Reading Observer 07-1917

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~f the cheap~r gr~des.

grows .bou t 3rl.

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High~r thJ Price p~r Pound

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the I Le.ls ,1 the, Cost

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Cup,

P erha..ps no green
quite as usefu l as
! who wan t
tender green5
winter cannot do
this vegeLublc in

to

quick', gro'win g
once, ready rOt
porLunity ofier s,
more seed mav
open ga.rden, ~o
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&dv:ert.li..~"m'~;
oonvmed .. meljting . to be
OIl MOlI.da.y week.
f" ..

:All' wilI ·be

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possible &g&inst
will prevent the

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Bete tbat

ea.l;lier '''''''~11?5 ''
one'
the ea.rly

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WOUNDED ',SOLDIERS'

' TRIP TO H~NLEYt

-~~+O~ AT READING

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Black ~y has
broad o!-ans, and
be fe~-~l8.r)y and
This sbould not
' letting well.
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~TH~E~~~~GR~O~CE~R~S~IN~~~~.I

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wit.k only
ha.ve bee n
Shrivelled
goad at .11
mhould be in
'I ClIVer before ph'l1t,ing-,
as possi ble,

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Lieut.·Cot. Spenb... W ..!?n, 01 the Ro:va-I, Berks
hIlS i1een ' awarded .the Distinguislled
th. · Mi~~ Cro...
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'.;Dn ';rAursday afternoon Lient,-9ol.
inaoojng.tJ>e1Boy;cl. Berks Depot, mad..
~ J tJie O.T,O. on tho grounds

need nat be

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Detwee n ,th e se ts J
be kept down,
wh en Sin, to 7in,
freely given during
.. 8J'tifioial manllre
,b e ne fit.

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ton . H<mnon·Hodge,
Liouk' Claude
SOIl of Sir R.!bjlrt( Hermon·Hodge, 'M.P.,
&wardM thl. ,Distinguished Service Cross.
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ing Scbco!; I The weather waa fine &DId I thet\>
• fail' 'llIIIIlher 'of spectators in
j1mj.ar 00:111. ' who Wllrtl .thus enjoying

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'11 ~ISSING.

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Ca;pt.- p.rook; ¥eut.~ West and Sec. Lieut.

ODly

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It i s a g r cn t mi
tno ~oon , a.nd ' lh e
mined "1 thout

of Mr. J. G. Butler. Soc:iali&t .and

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Candjdate ror ReadiDg, ia..reported mi!ein~ by

with ' Serg!.-MB-jor Green, King', . Royal
who ';i& the
instructor to the sChool.
Corps' has Wll established tor mOlly
,when l.t is Jl1.ellt.ioned. that. no !&Wel'
act;.-. service h~ve p ...¢ through the
have pined I dUjt.mcti(n;~a, ,and 40 have
their u.v.es in 1the wa.l", it. will
Reading iwli something to be '
o :r..o. On 1T~ured&y the
130 stJopg. including the
r~scita6eQ thiB yea.r,
whiclr . """
done in ~~II~~~~:~~;!/,"c";mg
W801:liteSt.
~}'Ira:ise' 'from_ the
Cni-po ~~ in column,
lowed ' hy company and pla.t.ooD drill i
praclioe. ,After ·.this CoL' C4";"" c1osr1Y examined
tbe .• i~.and , th'" band, "'l-d at tne clo~ of
hi~- ins
'which ...as cazried out with j'luch
mmut.en<e . th& C<rps were ag&in drawn up in
~ ~, when lie &ddre1lllOd .. few
mg. worda to them. He o'B.id it gave him very
to. be with them- aga.in, and aa lui
had ,
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.thO'll on two or three prevjOtII
OCCa&ODO be migM be .lI&ying thing. manY of them
had head 'from hUh befora But first of l a!JI he
mus~ congratu1Jlte them on their ema.rt tamtout

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Office.

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89rape aw ay
in:g plant ve ry
if the tu be-r s a.re

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fte"len to fo urt ee n

I;a. . EPPSTEIN'S SON KILLED.

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sbould bring t he m
Carefully 'c over the!
Dot break aw ay I
la!'ge ell('IJ~h L[.o 1i

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Sub·Li.... ruo.n~ _.Ufcce W. W. Eppotein
(.&00 of the Rev. '\\f.IC. Epptiem, D .D . , form.edy"Be'n.d
Muter of Readin~ Scb'ool) reported miaain,g &ft.er It.he
raid '*' z.ebrQgg~ Ion 13,;y 12tb, ia now oflicially
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reported killed. H 'l ..... aged 20.

