Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1918

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VALVATIO

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modern developments in stock. rearing and land cultivation.
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1he Agricultural World.

-champIOns the dghts of the Farmer.
-tells IOU how
!Farm Pay.

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SATURDAY,

If yoe MW "'l' dl!flctt(f)) In getfln# No. 1 Df ;, PARIIING
NBWS," oat 011 s.t~!", Mal' 3rd, p;1a H4L, -.d a lIf',tard 10 tfle Prr6lUMI', '8 lklU'kHa SII'uJ, Lwfoll, Woe 2,
and ,. ~f/( fOI"GlArtI l1f)tI A CoPY "'" tJ( dwye.

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REVIV.u AFrEI THE WAI.

llaideohea.d (FlUIoourt·.

Ga~ qp~te

,WiDUor (the White Ha.rt
aptn free to mem.
their carc4 of memberelUJ
al'll~ement with lir. C. H.
. ritor\ a.nd hil
- aefenre iI don'I-'
~~:!;t~~n en-. 01 lJOli ll8 Pnlll!8CUtl,p
III
with anT .U!!,IlIU!,".
A.c1a and
)li4cl!el.i.ll. •.'tn Co .• of 81.
qreed to
tbe

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Mr. ViD08Ilt «irina' them a lIP8Cial 00' oeII8ion
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to war conditiolJe.l.. ,....- £7 13&.. in.tead of the neual £2Q. 'L'~'\1rpllLl on the
fear'S working WI\!! , £5
• 6d. Tlte net
fuode in the ~on of
club at the
end of lOlR "'''I'e £443 118. lOd. Their inn.~
ment. were £200 in I) P(\!' cent. Wu Lo&n
Btookand£300GWlr(\.JItee<i 2i per 08nt. Irish
L.'lnd 'I:ook. The luitH would ~lIce rather
le.. than .they stOOd at in the books a.t tho
present tim. bJ' son I'thillg in the "ieinity
at £60. He moved tlla.t the aoeounta be
adopted.
CapWn WMing IMlOOnded, and thi. was
«reed to.
. Qi.ptain O. J. llewellyn was then elected
t3 the oommi.ttee, on the propcljaition of the
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p~ted

the bqet for
w.. dependent to a
.. to} how 'man;r memo
the reoruitiD«. He

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e' again '. p~ live of intioUI and epideaic diseaae
the home.

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The 0II1y nominetiGil received for Ule noanc, in tLe EMt Ward, Reading, oall8lld by
the el~OD of Kajor G. S. Aoram to the

Alcierm&nio BeMh, 11'&1 tha~ of Mr. A.rthllr
Rowe" J .P., of 1, Rad.tock Road. ~.
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~ "oeter and ~rtord were appoiDted

