Reading Observer 02-1918

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'agri~u'ture

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brus nover aPll:;'ed jn any·
or intclhgent mn.n~er .. ~n~ facti
bored when hIS a~'Ptl '1 n w &S

problem," and ,he
the question, .. Back

ppon hiJ ears to
fact

he wi shed for

let &lane to hve his hie 'in

be fed,

precious *cets :1 So h. h.. been I.t ilIone
many a. ~enerati?n} but the wat', lett ,ng

datnaged corWn'
as ~"<~"!?!,<.( th& &a.tne leu fit.

wh:icb·,thA,y- ~"r" ......-ved· Under
. T~o :~l'O~tlI~ga ·.were taken \>y
Llo)' d~ •EXecutIVe Officer to . the
)r. 1;~.sK., Instructed

a nd Bu:.m. wns coun.tol for the
~{r H. ~t'cKennl\, ba.rrilter l instructed

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by Mr.

C. 0. r"ld, appeared for the defendant, who
,pleaded .not gUilty,
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In slatlUg the l.ta.se for the prosecution .Mr.
Bnagge ,cforrcd .to t he term, of the Orders, under
whIch the ' proeeeding~ hRd been taken l and
pOinted out that the purpo8t~ fqr which
wh.eat and barley were reserved W'ere the
fact.ure. of ftour Hnd s::ed.
The
.whlch the a.lleged offence~ had
was bet'Veen S ~ ptem bc r 1st,
18t.h, 1918 It appeared t.hAt in
t be autumn la~ t year certam diffic" I!i'e'

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regard t<> the , land of wllleh '
the ot""pying farmer. On
growing cropll OD hill la.nd

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th~ .9x1or4tJ>.i!'l.~~r::~~~~!i~:2if.~

.t that. 'thne~,
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n,ti on 495 acre. At the
puz-challed a. WiJ6t.a Dt.iaJ

and

I rowing orops.

The Ch&irman: Are we 10 un,derotand
gent'emab ~ho had been deemed, aplpa t.nt.Iy,

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inefficient f&rmer, was t&psble l of
public a.uction a.I1d repurchasing hiS

Mr. Snagge: That seem. to be a legitijn..te
.,nt. I om only her.e to .tate the
Tho Cha.irma.n :11 It seems amazing.
ContinUing, Mt: Sna.gge d ,ld that on Septem·
her 29t.h the Boa.rd oC Agriculture and l F18henes
excrClsed the po~wen: confOlTed on the, by the

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the repurchase by t he defendant of t.he groWIng
crops, and the way j~ whIch he lubsequenfy
dealt Vi ith them To put ilia case generally ' the
\ pro8ecution a.lIeged that ¥r, Va.nder sttlgen had
'I been grossly negligent I He omitted
cut . the
crop. and left t.hem lta.ndmg untIl !WIthin a.
thort time before fhristma.s. In the CRise of one
fi eld he Jeft 5J1: acrcs -sta.ndin g until the month
of Ja.nuary, lind, ih ~egnrd to those cr~pa which
h e did cut he left t.hem, both ""lbc&t a~d badey,
ly m g o~ ~he grou nd, s~ that they were! aenou81y
dama.ged.
In one C&8& he ma.de a. ba!rl~y

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whIch was not properly thatChed, and ir:1 another
he,'made • wheat .tack, whioh was not thatched.
A gentieman, who had had near:y fi ty \yea"

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crops '" hlch were then lookiqg the w orst were
eventually the be8t, Some gt'8W to as high as h IS
sh0t¥der. · Tiley should have bad a.nother inspect.
bon ~fter the ram, ,and he I was also of the
opinion that the persons who mspcct-c d h l~ land
d id ~lIndersta.nd it. The Comm.ittee took {po!:.
aenio.f some o( his land m July, nnd "they
de8troyed 80:ne of hl6 crops rtTJ d ~d' l The y WCI'(~
quite wrong in thin1l:mg it fl(!ce csn.r v to take the
&",o.y from him. At the sal e h~ bought t h::
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from 25/9
LadieS' from 21 /.
Girls' and Bbys' from! 12/ 11

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w!l.y not · call and I see• these Coats? For
Stxle, Quality and Value they su pass
anything we have offered. "N e shall be
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SPECIALISTS

the work /of Mr. J ohn Orr,

rel.phone No. 249.

