Reading Observer 09-1915

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Thomas. rocer"ed
the Town
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IN AUGUST.
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TheI 'Board of Agnculture

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report I&a.y The C;op Reporters of tho Bo
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agricultllral eonditlODIii In England an~ " ~\e;
on tho 1st September, sWe that thll) fine ....uth r
durlDi t.be la.tt-er haJf of AugUB~ greatly a ,s<~ttd
th~ harvesting of the corn erops.

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ITEMS.

~eat

shows a ahgbt. Improvement,

YlaId should pracr.tcalJ y reach an average In IlJQ;.t.
dLstrLC t.s CODSld~ro.blo progress had been lIlaac "i llb
th~ euttmg, a.nd muoh had boe.n ca.Ine<! In the
south of ttle caunlory ha.rvest lDg o;peralJo!ls "w e
h.inde rOO by the wet weat.her In t.hc tlr" t to; o ~ e.<;k .
of 't he month I In many dilStrJdts also the corn w;u
badly lAid by the hea... y rl£,Ul3. I Barley ha.<> not till

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prqved dUring' the month, the! Yleld bcm.; a nllC..
paW to be slightly wone t han was eSll rn.L\OO .1n
the 1st August., and a.bout 8
cent less tl'ac rh
averag~. Cutt.mg bas: been e'c.ner ai, bU L not m u c~
had yet been ca..rrled
Oat&~ ha.ve sli" htl) Ill:
p-roved, but are stIli estuna.ted ., abou~ f per W it
below an aver3ge Yield In tho south much bas
been cui and C<l.rrled, aod a.lliewberel cllltm;; I,~!
been general. Both ba.rley and oat stra\\ IS ~ Iwt
Beans! have deteriorated durin g the month J' ~ lIug
sufteroo frow bhiht. and peas aho 05110 1'0 " l:'~
prospect.; than a. month , ago I
Pot.atoes are not. 80 .promlslng as at t he d " t~ 01
th~ Jait. report, and the ~cted YII~ld ' 8 !Oughtilower Early vapetles arc light , while from m.. r:. ,
distnctfl diae6se 15 rcpor~.
Turnips and swedes aTe very va.nable. a.H' · a g~
Yle~B beIng ez.:pe.ct.ed. In somo dl.Stnct.s, w\lll(' 1!1
ot~ers the plant IS patchy. and growth bac.har..-i

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Produced in its

The crop as & whole IS antlCJ.pat.Cd to be some R p~r
C(lut. helow tbe normal. Ma.ngolds baye somew hat.
Improved dunng t.he month In soma dt strlct!; ar.d
the prospects are proltUSmg, and the Yield should

Iaat week's casualty lIst contained the na.mes of

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the Boot Bill.

THE NATIONAL

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ATHiEl'ICS. AT CINTRA.
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See the Diamond.

Trade .. Mark

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.bown abo..e, in _ Ordet

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purple every few

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sole. without ' it.

