram in question was bought by Mr. Nock for 120 gs. Mr. R. E. Birch's second prize ram went to the Argentine at 90 ga. In pens of three rams sales were as follows first, Duke of Westminster, 120 gs. (T. A. Buttar), 45 gs. (F. W. Harding, U.S.A.), 35 gi. (Mr. John Miller, Canada); second, Mr. Bibby, 100 gs. (Mr. Hilton, U.S.A.); third prize, Mr. E, C. Tanner, 50 gs. (Mr. Nunner- ley); fourth prize, Mr. Bibby, 50 gs. (Colonel Charteris, Ireland) (Mr. McKerrow, U.S.A.), 37 gs. Pens of three shearling ewes sold as follows Messrs. C. and wPKellock, three ewes 24 gs. each, Mr. Hilton, U.S.A.; Colonel Sykes, three ewes 23 gs. each, Mr. Hilton, U.S.A.; Mr. Everall's three ewes 16 gs. each, Mr. Hilton, U.S.A. Mr. Nunne-rley's three ewes 15 gs. each, Mr. Harding, U.S.A. The annual show and. sale held under the auspices of the Shropshire Sheep Breeders' Association took place at Shrewsbury on Wednesday, 3rd September, with very sue. cessful results. Judging was in the hands of Mr. Frank Webb and Mr. John Minton. There was a capital entry in single shearling j rams, first honours going to Mr. E. C. Tanner with a really grand sheep of great size, true to type, square on its legs, with a wide, well- fleshed back and loin, and wool and skin of the best. Mr. R. E. Birch took the second prize with a good, thick, strong, square, set- up sheep, having lots of bone, good dense fleece, and a good skin. The third prize went to Mr. N. J. Nunnerley with a nice type of ram, and the fourth went to a useful ram of Mr. Tanter's. In pens of five shearling ram?, which car- I fM? the champion prize with it, a. Rue entry v-as received. Mr. E. C. Tanner won the blue ribbon with a well-matched pen of strong mas- culine aheep which handled Well; second honours went to Mr. K. W. Milnes for a,? beautifully turned-cut pen of rains, all show- ing character and .careful breeding; third! prize went to the Exors. of the late Mr. Jos. Ever all (Woolsia$ton), with a pen of great size and backs full of mutton; fourth prize; went to Mr. C. L. Coxon's strong, good. pen, ( showing plenty of scale and flesh; and the fifth went to Mr. R. E. Birch with a level pen of good, useful sheep. The class of pairs of ram lambs only drew a small entry, first prize going to the Duke of Westminster's strong, well-matched lambs; second was taken by a good pair from Mr. Birch's flo<?k; and third fell to Mr. R. C. Pryce (Broughton). In pens of twenty shearling field ewes, always an interesting class, first went to a pen of strong, big-framed ewes of Mr. C. L. Coxon's; Mr. N. J. Nunnerley secured second prize with a pen of very nice quality ewes; and third prise went to Mr. Bourne's pen of ewes, which showed breeding and were true ¡ to type, Best prices realised were Rams: Mr. R. E. Birch, 25 gs., 21 gs., and 9 gs.; Mr. K. W. IftUnes, 50 gs., 40 gs., 22 gs., and 13 gs.; Mr. E. Iv«?ck, 34 gs.; Exors, of late Mr. Jos. fcverali, Wooistaston, 40 gs-, 30 gS., 30 gs., 20 gs., and 18 gs.; Mr. C. L. Coxon, 30 gs. and 16 gs.; Mr. E. C. Tanner, 60 gs., 41 gs., 40 gs., 31 gs., and 27 gs. Ewes: Messrs. Kellock's, 12 gs. and 12 gs.; Mr. Bourne, 8 gs. Mr. C. L. Coxon, 10 gs., 9 gs., and 8 gs.; Mr. Nunnerley, 10 gs. and 9 gs. Non-pedigree ewes up to 105s. I Mr. T. A. Biittar held his annual sale on 27th August, when 42 rams'averaged £ 19 10s. Best prices: 110 gs., Duke of Westminster; 55 gs., 30 gs., 22 gs., and 18 gs^, Mr. Niven, South America; 25 gs. and 15 gs., Senors Don V. Eastman, Ecuador; 45 gs., Mr. Grant, New. Zealand.; 36 gs., Mr. Mitchell, South Africa. Mr. Brown's sale took place at Wolgarstone on 29th August, with the following results: Raw, 54 gs., 41 gs., 23 gs., 22 gs., 20 gs., and 1999. ewes, 10 gs., 10 g.s., 8 gs. 7$gs. and 7 gs. The only dispersion sale was the Shra. ivardíne Castle flock, necessitated by the l<unefct«d death of Mr. J. A. Everall, a young, enthusiastic breeder, a victim of influenza. Prices ruled high, and splendid, averages were obtained, without 001 export buyers. Best pripes 50 gs., Mr. C. Cpxw i 37 gs., Mr. Rickards; 66 gs.. Mr. Wolley; 58 gs., Mr. Hamar; 30 gs., M. H. Davies; 25 s., Major Williams; 30 gs., Mr. Barber; 31 gs., Mr. Wolley. Shearling ewes: 21 gs., 22 gs., 16 gs. (two pén), 14 ga. each, Major Williams; 21 gs., 20 gs., 17 gs., Mr. John Minton; '22 gs., Mr. W. Everall; 14 gs., 12 gs., and 11 gs., Mr. Broughall. Two-shear ewes: 21 gs., Mr. W. Everall j 15 gs., Mr. John Minton. Stock ewes: 25 gs., Mr. W. Everall; 17 gs., Mr. John Minton; 11 gs., and 9 gs., Ma-jor HeywoodrLonsdale; 22 gs., 21 gs., and 10 gs., Major Williams. Rtoe lambs: 10 gs., 8 gs,, and 7 gs., Mr. W. Everall; 7!- gs., Utgs., and 6 gs., Mr. John Minton, Ram lambs: 25 gs., 13 gs., 12 gs., 11 gs., and 7 gs., Mr. John Minton; 14 gs., Mr. Bate. iOontinuod at botitom of naxt vahmx,
tCORN -PRICES.!.I