Reading."

to ' m,litary Q,uties Mr. C. G. T.
na,, · n".p un a ble to collaborate lD the pro
on SOlIs, and work of greater
a.n intcrruptlOn' in

conditlOns
of the which
allotmen
farmers
of the CO"J!nty
hadt
A. ' V. Ashby. This study win
probllbillty in t he near futuro,
--P'T""·_ - out tha.t t he sunoj was made
&nd summer of 1 916~ As the

of th"'hmg and sellrng

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~:ni~:~~~~~I~lns prefatory note, some short·
not for the purpot6 of t he manufa.cture
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In such surveys, and he ad·
of 80ur, but for' se ed.! His bidd~llg at the eaie
aQd Ifarms With thea
\'fas on the basis of what
thou!;!bt the rell.son·
too 11tt1e a.ttention. H e
a61e "alue 01 the crops. H e had hoen shoTt of I ::~.:~~:~::~
Ku,an,e" and hospitality of many
In-bour for three year!;.. He beh eved that Mr ,.
,."al'ol'''' agents a.nd others l who fu r·
Kemp had expTcsf d an honest opinIOn a.c·cordmg
mforma.tlOn on whleh the
to his obllity, but h. did not think ,he had had
mcludcs in t hese t he name of
very much expctit nce, He criu ld I not .'tat a ' thntlIe, who :rupphed the. reports on
,cher at the time he wnntcd ohe t alt~oilgh ho was
,xl",riment,s' In ma.nunng grass·land con ducted
preplLred t.o pa.y highcl' wage8 than IlLnyone else,
Un"",:":,t,, Op :Jege, ~a.ding.
Thero were worse icrDPS 10 the dlf,Lrlct than hiS. .
Mr Orr starts hiS sUM'ey With the Va.le of the
Willl1}<m DuUer forema.n, in the employ o f
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Mr. Vanderstegcb, and other emfloyees l also gave '\Vhlt C. H orse, n.fter which he treats of the DowDS ,
the Kennet Valley and East Berkshire. A very
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SEE THE TIME IN THE: DARK.

Price 50/- Post free liverywhere.
LUMINOUS HANDS AND FIGURES.

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movement and a luminous dial, and is the be.t nlue poBBibl.. O.r
,in busine" .. man ufanlurer. back. thiB' watcb. Cosh refunded .t once if
t ~ntirely 8ll~i~f&ctory.
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ho had tnkeo, and they were handed 'up to tho

B ench for lDspection
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Cross·cxamined by Mt" McKenna, w.itneq laid
t hat hoth Wo ma.h and &DIdier labour ~ere &VaJ I.
able. He admltt.ed that poISlbly 6oldlel'8 might
De l upplied who had never been (londeeted with
agrrcu!ture
H e dld not know what efforts Mr
Vanderslegen had made Wobtain ,l.bOur, but he
w tuJ a.ware that ha had applied lor
to
Jeave !ChooJ.
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Corroborative eVIdence WQ given by Mf, H . K
Baker, Inl1pec~r of NUisances, ' and by lMr. D

t ildren

Kemp. The I~ttet .a.id h. had been Ii.ga~d in
agneulture for the l&&t lfifty yean, and ' was
f ormerly estate agen fot' Mr. R , ll Flemi ng, ol

Joyce Gro,ve, Wettlebed . DeAcribing what he
on the OCCa.&.lOJl of h18 VI sits to tlf:lendant'&
farm, he sllld that on one field Lhe ~heat ' had
been threehed ~ery badly. He took. ~~ mpl6a. ILnd
, found a good dQaJ of grain among.t tHe chair and
"tra.w.
Two or three aa..cka l of "heat were
'Wut.ed. The threshIng ta.clcle was in a deplQr
ab~e ltat'6... and everythlDg wu lymg ppen to the
weather. At Llttlo Highlands I he ~Iw a barley
rick, the top an~ 06J)tre of which '\\e, rotten~ It
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had been badlYI Il,llt together and ha)! not been

tha.tched S~ing geQera.JJy of t he l conditions
,vhl ch h e nbserved OD defendant's fa.no he had
ncve r, he Baid, see;h inything to equ ~ them for
carel~ne!l and mismana.gement. ' As egards the
~hortage 01 I.bourl hit admitted that there we .. t

