Reading Observer 02-1918

CUTS~

'ECZE'M A &
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,;,••, .end you m_y

tlnuth ;",. yo.,.

MEETING;

wonderful

nt.".

Z ....;,Bllk. It. ha. aoted
vellouaIY on ..y , Ohii"~,"

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of the Readmg and District
Worl'Pl"'p,I.·, .t\o'BPi,t&! Nd &soclation WM held
&yo.\ Berksbl'" Hosp,~al
ov'l\Iling, _".h'en t.here was ~ large atF, A, S.rJean~) pre·
mded, and with him were Dr H.· W Gell, Mr
Herm&n Burnof, Ml'. W V Riven, Mr. B: T.
Morley (Presldent.), Air G ~ B Pa.rnell (vlce-presi·
dent), Mr .A' I G SmIth ~treo.surer), Mr. E J

Elllati.

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THUS writes Mr.i\ A.
01 2, Buckiegham Place,
Sl;lOrdbam.by-Sea.

She adds:'
.. My little girl Alic'; aged 3, had ec.ema
break OIlt on her chest,. which was all
IDftamed and cOÂ¥Cred! with [anning sores.
I tried several ~medl~ but DotblDg
stopped tbe tenibie itcbinl!\ or dried up
tbe bad places uetil I began to use ,'
Zam-Buk.
ThIS splendid balm ~n made a
dIfference for the bette:r, and before very long
bad absolutely cured tbe girl.
.. Then my boy James (6~) cut the bottom 01 bis
foot badly. and ngam Zam-Buk proved a good fnend

members on the renewed mt.erelt m

"' One

to piece. 'fer'! qmckly, .ery often
.fter <>nty • m.&h's .,.~ to the welther,
and In moet c.ae&8 it doee not take lon~ef
than SIX weeke 'WhIm it is well erumbled It
caD, be ,,"",1-,. ""'Irs up altd, got into fine
eoJtdit.ion lor the ao'Vl"ins of t;rOps.

~ whidt ,..,.. _ed for growing toma.·
tore6 last year WI" ag81n be sultable thiS year,
if IIoe sOil i. well wencbed IDd rqamn-ed wilb
~ ...nu?e wbeDner pouible. If a.
lisbt dl'H6Hllg of belnc "'8' or wood asbes eau
_
treBeIWog l be lightly loriwod into u.. ....f _ _ I, \be qopo will be all Ibe better The
hal phIoe io '""'" tomatoell _ 'on • wan or

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_ _ - . . ooul.b, 1houSb a weot.erlJ WMI
'rry .,..t; ..:. m open, bght .. _lIy
,oi» iuw t .. ~ srow weN In . . apeD, ot
ID-poa . . . ,
be .....t _
... 6'" rJl the

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~ W8000 wIIo eombiDe gara...ioog ..... poutf.ry -koeepiag ohould _ l y
ftI!!i: ...de .. email tpeee fOf" a row of sun·
80...".., '!be _d of _
60...... to ODe of

the bes\ ~ foode (perrota and ohlKlr
la.rge ~b:trd. ..., enjoy It 'fery muc:h~
Besides tkis, tAe plao(a are oraamell'W, aDd
...c. ~ • good wiad bNak lor soJDewbat. deh.
eate f!I'Gp8. To ~ the 8Nd as early as poe.
llibte, !!OW SOWle of the Ot'din.". Mngle·
ftowered .m.a:;. in ~ in early aprmg,
pl.n~ <lOt tho oeedIiDgo la April,
woo... a
frame 18 not; ~oable, the seed may be
~ i. ~ opeD. at lbt! end. of March
80
TItlable IS •
seed. of tbta pl&JM; 'hat 1$ was
r~ q1:lOted at 5&. per cwt. for the best
~ teed
Wben chOOlJlDg the 'fanety, LeVlath.n
or ~ Giant are t.wo
onea. WhIch
prodnce eDOI:TnOU8 he.ds of
n and a. propor\~a" ~""11 of. oeed.

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A geed

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,..r of grO'fl1lg

prieee.. we tIrlll....S

i.J>e

and but_ be.llI.