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ma.nY po in,toes a s

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early , pot.'l. tr>e5 soon
if lif ted tov lo ng,

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very quiet ' f • . ~eir mcive~ent.s reflectedl ~
cr&dit. OIl c;'b eir lDSt.ructor, He urged them I to
c:ultivate "he quality of esprit de corps'Lso thot
in after ream thet might. a.lw~n feel 8 .l-1rid~ in

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Royal
their T ~erb
pment
Rosimeot
and their
goiSchool.
.. ' 'V, C. Aiheman
oUier
lin 'day
obil); wrote to ccng.,.,tulate h;m, and tlje V.C.
wrott 111 repJ.y, «Tha.nks for ~ougnt.ula.tion!J'.1 I
am J oud to britig fresh ladiel. to the reg~t . I
help' ,! to. I only did wbat ""Y oiher =n lD the
!Ro' L llerks would have don'; , ' I d,d my duty
&r ,t.rust<id to God:' He con,iaered th~t 1
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J ,ter' and it
,from Lance-Corpl, Welcb. It
sbowed he wa.a very proud of bis regiment, aDd: in

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to Sir Douglas Hr,'g oud also, to the "Pre.iden~ of
the Roy~l AgricuI~ura ~ 'SoCiety of Englanll. (fdr.

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Bri~j sh- troops ha..ve' lal:~:mred ~d
successlqUy in' tlie .:prepa.ration .of the ~il,

C, Adeane),

and
ana t.he practical ~el!1' -gijVen hl: the ' Agricult~ral
R~li.,f of Allies F fndt.(which was initiated llY'lthe
Royal Agticult=t,I,. Society) has proved of Itbe
J;:r&a.test utilit:r.

~ WE~TFIELD." RE~DING.
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TROPICAL ·AND ECONOMIC I
J?LANTS.

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the. invaded

regions,

Alii .. Fund. ..It i, tho object of the Fund to

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nsslstanC6 to the fa.rroert in the inva.ded distr~cts
of all OQr Allies as those- districts' are recovered

from the enemy.

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duce ! i. en crop s
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,him a valu.l,ble colleague.
wi sh to ~xpress to his
. sympathy ""th them

beiIea,yeinent."

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PRI1>n~'E METHODIST·IGIRCUIT. ,
the va.ledictory service . to
Mrs. Ridley IWas held. ;H
. 150 persons. assembled in
="()(nrl~Tn to meet the mihister and

wife.
t he

WS1'€J representatives from a.ll
tb~ circui t, as well at; a, ~
the Reading circuit, to pJ..y
of appreciation t'o
. .6-t 1.30 a ' ~ublic f&rew~ll
-:: IIr;;;l;~~tt.,he chair being t ..ken by
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of Reading. Mr. I Ra~h"
behalf of the Readi1 g
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Re<;,torlI of Braii/i
..ld;
of 'the good wdrk that
1If<"n:.p·;.Ii~1ned by
Ri<lI'fY ahd
that ""iotOO bc!twoon the .two
the' very g~1t 1000e Ibe hfld
. The Rev. St€jBle, Corgr.,ga,
mi~lisp'" of Tbea;le, spokb of the great
had been to li"r husba.nd lin
;'hat . had ' been I accomplished,
. with911t doubt tliere wo~ld not
success in the jCi.l'cuit , had it

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~~~tr;~r.!'i~~~!.Charities.
Mr. Guyatt' 0
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with an!i·he affairs of

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impressed by' the 1 6p~endid work ' of our soldiers
o.nd l by the. he1p of English faI;1llers throUQ'h~h.
instrumenta.lity of! the Agricultura.l Relief of

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mooting . Of the
P arochia.l Ch,,,;ties
·:i"'U~;~,y, :-~' The Trustees desire to
deop ";'11'P of the gNlat
Ul,."'.... they haye eXP,erienCed
Guyatt, 'W-ho for
bJl,d'.1>aJ;,en a. gr"'lt sha.re in tpe
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Frencll .A!grlcuhuflJ Aca4emy ha. bean de.!ply

such· ... good example by their own conQuct thnl.
the men, wODI~ aJ.wa.ys , pDt tTlLSt and confidence
in them a.nd ~o anyw~ere with them. The
d<lQU1d1ii1 a high _standard of honour and exl_~d

tb<> School with. L;eut. Keeton
, ~thel' offioero.