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dlfficultiel, but he believbd that th}, n~ce_ry
labour could be Ifolllld .
Mf JO!!lepb G~le} of M el&r's F rankIi and Gale
gave evidence i~ l'e.gRM t.o tho sale of defendant'~
gfowlnlJ crops, and l tbe lots knocked down to Mr.
Vander.tegon.
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bids
Questioned u

aaid there had

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of la.bour, but
fIIlergy and
(ll"Op' in '

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to &ccept the de!endant">l1
l..hOur condition Mr U~le
oJ cou.rae, a.
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thl.t
litt.le
farmen '
their
The weather

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Carriage 7d. extra.
Outwear two ardinary pans, and worn
thousands.
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and heef.s, and the uppers <.'Ire
guaranteed sound, Don't mIss
this <:habce, 11~ther gets d e,rer
every ·day.
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do thiS rather tllan reduce rents to Sitting tenants
ThIS step, decIdres ?IIr Orr, wa.s defended by no
ono. A {mv of Itha o~dcst farmers who had come

cred lt.bly

thro~~h

the ordeol of low price. em,

tho 1I11pbrbmce of recognising the prin.

ciple of p'&tner.lnp in good ,fortune and .bad. They
urged th 'l't thisl was a. fundll~bnta.l ptinflple of
good farm~g. . Landlords t ook rums 10 hand and
learned t~rough their loases that It.. was unwise to

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the Rea.dmg Borough B ench on Monda.y,
Mr, C. G, FleJd (to the chaI r), Mr. E. Ja jk'

and
S .. R. 'YhitJey,
a young womAn, of 12:, Leopold.
let
old
and
goo4
tenants
go,
Large
reducpons
of
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was charged WIth .mbezzl ~lg
rent,
Mr.
Orr
signi
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y
adds,
would
have
boon
Every mother will admit that .there ia notbiog
, 5d:, 2s. 6d. and l Os, , he
them t han the~'expenments in
~ual to tllo good, 0}~.fa8hioned cough 8YfUptl that more profita.ble
employers, the Readmg Daln, C~ ,
used to be mado a.t home, but, unfortunately, it is f.rnung, not to~speak of the inju 'done through
Bra.m, who prosecuted, aaid Wi.
now almost impossible tolobtAin the sapr lor c8lidy the displacemen of 80 many go' fa.rroers. The
lemployed ae • milk ql1lTier at the W.lk'
or honey neo~58SI''' to prepare these syrups. Tb 8 Colleges did be ter m 'this resp~ct. in keeping all
does not rue&n tba.t the little onE'S, or the g coWl n -u ps I
of tl;le Readmg DaIry Cp.
tenllnts JUfb as one old farmer quoted by \n~:h •.m'rq'.d
either, must go wi~out F ugh syrup.!" or bo put off
the mana.gement of Mrs. LaIIfb.
aut.hor, sa.i , U The gate ~houl ci swi ng both
with some inferior~repartlti6tn couttl in lng harmful ways," The ti e has t urned and 'prices ha.ve risen
to take mllk to customers ard
dnlgB, for it is )'loll 0'Tn amQn~t .ph a,rmanist3.
Dai'1lienlO from them. On Decer'
med ical men that nocntr&ted l Ditrtlto of 'T",r pro- to a. high level, ut Mr. Orr jsn.rs .there IS neverthe·
from MrJlJ. Cla-rk, 325, Lon·
a. leluctan
on the patjt pi fUlmen to recog·
duces D. cough svru~ whieh fulfils every requIrement
of both children an~ a.dul te, It i~ nleasant to tnst.e, nise the neceSS l
4d v which sho dld not account f6r.
for a. rise 10 rents. Space prehealing, 8oothlOg R~d wonderfully effective 111 c:nlletl vents us from
peoel~ber 30th Mrs. Ward, 236, Liverpool·
cUin g further on thiS important
of coughs or cold 8, liolLrsenes.s, 8ore ,throat l eto.,
2s. 6iI., ,'jIiich , she did not hapd
ohll.pter, h11t It
full of mformatlOn to all who
Jt ia n;.n.de In a f ew secon d • • for it 18 only ,n ecessary
err'pl,oy,:rs, and on January 7t h Mr.
to e.dd half a pint o~ bot w"ter to 3 02:8. of Bitl ate .of genuincly dfSll'O 0 t5ee 1\ bettcrment m the agricul.
Lcmd.on,road, paId her lOs., whlch
Tar
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is ron.dy for me. ~o ' Bugar ('o r! tural s\'stcm of l tbtS cOlll!try. It should be read
in. In each case she ga.ve a. reo
in!rre(~e,1t is required-8imply.... l~ 3 oz, by lanJIOlds , f ~rmcrsl and l cspec lally by those of
~'hich can be obtained fronl that Ilk who am mtel'e,ltt cd in controTImg count.y
did not pay the money in to M~s.
liot wate~, nnd you pa:\e q
not enter the cash in the books
aiftlolfS, and pal tict11nrlr those who are able to
a~ good, jf not better, than
p r lsoner heard of these proceed·
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reM,. m"de. You know it 18 ~nnuencc G oveM?ment ac~3.oD. '~h~ g:cat consum·
'I t too , that thelI' repre·
'wll~I,,.oq>"~ · .
you wiU find it lOs~~ ntl,. ~ng c;las!cs shou~d see
e*TC"
dered
herself
Messer,
and ion
the most troublesome sentotlVes t~ke vote
stationtoa dmitted
the offence
'f.cftectiOns, suggestions,
a nd . the data.
In t..he survey,
desired by Mr>. L'rb
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object
chapters
1llako up thi~ pam!taktng
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esbte mana.gement, farm
~ living a.wa.y from her ho~e,
, SOlis, crops and live
BATT.
left her father's house she had been
useful iode....:" V8flOtlS charts L and
178/ :p er week. She had been living
excc.llent geological mn1'l of Berk.
\bclepe*,derlt life apart from the ih flu e1nce of her
an·ne" ''',, evcry ag rI culturist who
p(',gx·eSl,i ..,· e,npu
the author's pages.
mother I was deaa, She seemed to
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bad company and l became qUIte reckf~I~:;'~I~:;~~'~~,,.b,ound
in
cloth,
and
COfo'PANY.
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best for her
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10:., M we -should
, Febru",y 16t~, 1918,
Orden for
now 1before she gqt into further
in cl~r face
Offi.~r for the
H. R. ·l lke;. /
suffiCient ma.rgm
ahe
be pla<:M where aho
Oades,
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a pleasure. BeI
tw,en'v,t.h ...", illust.rations,
N .O.O's. 'for the
Sergt ,. Dougln, .. r L.~~pl.
Norm"n.
D,aU~I !'!."r r8F.,:oducl'd
photogiaph',
Nll:I.tr.o~
of Messrs. H W .
the Kennet Va.iley
Nlc,o..',
of Hunger. L. -CpI.