II?n, a

flOOd

th",

be..,. koown .. 1".";001

They need

5Ul!ap~

eulti. •••

mllllJ Sl'"",er. SImply cl'ibbh11f!
them lIlto ,a · bot.e at a depth of about 2ic. Q)
2:ilD
'.rho ground, If goDd, need not be
manured, Mtd 'be1Ol1d staking there ia btUe
work to :be done fer them. The lucceea or
Ih.. bean depe",!s large!r upon doe v&J'i.ety
chosen
Of dw.,.r vanetles, WblWf Haricot

Green

Gem are vcry good croppers; and
clirnt.icg van~ties many gardenera
tiunk 1ber-e 11 t nothing to bM.t the GoldeB
W&xpod, whtch producel • be-an mmilar to
(he v utter · beftll of the shops
Mont d'Or
Wa.xpod, Superlative • •nd TeDder and Tr:ae
are all uoellcllt croppers, aQ.d llODeed 10
most SOils.
aDd
of the

The vllolu~ of 1001. is ~ ..ery little Teeos.
fu sed
One ~f Ita propertiu is
oWing to
Its dark coloer~ It ab60rba tbe eun heat Mld
raiSes the temperature of tbe gronDd on which
It 18 spread. 1t.1&0 eontaina that .alo&ble
fert.ihaer ammoma, ""brcb in other formA
sli ch as sulpbl.t.e of &mmoni&, is
~tI;

th""

...err

Just now
It sooufd be spnnkled 0Ire!' the sur·
fa ce of th e soil .t dJ.ggmg time at t'be rate of
a peck per square rod. It 115 'beat put on
dU r"lD g showerY weatber, so that Ute rata Bl&.f
\\ ash the nitrosen rato the soil, or it can be

p ut on In tiqwd form.
Derides these ad·
"antages, It I'! ODe of the moss ueeful agaKs
for keepIng lIl~a and ~ther pesta .t a dis·
tance, or If the, do vent.oN DeM',oftilliDg.them.

It 15 money weB - spens . to I• .t;el fruit-treetl,
for a .mueh better prICe c.:t. be ob~ by
. el1 ,~ appleo of
knoW1l ....leM. tll10n by
t;elh ng & mlltCenan.eoua collection of fruit.
'tet all Ia.bels With the n.mes a&.;gped on ...e.
the best and most dur8.~e, and can be ob
1amcd j re ady &tamped In aU the le~ T.",e
h ' s fr om horticuitmoal 8undrteamen.
But
phnn metsl or wooden 11lbets ean be pro
('lor~ri
nnd 1f theSfJ are wntten on 10 m

BERGT, 0 , S, TURNER, RA M,O_,
who 11.180 telia bow so}dl,ers In the trenchet

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rid of

IIOTene89,

sm8.TUng, bnming, ten-

ernesa, ohilbla.iD.II, rheumt.tic pama, I et.c.~

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With little opportunity .Jor
and praotically
Done for proper .trea.tmeBt of anythlllg ahort of a
h08pita.l cue, foot mIsery 18 the ba.ne of many 8.
AOldler'llife. CiTilillnl!l oan banUy realise what real
foot torture iI!I. Durmg my firet yeaT of militsl'Y
!er'nOO I '8uJf~red almost constantly from the terrible
loot I!trafu. I In addItion to ca.ll0Me1 'blil!lt.en
exoesai?e ,pct'l!prration, bad odour, oqld ~ulDbn668'
41 trenoh. feet/' etc, there" WM an old com that
throbbed hke an aobmg tooth I cut the top off
that. com wI ~ ,a razor or burned lt of! WIth CAUStic
hqulds at leaAt twenty times withIn a few monthA
bub, like prur iDg a. tree. that only seemed tomoret\8~'
the T1\.pidity of growth each time FUHlUy there
Will! lDfect.ioo, ba.d swelhDg, and threntened. blood}Â¥Ilsomn}. ~hen I CJ.Dlt foohng Wlth It he corn.
It 'fM tpofe by lucJcy acoJdent than desJgn that I
eveDtually cUred It 80 tbat It never came hllCE nor
dId any of my otHer foot troubles. One day i wlla
reetlng my legs m hot wtl'H.ted water to lltop ROme
rheumatIo tJ,lngea, thill bemg 0. common prnctloe In
the Army w ell muscles got eore or jOlntll stiff. I
8000. noboed the entire top of my bIg corn Wi\6 110
solt I e&.!dy picked It light off Moreover, the
me~hea.ted and oxygenated. water had drawn out
every trace of the wtolerable a ahe!! burnmg ond
swelling whIch were plevioWily so
I tbought my
feet had ",uk or fallen arches One more ISOlllnDg'
m IlOmewhat stronger nItrated water and tne wbole
root came completely ollt. leaVing only u. e.tnl\lt de.prellillon, whIch 900n closed I Nn.turally, the oom
never came hack, ,Iaa ther e was nothing In there Jef t
to ·gro" again. Since tben I have tome to know what
real foot eowfort18. Long hd[ea and houn of atanding
00 guard duty ha.ve no 'terrot8 ior my feet now
NOTE'iTne wtrnted water referred to ll~VO 111
prepAred Iby dlMOlvtng Rende! bath saltra.t.ea (an
lOexpen81Ye 1co m~und Wb lCh lIny ch emil!lt haa In
aOOck) m pl&ln hot wat:or
A heaplDg tableApoonful
to the gallon la the qua.nUty UJulllly reoommended.

bad

matin~).