CORN PRICES. I ROYAL COMMISSION'S II PROPOSALS. The Royal Commission on Agricultural have I published majoirty and minority interim reports, j the former signed by 12 and the latter bv 11 mem- I bers. Mr. H. S. • Cautley, one of the signatories | to the majority report, makes important I reservatiOM.. j THE MAJORITY REPORT. I The main reeommendattpns of the majority report are as follows:- Minimum prices for wheat, barley, and oats grown in Great Britain to be guaranteed 1 y the State, Qn the principle laid down in Part 1. of the Corn Production Act. 1917, the pro- ducer being allowed an unrestricted market, but the State retaining the right to control prices in case of national emergency. Barley to be dealt with in the same manner as wheat under Section 1 of the Corn Production Act. The guarantees to be calculated from year to year on a sliding scale based on the average bare costs of cereal production of the preceding year, rent being disregarded for this purpose. The guarantees to be continued until Parlia- ment otherwise decidec,, subject to not less than four years' notice of withdrawal. The Boards of Agriculture or the County Com- mittees to be empowered to take effective action o. gainat any landowner or farmer who impedes or nog-Iecfa to carry out Orders for the better cultivation of the holding. Any pay;men to be dependent on the produc- tion of a certificate showing that the holding hai- been well cultivated, that adequate labour has been employed on it, and that a certain proportion was under cereals. THE GUARANTEES. Perhaps the most important details are those relating to the basis of guarantees for 1920, and as the regulations for the control of agriculture. On these the majority report says:—We recom- mend that, in fixing the guaranteed prices for the grain crops of 1920, .the Agricultural Cost- ings Committee should take the followir figures which, on our estimate, are somewhat below the average bare cost of production in 1918-19, as the datum line from which to proceed—68s, per quarter of 504 lbs. for wheat, 59s. per quarter of 448 lbs. for barley, and 46s, per quarter of 336 lbs. for oats. We have arrived at these figures after considering a large body of evidence as to the actual oo-sts obtaining in 1917-18, that bing the last year for which adequate data were available; we have then applied to our es- timate of the average bare costs of production in that year the increase which the evidence indi- cates as having accrued between the costs of production in 1917-18 and 1918-19, in this case dis- regarding any increase or diminution in rent. The guaranteed prices for each year should be published by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries not later than the end of the calendar, year, on the necessary information being sup- plied to them by the Agricultural • Costings Committee. By adopting such a method the State, whilst giving as much assurance to farmers as we think desirable, would free itself from the position of being committed now to pay any stated guarantees for a series of years without knowledge of what costs of production will be during that period. We are of opinion that all farmers should keep accounts of their farming operations sufficient to assiit, the Agricultural Cost- ings Committee in carrying out the responsible duty which would thus be imposed upon them, and that the recognised associations of farmers should do all in their power to help the Com- mittee in thmr tak. STATE CONTROL OF FARMING. vVe think it is desirable that the State should, possess the power of insuring that the objects for which guarantees are g'iven will be attained. We recommend, therefore, that coupled with a system of guarantees should go definite powers of oversight and control of farming operations. We are of opinion that, if found necessary, the powers under Part IV. of the Corn Production Act should be extended so as to enable the Boards of Agriculture or the county committees to take effective action in the Courts or other- wise against any landowner or farmer who im- pedes or neglects to carry out the orders issued ge d,,6 or t. caur TtivatioTi of the holding. by them for the better cultivation, of the holding. THE MINORITY REPORT. j I The minority disagree with the continuance of 1 the policy of guaranteed prices for cereals. They recommend (1) That farmers be informed that they shall be left fre;a to cultivate their land in such v. manner as they deem best, in accordance with the rules of good husbandry. (2) Thatthe Boards of Agriculture organize an efficient system of distribution of all available information relating to the progress and prospects of agriculture, with special reference to the course of world prices. (3) That, so long as pncea of cereals are con- trolled by the Government, the farmers b? paid at piçøsnot less than those at which the commodities controlled can be imported.