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Mr. MardOo repon,d ~ thAt .
iii ft- Wedneeda, he had reoeind, ~ hie
, fli,uo" or .f/J~., doGatioll of £3OOb~~!.a· eMIl, CIt
1.)
promiIee, a .wit of~ . ~
Ore mond
p~ed
17 aCre. ~ tha' t&. "ar memorial be forth"
is JUJt ,et the hed with. Thii "" carried. ~ n wu po&nted
were
Mal II
b~!J[.!~t,!:!!.a~
yield to be about out that if tile WOl'ka.um
tAt
r. The
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per aere. This 1II!8IIOn I hne coald be carried
or.an
promi.ted
b,
~r.
itardoo'
ainer,
u •
iIlsiea.d of "heat.
uaU.· -")JIUI oat orop...... the ~ IUo- memorld ~ ber nepilew, Mr. IR. JohrdOll,
who wu killed ill tbi ...., "" .iTeIl 011 0011ero,. ~"n this y~ I di~oa
the waf mea-W be l oanied out.
ee:=~.~th. ""rap
be~.[ and DIirin,1ha.
th. alteratione it ia propjlaed ~ pro.
8
pel' acnt. deepltB tbe faet t1Jat 17
aotw "are practioally 1IpOUt throngh ~lIg yi" the Oll\lf~h "ith '*'-r hea\ina &lid Ten·
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80 badlr laid. )lost of the 1'II&1l~1Y~ had to tilat.io.n.
be done b, hand. I haTe .,ld ..aI!Q worth
WU M.KOIW.L.-Gn W~f t..n week
for .ed, and up to thia data I haye planted a ~ took place in the PNiab I Hall in
11 &clU.
refere_ to the "ar
e PlWided.
"Pot&toes.-The total orop dld nol ayer· .9Od attend&noo. Lord P . .
are more than about four tons per I &el'll, BelO,. the commcnoemen~ of th.i. meet;ing tOe
and the sublleqU8nt wasta from di_1e wu opporiwUb' "'.. taken of
.
a 'pr8lMlll~
,reater than u.U&l. The cookin, potatoes ilOll to the Rev. W. Elphidk...ho baa been
haTe aU been 801d At GoYernment llrioes. ourat. of Bbipla,ke for- over four~n ..nd who
durina the JUt 18 montba ba.
n in eole
whioi.. ranKtld from A7 to ..e8 lOs. pe~ ton.
" Mango[ds.-Thi" crop sdered eYen ' more chars. 0( \h; p.. rieh, the Vicar in,( .atmg
then the potatoes. I plant..!d 10 ae
but AI obapwn on H.M,S. 8~. V' rt, with a
flood deatrorea • ~ol'es. coneequentlf
had cheque for ' tl<X5 and an iUWnina~ &ddreM
onlY II aol'8ll of roots for winter f
and and album containing the D&m(ll 01 the WDina!ead of having maJl&'Olde for sale
had lCJ'ibera. The pl'Nllntation "" mad. b~ Col.
not .uI\loiellt for ,,-Y8811. About 10 &cree HMkerTille u Lord of the Mt.lIOJj. In ~.
....ere planted with kohl rabi, but
bout in, th'ltIB~.::emnga for th~ 'rar memorial,
three parts of the orop was spoilt by oods. LOrd p . . . re menuoned t.h& "j ~em8 for
"Rye Grue.-A 1a...e stact of enril.,e rlltoring the sid. oh&pel a.nd pro,,-F.n' a ne"
made and fed to store IlIIttle and hOrMS. Teltry It'U decided u~ U far
1810.
A qnanti~ of, ry. gra_ ha, was m e in This """ pcetponed !Jor nnoo. IUOIlI, till
'n
ta. war in 1817 i~ "U ali that i~
1004 eondltion, but o"lllJr to the
make a Tel'f fittm, memo 1 ~ thOle
rains of the .UInJJler anef autumn n op- "
portunity occurred of puttintl it illto . ok, f m 8hipla\r::e who leU 111 the w r, &lid tho
...i<!ar and churchwardeca wert auUloriaed to
and it had to remain on tt.. Deese•.
"Ha1.-IN .&CrN of meadow hay were draw up &II appeal f~anda, and~'
Marden
lD .ood condition during
a
hort "" ebOeeil. I8dretary
. Mr. H .
treu·
Mr. Mardon
erowl)' 0
the li i
of dry weau.er, but the remaining
a IIUlleeription Of £200, &lid
• ~H&n'i.son
had to be hern.ted under m
adoonditlons. I han t",o ricq in lock,
the'll\eet~ thatl Ip ~ th& J? "lou. even·
lutlicient to last till the next har·
he had reoe!"cd e'166 13e. lid. ate !DOlle)'
receiTed had been [inTllted in. (}ovemmeat
I8QUriti... The diflioqIty now arue. Ulat the
original eetlm&t. muM! be neuly di>ubled, and,
therefore Dlore mUll be ..ked for. The oli,ill&l OIIilinat. ..... a~~ £900, ~ that 110'"
eomething like tl~890 ~:;eq11Ued. He ""
",illl~ to double rUe
iptiOIl. and oUIeN
..,-reed to dQ the MlDe. An" Mr. Fellowea
!'rynne, ~be arohi~, !tad explained the ap'
prond. plan.,. t:he VicJt.r !DOTed t.Â¥ fol~'!ing

VACANCY. 111''

alOWlRETUUED UJlOPPOSED.

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.000laide lobe p&rilh UIIOWIted
to tl!lM lor t.he
ear, "he~ tho.. fur
ob 'eete eam.
tllJ. Lord
d
Doble
were ....Ain ohoaen r...~ drurah,wardeoe, I &lid

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rfJlolllt.ion, wruon ..... ~Ied nom oon. :

~of
'cieacy. It ia .......1JuI
aDd of UDuaaaI ec
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. I FIRST AID

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Captain
pm~ that
shCKlld carry Ollt • eeheme ae in ltU,
tIeta..i.ItI to be r..rrMMed by the bon! IItICreiaJy
and chairman. .
Hr. Dodd eeoolllWl, a.nd thie ..... ~d
to.
v-n, Andrew W . Barr tmd Co., chartered lI«Ountant.. 01 London, were r.
apJ)Oiuted hon. audito ....
Dr. Walter. ~ropoll8CJ • yote of than.b to
the Chl!.irml\n . J'.'~ Dodd ~nded. and
thil was carried. Vote. of t.ha.nlts "ere a.I.o
aoootdeci the hon. .ecret&r,r &lid ' t~ hon.
treasurer.
The Automobile A!IIOclation , earnMt1!
adTileHotomta t<eruP'Llou.1:r to ob8tlrft
the 8
limit. tJhl'OllIfb MAidenhead . Com·
plain shave '-n receiTed, and unl_ the
aauee of com~laint iI rMlloveci the poli08
authoritiea "ill take action.