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~OW.
Jam..ea Swift, AUercliffe, ~ekf., m;fS:_N-Tt.
first dooe p'''''''' pea< relio!. I can couJldonlly ...,
that olle box of these pilla hRJ dhe.me. more gooa
than aU the mediclDt!J I un ta.bo..., Robert LeaD,
II, SilvarStreet, BarneJey, writes :-"~ed. to
8&y YO\ir pllls are of pncehes woith" Mn. Wi!lti»-

MEN AND WOMEN

f'n pper "'Ire ; but care

UlU8t

bo takcn to

1'11019'

fnr the expanl!lion of the bra.ncll or tho wi're
!JI"J ru t ID Bnd . perhaps, be the ret.rtlDg place

of

~om e

SOD~ of Ncbton, state. ._" My 8iBt:m IRIfIiared from
weak kidneys took ODe box, whlob has..doae bettt:lOU
good than pounda apeat on medieal mea. HOLDROYD'S GRAVEL PILLS, .. poaitiv-e OW'e fat
Gra:"el, Pains In the Back, lRopay, Brigbt!1I ~
of the KIdDe] s,. Gout, Sci~ti~· 18.. 3d. of ChemifJt1.
P"" , free a stomps, HOLDROYD'8 lI[£IUCkL
HALL, Cleckhea.t.on.

tillS

dlse&ae e.t.ermg the tree.

THE POULTRY YARD.

ba.~e

Under tbls beading \we
llT'ranged to publlsb.
weekly an art icle on Poottry and PoulUy K-eepIDg by a.n expert whICh shotrld prove vety useru l
at tbe present tnne The writer wtl} bc please4
to answer- any questions by r4aders, who 6houkl
send their correspondence to Tho Ecbtor,
.. Rea.dlll: Ob&eM'er. n

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SEASONABLE POINTS.

'well dUl'lng tbe year

SJlbSC'I"lptlonl for the Sa.marltan SewIng Gulld
ma.y be seJ?t to the P .tesldent, Mrs. Parnell, Car·
dlgan Lodge, Eaatern Avenue j to the bon. treasurer, Mn Cook, fVY 'Lodge, Brunswlck·blll j or
to- the hoo ~tary, M",_ P"","" 130. Queen'sroad
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The 11a.yor, in mOVIng the adoption
report and blloliPoe sheet, expressed the hope tha.t
an lDst1tution itl011'\g 80 muph good as was the
Royal 8erbbu'e Hoaptta.t wgpld not. be taken over
and mana.ged by the St:.a.Wj, thou gh- it a;ppea.red to
be rea.chmg thllt It.a.ge when th& matter would
ha.ve to be oon&1dered, He congraulated the AiNJ ·
clatlOn most hea.rtlly upon the succe.sa WhICh had
a.ttended' their oollectlOns during the paat year.
The reporl Wall most aatisfa.ctory. and Mrs. Brad.
bury's mdlV1dua.1 effort wu splendId The doors
of tlw hosplt.al were a.J.wa.Yf! open for the benefit
of suffermg huma.Dlty lrreSp ectlve of c1a&
No
InstltutlOn was more deservmg of t.h~r sym.
and generoul!I support, Rnd he knew that
would ;..Jm iUl. even greaUg' degree, be extended
to the HOapltQl.in future. The debt was now prac·
tlcally Wiped out, and they thanked all who ' had
oontl'lbuted, whether m la.rge or IIWa.ll amounb.
They were very: pleased to lICe .a.mongst them Mr
Rivers, who ha.d dODe Be) much by hll!l Shlllmg
Fund Now that they had a.ccomphshed 80 much
they must not rest ..o n t.bOJr Dars, or the HOSP1t.a1
would get· IOta .debt aga.lDl They should double
their mbscnptlOns, 01' at any rate gtve the utmost

that they could offord_
Dr Gell,

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the letterpress In the course of thIS theme
wtiter of It Ca.non Parfit , ah eady well known
an e3:pcrt t lth IIp8CHlI knowledge of that part

.tbe world, oay. -

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secondmg the adoptIOn of the reo

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house so ' that they may lay If theY' Wl1!h and ~hell
gl'r:e them a
feed of wheat, bempOOlld and
craCKed m
, or a son mash tCl which has bee.