Protection of the House Tenants.!
Protection of the House Tenants.! TEXT OF LORDS' BILL. I The text is now published of the Bill introduced by the Lord Chancellor to amend the Increase of Kent and Mortgage Interest War Restrictions) Act, 191, and the Enactment Amending that Act in relation to orders for possession and ejectment. The Bill provides,that no order or judgmmt for the recovery of possession of a dwelling-house to which the above Acts apply, or for the ejectment of a ant shall be maut given so long as the tenant con- tinues to pay rent at the agreed rate as medd-fied by the principal Act or any of the Acts amending j the same thi other conditions of tenancy unless (a) The tenant has committed waste or has been ) guilty of conduct which is a nuisance or an annoy- j anoe to a?joming .or neighbouring occupiers, aid the court censors is reasonable to make such an order or give such judgm<-n-. or (b) The premises are reasonably reqntred by the landlord for the occupation of himself or some other person In his employ or !n the employ of some ten- ant for him. &nd the court, after considering all the j circumstances cf th? case, including wpeeially the j alternative accommodation, available for the tenant, j considers it reasonab a to make such an order or give such judgment. The court may on application by the tenant- rescind or vary an order or judgment previously given In Fuch maiftup-r as the court may think fit for the purpose of giving effect to this Bill. r.lhi Bill shall not apply to a dwelling-house let at & rekt which includies payment in respect of board. f attendance or use of lumi ture.
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f I The deaths occurred on Tuesday of Mr. John Roberts, the noted billiard player, and of Mr. Sydney Valentine, the well-known actor. £ 1 n m nn 9
Wrexham Housing Problem. I
Wrexham Housing Problem. I ARMY HUTS SUGGESTED AS THE DWELLINGS. Strong objection was taken at Thursday's meeting of the Wrexham Rural District Council to the pro- vision. of hutments fts a temporary expedient in the solut-icp of the housing problem, it being suggested by the opponents of the idea that the Ministry of Health, having found ordinary house building so ex. pensive, hoped to fob the people off with all iifti.'or and cheaper article. The council's engineer had submitted alternative plans for the conversion of Army hutments, the ac- commodation ict one case to consist of a living-room 1-it. by lift, (Sin. a bedroom 15ft. by 10ft., and two other tedrooms 12ft. by 10ft., t-ogather with scullery, pantry, and other convenience.s; and in the other case of a living-room SDft. by 15ft., with bedrooms, etc., similar to the first. The estimated cost of purchas- ing, conveying, erecting, and completing the huts reudy for occupation was about £ 400 each. Messrs. Win. Thomas and Sons Ltd., Wrexham, were pre- pared to contract for wood houses to the Housing Qapnmittee's specifications. j I TEMPORARY HOUSING. The Housing Committee recommended, by a small majority, that with a view to removing the existing difficulties in carrying out repairs to property whilst the latter is occupied, and in order to provide temporary accommodation for the tenants pending the completion of the necessary repairs to their exist- ing houses, a scheme for the erection of. ten huts be proceeded with,, the provision of such accommoda- tion to be regarded as a purely experimental meas- ure to meet the great necessity for repairs to houses which are unfit for habitation, and in no case to delay the preparation and carrying out of the coun- cil's scheme for the erection of permanent houses. Mr. Robert Williams, referring to serious over- crowding at Brymbo, said there were as many as eleven people living in a house which had only two rooms. Mr. Ð. J. Williams (Stansty), in vigorously opposing the erection of the huts, said during the war every- thing .was commandeered if it was thought necessary to win the war, but the principle was discardedi when it came to a question of building houses fit for heroes to live in. If they launched cut on a scheme of hut construction. his career on the Housing Committee would finish. Once wooden huts were up they would stay up. I HALF-WAY EXPEDIENT. Sir Watkin WYTAI, wi-io presided, indsted that this was in no sense of the word an attempt to shelve the great question of providing permanent houses) It was aii absolute parody to suggest that these hut- meiuts were to take the place of houses of bricks and mortar. The idea was utterly ridiculous. The hut- ments were purely a temporary expedient to enable people who at, present.lived in houses unfit for human habitation to move into them while their in- iaoitary homes were being made decent. Sir Watkin expressed the