uty 12, 1919.] 
imber, wnom he regretted was not present, had 
qt ears’ service. 8 ME. be i 
for co- ‘operation between emplo 
e time of reconstruction with 
AY 
ca! at the present time. 
Г was made кА, train, a: E 
iddington was reached at 9.50 after 
pst enjoyable day 
Messrs. Allwood тны 
ward 
Hayw ard’ 8 Hon 
d 
, Di for their dis- 
y Fat the, tinet meeting o ai he adire dy Sweet 
é E was a lar Society's 
zhest a 
men interested in 
тзегу int the ex rade 
Set dint tho ebria "à 
general importation a rin 
ic 
о pe ped gu ates A JA r tou Pee n 
y Gover Bulbs, 
s "Init t Ras sis limited. quantity 
irleties of sery s and necessary 
g nurser ks are, however, allo 
tio 
us diseas: en proposing to 
dort plants shówd пет the Жуз p d 
Agriculture and Е TEM 72, Victoria Street, 
у wi in order that a angements may be made 
the inspection of "the nurseries during 
nmer months. 
the 
firm of Messrs. Learmont, Hunter and 
Ltd., Dumfries and Maxwelltown, te 
П receive a substantial озн 
f the business. schem 
d at а social meeting of the employees, 
y Sm ri T: u уе 
f the pc expl an 
John 
Mr. Ken 
of the departmental 1 “heads, 
se eir appreciation of the 
lich i s of a highly fa К, кыш do ye 
4 poses, and has now come operatio: 
AND STOCK ON THE HOME 
FARM. 
ILK. 
long continued dry weather is having a 
Phe eifect upon the quality of milk, owing 
"he shortage of desirable ga especially 
E ma ollowi hay crop 
which has not f P. e y 
г ounties since the middle of P AD 
ot а desirable nature cannct ely 
dem proving how dis d oid this class ot 
n be affected by adverse weather con 
improve the qualit of the milk recourse 
be had to artificial 
1 foods. handful of 
to improv cake will assist the animals and 
d im uror e thea uality of the mik. ago 
cut each 9. will ee assist, and so will 
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Rape if чеш pue LA ene 
bages, where 
d 
and Mangold fed to the cows until a "etr 
res бы "y grass is available. On dry hill farms 
n 
pras sc e more pronounced th n in 
w-lying ai { пау given 
at ilg poe зато istance in 
to the 
wid Pens d to the milk, but I am of the 
site opinio 
TRIFOLIUM. 
Trifolium incarnatum and Т. i ba, a 
green food for horses, sheep, cows and pigs 
luable during May, e, and July. 
Horses especi like this food, as it helps to 
t ndition; it a v 
hay and corn. e common method of culture 
= to sow 16 lbs. to 20 lbs. of seed per acre on 
any clean stubbie, rue harvest, arrowin 
or cultivating in sufficient fine soil to 
bury the seed баб. and саана ы, a 
do own firmly. Where the land 
i 
g 
tain a firm seed bed will incorporate 
requir 
the manure. with the soil, and not so deepl 
washed out of the eae reach 
of the roots by. rains A firm seed bed is 
сезиш to success, isa — -pulverised 
t 
harrowing and r olling en 
soil is ood có. A Ајо time to sow 
the ыд! S алир the firet two weeks i in August. 
Onions are now included in many farm crops, 
as they are —À én well managed and 
e se is suita n the whole, in spite 
of dr 
glasi а nd ‘planting them out, 
umen yie d. but scarcity of lal pro- 
hibits this method. The Tripoli varieties, sown 
A d allowed to remain thickly in 
s, find a ready sale in the spring. € са: 
па ied ring of the r 
does much to aid the Qe 
favo early ripening E 
naturally "exihaiticon their Keeping арыз 
t few years m ka been in 
D 
Анн, fetching a same pri eat. The 
"straw, too, is especially valuable te лш thatch- 
ing of buildings. Rye will s — on poor light 
soil uch better than Whe ats. 
summer ia llow to clean: the h 
with 
cereal. 
tember; t sta 
про; тең frost comes, as ; times 
loosens the ts uces tillering, which 
бА smaller yield n Rye is valuabl 
E 
e a good breadth of 
Rye E. Molyneux, Bishops 
W Atha: m. 
of the Agricultural Wages Board 
80, Pall Mall, London, S.W.1, on 
h inst., Sir Ailwyn Fellowes pre- 
The’ e Chairman announced that Mr. F. Popple- 
sel has been cn recalled by the М of ager 
by whom his services had been ^ and 
Lord = had {риме Mr. W. 
A eting 
was held at 
Friday, the 4th 
si idin 
Mo. 
Blundell as Secretary to the Agricultural Wages 
Board. 
After considering the objections lodged to their 
proposala of the M Shaa o fix special rates of 
wages for the corn pp areas, and 
the reports on the pr sie e by the District 
п 
for following areas : heshire, 
Derby, Dorset, Devonshire, G ter, Hereford, 
Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, xon, Somerset, 
Su 
ffolk, Somer: Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Anglesey 
d C bigh and Flint. Alth 
Hunt 
“See RET, i 
special 
s for Huntingdonshire and Bed- 
1 
ment f 
The 
imum and 
emale workers of 18 years ix 
eports fro 
and over, together with the r I 
the District Wages Jonimittees, on the pro Pines 
f£ 
on nthe inh J BU toi th 
with the 
ot which cy us 
wil 
with overtime nit of "75d. per hour A Ee 
days and 9d. Sundays; in de and 
Cum 
berland xd je orland the mum rate 
will be hour, with не ‘at 9d. an 
hour on week-days and 1034. on ан 
On a report pelna by Sir 
the Committee on “ Leni eq ES emn to 
recommendations from Dist Com- 
mittees on the subject of Mod vovit the 
values allowed for board and lodging part 
С ng ncreas 
value for full board and lodging for 
workers of 17 years of age and S er in al 
in which it sent less than 155. a we 
отара and in all such items fo 
be! 
of 
taffordshire, Surrey, 
Mons ue. and Pembroke, 
eaten District Wages Committees, certai 
ses in the тайкы “of board and lodging for 
male workers Anoma be a ved. 
to give > notice of proposal 
mum fixed for 
ete., 
the p обави can be са a mo 
Sees the date on which the Noties ot Proposal 
is published. 
