Reading Observer 08-1917

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Feeding instructions, simple in
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Witness: Yes, Sir.
The Maglstn>tes' Clerk; And
WIth the l pape"'? '
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WItness: Yes, 811'.
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'rhe /"I'g,strateA' Clerk; To sell
Witne~: Yes, 811'.
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Tbe ~!h~,strateo' Clerk. To whom
the money?
WIl~e.. : To Mr. Honey.
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Delendant Bald the wltn... had •
whetij,er b... w as W~lDg It on tbat da.y
know. I "1
Th. !Magi.trot.... Cl';&' (to P .O.
~ n. btdge 00 when you stopped
P .O. Calhelt. No, Slr.
The ~Ug1BtTatesl Clerk (to

Station.

F11U PArtIculars

Wltness: Not when the pohcem,a.n
Defen<ia.nt . Were you wearlllg a.

W'ftneM '; Afterwards.

Defendant: Where did you get the
'Vltness: From a. boy next door.
In reply to the ~iaglstra.tes'
firmed hiS eVldence tha.t he got
bov next door after the policeman
Defendant· DId you apply the day

Mr. F.

THE POULTRY YARD.
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The Royal Flymg ~orp. carried out
a. capltal progra.mme I ill sports on
Hall Fields, J.:lmhuTSlj-road, on Sal~urd",.
cadets and mqn Goll tafmg pa.rt in a
well-contea1edl events. I The wea.ther '"'·~ , ·l!"~<
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favourable and

fell did not hmder
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PULLET POINTS.

There was

specta.tors, \ and as.

.&Ie of tlCk<ts of atllnissiolD,
LIles for
Hosl',tal
nessmg
Tire season has thus lar- lIdvanced that many dl at one
the 'January and Februa.ry ha.tcbed pullets are lay. ber 01
ing land soUle,have been do'mg so for several weeks.
Whde e~ are maklDll! as now, 3d each. lt !leems
A pity La- stop t hem laymg to get them LhrougJ;1
the moult, and yet it thlt) 1'8 not done they ma.y
keep oq la.ying tUl tbe cold weather comes, then
• ltop all at once and begm to moult, whkh wlil
not be a. good orre OWLDg to the cold weather
};ggs will . be ve:rl dear round about ChristD1.a8
tllJle. and It vlill' pay well now to try and get all
the e."ly hatChed pullets to moult, eo that they
come on to l&y again before OcLobet hB8 gpne.
'.A. pullet should be a.bout seven weeks III mooltL
iDg, so that Ilf they drop t.helr feat.hers now th~
new pl,umiLge wJll ha.ve grown before t~ cold
wvuis" anNe and then they soon begm to
aga.in.
Any ·puUoLo· which you WISh to moult should
taken .out of' tbeir old ~ouae and put mto ..
8JIY shed, -baril, free from draughta and yet
vtlllt.i\at.ed: . Drpp the fOOd supply to hal!
allow pl~y o~n !ituff, while a mild dose
e.a.lts will aaust ' 111 movlDg the old feathers
fat. bird cannot moult successfully, 150 n,ne,rob";
you mU!it reduce , the cOnditlon before tho feathers
wIll come ,out and Lhen v; hen nearly bare you
must begm to be more hbera! Ill, the diet and le~
:it be better m quality of • more Oily nature, which
will promo~ feAther growth and soon put them
"lllto fuH plumage.
Whcn they have got aU thelI'
ne,w fea.thers they floon begm to la.y agaJ.n, and
then tbe supply should continue right up till the
'prlUg WIth hlI\'IIly aoy rest III between.
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Th~re ale pl~ty of pullet.~ now which are on
the pomt of laYlOg, but don t he In too great •
buny.J for somo ' ,or the lazy ones ma.y beglD now,
go on for a month or two and tben stop all, 'wmter.
"'N4ich LS not. a. very p~Ylng ' proltpect. All bIr<:Lti
whIch are nearly grown ca.n be moved mto ire"h
quarters, wirer. they ' may stop all wlOter.
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meant for inten81ve work leave them for anot.her
lew ,,~s .. ~\llIe t""y should not be' put mto
theee houses till \o ]ust on lavmg, then they will
contmue right along. But. where the puUeh must
be kept, Ia.y, m a, sma.ll house ~d run, 80rt them
out m fiock5 >-~f a dozen or le!:ia and get:. them LDto
a new place ' m~h fres h grass run and lal ge
enough, so tha.t the stock cannot 1loul tho ground
'W here bU'd" are kept on an open r<Ulge th ~v
na.turally cannot receive the. saflle trea tment as
wht.n In smaller runs a.lways under the eye.
Wb.,.., tho1\S1l!lds of birds are' kept there IS I'
difficulty In havlng them M.ll 10 I small runl, ana
then tll.y are put -tn lIocks of p~rbaps ~ hundleR
With an open field and plenty of honses, but this
often means that they CTowd together LOto the
one or ·two "pl&eeiS and the alr soon becomeli\ foul
CertEL101y they neVe! seem to grow 80 well on the
field as w4e,p m a. Tun, because then there 18 mare
.i.ndivld\1al attentIon On the field they may get
e,nough food, and' t.he Ulan who feeds them looks
round a.lWQ.YII to ~ ~ tha.t all 19 wfll But. on such
a lIock' he C&ft'l0t be ,UYe that tbey are all there
and half ' n. · ltOzen may be gone before notice is
taken. If the ' Iltua.tio1\ 1S exp0l5ed in any
the U".ea.k ones soon gQ, to the wall, and I have
heard owners a.rgu. tha£ thIS i. IlJrtght. POSSIbly
thi!i is correct to 8 POlDt ~ but not ~or all circum·
l)ta.nce,. bec'"1Se mOfl~ of j.hem could ha.ve be ..-,n
' sa.ved If tiiken
tune andwa.tched from. the first
I know there a.r~ many OPlD IOD 3 a.bou~ the' fr~e Haml1lon;
la.nge , but a.fter yenr ll o'f experl~nce I canDr.t;~b.ltCr Grant; 3,
Tlltmg
my OpInIon that' the birds grow best when kept on
small ruDS in 80ck8 of ten or twelve. All tbe Frith
Blmdfold r ,Drill
pullets WhlCP. are grOWlIlg now push along and
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ma.ke bone and fra.me l?e£ore you thmk o f egg! team
!\\ihen once a pullet sta.rts lo.ym.a: she titops grow
129 Yards Hurdle} -l, Lieut. Allen.
mp: for the tIme, and thiS 15 wpv n. fanCier '\\ ill JarvIS
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not hurrY his stock on to lay " Thcre eggs alone
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when they. ha.ve filled theIr miSSIOn then kill off
Slow Bicycle Race ~l, Cadet Furlong.
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useful lot, g!ven bv l the offiCelJII ~f th~
were presented by
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ch~nnmg val·ieJicll1tclu~(e ...
H6neysuckle