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.encr:a.l oM 1taembers of the 1st. Berks Soouts. Some
tnne '&gO Auistallt Scoutinaater LIeut. Rene de St.
be much below the average-.
Leser W&8 refOtted wounded from the DardanellC6, not.Apples
tend to be small, <l.nd are not expecW
a.nd 1Mt ~&r.M'port gave the namee of ~ to IYleld an a.verage crop, ~ are shgh tly ov8I'
while Lhe crop of plUIIl& IS beavy
P. 'VobeeJer wou.ad«l. He w&s an ardent Scout of averag-e,
The favO Qrable weat.ber of t.\te Ia.t.l..er nuH of Inij
the Troop until the outbreak of w&!".
Er-P.atrol
PlOpth
has
effected some l~proremen~ III the rro.
Lead,e rrGoode a.fu,l ez:-Seout C. Dunn were alllO re~ q.nde.r 'bhe iame headlng. whilst ex-Corpl. pec1ts of th~ hop crop, e6peClal1.:r In ihp better rn .. a
aw
gardens,
wbere "waahlog h~ been c ontlQ
H. :a:odiee~l& , m hoq)lta] abroad. Thu~ week Scout- uoue the pla-nt.and
15 m a much healthier 5La.~
'1'h
mQat.er ' 1' sau16~ryr left for the Front.
Smoe
l~YJng:'p1!' Troop of Scouts in AlJ€'lISt) 1914, I~ the &tt.acb of aphis have been very PEtZ7ust.ent., ad
tbBt
crop
JIS ezpeet.ec:i , to be more thali 30 ~r ('..eat.
hap$ Of Mt. Ateo Hearn. hlB Army career baa belqw ,the &verage yield I
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been .err ~~.
In the first lD5ta.noo he I, .. 8.&
b&ve evorywhere benefited I by t.ha Tilil.
ofFered ., fuost Lieuten.a.ncy In • French Legion by
C"01 de BeaUfort: whiclJ- he dechned a,nd lamed tme ~ are full of graM. All ~ 0( sUlck Me dOl n;
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Lui,. 1n Nov"l'1ber b~ very well.
~ fiDe weather of the lat.ter pa.rl of .-*1ugust
W"&6 -~tted ~ & Secand. LIeutenant to the 8th 8eT4
assl6ted
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a
rvestlDg
operations,
and
rrjlbgat.ed
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Vl('.e Battalion of the- Wilt.t;lure Regiment, Duke
of Dimburgh'a Own
He then became attached. to g~nhal shortage of la.bour I Bothl skIlled and
the 3rd .Battahon of the S!)6Clal Reserves untIl re--- casual Jabour are reported u. ~ defiqea'l: but n et
great. an erle.nt as senously to Int erfero 'A tt b
posted to the 8 ~h Reee"O Baottahon of the Wil~, to
from Wbl0h 'h1& quia.hfiO&tions 1n clVll life ga.1Md for tb0 !corn harvest: Reference IS made I tn s ome d b
meta
to the employment of women and &(Ildlers
hlRl a.n appolptment 111 the PlOMel'8 ",t F(lrt Brockon the fa.rms.
but'!rl., ~ .a!lllitiee, bowev~, ha.ve
8-p.mmarlslng the returns, and e:J:nr~Mln g all
one step ~liitill further', fnr whlle·.•,."_c_··,,,
aver.age crop by 100, the condlt.lon of tho C fQp ~ nn
"''MIk-end at &admg he 'Was
gT6m ..t&tLDg .th&~ the War Office
1st September In<hcated probabie YIeld s \\hlch lU I
f(lr duty as a. ROyal Engmeer Wl.th
'.~"'",li!,~g be I denoted by tho foUowmg ~rcenta gcs ­
~eat, 100; barley, 92, oata, 9.3 . bc~r. .s, 9-1 p cn~ .
Bl.t:t.holll!l at the ,lIront
The Ann" :::
94 pota.toes. 99 , turOlp's and swedes, 9~, "Ilan~ol d
put. a.nd Ilrese.nt m~ of the 1st.

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Wedn~y Cl.t .. Ointra" 'A8 MSeotiallr .. day
f()r tho "old 00..".,"
the ~OD hemg the
battalioa. ~ of the 1st Batt. Royal Berbhlt'e
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V oI<Jnteer -I ~~t.
'1Ien fut &ettling down m!()
mlddJ6-~~ life, maa,y who hsQ. &!ready TMoChed
' -,,' .I thl& trt.age~ and aome whO had p....ed it, all exerted
them&eiTeli sa the;r... had been u.eed to .oo ID. theumore you.thful d.,.. r,.a.tting theu- beIst; leg
hAve been very i!ruOOeMful. theIr rank$ varymg from
'.- -.-'-' 1 Boy Tnrml)l:)ter to :Ma.]or
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I mOist of ,thtJItr, .iDd, ~ their
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THE ·.; CORN MARKET.
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Bl'rCKINGHAM. OXFORD AND BERKSHIRE
'. ~e report for Bttckingh.a.m, IOd'ord and he l.:

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C,o m.-Duru;l.g the first fortnight. of August wet

we¥b6r
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was $"cnera,l, and

'ID SO)11e !I~rts t h~ Wl~

badly la.id. The rondlhoDA 10 the latiN pa!'t

of t he month ware rery bvourable for the h:lf\ \!!>1
and most of. the wheat erop. whlchl p roml~es ;1 /1

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the! spn n g-GOWD suft'ered ba.dly from bl1;llt.

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SW IMMING
C~tM~~ONSHIP~.