conviction that there would mot be a brick house ready for occupation inside twelve months. They required in East Denbighshire 1,700 houses; but in the opinion of the building trade, owing to the shortage of skilled labour, they were not going to get more than 200 houses a year for a considerable time. He. urged the Council to push this hutment scheme forwaid. Ten hutmeeits would. cost .4:4,000, and it would be worth every penny if in the preseus shocking 3tate of many houses the provision resulted in saving & single life. The man who voted against hutments was voting to stop the improvement of housing I -Air. R. A. Jones (Ruaboa) condemned the proposal as extravagant .and retrogressive. By a majority it was decided, on the motion of l,enwick, tf) provide five hutments instead of ten as all I HOUSING -,t The Chester [ld District Savings Bank had favour, ably considered the co.uncil's application for a loan for the purchase of the Rhostyllen site and to carry out the work in connection with the construction of streets and sewers for Rhos and Rhostyllen housing sellem-es and were prepared to advance the sum re- quired ( £ 7,000) at the rate of 5 per cent, per aiyiura for seven years, with an option of renewal. The terms were accepted, subject to the approval of the Ministry of Health HOSPITAL OVERCROWDING. Dr. Thomas Roberts, medicgl onlcer of health, had drawn the attention of the .t¡nt Fever Hospital Com- | mittee to the overcrowded state of the hospital, pointing out tha't in consequence 35 c&es had been mused admission. Many of these, cases, he said, occurred m two-roomed houses, and it was hopeless to expect effectual isolation. The result of home treatment had been that several members of the- same family had contracted -infection, and in one instance the mother and four children were down with scarlet fever, with no one in attendance. The committee's attention, Dr. Roberts reminded them, had been repeatedly drawn to the fact that the ac- commodation at the hospital was insufficient to meet thL, needs of so populous an area, and he sug- gested the purchase of a hut to provide immediate additional accommodation. The committee resolved to purchase a hut, and to authorise, the engagement of as many nurses as were ?thought necessary for the purpose of attending the cases of scarlet fever in those households which were affected by the present epidemic. i Mr. E. J. Williams expressed the opinion that the position at the hospital as to accordance wan serious, and he suggested a joint commitrttee to deal with the matter. The sanitary inspector for the district con- cerned said they had more cases than they could cope with- Typhoid fever has now broken out at Holt, and they could not find room for the cases. It was arranged to call a. special meeting at once to consider the whole question. COUNCIL WITHOUT GASH. The Clerk drew attention to the fact that the Council had no money at the bank, and said that un. less some came in soon they would be unabltJ to pay the roadmen's and other employees' wages. Mr. Arthur E. Evans, Chairman of the Finance Committee, was surprised at the infection, and said this state of things should have been brought to the notice of his committee. They had evidently been spending more than they should have done. A small 'e^mipittee was appointed"to cope with the situation at ouce. By a majority of 16 to 14 it was decided to invite the various banks in Wrexham to quote their best terms for conducting the Council's banking transac- tions, and with a view of re-opening the question of obtaining better terms than those now in force," it was resolved to give the, present bankers formal notiee to close the account at the end of three months. The present bankers had writtentoaericg a higher rate of interest on credit balances, but the majority preferred to wait until all the banks have had an opportunity of tendering.
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The Council of the National Farmers' Union, meeting at Bedfbrd Square, London, on Thursday, decided to recommend branches to introduce dairy co-operative societies in their districts t'ith a view of eliminating un- necessary profits between producer and con- sumer. It was decided to support the Butter Committee in steps towards obtaining the de-control" of butter, especially in view of the necessity for saving future dairy stocks as far as possible. The hope was also ex- pressed that, as the result of a deputation to the Board of Agriculture, if -butter was not de-controlled they would secure 4s. 6d. a pound. A resolution was passed that it is imperative that hop control be continued for at least five years, as only by such means can sufficient confidence be created to induce growers to reinstate the pre-war acreage.
