Reading Observer. March, 1915.

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Wokin.:ru..m *gneulttll"&l Aaociation -Annw

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Jlea:d ng Borough lH.ac.b
Anpca for Bei"an Batter., (MT'S Ltly D Bndge)
W'lth the N stious at Will (rl"acbon ColMlllll)
LOrd Rr beru and Sport n at TlVle
Soldie" BOXlllg Contdls
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THE FLOWER GARDEN

Early 80wenng oorder Chryu.ntbMlumli may
no~ be fropa.ga~ 'rom cut.t
n pob or bosel
D a cold frame If lLooi\ were I [t.ed lut &t:t.umn
and placed in t cold fra.me there w 11 be no d fti
culty now ID geti nR' ple.ntJ; of IUCker"l fOf CUt.t.iDg8
(l'hOo1e left n tbe open are a'-r .prout ng .and wilt
root .. well D8 those from '~es
If not qUIte
long enough a'OOther wce.k. br uO 'I\'lU muo .greu..t di6erence.. 'AI soon &8 they lore rooted and
commence to Grow the, should be g yen plenljr ~f
a r by t Ittng' up the trame beh nd They should

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AGRIButTURE IN FEBRUARY.

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Garden Notes
ARncult yre n February
\V~ ngbam aDd ot-bet' Dlr nct. Ne"l
Late Ad.,.ert aemeDU
B rths Marn,es NJd o;aib.9