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added some ~hea.t The¥. Wlll often eat when nl9ne
'Jlke this,
It keeps them in good condItloo.
Some of our lIHggut breeders do this wth all thetr
cockerels durlng the oold wea.ther, and there II
nOthing betf4r to enaure for tho eg~ Another
thiJg '\t lS ~sa.ry to make two or three rolleotions dunll~h6 day when frDSt. 18 about, otherWl8EI the eg
soon freeze and then are u9Cless for
hatchlflg If on have been quiet and ca.reful with

a.n4

Ol

yOW' ben. th
WIll not mmd you going to the
nests, bu~ If you , are' rough and, mllke ,tbe bIrd.
WIld , the eba ce& : ~l'e that oollectmg lIko this Will

a nd rcdUC(l the SUfll' hYou
rpn ~d at. tJ:J.e fertihty 'droPPlng
some SllOoW Whereas before ".hen
a.~ dry the eggs came pretty good,
will put the cockerel of! and the
or ,bree week. All bum are eot
a.hke, and
gh some are affeCted. more tha.n.
others by the oold , stIll 311 do suffer, a.nd no man,
howeYer clev , ca.n aVOid nature a.ctUlg hke thUt.
The only wa to meet 8uch trotlble 18 by ca.reful
foedmg and
IDg t.hat each gotJ. • faIr sham 01
food 9UltabJc
combat tlie ravake.s of nature. •
Don't att-e pt to force eggs from ~he bn~din,
pens, beca.use*IY so oomg you WIll reduce fertlltty.
Here a~am
foroe uature IS wrong and ~ou must,
8ufier m on Wit.)' or another If you get a.. few
extra. eggs yoP WIll not produce so man. chlCkeDs,
and then aU Iclear eggs meen so much waste
The only thing tbat ca ll be used I S a. httle exLr ..
meat or fish, but t.hen never &'lxwe :G\J per cent of
the whole fced If you cannot produoo egg; lrom
the p ens by the u se of oound {ood 1lt can never pay
to fOt ee \\ Ith a lot. o[ chea.p ~on<hments Vlhere
there lS 8. lot of p ens Jll st f or la.ymg alone then
use all means p<lsslh'e to gct. the greatest q~hty
o( eggs 10 the t;hort,est tIme.

fnghten the
must ~t be

Mr, Herbert Burney, m rno"ng the re electIon
the President and office rs of the ASSOCiation,
& high tribute 10 J.h e AssoClation's repre.!len·
on the Board. cl# Management
No more
courteous and kmdly representatives could p os·
~tlbly come befor~ them . •

Mr, W V, ' R~vcn seooeded the proposal, and

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bab)y sell

you need

jtm.

baa

:'\0 ga rde'\er] an 8.irord to neglect hi. tooIa,
,. ' hili. Ie e ghen to them III'Y '~ all
~f' ~h rrl' rt"nce
9ltccesllful gardening ln~ the

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port, l!Iald It WM lameot.able. tha.t" whJle the I!ItafI

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good many egg! tor s atmg, if SD wha.t
evcry egg a chick or ~u will be gettmg thcm back to be changed. tL.en theTe IS the
waste QJ the eggs, to !!oay nothmg about the tune.
The man who wa~es hIS pens sbould be able to
tell whether the lcockerel is dOl~ hiS ~uty, and
If not then he should be
to make room
for 3 more active bltd It 19 no~ f!!«!ry cockerel
whIch CIUl be lrehcd upon In the erly season, but;
If left for another montb he wl11 Pfhaps fill every
egg VeIj often a cockercl WIll not eat while tM
hens are feeding, he
struts afuund callIng to
them, a.nd though he m&y pOck
the lood does
not bke It in any <f.antlty, the rysult lbe ing t.ha.1;
he goes thm and QtUt.e unable to ~l hi& eggs. To
prevent thiS
he baa a. meal ~h da.y sepa.ra.t.A
bow•• rel'- 'I from the hens , sa.y a.t mid dn..t wpen the hens '1\1'.11
not be feedfE
l , but to do thl8 dTlve them mto t.be