A DANGEROUS

4 SERIOUS

.on &ver.age Yield, ha.s been ea.rrJed In g~od couultlO~
Ba1)ley IS rilther dlsa.ppowtl~. t bo Yield I;; e~' J­
bas b~n rome 1m- mated to be less tha.nJ usual, and In many " ..cos
gepera11y, perhaps as tim Gtra~i 18 short. GOod progress h 6 b iren mld \
tbe prevIOus decline, toW1li."rds eecunog the cro~ 1ddst of tbe OOl.t crop
a number of /I shorts" 10 ha.s been cut and C&lT1fc!. on the whole. tht lit'"
wh()
It OOlmble 1.0 SI!If!Dl5 llk.ely to b& leasi tha.n usual I The bu k ~I
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there IS the the bean and pea. crop~ have been haFI;'Csteci l h.
much of the YHl,d of hoth Wi ll probably be woll under the · .n~ r
age; wUtler beans were m 8()me dlstdct s good.' but

OFFENCE. '

SWANSEA fOA!)

.A. lrespn.s51n'" case (If considerable interest was
hea.rd at the W()Iri~h.am County .PoUl!& Coort on
'l'uesday, when Alfred Faulkner. of 108, ~
Th.
151.. ~ t., .BeadJDg , was summoned. for ..trISPUIII,g and
exposing ~un86.u to danger on the ~reaF
estet'll held 1n
IlaiIway at Soonmg Cutlipg. ort AogIDI; 71h
bIr D. H. WlthermgWn proeecnt-ed on
W e Grea.t Weet.arn Rail.W&y CornEY' rind.
n car v. herl) the dereuda.nt ~a.al trespusUlg
curve In t he line, and & great tn.a.ny tr&ltlS
throuch the cuttlOg. Durmg the tune the efend·
anI.. wall on t he hue five tram. pa.ued.
Blt being
on lhl) line ho was D(lt. only olidangerUig him.&e1i
but the pu.'blic because, nat.ura11y,~ when ,a I- driver
IIioI:LW a -man on' t.he Iip'o he ,might h .."e to E
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to aVOId 111m
He uked {be magistra.t.ea
take
a s erious Yle wof the case, partlcululy aa wItt-he
_ I d efondo.nt ' was cha.l1enged. by Q, poliee -constAble
lao I;ald "Mmd your own - - - bWIIQeu," apd
1 pG!S16~ lD cont mumg hIS way dawn the
P 0 .- Jl'u;her said he ~w the d~eDdant on the
down relief hoe 4ft. vray. Be aq:-ed hmt.' wha.t btl
was domg ihw:e, ...,hen po replied, " !Lind ,.our own
, - - btwn~, I belong: \.0 tilOlilO two-men u~: ~ ..
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• The men referred to ..aa.ld tho d efendant. had noth·
lng to do Wlt.h them, except ,tba.t l ihey •. b,ad borrowed £OIDa ferret. ft()Jll him the prevloul d~.
Defendant rerued to leave tbe line, ~ "hile
Wlt.oesa waa speaE nU to th& two Beaervista he diasppea.red. The polioe
had apeclaJ. inBtruotiona
111 r egard to people -treepa.Wng on the liDe. ,
DEFENDANT'S DENIAUl. 1
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'l'he dcfe.nd.n.nt, who pleaded gUilty, denied that.
, he ueod bad language. ' ~heu aaked
the con.t.a.ble whtll'e he wU I goin..
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aU,. B~ng Lh& croP lu; hea.lthy. b~t the plan l.
are 1D many cases ra.ther Irregular and t be root,
&mall. IndIcatIOns fa.vdllr an under averago yIeld
FrUIt. -Apples tend to be urlflenm:cd, a Dd t b~
crop 15 merely average.
Pe.ara aIJd plums I f6
above tho a \'crage
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Putllres and. stock.-Grus IS plentiful In t.lu

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P~tur6S a.nd atock IS ihrlVlDg. j
Labour -On Lhe whole the JaboU'r~p':ply IS shnrt,
b , th&Ilks partly to tho fiDei weajer, far uo.."1
ha.ve got on f(IJ.rly weU.
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DORSET. WILTSHIRE AND HAlfPSHIll.E.
The follOWing rema.r~ apply ~LCU'I:lrIY to
Dorset, Wtltalure and Hampshire -

