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abourer, it is stated that ‘ 
show 
Ris "prre ЕЛ ^ urse, ke wr 
ng they are as well off as hay 
о 
^ mmary of the reports on Wales is given 
E sepia and will be found to contain a large 
mount of interesting materials, especially when 
on of conditions of. employm in 
кра паде. Th 
is 
T Baa the reports of 
on conditions a employ- 
ned 
8 
Ф 
5 
2, 
3 
g 
and condit 
throw шпаа, "sidelights on many aspects 
in England i Wales. 
ing many changes which have 
ut they also contai informa- 
: % festi of the ere e of the 
‘industry w endur a endure, 
ich hav 
for a +з бу ien of tim 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
themselves responsible jor 
ad by correspondents.) 
Horticulture. — Being another 
oman-gardener, I should like to add a few 
* A Possible ў е 
on his spade for periods varying from ten 
to three-quarters an hour, several 
in a day. Also to smoke a pipe e 
er, and never be missed at 
ppens if = ошар gardener is m taking a 
breathing of five min ? Does 
Dibious w Meals how the women eee roughed 
? The fearful 
sta the effort for at leas 
hat about sto ?—surel: 
for any woman. Y women hav 
turn а hours durin 
inter nights to stoke three, four, or even fi 
most cases; ВТ 
ез, апа ж по -ohano of “continuing the 
which of 
i xce 
are being ''sacked," 
way they have been such 
Parke 
G. Neve (see p. 146) мау i 
T word of tribute to the late Mr. G. Neve, 
an old friend and neighbour : eve was 
him 
IUE: and adjudicating st. 
T ета 
вы Ре be where 
iré de ies 
THE THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
reple ye of the  Readin 
Gardene хак d a prominent md 
B of “the Reading Flower Show Committee, 
Vietory Memorial. ey 
chee ios knowing were 
Gardiner hok cy h gave their life 
for their co 
——AÀt udi ы, ‚ате Pu pa for a 
irgend, rt ** Victo Memorial. (1) 
tablet in the hall of the Roy 
e men worked 
sia jotting the се; oe A nr of Rest 
for aged garde nable to 
three pee ph 
nah two appears to be one for individual 
gareni only, AR not ae for a national 
rial, as could ensure ae 
Genie ng carri rief. fom. d Е assisted m. 
years gone by hava made the supreme sac mice. 
and I shall be glad to give any assistance in my 
any scheme that is decided upo: 
al ggestions with any others that ma 
ma recommend the ad a oo x e 
most ‘suitable ора Out оѓ 
tural Benefit. and Provident 
00 lost their 
return is 
Divers, 
g 
their eS an ‘onder t PS b shield u mas Don dangers worse , 
than 
to eee 
V.M.HS, Westdean, Hook, nr. Surbiton. 
The Recent € kan 
x ү yerning ndent d “th 
by your. А pau po urin: > 
ete of: ‘February, I Шау — that the lo 
se iir A eR s winter dm o 
o gruss, facing N.E., was 
th refere: ne 
еп 
of о 
Ы Сал temperature I re registered duri 
in winter of 1917, was 12° Fahrenheit on shires 
T. Allen, Жакашов Nort orth- 
peii Middlesex 
d Mice and Voles (see p. 134).—It was 
Amazon that I learnt the use and 
een of. MUT ede dealing 
in 
with the Saiiba d h”) or “ umbrella 
e RT “the most rapidly 
a ia i novis The 
and I saw 
weeks, and then only a ber Some 12 
Se nre cae d yards ; 
tions. I ed often 
eir depreda: 
bought that inder of compressed coal gas 
2 dhi suitable evita э Nee 
could use 
room this is i 
iangerous in the open air in 
agape iid DNE А is no risk. 
has t 
tube, to 
but | 
Le 
s eagerly ths а and I think directly eaten. 
169 
arsenic ox om (г. 
‚ white — and wa 
are put in the battle, 224 d of the “rubber 
tube is intr а and earthed 
up around a » cs of a е run “(which 
are 
belie by the 
invert a salt Fl а the pem el 
thoroughfare is P impeded; the pot is earthed 
pte an e tube inserted — = 
nd clayed in, ms the gas 
le 
so ‘that 
gas goes in 
holes, and if the жылры h: e Dent well dn 
igned by the mice, any tha e therein are 
rta ain bed n the last mole I Ба dn the de 
igns of activity after one gassing. e- 
torrente E as Dippel's oil are of limited use, 
as main object for success. 
yh f Me. нй: gases employed in the war 
xv b seful. Two neigh recently 
bour 
ted to me that young Apple ites heeled in 
aes had the bark and small rocts eaten off, and 
x iu T crowns hollowed ou "id the latter by 
of what species they are) 
ago, 
tervehed w к» а hy at T "the Е 
апа hada 
hoard 
rious hoards I have met with 
M 
к yin aize wee ripened for seed 
а ri in my fruit-room. To my horror one day 
found M mice had been € = кыр 
d 
i This 
winter there was ada Buckwheat lying loose 
and a piece of sacking on the staging above: 
nearly all the Кесу at h 
ported within a Joe Mei m paces Lastly. 
word as to “natural ies чаб аге pow 
cats around and. plen M üt o owls about 
ing 2 neither- m — ent 
the m hich con 
Dur Baim. 
een trans- 
Hours and Wages.—Mr. Chivers’ 
that because a boy joins the Army at 
entitled to all the privileges 
1 wages, is utterly be- 
side the мб: “The two things have no connec- 
tion whatever. The fact that thousands of boys 
Gardini 
pea ae amar. ause re- 
ferred to is уб оп M r y and is result- 
ing in injury to n commerce, 
hir ica 'must depend abba: put Mr. Chivers 
to share the all common delusion 
that d they fall Ike Qe p ven, 
whether earned or and are not subject to 
economic laws. It does not n much 
employment will soon ce 
ade: present conditions boys 18 cannot, 
excepting! in earn 's wages, so 
that we are fac oe spect of 
without boys, or, as an alternative, the Govern- 
t must act consistently, and Жы; ssi 
n ry and all other land : 
ture," treat the employers as thoy have done А 
the farmers, d, by main 
supply the айз ate pay an artificial rate of 
remuneration to the workers. Of course i 
the public 
кече ое рт rune 
n this . 
