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FEBRUARY 8, 1919. ] FRE GA RDENERS’ 
and also that enh ere who pos done one 
year's military serv ed only have had three 
years! experience x dis r = Quee the 
same section. 
Revival of the Yorkshire ees The ki ind 
Yorkshire Floral Féte and Gala will be he'd this 
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period of the war, the last exhibition having 
been held in 1914. We congratulate the com- 
mittee on its decision to resume nae so 
promptly, and trust that the same sple ndid 
success will attend its efforts this year as in the 
past. 
Fruit Grow wing.—Abo ut 10 acres of land at 
the Holbeach Crown Colony are to be laid out 
as a demonstration fruit plot. Demonstrations 
i ing of frui e n 
he Kes 
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Army Stable Man esa n arrangement was 
made last year between the Food Production 
of 
made 
number of  agriculturists, chiefly small- 
holders, big ave e unable to get suf- 
ficient manure for their land. 
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Purposes is repor mple, and the 
necessity for control а ibe баа arise. 
ard 
rowth of a 
_ certain qua ntity of в sea “ot immune varieties of 
| Potatos 2 Scottish growers. The crops were care- 
fully rogued " under the supervision of the 
a 's inspectors, and speci lly selected 
They are being sold through agents in different 
pai d and ales, and limit 
moun eed remains on offer. The varieties 
pes All Lochar, err’s Pink, 
1 Een Majestic, and Tinwa'd Pe tion 
лз *wers of Potatos in infected areas 
ot yet secured their seed are 8 
to mal 'y quiries from the се 
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a, etary, Board of Agriculture, 72, Victor 
- Street, ae S.W. 1. 
for the Clerk of the Gardeners 
—Mr. E. A. Essie EWHITE, clerk of the 
by 
King E the Hesiod 
«а of Pritzel. —The Rev. W. 
e yal Horticultural Society, 
› the Spe of the He rbarium 
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Fic. 26.—INTERIOR OF DWELLING-ROOM IN А COTTAGE MADE FROM ARMY STANDARD HUTTING. 
(See p. 66.) 
65, 
ee them all without-a struggle, for he installed 
rdina wy stoves in the houses with a view to 
them, and it is is hoped that as soon as the trans 
port problem is easier plenty Е ven will be ob 
tainable once more. The timber muse has 
so suffere d 
unfortunately cover = with copper. This the 
mw. on te the exhibits, Rowers er, m 
7 the 
hon. cuan ary to ron at the Зарана ‘Ons 
on Febru TE M 
The Ve d of Potato Pits. T ene ee 
losses have occurred this season in the pits 
Potatos in various parts of the country. ' 
d of Agriculture advise growers to examine 
their pits at once. Where these are heated the 
owner should either turn, dress, a lamp 
d seed separately or adopt a system of 
Geena (1) by making Séatilation holes about 
M "x e bottom and on both sides 
of t At the same time the whole ridge 
of ue should be uncovered. The bottom of 
the жаана ue should be sloped so that 
rain runs away , and not into the pit. 
E should n di for moisture to drain 
by digging trenches ar ; 
nd 
veloped i in the pits will be replaced by fresh air 