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The Carps-were then dismisSed, and Col.

a Copy

British soldlers , ~d by Bntlsh farmers l.D. ~re.
esta.blishing agric~ lt\lre in FrenCh territory ~
been, c:on""eye'd bjf l ~l'l'lDch fa.rme~ through the
medl,um ~f. the ~V1cultural ~ .A.cad8Il\.Y of' F~Dce

confideQoo in them . tnlst them axld follow
, helll anywhere. In order to do that. they, I..
ffic"rs, must know th~it work thoroughly.
nother point to ~ember was to set the men

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SOLDIERS '

A~D FARMERS.
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Grateful recognition of ~h. ,PilTt p\a....d ' by

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p ll nts shou'ld
I! o.;:' 5 for nlllll ~
h Cl:,e3 may no-~
d ~... ar F, broad , a nd
If !'l ey are SOWU In
leRr mould , lU
sh c'J:(l ge rm in ate

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appoi nted at.
fOon ofT wh e n o n ly
is ~e.pera lly cl1 used
tion, and can be
male bioom ,
dU Fltlllg t he
poUe n: It
,from th e
' an ern br:~o
rom , It i s ~s t
(Ire too 'large
ple asan t. to eat,
b ei ng less see dy,
h d ~s the pta.nts
u '.uu be rs.

pa:rta,lojjllg

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it from a.I1 ~ffice"" and he was perfectly
young men at that School who might loin
AnDY , would marntain that high standard
honour and thus ever keep ,uP t he good rel)ut;.ti'lD
of Reading School. Many of tho boys
int.o the Armv, and there.were
regiment. All of them had done
he tru.tea ·t!tose present tbat da.y
their" example. He hoped the .. would
mrccess in &nV' career they took up:

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-"tting ,th6 V.C. he.. not onl;v did sOmething for
'the good of bis ~iment. but in , so doing ' 8e!'fed
~ couhtry and · obt.ained the decoration. Some
th<m1 present that. afternoon wo\tld be !!"iog
into . the.Antly !lOOn. . What they had to lea.rn
when they got into, the Am)y was to be ;>hIe ito
lead their men. In order to lead their mep well
~hey must behav~ in such .. w~y t bat they \voWd

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Inexperi ~ n ce d

on para,ae an -l also- their stea.dinelul on pa.ra.de.
The march [!;o.t' "'"" very guod indeed and done

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by allowin3 ,

served

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great..:.a1:;

thE:Y

dri ed BS much at;
\ should on no
oj partly because
, come Con before
' up, u.nd partl y
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tain amoun t of
t direct coutact Wl th
them on 8. tluck
m oved a.nd th e
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varie ty for tins
Senator, wfdch js

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The best igrade
bcttcr cU~ls than
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Peas wweb can
wjnter should he

the pnce per pourid. ·but at the-

value.

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of Mrs, Ridley. - The
by presentatiohs.
'''''ll(llng Mrs. jRid ley " rose
work IIfn;. Ridley had
and espe(,-ia~lY in tlie SunShe assured. Mrs.
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very good
he ar t and
Plant two
ground, and if
Ihould be gl~~n
a fter plant:ng,
should be" gi ven

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i n ~ !lQ w e ry ", •• Hler
week tIll the
&pplications of
Shallots that
y ea r shoulcP be
Jun e or early
b e carr,ed ou t
' ground IU~' be
.'1'0 assi st. ~luie k
moved fr om
ar,e exposed to
th em to
Sh allot.s are
whole pl R.nt ,
ln1(1 H) an illn' ,
w enther I S bri g
h !fL wll ere tIH' Y
day or so
Bu t

1u lbs shou ld h._
. One of the
the m~ 5 t
flm':er, Dnd th ose
seed n. few w ee k ~
Siu rd y lILt le
The bed chose n
pens, po tat oes,
bu l It should
h e nvy feed ers,
p UI well IOta
nfteq plnn :ing.
b etween the
t he pitm ts
lf
rnny be plnced 0. ,
evcry

nh eTlHl. te '

arou'nd t.hem
k ee plUg d o\\ n

cnbbnge moth
bird ~ to di spo!Je

Amon g: the tllftny
pOl.a to' Rca.

beet.I":> 1
turnip neal nnd,
trent denl of dam
p ort s of severe
in ,'arious par ts

dene r seein~ the

,b emg ridflit! d wi th
a thOTO:tg h searc h.
on both side~ of
.cen tr e of t.he
'eradica ttng i.hia
Ipoi so nous fl uld,

used

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Both of

asl, t.hey IU'C
bUL th ey
8ettmg nd of the

carel

actet,

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