SEPTEMBER 6, 1919.] 
or ey or DUUM from publishing their 
І findings and decisio 
Pro ION OF WITNESSE ES. 
Any investigation under the Act for the 
purposes of the pes reiting to “libel a slander, 
to be deemed in the nature:of s before 
a Court exercising judicial ‘authority. 
3 
ATION. 
The Act ue in force for six months 
33 no loger, Sube ане otherwise deter- 
1 Н. Morgan Veitch. 
р Board of Agriculture has arranged with 
е Coal үл а to assist coal mer- 
extra supplies of 
agriculture upon 
eir шешш» Бо made known, and 
ers of steam coal for this 
to make early 
are facia 
ly application to their coal 
any steam coal that they will 
he same system of rationing 
d procedure for DE such coal as has 
will be con- 
dem ал йш and winter. 
erstand that the firm of Messrs 
s 
establishment at Ussy will be managed x M. 
rbert L 
eans b 
y wl 
ro and the establishment at 
M. Ernest Levavas: 
Obituary. 
мз. Charles S. SHgen t.—It is with very 
the death of Mrs. 
the Arnold Arboret Boston, U.S.A. 
Sargent shar her Wn love of 
: and accompanied him various 
А _ of North America for E purpose st 
tudying the вар flowers and fruits 
native trees. She a painter j^. Каан 
ity pe about 400 
ter-colour drawings, which form an exhibit 
the Museum of Natural History, New York 
intings represent M ag work 
1890, and they ar great 
Mrs duc oe Кеи Miss 
was married on November 28 
e then she and her hus пана 
Im Lea, Jamaica Plain ich 
E one of the most delightful and e 
n estates in Ameri 
—3. J. Foster. .—We received intimation 
of the "ihe асай о of ит ds ai "Foster, of the Anmer 
urseries, St, d Edgware, which 
ed оп Sunday, August 17, 1919, af 
illness. The late Mr. Foster took 
Mr. Fos 
tuned pe кыт Ба us that the ons 
S of Bos Anmer Nurseries will be carried on 
as "usu 
E essey Machin.—Rosarians all 
ги еа ted Kingdom will learn with desp regret 
; e sudden death of Mr. H. V. Machin, of 
interest in this 
The smallh 
. for the val 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
135 
CROPS AND STOCK ON THE KOME 
FARM 
ARRANGING FOR FUTURE CR 
IRECTLY harvest is finished, us еса 
farmer onm Tg eparations for the next season 
а He will have а for the а: 
crops some tine ago, leaving certain fields to be 
filled in as emergency o E ond rops. 
ne of the best of preparations, 
too late to sow Musta: т а 
т at 
. per acre do surprising dos 
2st the plant denis, even With the aid of dew 
бшу ummer fallow, with a dressing of daca 
rd manure at the rate of 10 per 
acre, cannot be en as a preparation for 
од 
high quality Wheat. Where neither Mustard 
le, 
Second crop Broad Clover, if = oed d A sheep, 
is held by most farmers to be none 
as à preparation f Whea fade ehe à second 
growth is or nis or seed the land 
pae ai 
Potatos and Mano] s to be recommended as 
the manure dep fer those crops is available 
for the Wheat p. also. 
older S desires his plot of lie 
ue of the straw, or or 
poultry, may sow cow "reed pes бом; ‘Peat 
Beans, Potatos or I would 
npo m salvatore ds ualere: to 
be d from early sowing. 
The last de E September and the first half 
of Vercors are мыш peri ha in which to sow 
pla t 
Ear ay do ensures a te root 
frost comes, К, ест phere, an increased yie 
eld 
and an early 
ats are generally. considered to be second in 
impo amo eals. The corn is useful 
eg to receive 
v seod. КЄ gE 
conditio 
which élus. та 
the case of a late decision a poss up à d 
ut p ait Sainfoin or the breaking up of 
grass, Oat ve every chance of 
a Turn s fed off by sheep in February 
еш акн а suitable dressing for an Oat 
sown Pape 
wley succeeds after Wh eat, on ager soil, 
y P 
- e cr 
districts, ж енче where sheep are close 
m Turnips or ds. pecus the early 
e . Fields that have been 
heavily manure are not — = 
Barley, as the resulting strong growth 
ppc to be “ laid.” 
especially I have a high 
opinion of vidi med it X ots for = тш 
x pigs and poul e I al 
y acreage or ri son Валы giving 
5 q acre ша selling at 70s. per qr. is not 
ptg The point that 
do this os at ice Е ses selection of 
Mem sites and the clean f the ground 
bis, w and March. 
Peas are a 
popu olar 
and 
me 
ral manuring 
in the pores gfe Raus ge LI 
cularly where the soil is hea 
Turnips, Swedes, Саһ isd Wen, 
Vetches may 
r eon 
en 
o y is ample for an 
Moly weis Said Far 
ANTEED CORN 
үе t for 
е 
T па, рег 
ty 
ж? һе 
айсын 
e the ie to pa кееш а il se buy at 
718. 114. per quarter or any other 
far as can at present "he foreseen it is iss 
hia that 
for Barley, Oats and Rye of the 1919 idt 
will exceed the e Govern. 
ment, but if t verage price of an of rie 
crops Md prove to be lower than 
i ill be given to 
This involves 
mi any differences between 
averages prices ” ger the above guaranteed 
s For the purpose of this calculation tne follow 
ing yields per acre are gs :—Wheat, a qrs. 
Barley, 4 Ses bi 5 qrs-, Rye, 34 
i NAA t of the "whole adige 
payment is mad 
f Wheat, рен ths of the acreage of Barley 
and two-thirds of the acreage of Oa nly the 
acre hich is grain may 
r each acre of corn иш Баны 
Four times the difference b е Rd 
and the guaranteed price. Barley: Four 
times  four-fift f the > sa че» between 
the average the teed price. 
Oats: Five cules. two-thirds FE the dices 
between the average and the La eed 
R lium and Spr times the diff 
nish the amount of those payments to 
such organ as the Board think p proper to meet 
the circumstances of the case 
Ligurip MANURE. 
а pei of Abpea has ssued 
new n° “Liquid oi Whish 
čan be ol AEREA бе of charge free 
on application to the Board ч, етте 
3, fes ames's Square, London, S 
Epio inting out the value of dem manare, 