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ARmy BOOTS.

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HOW TO MAKE TH~ REAL
OLD-FASHIONED COUGH I SYRUP

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had been, that they cou!d fO~vict and brand Mr.
Mr. Arthur ~R. ,LI?yds, Executin, Offi,..r to thc V&nderstegen u a \ criminal .' There h ad! been that landlords 1n many cases might be more help, rh urned if not satisfi ed. I
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H enley Rural ::plstllct Food Cootro~ CommiLtee, somo neglect, it wa.& eVlrient, and th~y ho)\e;d ·that ful through c...t:l.te mana.gem~nt when Huctu ations DI.,lrect from
Factory. Trade lupplled.
gave eVIdence M to hi. ~i..sits to defeDd~~t's farm m
future it wf llld be avoided J' The I sum· do take place. .Mr On sa.ys t hat' mistakes' were
mdd e dllring tho dcpre!e'slon , and since th,a.t time THE ARMY BOOT
.nnd he de~ailed the condltionl which h~ observed
(Dept.
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there h&& been {J. slow mactive co,operation.
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on different occa:Jlona. ~t . Watercroft he ow SIX
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WIlS aa.ld that one estate of
15,090 acres were
acres o~ whea.t uncut on January 18th, and on,
the. ,23rd ot the same. month men were ploughing
t~ken It! ha.nd fY tho landlord, who preferred to
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d entegen, wlth the idea, perhaps, of belOg a. Jcct of markets is ably dealt with bv th e wrl~,
pubhc benefactor, [bad embarked on operations and Berkshire farm ers will do w ell to read wha.t 1,,11oIIi.......
h-s h~ to My on the qlj e.stion
agricultura.l , 8e.
which seemed to lio 1""8'r than he woo able to
pressioD) tanffs, transport ~and other! cognate
control, they knew] of ,-<their own ~JJowledge the
toplCfJ afJec ~ing markets.
grea.t wea.ther dItn;cu lLles lLnd t~e great In.hour
Berkshire farmers 8S 8. cla.ss, Mr. OfT S&ys, are
(Hfficultiee w~hidh. ha.d prevatlf d In fho. country.
not re,ady to venture fnr from their munadla.t.e
Though they j ielt
case cam? very near to
duties to take pa.rt in tho consttuc:!ion of a wi'de
berng a serlOu8 one they hardly felt: rewising as
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do more for them m preservmg tpeir markets , and to,day by