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LATE ADVERTISEMENTS

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-&Dd G~Y ~USTh'"ES8 for Sale
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lambs seem. to be up to
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Labour - There u • diattnct .hort&~ througbout.
THE FRUIT GUtDEN
the dLfltnct ~tticula.rly of wiled la.bour
It 1&
Fig
treea
on
OpeD
walls
I!bo
ud
be
pruned
.it
out
ant
Clp<lted tiia:t. the etJ~ Will be more lIevere!,.
Meurs H N Bat-blue
delay
Ie
not
already
done
f'he,
make
a
dul
of
Celt
when
the
lreathU'
unpl"QVefI
Wagell
han
la U foqo"iIK "oed, dunng summer some of WblCb s bBdly gen&-ally n&en
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"fter a steady ud
';"';"""'01'1 npenoo and c!1nnot. heM fru t
All web Bbpuli:l
The foHowmg rem&rkt refer parlieularly to
",eell the Amen<:aJl market
bo cut out pteserv ng only the !Short ahoota r'ltb DOT6et WiltwbLr6 and Ha.mplhlfe a sha.rp r~overy but at
ht.rd iUld well r pened wood
These should be
Progre.es of Spnng Sow ng -Purl cally ,,"olb ng
has eJ:c~ed no e nlhua a.5 U
naded Up elQlie Lo the ",a I b L DO~ too lb old, h8.8 been dnne to the ~and In February O.".ln" Ito
there har; been a01l1e u got.
Many of the young shoots gTOw above the wails of contInUOUS ram frolt RoOd
and wOTk 18 nruch
gardens and IIhould be cut eLose back
Tbll un I~ forward than ueual
In ~menca
Toere I ••• :n~o:~.~~~,~::::
dM
nb
0
growtb
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v
to
be
f'fJpeabed
1lJa.1n
lome
land
now
mt.ended
for
rea.<: 0 11 should h& .e t..
dur og summer Uld tho but. "'''y 1.0 hold L m ;put UJ'tder oata unJe38 W8&ther
m early
check 18 to root prune t.he treea In autumn
1 'MArch ahow &D lmpl'ovement
po nt
shortl!
h msehu
compelled
wall of br eh !Lnd mortar one br de th ck II the
Prow,eM of Lamlnug -The lambmg of
h owe ver t. • to the
best Dea B of c;onfin oS the roots ..... tb 0 the liro ts
k
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~ h ppe 11 and o perators
of a narrow border
110m oc a 111 eotnp e~ an
ownl 'i,'!'ve
po s ble pr ce~ for ~t:aJn
So ne pe< pIe rely up'on .A.l1) ne Strawhen
to eally Bombed
Conaldenng the trytpg
get. an !lutum aupp y but Lhere are two methoda ewell D.l'fI dOing faJl'ly well
There fJ a far erop of
&Ild Ihey w II cerL*1nJy '";~~i~::';~
of obtlL n ng h 5 WIth large fru Led sorts
For Jamb! whlfj:h are healthy though m"rv have <lied
!~ 6tal:cet~r~~bbald~r: U
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InBta..neb the plan te <'If Royal Sove e.gll or other (rfllm chill and t ..ma are few In Wilillhll"e e..es
he worl~ U It'TS n atu re.!
who poSI5e.a vanetlel that hue bQen forced may be PlantedlQUt. are 10 poor oondition thou«S l(lmbl are b.,tt.hy
"fie.nly hougllt. ~tofk are reluc~a..nt to see the lIIax
n M'.~ te~l! et a IeCOnd penod of tlowenng aDd There. baa been no aoeu Te mortality but theft
ke :0 ng I g~ them", .1nd WIU e6Mequently fnut. ng n thb autumn The ot.he.. '"Ilao and the are not ma.uy twLG8
In BamplbD'6..th& oondi
B r.I, 11 CVl:ry n:onf Lo pre~en OT defer the ca.t.. mOlit certs n I to make a plantMion of .. ~er- tion of ewes 11 u.tiafaclory ucellt 10 the central
tropb.e which
fear
petual fru t~ng n.nety at the preson t t me
fl'he part of tht; count.y where It 11 s&\d to be ra.tlJer
It s howMu ~ f6the r-' late In the Bellon to en
best. Va1' t;tr for the purpo&e II St Anto ne d e poor
Thl!re la generally an a.verage crop but not
duvou r to foree up the market on reporlll of de
Pttdon(' D g or trnnch t he 10 I ma.n mng t at lthe many twInS
In the bIll of WIght both 61t'ea &Dd
pleted !rlocu "North Amenca and by otqer fabu .. rna t me As a lTesh planLat 00 msy be made lambs have done b&dly
IOUI taie~ WhM the new Ind L:&n crop Iii p.om . DI
eve...,. y6&l' thf'l plant. w II bave p lenty of ro<Im at
Cood aon an"t1 Pro~ of StoQk: -The _atmr
.0 remadtlLh,. '\Tell botb n qu-.nl t,. .nd qua.ht,y f'l ghletm oehca apa.rl each way The dower. pro- b
been too wet for atoclr. wiuch have ..lmOlt
whHe Argen t. IlC .. eeklv ab plllOnta a.re surp.... ni; c;tuced D t.he e .. I~ ~ o f the BewtO p _hou-ld be
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• I ftlIpec.; t_t ons n lim e of reporf4S .. to weatber relllovcd to en our!lg'o growt h a.nd erilur e a crop everyWhere OIt COD Itlon unn o _e tnonUi
damage bad ltaL, of roada kobgobl1l1 and other from tho Ia.te Bowen
La.bour -Throughout the di'Vllum the tearaty of
hiP..dra.nc.es
The. Ch I an crqp wb.ieh we .beheve
labour part cu\a.rly of carte" ia being lncre&ll
to be ne .. rl j the beat on reool'i{l, hlUl IUddenlJ been
THE VEOETAllLE GUlDEN
lOgly felt ••nd th. potllo", pro~I'" to be wol!l6
k Ued---4D paper I but. It Ihould be remerobered
Autumn !lown On\ons may now be tran1pla.nted Jater
In Dorset "aaM ha.ve i:bcreued. by about
k b t
P ;tJti J6 to
{hal. thne .ca.pa of p aper .. re of no valid ty 10 mOd to grcrund that hll.8 boon deeply dug and 'We i 2
manu:ld
It
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hould
be
nlade
leval
t
rodden
and
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pet'
wee
u goo d men aN very u eu ...
ern hIf\es
Chit, ahould be able to export qu te
1500000 qMl
naLead ef the 1000000 qn wb c.b raked smootb Tlle 1 ne should be laid to keep the gtlt
row. Itr lght. and tho On ons D!lert.c<l '" lob tbfl
.. e pred ot.ed n December
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Ever,tb ng mea.nwh te ta go D1;' well ~ th the dibber ]i)o not plant.. them ""0 d ee" y 'I'lI8 more
,.. n ler .. h_t. croP.'! II USA
"I'lla.& who care t.o "'"Iy th, bulb , ... " n. 00 the . .. ou d the
rr:ake the ea.kulal!iOIl w II Emd tb&t the eabma.ted Th 8 and t he tread ng iDdU08l tho nlanb to m.ake
tllCf"eU.& of ZZ per cent... o~ the WInter wheat good bulbi "that npen well lnstead ot th ck Deck!
&Creag~ T'ep«eeDtf In i ~ Yield of nearly For hom. use II Will be sulik eot 1£ lb. OOIOns are HOW TO MAKE A -TAR COUGH
between the I nea and
~ 000 IXXI qn arW:I Lhll
~ WIBlei' wbeat crop planted tweq.e thehes
n t.he
ground \I scarce
THAT CHILDREN LIKE.
alone l\ beD. we CIln$ider t.hat ~ apring- wbeat area
between the lmea
both of the USA and fcaoj2. I' being g ..aUy
5t,....,••,,.;,,. .An open .. tuaextended not to rnenl on be etrort beu~g put loah
n other ~Ulltriesr we m y coDd~d'., that. _0 long
III there ~ a.ny probabll ~,. oil rtllNOnable harvC&t.
b<e ng p.t.hered frOm Ihe es~ed. ~ then thele
lS M~ry ..fuduoeme t at tbe moment not to be led
lnt <'l w Id apecutst n
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The Opera.tlOOI
a nit t!le !foN ot the Dt.rda
BellM are · p
m."f mOI~ '''lyoura.bly and t¥rtI
CIIn be no doubt \ at it L! cn ~ l oC ~he 6nt nterelu
her gram. u np dl, M p<*
of RUMJa to
s ble
In fa.et I '" t.l st as jmportant. an open..
t <'In of Will' ... th
mT)Ortabon of arml and other
m .. ~nal _"-hile the tnu' ln wb,ch Uti r-eqll'ired f o r
lI11portin'j: the lat ter Vii I t.eM'e j the purpose (If COD
'feTt.ng the former to tI e It.a~d
The market for ft our h ... Bhqwn .. slight deahne
hut not 60 muoh '" wheal as t lA Itlll teveral
.8h \1 ngl per sack below t-e leg lImal:.e va.lqe Feed
oz Btuffe are all lowor t.o ~I wheat 0«,11 eli
pee ally be ng cheaner !\.an for some t.lme paat
and w th leu enqu ry
In f1LC~ w th tb.~ JJ)nhgml:"
o( t he grau
t.he "'LI'Iller- of t.be 60utbern pae
lUres (armll'..r'S (or-e_ee a I me ~ wbe!l the, VIII he
len depend ellt on manufact~oo food fM the r
.tock a.nd consequenUy..fhey ate dlJl nclined Lo pay
tJle high pf cO! wh eb ha1'e Teeentl) been uk.ed
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