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Labour

FIRST AIDia.

eo.u.cil'.

"Crope.-o"inr to.the
hAYW .l!7O ID
membere, IIJId tbeir in- tiClA' the root o~ "ere
and
the COni.
did
£18 interelll:.
e~p8IIcliture earlT pronUs..
Md
acree
80. IWI 118M lUI he
to
ought to han a mall
of the ~...r. •
~~"I. "!d tb.,.
t9 do
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After beinr ptactioe.1Jy dormant aurin,
period of the war, the Berbhlre Automobile Club (of which the presideq& 11
Lieut.-Colonel Wu.on. C.M.G., D.8.Q.,
M.P.). in Yiew of. the l'UIlom of IWtriotiDnl on the purcilMe Ilnd u.se of petrol,
. "hiah onablee ownen to reeume the nee ot
th.ir CAm. baa clacided to ft.t&rt the club
and renew the adyantapl .Qjoyld by mem.· Chairman.
ber" in former ,ear.. 'l'he facmu.. tha.t
are offered are 01. innluable aasiltan08 to
all .motorieta. The wllb .....~ At :Kead.intr
{Vincent'e Yaro, near the G.W.&. 8tati11n),
t~

dela,.

HlhoWd

~keeps

latest market prices.

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P.uun Oovirau..
annJaJ l'ariah Coaa
oil 1IlMt.m. wu held at the
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&mout, to illetlUcally- Hall OIl ADril~. The
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.. that of I. . TIU, '~L It "11. ~. T. Cane,
..-17, .al,.... ... lid. apil18t ,lH.6I'I 121. B.. Wen.. A. Eo MukeU. W. 1..
Id. I. ltt8. Th. ho,... work out at ..aoe J. Pound ~ G. F~d. Mr. lobA P~ ''!It
Wow IMt ~". Inree, whloh i. a<lCOunted un&ni'DOOlll eloo&ecl ~ of the \AIIIDcaI,
for iD - - _ r e b1 the lower Yalue o! and Mr. w. L. 8aWlde,. rioe-cbai-. A
the ~Unp owiN to their condition from Yoie 01 Ulanka
Walter
want of proper f_inc ~ etuff.. The cattle Ford and Thomae
e, j~, lor tbeU put
out at within £100 of last year'e
Nn-. U OTe
rI of *be poor, to whicJI
UJ'N, and tbe pill!, ~nr chie8y to the pOIition they "ere ~ leap
~
amaIt.ae. of man,. of the Ltttere l are about Saundw. and SAruwd ~
thN ell. do.a5O belo" the 1918 book.
Tr.e corn·ln. pllt&tion appointed b.d m.t • nwnt.- of
riok ho"eYu. ahO"8 a pront of oyer £MO, &h. Dletrid Oounci OIl the
~oo.
but \h. ntue of the cake and feeding 8t)1fh and had 1Uj'(-.d. t.ha~ . .
..-era
In hand iI do"n by mo~ 'than that BUm. lleed
.in 4ilf_'Lparia of
Mr.
I han ~ut the ~ead "took slighU, abon Maakoll ~(..ted Ibe CleI-k
0CIIDIDI.Ul.i.
lut ,.ar 8 Yalue, but at preeent da, wiCtl& cat. 1!ith IIJr. QlUiiat -ki!16 ~ tile I'.ur.
tile det.d stook and maehmel7 on the fbm leiah J~p.th a,~ B
ehoWd be reo
would make conliderabl, more than the «rnelled wDbov'
~YI!d
amount it stallds at. namely, J{2,175 Vs. ad. liha&, DO" the
J
. l.d ~
With pr'cticall, continuoUi ra1n since l&at no$ioN reprdiDg ~~ { ut.' ~ U!e
A,.,ust tle farm .... been carried "n under
in f.tun on\7
• .-YD*Ite
mOlt adYene circumstances and the stock
parrow.' head. and..
h&oded in by
naturaUy sbo". the "ant of roota and ,ood
• . era. The Clerk
Ulat p"har. This appliet. ~L1, to the YDUn- hlid been awarded,' &I (
"a: Rate' I:aila.
1'81' ctock, partieqlarl.r the Tearli1l,l colta. O. Flatmau, ~ E,e, 20. 6cL ; apano ....
TheN are a yel7l promirill.g lot of ,Ounl. b...u, G. 16.tk~ Play Hatah, 2s. 611. ;
OO"s oomiJlg on ~nll the in~alf t"~,ear- ~now.' b~ 121 Lunnon.
MM.... A.
old heifers are we~l up to rOUl' uBUal tan- H. Welle and ·L·. O&ne. jUftr;(, e,.. appointed
