THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
23 
Jaxvanx 11, 1919.] 
Soci Е" TIES. 
ке | HORTICULTURAL, 
Sec as held in in xd 
Si was hd t the rei time amounted 
€ over £ 
Councillor "Johnson proposed that a show 
exe Б n ld at Handsworth Park on July 18 
: He said the Society was a Bir- 
e 
n , and if the exhibition were held 
elsewhere there would be great difficul t- 
ting terial together for i T E^ 
сеи that after the suspens: per: 
again i 
1 ure, the show would be так, at different parks 
dp + Tm city, but it would certainly be wise 
E to ee in 
axe hale seconded the resolution, 
ried unanimously. 
E H. Brace i on. reas 
. Webster general scteckiry: 
Quick x Haar 
ABDE subject: to piant 
E a fen 
1 Жеш cattle i is the common Н. 
E allow of rapid and free root action. 
nching prevents stagnation, ar ap conserves 
Moisture in the soil during a er 
a> 
he 
th, even for a hed IL t 
e hedge need d not е T if ЗЕ 
т wet, 
багу оп 
2 feet high оша E ене 
off surplus т from 
opinion 
g Quicks in a single, 
ouble т row. I ир a single 
z boranse-I 
y on si 
in 4 inches of be se un to 
Serene Sarge S 
5 e " inch m mulch o Y 
e oot wide on eac 
of the plants dung April will -arrest 
n moisture from the soil and 
^ ашал nt as the manure decays. The 
foot wide p^ Minh on each side of the 
d be kept clear of weeds 
en tien mulched, stir t e soil occasio: 
que Ps growths a: iet t high, nip of 
= у time урат the following winter 
should 2 cut back to within 9 
wan extension of 1 foot 
The Sides of “the: hedge 
А Established hedge 
| CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME FARM. 
should be clipped li eril during the summer 
ould be cut € ast twice 
yearly to improve i аррейгансо апа induc 
Marly à owth. 
MANAGEMENT. 
The successful management of an estate of 
00 acres is no easy m ае. even 
oi is no oy ce = 
for guidance, as as local circumstances in variou 
mdp largely govern ‘the me proce- 
Even in simple things this diversity is 
apparent for example, White Oats are in poor 
demand "while black pigs are prime favourites 
boo! а wee! 
agricultural and "оса jou 
1 
to disseminate usefu epe ation all con 
oin whether bey aré exper envy or other- 
wise, but I feel we sho obtain more arse 
ion from soientisís concerning the саб ses of 
disease and insect attacks, and how to provide 
ffectiv res. 
I have long searched in plai 
simple, and efective — of Pook keeping for 
method of my Sate which ЧЕК 
req en a rough a y 
allude mainly to the daily sales and the deposit 
use of cash, recorded i quickly ge 
at-able manner. Bri РВ t is this: All sales are 
be weekly copie 
under their Sands headings, Wheat, 
d Wood of various kinds. 
way "the eae are easily ресей їог me 
annual balance-sheet. All cash i tered in 
w e bank or 
in petty с A daily y ept of all 
labour ; from a cultural point of view this proves 
instructive, as it shows the of mt and 
e 
i i 
were certain crops, apart fro 
tunity of checking the cost е a e тор. 
over 200 registered n a te for butter alon 
I find these accounts are simplified by being 
кеш. distinct from: those of other parts of the 
е southern pera many of the woods, 
rig in wide belts be 
of iudi “rows”? Would 
grub them up abit ente the land, but to the 
sheep farmer they are valuable, as they rovide 
material for Коре while they urnish spars 
for thatching and many other «ius of work on 
P 
th 
At one time coppicing was carried out on 
large scale in country districts. Thirty Gears 
о much of this wood—Hazel, Ash, Maple эд 
ca 1а emplayod for r hoops f pe su 
rative 
New methods o porting reg in i bags dapes 
E the i nit Ye — coppicing 
sank to a quite rude indust E Coppicers 
then od their attention to other Dr of 
thi 
Alder—was 
and flour 
to be found the indus 
making. well vates. is ouite an intere 
ing phase esta I find ther 
is a brisk demand Е many articles made fro 
underwood. 
On the Swanmore estate —— are at least 
200 acres of woods, mainly of Oaks. The 
of a mixed 
grow 
useful] for some purpose ; even 
broom M. gis — woods are arranged 
in bread ths ny аы so ош each 
come in rotation for eae © very nine or ten 
according to the growth of the. various 
ars ago the 
o per a , for a ten years 
growth, was but a Te . I decided to 
e p matter in hand as estate work, and 
r to June six men are 
lady pat = в many as 
dozen wattled сөр hurdles are made annually, 
10,000 faggote or bunts for firewood and for 
bakeries in the district, Pea stakes in large 
pese, rails for retin ‚ and now that coal 
is scarce much of the rougher wood is used f 
ооа, a quantity being quickly cut into a 
suitable si h a ircular oom 
making, e Birch grows freely, as it does 
re, 18 ОНЫ! “occupation, and a hr d 
oodman "quickly Tea On the ole, 
the coppici 
ng p 1s very 
interesting, and сер remunerative at the 
pr 8 hat a ec 
reared. Wattle h T 
pe the реу 
other dist 
TI жоне 
Ash ardiei so adio used 
landowners and 
TRADE NOTES. 
for Perth and Kin- 
vision, is a leading Scottish Potato 
wey ell known in circles connected 
e. 
E 
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J. GARDINER, M.P. 
div 
grower, 
with the 
Lieut. Ковт. W- m cis eA has resi os 
tion as Officer in 
the Mond етта Сот with а 
to of a special horticultural sec- 
tion of the bu usiness. Readers will remember 
that this company. s output of „еу оѓ соррег 
was at опе time commandeered for use іп con- 
nection with the Food Production ui iride 
P spraying eX ign 
osi- 
Mr. H. Cur RC EUN z the рона 
то Federation. “informs us 
КҮ, _of numerous en 
е Ба importation, of Glad co A trom 
rote the 
received ihe queri 
Sin,—In reply to 
case. о countries biis im importation is pr 
hibited, and that no сз иен being gran ы 
in respect thereto. 
regret, orm, d that the answer is in the 
negative in each case.—Yours fa ithfully, 
BINSON 
Deputy Controller. 
Obituary. 
Mr. George Gordon.—We regret to : record the 
death, at his = -: agi m Street, Hawick, 
on December George Gordon, who 
was formerly gardener at Teviotbank, but re- 
tired some tim 
‚ William ir Bennett, —The late Mr. Wil- 
for many years gardener at Menabilly, the resi- 
dence w the late Jonathan Rashleigh, Esq. 
Ben was formerly employed at the Royal 
of 
Gardens, Kew, and always spoke 
famous gardens with gre е 
his gardenership аһ Menabilly, which las 
over many years, he еп the  com- 
lete confidence mployer, and 
was held in the highest esteem. by Ыз 
fellow gardeners in the county of Corn- 
wall and elsewhere He had a wi S 
edge of sub-tropical and hardy plants; indeed, 
memory of th е owner is as 
his care in the ay at: their оа 
Those of us who knew him persona'ly feel that 