" The va,} ager from Induf al ong the cout of ltSsoclated hlmseH wlt.h &lt1 that had been said
ConriCT"G mclelli,
1It.'\te.~ ISthat
the Italian
II Ime8.1
desceuLc ~t ucc 15 ODe of tboee crops whi~h can be Bel
uchujtan somet1mes cans
small unm.erestill. ,1 w1th refcrenoe to the splendid work o[ their Asso·
I
o{ Couuts GUldi, founded by
QI,!ckl y broug ht on b y bemg forc ed on • IIllght
p laccs hk~ IGw&dir and Cha.;bar, 'b~t he IS agree elatIOn They roa.' iscd the a.dvancemen t tha t had
In lld III FIOlenco In thtl year 1200
hOI bed . The seed IIhould be $Own now In
to
at J iUlk a small colony been made InQ "medl c.a.l SCience, and ,Psuch
;:,~ it::~;l~~.;~i:~
1806reJ
, all~
for
J ChL, Bandy , well· W'a t.ored &1)'11, Nd placed 10 ably
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I disOQver
h
1 ,J !H :.iIU1\o!1.!l
ccted on
hyIWplpn~
tbe Itaban
I Ensurpn~
g tau ~op C, W 0 occupy a. groUp of ~ l:celleDt work a.s WM oeing ca.rned on 10 toe H .
~Il aCcount of Iml fJ.g P H owe\'er,lO 1!)16
r. I', nr m hO llle or . r oom till it germlaatea. o
bUlldlllgs He lo nging to t be E a.at~rn Telegrapb shou ld not be hampered by fin anCial emba rra.ss
oocp.me acceotAnce. nnt! It o l ~J now 8.lIub" 1 n the young plnnta IIAOW, rem<H'e the pan
ftrtillery, 10eat.e(l somev; helll \n tke Alp".
v, :\ llJ: ht posltton In a cool house. or fram e. Company, for m th iS deaola.tf! ftlld d reary corner ment ge had an alyaed. the .£650 raIsed b y tbe
h
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b
he cft llnot play che!!!!. nud hn.'l Jlot l!uch a
'I i '"(' li p a h otbed of le aves !or any manure o f th eo ).f-'. ~ran coast. t ero IS an outpost of ClvIll l!1a- Assoclatllo .j It repreeent.ed 3,000 contrIbutors of
(!hess bOllrd , U! lIIg a. pocket bollrd
l\ :tJ\ab le.
and pla.ce over It a . fuBle-one h on and an Important. Dn t l'l h telegr aph Ktatlon
Id
a
w ~k In tI. town the SIze of Read ln.... there
th
t
of hI
oble
~ I,!('!: e n" bJe s the g lasa to be elOM to th e bed .
j ~ Bunder Abba.&, twice VI M~ by Marco P olo, 'S
k
' 'b
e COe l p08l 10 11
S pr
0011.
In thiS sb out sa Indi es of r)~b SOli should be now an unattrutl \'6 p ort, but one of p,ecu h ar 1n . must be 10,000 wor en, and If each ga.ve ld a
r '\{c o and h ghtly pre ssed dbYfn. The plan ts t.cre!t , from Its ' connectIOn Wlth the 'Cha.nges fwd w eek that would hrMlg 10 £2,000 a. yc a.r He
UAl1lE li'o ' 107$,
r:.lu;J'd ~ e put 11} abeut eight mcbea apart.
developmenh now Wlfig pl ace In the Nel).f E ast hoped they would ralse ~ £l ,OOO 'a t a ny rate, and ')]::!i~~:~i:!~h::.!~fl:nal round of t ho thIrd champiollshlp
of th &~merlco.n Nn.tioual Correapondence
It IS 81tuated on the Pen1rui coa.st at the very r nytbmg he could do towards that ODJe<:t he .(
Thc questIon may be raieed by garifJllera en t.rance to the Gulf, for the 'juH of Omal),.{on n .. would be only too p] eBS(!d to do
! RUY LOPEZ,
d
[r'\I' ng potntoc& loT' the fiT!!!t t1me thiS yesT, 8. km ~ of verlibu.!e to the Persian Gulf Prolllr Alld
Black.
White
Black '
ndt-r:
Abbu,
'\vltb
the
b]
an~of
H'
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rmuz,
gua
rd
The
offi
ce"
were
then
I uly re·elect.ed
lUI
folBu
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l ,uea! J n Vm~lLOre I, IT Lucas.
\ , \ IS It neoeaaary to ' get fresh seed, and
P - K.l
17 K t_fllJ
KLxK l'
t.he
mAin
entra.nce
to
thIS
grell.~
mlllnd
sell
Io
wa
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Plesldent.
MT'
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Morle-y
,
Vioo-presl.
l eI, ·ra lly
seed [rom a <i.!_w.ru!eT
Tho&6
Kt.-Q'B8
18 R - KR4
P - KB4
.. ThIS 11 t.he mrt for K erman . Yud. lind dent. Mr G B Parnell j treasurer , ltlr A n
P '.>LiI.(O grov.ers
"ho hue
expenence
P:;ARB
19 PxP' enpusant(d) RXP
Kt~.B8
2Q RxX~
Q-B4nb
k! ny, Ih at th e odu;nt&g08 re"l.1tlot;: from a Ea.st.ern. PerSIa., add the roads t raverse 8. number o f Sm Ith; kc.ret ary, Mr E J Dore ; audItor'! ,
mountatn l ,t'angcs before reachmg tbe centra l :Mes," Tucker and Cox j delegates,
cI' flll !!e of '~ geed " Bore often noQ'I11\8 ahort of
~~K6
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~;t&h
~:':-l;sq
n1al f'lI ous wh en the seed 11 p~ from pla.t-eau ~t was (or centune&' t.he tlourlshlJ'l P
B-K2
2S p-Ka,
R-BSch
minu.
of
importan~
overland
tr:ule
route.
from
Deacon,
Loven
and
Ralpb
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2.&
RzR
RxRch
Kt.--Bt
t '( 'land OT Lincoln5htre by Enghlh Bnd
Europe, whence also t he goods ,'Vue pUled on by
Mr Morley ment loned that th at wns the mnth
@&.tl..
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year t hey hAd cbo~n hl1T~ as their PreSident H e
n, t rese hIe that where the crop is uwally
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Amorig dt.bcr :mbJects dl 8C+.1S5Cd In timely artIcles had b<-..en very [i,nxIOUII to rai se £1,000 m a year,
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change of seed c"et:Y three years
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Fte bnll~.ry " \Vmdrror M(l gazme" ore out the IncU'rance Act ca.me a10ng and hit them
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~ ood c rop annu.Uy, .Hhough After
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SO K-Ktaq
a-au
i ~"\ ~()n , he !' t he di se Rl!lo haa been more than
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and the Shlpp l n~ Problem " a.nd Its hard Tbey wero, hO'frever, 8teen~ ahead agam,
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u- -Ih rllcv l\len t It 'I'I'!1I p :lV lo obta.lD a. fr esh
Ithfl W ar apd " 1 bo Belgians' Pa.rt m and he appca1cd t o them to do their utmost to.
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.. and eAch l ubleci. IS l11u.atrated
:ResIgns
I ')-'k e ven II I. change were made only the
interesl,ing
The fictIOn 'of the wa.rds col1cc~g £1.000 thiS ynar. 'rhe workers
[J f r VI OUS ye ar
&ver, and in. In the Vl~n.gelS ought to belp more. W~h regacd
W (l.'I t1c.t> ' ~ to
COmpln.lDts tha.t ho had ever bronght for.
'f fl'lo<;e berrv bushe s hnve not vet been
" " IH'd no lIm e ehnuld be lost in ,doms 50.
of Mr w:\rd, he boo alway,. be.en f&irly and Murtepusly
1,:' h""fh SllOU ~d be kept. welt thlnrled out so
11 ad
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th
1J'",f[enha l!eq, And treated, It w ... a
~lDg, at the HOIII ", 1, ... 1 t Ie.nd uu can Ret to a11 the brancbel!!)
could
treat
and
3,000 in" , I "',< r, 1I IIlt ~I\ th crln g la not quite such a
Then.
I ' j l fui n ~o.l r 1 All Inner IIhoot-& not wanted
t ,J,\J
hI" ('l1'1' h a.clc to Within a couple of
duciJ)g
~, J..~ bu t 1\11 ~ooc1 growth Of last yell.r ..ehdUld
r ,,.,r,. as It I 1 on th iS that the. PE"st fruit IS
r . t 1 U"r:(1 Tile $Oil around the bushcs should
I \\c-U dug . cl r e!l2ed With ltme to "weeum Jt,
, 'I !O;> d ressen. Wi th maoure if the soil is "t
: 11 ptor rr blrd. are tlou~le8ome, I. f.ew
• In(; ....... of bla.ck cOLLon tied among the
(,uo,.n, hcs v.;lll te)p .to kee.p th~~ a.wa~