dant. though 80m. "hat lo"er in cOndition. allotment m&nage~ l.f9r the r , Hatch allot.
With reprd to ""e Berkehire pi,l "hicI-.. men., and i~. wu .,reed to Ie die alloaneote
no" form euch an im~rtant item in ,our for th" .-tin, y
..t 4<1.
'pIlIe. Chanty
liYHtock. the, a~ fUlly maintaining the true~ "'_ a
inied u
OlIo.. ! Rich
cha!'I\Cter :rour herd haa obtained, and I am aDd Reade'..
r. ThQDl&l c..ne l§W;r.;
oonftdellt thllt at your forthcoming we, the ~.:'Jtle'"
H. W
;;;;d J. E
price of realisatioJj. "ill be far in exees of l1dIuke1l ;· Roben
almer'.
~ Mr.
the moderate .alue I heYe ~ put upon them." Qeol'f~ Ford. Mr.
und_ O'fed Wit Ut.
The Farm Steward, in l.is report " ith Clerk 1"'ite to the . riot~
MtiDg
reference to the t ..rmillg operation8 during that the
R
be
~IIIlDY'
the :rear ended 31st March, 8&18:lillds awinJ to dIS
oooditi , and that. the
•• The c,cle of ",et yean still oontlnu&8, !'Clad be "'ldeDed at ~e junction of t.be roada
the anrage rainfall for fhe {'&at 38 ,.esra b, the araYeI pit.
ote. of ~b wel;t> aGo
being ~.82 inch... 80 that thl8 ye&r there corded the oMrib' trun-, -ClPnent IIWl
hu been liD ex~ of 10.~ inches or '2.30 SCtln. \the rato clia.i.rman, uwllfh cl6rk. h
per cent. The fa.rm has been flooded four was rfJlolYed to make a p
upon the
timeIJ ainoe Ch riatm... , the floods from o,e"",. f« £10 . lor the ou
year. The
Marel. lith to 16th, and .,ain Mal'Ch 22nd et&te 01 GraTIIl Road to Ta
L&ne """
to ~th bein«. "'1'1\ I","e. About 500 aorea DrougM to the
~ ~ it .......
were under flood yater. A disaetrcu8 fea· .,roOd that the Clerk ~ write to the
hue of the r.lnfall was its oontinuance. own.r« the DrODeJiT uking • repain oouId
thare beinr 218 d~. wh.n a measUl'able 1I0~ be effected. Tb.- recen'
'dent a~ Son·
guan~tJ' of rain 'Jell.
In July, Aucust. ,nilj( E,re. which nearly rewlted in _
of
Sept. her and Oiltober there "u flo rainfall life OWIII« to the llood., "U t.-gbt to the
of 14
inch on 75 day., "hich greatlJr 0000011'. notice. and it "'U r~t".d Ula' the
hindefed the haneeting of ha" com and Clerk ahould writa to Ule Cou:u\J Council uk·
potatOes.
ing if they would errm Mop- .tea at I:la;r
"~U.882,OOO Jalioos of eeware
"ere Haklh &nd Sonding Eve to
~ pclMlble
pumped on to the farm durin, the year. in lWlOi.dente du.rin,( ooocl time.
addilion to the ..wap from the Chriat
Cl..urch and Shlnlleld RoM districts, maltinr a dally ay~ of approximatel,
SHIPLAKE.
2,7&0,000 gallODSo as . .ainat U60,~ laet
The
Eu/;er
o!f.,mj.s
at the church, lor the
1ear. The Thame. Oonlel'Yancy .Inspectore
han yisited the fa~lIl on frequent oocaeions. con$ol lund of t.ba ct.uoh of Englaod,
The
"lie .,.In treated. with lime or amounted ~ £40.
E&aTu Vunr.- At the EaHer Y try it
eh lorid. 01 lim••t • cost of approltimatel,
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Real -L ive Joul'lMl lor tb~ Parmer alJd his Friends.

D{fflSDEN.

ThIt

-riIl¥ that the plana Wil~
~ carried ou$~doled
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Neitr .
hour !J'CIYlICI
oommit,tee be ,.p~ ~ ... ,,~\ &lid. if eo, wh~~r
m
'&1 Iboelcl be saJ[en lP baDdF Tb.Ie "",
~ bT Mr. atobarl. but w.. Ie*, ....ry
f.w yqWa&, for i.. ~ MI. narrPoo ropoeed.
TOW of thanu &0 Lor~ PhilUmore..
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