170 
but there is no other reasonable way out of the 
diicity, unless wee acknowledge that a 263 
A as been and repair it. Chas 
гуед 
anomalies and difficulties 
cluster around , the 
d бүйлө рау 
expressed 
doe: 
calling 
three 
on a farm? som 
of us hav to er. e argument low ap 7 of other workers by 
Я holds good again when dealing with overtime combin ing and ith on fair terms. Farm- 
and Sunday work. Of what use is ib; to-day, workers are advancing. They now agitating, 
pe ne engaged in: en—from through, ‘ei Үйлөн. for a minimum wage of 
the boy upwards—to work gratis on Sunday and 505. ү чал hours дау. It has de- 
eres: in the evening (as some of us older folks had ied rm t gardeners occupied in the eultiv ation 
to do), when the employer has to pay of useful crops, such as PUR d nd vegetables, 
15 BES on th у, r A b passing of the are entitled to the terms ien y Govern 
ae i ticed gardeners farm-work ‚ Generally they are 
23 Lr сы ering 58. for r Sunday deb; yan yet farm wor bes rth more, and it is be ho that their 
y y i at 10d. to 114, per will not be Sveno ii by the Chambe 
A Кош, img e ager rate. From the Sf Horticulture, otherwise may be trouble 
г according th +t Jooks if gardening, The great need now is a аа of "е аа to 
e the f n the downward act independently of societies and employers, for 
p grade. Happily, however, there are a few pl the purpose of creating for the workers in th 
"i where ак. е. our receives just гесотре! great field of horticulture a status among the 
Lal I have in mind now, one paying 9s. + important industries of this country. W.: 
: ior Sunday dui, the other 6s.—these sum 
being halved for half-day work Some e — ө interest. the corresponde: 
authoritative voice as the Royal Horticultural 11 on the ¢ pM bs asi Bind 
Scciety is led to plead for and give Брату he Te pl from Chivers, with «| 
to the just claim workers in private Whom I cordially vo n most “pointa, T must, 
| кк for a more liberal mx cene Ti however, take st to statement 
Se their А It may be asserted, surely, in your last issue “that gardeners should join 
that no art or profession has more enriched our other unions than mers’ Union. Mr. 
land tha ening. None has a more hg vers is appar dur not aware of the progress 
tive and uplifting influence. Should € those of the Aa igre йын Lien" since the 
engaged in it it be better compensated, from th conclusio: , and of what has been 
humblest to the pee Turner, Ampthill done in. Mas esa pe im wae e 
Park Gari a uei ў т ws E hivers will iet me 
ave nis ; s A isec i 
à — Mr. Elwes ANUS p. 144) puts the case for some тоат eder Wi: кыды 
i deploye ot fdeners, who, like other em- the suggestions of Mr. J. Elwes that the 
i ployers, pay more than they are forced to. r i a luxury, I ght that myth pes 
E Д | I been exploded years ago. A gentleman of m; 
a My appeal was to gardeners to com! Т acquaintance at Croydon who formen hela 
| 1 the purpose ing reaso: asonable corditions of this opinion until les gatdener al 
rA. d eT Without combination, erment Army, has now changed his mind, A. apices 
impossibl If one of results of the to the fact that his greengroci s agcount com: 
is 
war will be. the аб of the skill of ы 
_. trained gardener m. ira cultivation of гия 
oA NE bero of so many thi ЗЕН 
; ME Elwes anes, we should be just as 
TA witout t the country will benefit. owas ers 
and parks m 
use бы о fe no; dou cue а 
am Glasgow, and sees M M as s dns formerly 
Birmingham and Limeh 
and i 
е 
ES 
Be 
: 
Ў 
Б: 
ТНЕ GARDENERS’ 
| Production . 
an ейте point of v 
rs how the 
З plant э for 
e with these enclosures in the way of produc 
. As to the expense, rent, rather чаа the 
сд of labour, is likely t be the se E 
idis judging y dema 
ired. beni land pene not to 
il such, places have been 
pue and put under аа: Whilst it 
o be deplored, that gardening has 
the gardeners’ 
ngs EN = real use. 
in price. e labour cule, in 
my opinio de oc Land in this 
шту e Mss s left idle; Mts should 
t bo used in vain. If, as Mr. Lloyd Geo 
eorge 
has. stated, "the vital needs e the pha ry are 
cultivators, be they ad 
argument that ga 
offered and be satisfied. “They should hasten 
t 5 every week. lere no vege 
tables are produced ithe neket value of th 
jousé termined very largely,by the ameni- 
ties which surround it. ast, but not least, 
even if one admits that a gardener i is a luxury, 
that жө. EV justify emplo: er in 
sweated w: I know of m Ме » end an 
Ee the певицу prob, 
e than 2s. since July А 9 
ee this notwithstanding thak pid 
Board of Trade official fi; р 
. Pearson 
inae ege i $ 
s Hiit 
ard young people has bem used for the 
bills, one will 
CHRONICLE. 
Wü wage realise + ; 
; ‘this: ' clause. Cyril ‘Harding, 
бай геу British г terol Associa- 
Wels DE 
[APRI 5, 1919, 
CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME 
FARM. E 
re a pn be E 
ca ота 
Nd s are наа for PETE ng h а cb 
m» "nal food and especi ДЕУ yo) 
тв A^ as acre is 
ret Fig good ca анэ а 1 "Ib. of 
will le Т plants for six acres provi 
h a ae carefully put à 
the soil deeply dug and well 
tilth is necessary to ensure even 
Previ sowing the seed, scatter superph 
pha eely ov ound to give th 
lings a fillip in their early gro Sow the 
part 
and eeps down When 
large rs to отту ‘they heal ‘be ay oat 
is ake to defer {елар ШШЕ 
they become leggy, as large 
in trans senis, ET e 
y start into 
reci with 
Tue WHEAT PROSPECT. 
Where this cereal was sown in 
erabling the seedlings to get a good start, | 
plan Pie Otay pes thic! 
t has a promising 
reen in colour, wi 
tillering.» The month of November s 
dry in South Hants, but 34 дев of гы i 
which enabled the early sown wheats to n 
goo Фе „propra 
t sown. later had much worse weather 
with, as but ten dry days нич 
in December. чу was even 
ыен eleven dry days were Kage абу 
as much as 6.46 id. ‘of rain fell during t 
month, which was detrimental to the gro 
та 
e 
think its is {со ote to to apply ym fortia 
M superphosp 
wheat fertiliser or p 
Sab eani sown at the ced 4 evi 
э 
ie dies ewt. of the 
Jes MANGO! f 
Апо season has proved the value of 
‘golds as food for cows, and esp 
sheep, when the crops of turnips 
were but win ek i ther sage 
Ma mie give the heaviest yle 
on pene farm. With ordinary goad 