Evasion of Oswestry Market…
Evasion of Oswestry Market Tolls. FARMER AND DEALER FINED. A case which -hows how Oswestry market tolls are evaded with a consequent loss of revenue to the rates was heard oy Mr. E. Bremer Smith, presiding, and Mr. R. E. Hughes, at Oswestry Boroughs Petty Sessions on Friday, when James Jones, farmer, Maesybwch, Llanrhaiadr, was summoned for selling outside Oswestry market on market day and William Walter Woodfine. grocer, Brynteg. Wrexham, was summoned for aiding and abetting. Defendants did n"; anpeaa1. The Town Cleri:, Mr. A. Walter Morrie. appeared to prosecute on behalf of Oswestry Town Council, and said the summonses were issued under the Markets and Fan's Act. Wood- fine met Jones as he came from the train agd purchased 28 i eggs from him. The eggs had not been taken into the market. When spoken to by the police they went into the market and. completed their purchase there. The Council had had numerous complaints from legitimate traders in the markets that eggs were being purchased outside the markets, and that it \88 not fair to them. The council also lost a con- siderable revenue by the evasion of the market toils. WHAT THE CONSTABLE SAW. P.C. Hovvellls stated that he was ill plain clothes near the Cambrian station when a train came in. Shortly afterwards he saw Jones come through the wicket and go up vOswald Road to- wards the market, carrying a basket. Woodfine stopped to speak to him. They both went into the station and he saw Woodtine take eggs off Jones and put them into egg boxes. He saw Woodfine make a payment to Jones, and at least a. 10s. note passed ill the transaction. They walked up Oswald road and witness went up to Jones and asked him why he had sold eggs to Woodfine in the street. He replied, "Because they are watching eggs in the market." Witneea to'l him that it was an offence and he should report him. He afterwards asked Woodfine why he had bought eggs in the street, and received the reply that he did not know he was doing I' Wl'ong. Witness asked him how the toll would, be paid and Woodnne said he did not know. He asked him if he had read the rules n The market, and he said he had not and he did not know it was an offence to buy out:?e the II market. After he had finished speaking to him, Woodfine said the eggs would g oback, and witness understood that the eggs were taken into the market and the toll paid. During that morning Woodiine had asked no end of people to sell produce on the streets. The Chairman said the Bench felt this thing had got to be stopped. They were quite satis- fied that Woodfine knew exactly what he was doing, and that to all appearances he had been in the habit of doing. Woodfine would be fined 40s. and costs. With regard to Jones he might not have had the same knowledge, but at the same time he was responsible for his actions, and as a warning to others he would be finea 20s. and costs.
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The Court are spending Christmas at San- dringham. The result of the arbitration on the wage. -of coaehmakers and painters employed by the Cambrian Railways Company has been pub- lished. The weekly wages of eoachmakers will be 36s., outside painters 34s.. and. inside painters 28s. plus a bonus of 33s. a week.. 1 The award is retrospective to May 7. The text, of the bill for the purpose of creating a Secretary for Wales provides that the salary attached to the office shall be £ 2.000 a 'vear, and that from the coming into I operation of the Act there shall be transferred I, to the Secretary, so far as such powers and duties relate to Wales, all powers and duties vested in or imposed on any of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State as Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Board of Education, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Board of Control, the Local Government Board, the Public Works Loans Board, the Registrar General, the Office of Works and Public Buildings, the Ministry of Health, and all or any of the powers and duties by Act of Parliament, law, or custom, vested in or imposed on any other Government department, Ministry, or authority, as his Majesty may from time to time by Order in Council direct.
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SHROPSHIRE SHEEP IN 1919.1
I Thus the 27 shearling rams averaged £ 26 lls. 3d.; 79 shearling ewes, £16 15s. 6d. 62 stock ewes, £13 2s. 66 ewe lambs, £ 6 17s. 2c1. 70 ram lambs, £ 6 4s. lOd. 322 head, £ 12 s. Reports of Shropshire sheep exhibits in the U.S.A. and Canada speak well for the future of the breed, and should encourage home breeders to put forth renewed efforts to main- ¡ tain the reputation of the Shropshire sheep as a mutton. s;,ud wool producer on economic USM.