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The poultry keeper has been havmg a busy time
la.tely througb the snow and wet. One da '\" I t has
been a broom to clear a. way round to fhe bou"cli
and the next waders to get throogb the pool.!..
Ppultry keepUlg iA grand work when the sun IS
shmmg and the trees are in leaf, but 13telv some
of the wmnen folk have ti {~bcd But when •
woml).D takes to poultry she can do the work well
and I S II1Ot'e thorough than a. me.n, besides being
far more pa.ttont wlth the youngsters aDa hens
8houl~ anyt~mg go wrong
Some of t.hem want
to fimsh by mld.da.y and then dress tlp and only
go round wltb a. bucket oi gram later All thLa
free an'! easy J ay haa been checked 1 by the
wea.ther, for one must d.re6s to SU1t the wea.t\e.r
and work
.
There wlll be many' brooding pens matkd up by
now, and th~ must have at.tention III there
to be any result. Don't Ilnagme that because It
is wet or snowin g that the bU'ds can do WIthout
food When fowls can get out 10 mce weathe r
a.nd a. free range they can find a good deal of wha.t.
you might supply, but If confin ed ~n a shed or rua
IS must be remembered that all t~ey get 1~ wba\
you' supply, a.nd when tbis fails, t~cn the buds go
sh ort
Now, It 18 faW to let th~ breedmt7 stock
suffer £rom lack of bd, for nelt.Qer &ex ~n per·