B.~nme Brat:

Jersey Buttermilk

Cf.nahon

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Meadow Sweet
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C eumber Cream

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: - When you came
papers vou were told to go to t,h,, ' "nl .-AI
for & Didge?
\Vltness : Yes. Sir
Defendant: You then weot &.....,.,
'~it~esB: Yes. I
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Defendu.nt: And yoo never came back
~ Itne5s :
They ref:ysed
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Defendant added he
Wlth P&p<;r8 If he had- got
rather paYlI' fifty fines for thIS
others,1 as he wa.s one 01
father WIlS 10 the Army He l'Should
If these boys "ere to be In!iultcd?
'T he Ma'tlstra.tes' Clnrk· You must
the Chief Constable H there IS any
about the constable make it to the
stable
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n 'efend:mt said he s:tw P S.
self 1 a.nd four days a.fter that
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Mr Field remarked tha.t he
If the con stobie hod refused tAl gront a
then be sb.w the bov a.fterwatds sellml{
l"ould have been lacking In
duty if
stop him. The boy was re'fu5ed aJ !

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defcndrtnt could not go into the reason I
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DefeJldjmt: The boy. get j fused and
suited. I
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pJaJnt about that. make It to the Chief
The Chll.lrnlan: We convact ' you
donee, and fine you :£1, or
de i"nlt
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Well be plnud

no"ico, I ~·he'n

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who
smokes nl p
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IJHl.t ~ mok'N~ r It j , he,,"ooncolwtauGi c ll e ~o t il e o:-her
!tel' frolll u. ~In.llcc at t h p. p ipe
1, 1:1 \\IUJlm:;, lC~I1I~ l 01 III t ~~ ~to
If the pipe l ~ Cl
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IN) oci.ug b low n a.b Ol.t. V1Il.fI,rvu(\ lIu,]r'
Bul\sr.li.!tOlY mann er, you wa.\ he liUl6 thit tbe ).:':Ju; . ~
gOlll~ well wllh t!J u t. narflculnr III 1.\1 !U;~l. mo t\) e"pe "
CI lily If, ni th a touch of the Shcilo .kHolmC'fi '" J z. ~rdf).