Corn ~The harvest gonerally bega about. the
end of .July, ljIut the bea.vy sbowenf durwg the I
first par~ (If Auguat cOllliiidru-:a.bly d elaycQ. operatIons, and. In a few dJstrIcts some sprou t m:; foot
pl ace. Dunng th. la.tter ~ half of AugusL good pro

gre.sa ;a; ae made. The .bea.t ha.~t IS ocu-l, com
pleted, aDd the' crop ' 18 lD
condi t Ion' Tbe
yJeld7"J5 expected to tie a. little 'over Itht) :,IVerage
Barl.U has. Improved)' but tho YJ.8ld Will probalHY
be over 5.,Per cont. below average , Most or tho
wioter oats have been ~ '8.Dd ear~ a nd PI rome
d I8 t.r'ieb,. tJie h~rvcst. 18 finwhed. Wln.ter oat~ a~
aoout :J.n avenLge crop, but. BpTlU'" o~ ts u& hgbt
and, 'on the wh(lle, the ,Yleld is !stmllll.oo l.o II!!!
about 5 ge.r cent. below a.ver",&. &31h aM pes~
have nea.rly al l been hlLrvestM &l'I.hs e:; p ccl al l ~
spnD.g sown ~ wffered. badly ftolD bJjCb~ ,HId lh ~
-Â¥lekl lB eql~t.ed to be conSiderably ~lolV a.~ r:ragt
Peas were got m UDder good CdoolLlon s. h...-t Ib&

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lumto

Yleld , will probably • Se - about . 5 . pc.r
&.,er~gE?

age crop IS expected.
Roola are very va.ria.bJe.

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da.ughter,

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Hops..-The warm weather of tll&

The f~~. ~~~~~I(?~'.,~e ~'T~\~

and m 1910 he

labour for flelng

The Olamua.n

otrence
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able ...".blo. · "",d
008 or undergo 14
Hel plLld lOa., aM
liDd ~ l'Ctnalnder.

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tter hair of

flle mqntb has coDsidera.bly 1IIlPro'Hld ho cond It,,,n
of tiro hops. Ul ' tho be.st gardens, but~o ou1,I()(>~ I!
IitiIr very bad: in m.a.ny 'gardens the
WIll h'Ha l~
be w0ri,8 Picking.
AttaCks of bll~h; ha.. e been
the &eVC!lt'elt and mOl!lt persistent forJ rnan) ) N j
past. ud t.lie.re have been 80me Q.tt3c.ks of rt
spi4er_
Tbe orop lS very light, &nd i tba Jll ld I~
ex:peeUldi iIo be lrom 50 to 7S per oont. bel.,,,,,
ave~e. Picking -.rill be later than ustcl
I Fruit ia. on the whole, up to ave~o.
,I. ppki
T8l'Y eDDBiderably. ha:nng 8u11'~ lDi lWlllY (h"
triete from blight and. otfwr ~, pe~ are .3 bolh

fo" usmC' threats :4
bound over for

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hoemg and WeediDg Impo~~ . bl~ ,
tn. CODBeQ1,16noo .the crope h.t.ve ~ered
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ma.;fe ..utlicienG,

been II(lD::U; impron.ment dunng ~ mouth htl~ )
~ ~1I be muCh under ave
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Tufmp.>
swedeS wiUpl'Obably YIeld 1~ pe
b ~lo "
&veraga. }(~lda promise better crops, but tbH
will bG .ileatV': 16 per oont. beklw sv~· ,g

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hel.,w

bllt haa now ~ checked, apd" so far the tuhel"l
d(l not appear to hlLve b&en touched.. A good 3.\ ,;!

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Pota.t.oe.B.-Disea&e, wbH::h aqowed its elf ,! ~ the
end of Jut month, spread durtnj' the ~ad V; C:l.to.c r

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tha.t

t.a.toes -On tbe whole pm,aLoes prpll115e a gocd

age YIeld
Li ttle disease IS Icportod
oLs.-Turmps and. !fi,wedcs are r,ther patcbr
a nd tn' 691te Qf some IIn'.provement Will probllblJ
g'IVe & light. Yield. M.:Lb$"olds am van1';bie G CO~T'
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.verage. aod p1uma are plentiful.
Pa.attIrel!l and .stock.-Tbe ~~ are lookw'l
well, and.graaa ia plentiful.
St.:ock oro II! good
condition.

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toI..baur
get, bUt
deficiency
is labour
beIng m ade up to :)
is 't.ltw
deficient,
ea.mal
cBrl:.tm~t by the employment (If 1women :-l11d
eoldiera. : Wogea hlLve increased The_~nel] w en.t be r
ltowarda:th&4!.nd of the mont.h h'u filn.1:f~ thc Illlr
vesting' OPeratiOM to be carrJod on , ~Ith a .r:llUI:plum ~f 1&bour.
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