at the HospJt,aJ wet'e labourmg to save hfe and
aUevlau suffermg suoh temble ca.rnage was gomg
on to gratify the graaplng amblt,lOu of a. reckless
cl'1l~l na.tIon whicQ !lOOmed to have 101!t 0.11 the
IprmClp1es of the.lr f8J.tb and clV11twlon. Speak·
mg of the Deceiisa.rlly increMed cost of l"l1IlnIng
such a.n 1Dst1t.utton under present Clrcul)'lstances
he mentIOned that last year the pr0Vl810ns aJone
we~"\over £1 ,800 more tha.n they were in t.he pr&by dool.ort.
VlOUl yea.r
He referred to tbe great. advance that
had been made 10 surgical a.nd medical sklll , but
pomted out that If t hey were to [l.'\·wl themsel ye~
of thos/) untold advp,ntage8 th ey must pay the
necessary cost mvolvoo
In concluSlon, ho ex·
GULF.
presscil the b6pe that Lf anyone b:ul co lJlpl.m ~. to
make they would not gossiP about them , but In
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form thetr repreae nt.atlves ~ on the Board of Man
One of ee.. era1 t Imely and t.mportant artl(:!'clil In agement. and be would ..Kuara.ntee t hat tbey would
the F ebrua.ry number of thc HWmd!',()r Ma l!:8Zlne " then be thorqugh ly wclr SIfted
deal!! with the question of .. The Freedom oi the
Tho report wa.s Wl ammously ngreed to

dclIble IIlk the elm......11 be Hogi"le lor a s..."
exemplIfied by deeds nI tbe Bri~l.h
"\ tood num be r of yean. ThIS ink i! best put Navy in th e Persian Gulf. Some excellent photo
(,n With a sh.rp p1ece of bolle or horn, and
tile lab els should be fastened to the trees with graph! of remote scenes add to the lDwrest of

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Mr.. Bl!.CICburne 10 bis oOtes..a.;pa :
, (a.)" Caatling w011.ld bo.ve «pOlled the b~..
(b) II Not qUlte 8Onnd, Ibut I could ~t. Rmist dte
temptation to pla.y for a sacri6c$ of the Qt.M::a...... I
a.cta.ally obtaiaed, B-K4: woO. &afA l,..
(c) '" He swa&.s the bait Wl\hoQt.suspioiGIl. BzBt;
wouid ruwe lent the game 0. dlffsreJlt.a:spec:i,"
(It lriIl be notroed thatu",""~Ied""",. 19oB-----&4,
~no RxPoh, followed. by R-Qloh &a4 ~

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good bye lor ever" says

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t.lme of criSIS Your
ments.; cheap or seeond·ha.nd tools a.re muely represen.ta.tlV6S on the Board of Management have
...·aste of money. GooO sowh:1-toors aJloma DO been ~egular m their attendanoe a.t the Hospital.
U!'bt aud treated earefuUy, long halldled
but ~our Executive" Commltt.ee ha.ve received With
DeS may be hun g up from nails in a. sbed,
maner onee 8xed on bra.ck.ta. and la1'8e very gre3.t regret the reaignatlDu of Ml' E Hoyle
toob, Mlcb as " ba"1Dw t1r mowin! machme, thr?ugh dl-he&lth; tbey tender to blm on behalf
I!Ihould be stored whets tftere IS no dampness, of the A&oci&tlon theIr Slncero thankll for ~16
and , of course . &h3' ld neveT be left out of past serviceS, &nd expross the hope that he wy l
doorl!l
Each time a tel' the 00018 are Dsed
soon be restored to bealtb
they IIhould be cle"n d, and ' if rust ball bee n
The Sa.ma.ntan Sewing GUild report. that 8.
1tllowed to co11ect on any put .",a.y, thls
, IIould be rubbed olf pMo.... UII111f! A l&<8e ohange has been made 11n the work prev10usly
coll ection or toot s JS ~est, Jf tlus ill possible, done for the Hospital.
Tho Pres1dent was ap·
for there ate no~ so ImMy lDlpl e me n~ that
~ :\' e labcrur tbo.t It IS we ll worth wbde to buy proa.ched With a Vlew to maJting m oss dreMmgs
for the, wounded dunng the perIod of th~ar A
Ull'm if they can be ::..I!orded
garden meetmg was a.rl'8l'lgcd , and Mrs
ope, of
Fmcha.mpst&ad P lace, kindly carne an g8.ve an
addrets on the l!Iubject, and m,tructed the workers
THE WEEK'S WORK,
pow to make the dressing!. . For somel montbs
So\~ canna. seeds after Steep1ll8 lIt
how thiS work ha.s been d ODe, and In additIOn to
w&rm water
86 gn.rments, 1.000 of thC56 mos!!! dressmgs have
Hake ri eLs aad order seeds
been dehvered to the H pspltal dunng the year
Admit Illr to cuttlDgl lD frUil~ w.~onded Janua.ry 23rd , 19 18
Dunng tblB period
eTer pOUlbf.e
.£7 has been coll ected, and conH lderlng the tn
lfuIjib lily of-lbe-"aUey b.de,
Protect !ender shrube.
creased pnce of ma~a.l s, tho CommIttee find
Plant chmbol-s on bouse walls.
thus &tIm very low tndeed for the work 1D hand,
Sow Brussels sprouts in heM. .
and beg then !Ubscnbers to contmue t~ l r 8.ld,
Cut back old frQl.t.;~~~~· fQr gra.fii~
anp: LDCrea.se their MlbScnptlOn ~ wherever possi ble
later.
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Great Credit JS due to the han secretary, Mrs.
S!,,:,nkle .oot during show~ ~,,~~u.
Pierce: and the hon treasurer, Mrs Cook, Iar ......e
fiek l~w~r I_~~.", 'l-t ~~JU..
asSIduous la.bour and 1Otc.rest they have given to
the new venture Special tha.nks are also due to
Mrs Cope for prOVldmg ~be ,..,..; to Mrs Cook
fOT a. room, fhe a.nd light, In which to do the
work;1 to Mrs. Isha.m. fol' a. room to hold meet"WHEN THAT OLD COR~ ACHES IllgS, &rid aha to the seweno a.nd others who have