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ralO.d was'.hor!age of la bour, the ovid.hee wouirl ta inly did not envy the position of n;ty man who, trpl CommIttees to,day. Tho wide difference of
h aNO to be very strong ' to Ju~lfv the ! condlLion nt such a. time ae !.pIS, was the objec\ of any such opmion exprcsse9 by f~Tmcrs in the V a.le or White
of things that had been allowed' to eXist on de. investIgation But) while t.h ey felt that Mr V an. Horse nnd on the. Downs With regnrd to ,the sub·

it 10 The wheat had been deatroyed b~ rat4J ana
bllds He did not see My ricb tha.tched.' They
had been da.maged by ra.ta, and seemed to b& an
encouragement ' to
them
Witness I produced
samples' of the dama.ged wheat and borley which

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Mr "'c. S.
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fendant's farm . There had, he knew,
dltfi.
culties, but larmers generally bad ri~ to the
occasLo n , and h&d. overcome them
W a.t would
be t he condltion of agriculture thrOIl bout the
cou ntry if there were II)any farmers wHo 10 fne c
of dlfficulLies, !AId, as apparently :M1'1 1 Vander.
..tegen had slu d,:
Oh, the ddficuJtle,a aro too
great: I CM't get' labour, ' I will just lj!t thm gl
go .. , If. thd were to be eetabh~ed cia a. ·prm.
clple l senous harm '.ould enrue.
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are offering a SpeCial L ot ofl Raincoats for
Ladies, Gents, or ChIldren, ' Every Coat
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agrlcult'u ra.l ex~rienee, 'Would tell t~e Bench
th&t be hn.d never seen l uch gross neglect of
agrlcult.ural land as was ev~dent in thus pa.rtlcular
ca.ae.
On JanulU'y 23l-d crops we~ carted
away f rom W.tercroft Field to feed the pig., and
the ba rley rick at Little Hlghl&nds ha ~ not been
thollghtful and ."ggestiv. chapter is devoted to
thatched. On Jan~ary 18th six acrei of wheat
Mr. McKenna, !ddresBing the Bench on
at Wa.t.ercroft w~rc uncut. There woo d &IBO be of defe nda.nt, sal that whIle he did not deny " The AgrIcultural Partnership," which ' he in tro·
evidence of bad thr8lhing, In one calae(, at lea~L thn.t this W8J!,' a proper'" case ~ for i1l,v estjgattOn, du ces by; observing tha.t owing to the w:J.r and to
throe lacks . Wen:'! wasted, and chaff
straw ho Mked the Bench to take the Vlew that the the demands of the Government for an incrca.~d
were I.ft Iymg a'bout to .rot. A .trlkmp piece of defendant had
been 80 Is.x or carel ..... to produc'tion of food, the relations between la.ndl ords
evidence would ,be that of ~fr. Allwri~ht, who warrant his bein~ puntshed~ He l!IuRmltted th;).t and (arme~ had become re!atively oi less interest
t han those between the Government and farme rs,
acgUlred Droomground, which had fLn
,of 21 the ea.se had peen ratLSfa.ctonly answered,
and he 'goes on to discuss variou s ooonomic jlllpeets
acres, and who would ul! them that ·r.ithin 14
The Cha.tma.n sQ.ld the Bench qUIt.c agreed WIth
d,ys 01 hi. puroha.. hc thre.hed his :Theat and the observati ons made ,by Ml . McKenna. t hat it of the food productionJ'roblem which is exercismg
p rotlll ccd the nece~8ary gr&U1,
If tho defence \Va (I, proper cnse \for o investigatlcn, lnd tney cer · the minds of tho'1I1~~y' of Food ond local Con,

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n erenoe 101 thq ll<oalm Act, and dete"j'ined tbe ~er. When th~ Agricultural IComm ltt.ee w rc
tenancy of defendant of land to the extent of over his land lt I was after the drought.
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ThILL Ja.nd W&I5 known
W hittles
F arm, nnd ha.:ing d etermined t he tenanoy the
B oard further e~erci5ed their rights by puttmg
in other tenants. The real point of tne case was