t~e Reading Bor~ugh IChiI~n',

Tues~ay,

before }h. J. J . 900pcr (m
and !>frl C: G. F,.ld, " !!equel to the
case was hMtd, when Leshe J!ancock, of
TOad , tb!e WltneliS in the 188t l ~se) was .sfl~lllo,ned
for being a person under the age of
lawfullYj engage tn street tradmg
DefenHant pleaded gullW
capt'l Bendenon, the Chief
lendant apphed for a. hcence n.s ha.d
).Ju,t as there were qUite enough boys>
tbe stree~s he did not lIssue a. /lIcence.
In 'I".I'ly to the Bench, defendant
emplo,Nd at a. cycle factory ' durmg
earnedl j1s. a. week, and he made about·
mg,p"'p"'" after he left work.
The I Bench were mlormed that
mothe1.! or fa.t her were present The

you bC, U the Fbic apd lind only a COli pIe of cl '!.1\1
wlltobe:> .Lt hIS elbow-a fUl.-ther proof of the CO' IlI OI t able meptWli;y of our !tnospecttve Wlllilel N'ow look
at a~otlier t tpla. ~ele HHI se~ fl pipe stlll gom :;! III All

une....en,1 ~tn. cato style, the pJ,Jyrr lIervouslv

the howl.

B r 1Ills stdo

ma. '~he~, Ulld It IS e p,sy

to see that !iiI

tin~erlll!!'

' of Ihah-!lIIrnt

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(t Jl~ J'\S" all Aill

CA-.~ e IS a. bit of a fr IUd. llook .~ t hU!
board, Ilnd yon . l~ {IUd the game IS III a. tlCkllSli s· l,.:r..
whICh our ~rno~or tllcnd wIll find It b.nd to ~WCH O\JtW'

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II 0llce mOL'e

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pipe s hUtl asldo, cold a.n d

Here t he

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and ommous sym ptom of cowing defeliEl ~'hell th ' I e
tS lnc player who, blec the German, th;n k' M til It t he
end ever Justifies the meRna r H e WIll blo\\ clond .. anJ

douds of smoke a.crol!.::i the boaru-even

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st.'ute-l tue poisonous gas to befog our\oldlel's - sn t h.lt
ftlS opl'illleu t ma.y hR.'\ e but an o hscute aud misty' lew
of Lhe sltua.tion of the game, a nd , perh ...p~, ~ta l t lllln 0 \
a. Jellg t hy C:'I.reel of coughmg to unpeGE': ~\I :5 ~t j nllli
upset hIS pInus V~nly. Ule habit otamoklilg ;}'I~l ~ 110
Bwull part l~ a game oflches;;. A shnlu1:tHt
t\le

a.t wo~1t a.nd the father was a.

soldier
The ChIef Uonstable e:s:pressed the
there ~ qUIte enough shouting by

streets, and there was no need to
d,d not thmk it was the most d",irabl~ I ~DIPI,ov.
mflnt for boys
The iCpalTIIlan said the Bench had
cnutlO~ defenda.nt thiS tune.! If he
tmuo ~lS work at the {.:Cycle 'actory
to do ~omet bing lor hl",self od his
must ,\ot A.ll papers III the streeb
a hcenpe and a. badge. H e mU5~ not

and",

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to be losers,
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p:'JUud! thIS que~y to U!., and &~compaule'3 the ~ Ime
WIth thQ rCuilUkj that h c h as for some vea.rs 1U Ide Uf'te'3
of the o.ges of IcheS! cclebl1.tlcs Whe\lthe;y b.L'\e ~O!\(,' I
the last I=pea.t f'roblelO ~ Olle bUlLdled ca~s h.IYC com!)
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hu notu::~c

IHc u.!sume.<i that th

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ChC3~ s~rio ll !!ly commence aPlJroljma.tel at t.hc a.~c or
eIghteen
According to the experleuce ta.bles , .!t th"
age of el~hteen yea.rs a. J .Ila has nn ave~a~c ex.p.!( ln
tiOll of Ih\\Ug forty yp.3{S
lint ttl che"!i-pla)er:> Il le

offence.

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re$e,Hches, el.teuds to 1HJi tv-t\\O yeru:s. So that 1f \)lLe
beginS to play chC!i!:> senott sly at ClghtCl'!1l aud ~t l,l v
ploulems (thIS, of couriKl,l ll! part of ont!'~ cUlrlculm n
contmumg m thL<l stranl mrxleratclyout un\n o kcl I,
one IDIlY hope to Ildc1 four yea.TS to one's cxpectal.lC) 0'
Ie.u.st.cucc ou lhiS terrestrlkl
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Guflith (Ill the chair), Col.. l' Jomton. )tt
C. E Keyser,
sue her .lnd)lr " "
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W,ltness: Yes, Slr.

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