LIKE AN · ULC~RATED TOOTH

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pur~ l~ recogmtion of the valuable work

somel bmg to help m

01 tim. is by ridgmg_ To dB I.b.. , mark t1ff •
strip ~ the ground Ibr... lim .. the widtll of
the tpode. 'nIe fin;t Slut .bould 'be then bud
quite flat, Ute oibers 1.& they are tak~n ont on
edge O'D each Bide of t.IM} first, and tbua a
rid3e is formed 5011 treMed in I.b" maneer

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A qaick method of v.aliag hoary ooil
owh,ch ca.nn.ot Ull&. year ~ J renched for lack

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Mr
agg.ley, of Wokefield' Est.a.t.e, lor £2 2. ;
to:
01 Woo~pton, lor £1, and
your ExecutIve Comnllttee bopes that !I11ch exampl s as these mil enoourl\.ge. otherl!l 10 the coun·
try. d ~litri<:t8 served ~y the H05pltal to try and do

HINTS TO ALLOTMENT WORKERS.

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The thank. 01 the Assocl.tioe ..,.. due to
sonDlrg Hm,pJtaJ Parade for the splendId IIUJll of
£25 j to the Heckfiold Paq,h Club for £10; to

THE · WEEK'S GARDENING.

GMrm No. 1079.

Bla.ckJ:)nrue'" ~ parf~"

White,
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~!e ¥ttH: : :I,m'~~:;;::o ~ot;~· £~;m~:s I~~
the
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'\nile

1876, p1a.yed aDillUta.noowly and tam -rim" aa4. one of

a.ppea.l for lDcreased subscr1ptIOns
The
sum Pt&1d to the HOSP1ta.l durin2 the past yeal' was
.£652
an incre.."13(1 ofri2C2 lOs O'fer the preVlOUI!I !yea.r; tWa makes a. grand total fpr the past
"'x~ ye&r1! 01 £11,210_ Our lady ,onllector, ~
Brad~ury, haa once &ga.m excelled herself lD col1ectma:, ior she has added to the funds .£136
2s 3~, thus beating her previous record by over
£30, and m Aprtl last she wa.e. made'" a hfe governOr

At''''e /., Hulin, Cub. lh-uj.u: BUNu. Scaldlt C""HM
Chttb'''IN.l
A. U"lll IHl f~ PI!rm4n.et1l-l" c ......,.,. RC~4 R'tttWO'P'fti. /J(,d lq. POu~
WOW".", a-J P.k_, Zam_lIuJi: ... urll!4u#,lkJ. 111 or IJ/. I al lin Cnnu.." aM
])rut SkwtJ, or The Zam-BMII Labor.tonu. Lee,".

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always try to keep a box of Zam-Buk m the
,bouse. for )t's a real fnend ,to the mother of
a far~llly "
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As payed, \1f- 26 - .

Q-K7oh, eo ¥1N~-Q2 ..... !IJe ...y ,_
could 'reuonable maie,;-u-4fbe Timte." ' I

Dare (..."..t.a.ry), etc,
The annual ieport wu a.s fonows:In presentlD~ t~eir annual report and balance
I!Iheet for lSI?, it. givell your Executive Committee
very much ple~~~ to be able to cOngratulate lts

by qUickly beahng the place. The same boy 800n
after was knocked down by a cychst and l a t a. Dnsty
wound on the forehead, ,wh.ich began to fester. I
applred Zam-Bulr: to tbls also, and It Iwas
wonderfuf to see how Zam-Buk clea.osed Ithe

place and caused new skin to grow.

and wid

-R3, Q-Q2ch, 28 R-K«, and Wbit.. got . . :respij.e from thfli trouble. !.:.fier 26 . . . Q!-D;
Whit ~ad to moot Il>e donble _
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GIVE YOUR HENS

SPIeK GRIT
The New Shell Grit.
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