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r&the~ . d8.ZEming Igrc~'J ~c{lnom ic foroos, has
denty. and leven rudely arrested hll! a t tention
brori~bt hii?i fa4e to face w1t,h the agricultural
questIOn. Now~ be recognises t~ a.t t~e tillage of
the tOll, th& m>a'st ancient· of all mdustries,
'bare .
ill ~i5 pwn Cou'~ty Of. ner~hire, is something
ev,idence
discussed ¥
b16 acres more ,than an a.cti.demlcal subject to
employed' 80 t,o dell'ting and litJ.rary ,oeieti... A p'j"longed a~d
I... Y"'" he had sangutD llry war, ) WhlCh is bl~cdlDg 118.tion of ~ta
hnnd sl
,ten sbldlers, only na.t.uro.} wealtli nlld -rctwurces !lS well ) as its mapt lie
two ,of whom
at anY( rea.l ' use. He made hood, is ~rml> lng hpme to t h o townsman
effort~ in every , I ,
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obtain sufficient most forcIble manner th.t .fter all there IS '~nly
la.bour, but. without succ~. Ws to the crops, the ono industry whIch can reaMy bo trusted to sustain
effect
two pariods ~f ,h o4ght was practically life, and that is the cultlva.tlOn of the soi l. As
to nun- them, and the ram cnme ' too late to saye h i!:! bread becomes more and more adulterated, &s
them . • He treated the crops 'WIth £100 worth of his meat is dol ed ou t In homceopath.lc pOrtiOns, nnd
artifici&l Jnallure" and used Vltnol on the seed as the mIlk lcft Ifor ljI,is household use dcchn es in
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to kill the smut.
In SPite of a.ll ' precautIOns quality through ' the re.stncted feedlDg of dalry
tbey. cam~" up very thin and spmdly. If ho had stock, he turns IJow to agriculture in the hope per·
know I). then \"lla~ he knew now ho l\ ouId h a.ve chance that it may prove to him t:k!, be a vcry
ploughed up the wh olo of the whcllt and put ready he lp in ,the t l1!l8 of trouble !~ence Berkin .8omet.hmg ~iae. It wlls i the , most ~multy shire residents: ""hether livmg in rum l or urban
whcat he had Etver seen. [ Instead of fine weat.her dlstrlcts, ought to ~elcome the pams~aklng survey
fot' the - h nrve~t jthey h ad e.xCCSSlve rain ; and they that Mr Orr ~as provided concerning the agllqult ural situation in
O\r' cou'nty.
~ould only carry for a few hqurs
~. took all
The
series ofl agricultural
tho ,best crqp8 ~ ~~,,~ . . Th e c r~p~ , seen! oJ! . J,F uary
18! h nnJi l'qbrol1l'y .;;rd were amcngs~ the worst 01
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tb. book now
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forms the con·
the cro'p ~: H e had I two whe~t fi~lds tha~ 'never,
the lw,ork under'taJ<eu by Ithe Advisory
were wortp ha.rvestmg ~or corn, the wheat bctng
so smutty! tbn.t ~t the best it. ~ould only ha.~e
'\~!,,~7c:[n'~~~~;h;I,0;:r
R esearch ill Agri.
has been selected
done A feed for pigs and chickens. As ' 'faga~ds cultural E
by
prc.pi
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quity
rather
than for any
the thatcHing the man who h ad done that wotk
Bpecially
in!,e""Â¥ing
problems
WhICh it
for 20 ycq.u h ad ' to go into h03pit.al , and as he
WE\.S expected
At the same time it i.
could not get another to take hi S place he could
shown In t he
of the volume, tha.t 1.h6 survey
not get his ricks thaLched He had dOlle
did, in fact,
certain conditIOns, and led to
best he could for the country under all , the CIr·
the discussion
p.,rt,,:\a,r problem. whlch had
cumitanees,
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Dot been e",oo,,~.ere,d in the sa.me fo rm m the
Cross·e:-.nmined by Mr Snagg~, defcndnnt said
(;jaunty of
thu.s jllstifying the Com.
that haVing regard to all thd ClrCtlm~tances, and
emb:trk upon a. repetitIOn
weather and libour shortage, be hnd fn.rmed ~'
adjo in ir.g county ~he survey,
land In a. perfectly rca son able and proper m n·

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