Reading Observer 03-1918

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OBSERVER,' '&\'rtJRDAY, ' MARCH
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MR. PRO

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EADING.
IMPORTANT
"THE
DUTIES & RESPO

-BY THE PRESIDENT QF
OF AGRICULTURE.
BILITIES OF THE

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prizedone
above
0.11 other!
was their
He could a&!!Iure them that
bad held olllce .. PrO.ideDt of
cu lture, though perha.pa at fir.'!lt
dined to doubt it., hiS object.
from \VhitehaJl 'as lit.tlo as

dairying,
be. should use the
which be ptoufI'hed
f
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he up or growing the (odder crops he required for
Agri- ~.... lli,of tock '
TWh ' Board were .trymg to got,
y ....... y
~om t he
hc::.t Commillslon a.nd partly
be in, f
h ,IFood C
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ontra'hr, a permrt for any farmer
In
ere wbo Jlked to grow crop~ on fl,ra.bl~ la.nd in cxooss of
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the ACl'eage tbey had asked for , iLhB.t that should
meanmg of the Wa.r
be entirely M hUI OU D sen.'lce.
those two Wl\\,S
h;:,d 60 of -them worki ng in
.and Wales th
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9 mig t gT u y mitigate th, situation , but It
Imust be remembered that th~ rcal dlfticulty WM
A TllIllUTE TO THE WAR
Dot summ.; mIlk-there was .I.-.ys • surplus of
CO:\U.UTTEES.
tha.t-but winter milk , and it Was the winter
Thf'l men of t.hose Commit.tcu were
da.iryman who was going to feel tremendously th e
n(l ss for the mO!t part, W-hofoa Ilves
cutting off' of concentrated food . It WM that
their busaness, and yet they ga.ve
wblch had to be gbBrded "Bamst,' and tbe !lpeaker
their skin and experience w1thout
' or re""ard hoped for bls *udience's co-operatfo n m domg 80.
The Government could not pa)· for that knowledge
HELPING THF. FARMERS.
In money that t.hey could grve, a.od ~ those men
It might 00 said that the fa I er could not be
were asked to undertnke the most difficult the
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mr."-t m . ldious. the mo~t
ha.teful
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J ' r.ow c gc an a. strong sense 0 pu. to uUJ on them all the help they could wish, but let inem
4.: th e part of these men to carry out t~ru.r very Idlffi· take themS'!lt"c. b' k (D
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ey were en
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en' l much land they ulIght get up under t.he for & greil-t mal'lY thin ga. They had more labour
plough one thmg W"D..!I CCMtn, fight through the then (" lio
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ear them
•. hole Icngth and bl~.dlh. of EnglaDd and
Wales
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a Ile tter sta.nd ard of farrmng wa.s IOva ua Ie and t.h cy were go
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n t e Ig: lest S(!r.... lC{!; to t e taLe. :
. ollour, they had a measure of certainty and thev h ad
t h ~n , in those men who had given t.helr t.imeo and more labour of a sort-not a Jahnur to Whl Cil the'
en ergy as tbey had done! and be was SUre of thl.!, had been accustomed -llau hurl-but a. labol;r
th at the ' Board
of Agnculture, the
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" Goyernment whi ch wa.··
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every d ay
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and the natton owed them the greatest. dd~t of w as rure that I·f • f.
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IS tim e m
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l!ulI lud:. After ai,
IS mterferencc helping f!oJt8 at the soldIers and .some of the
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t o It meant that m wa.r union was stre~gth.
women - (p
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& P aU&e ~\ In ggot wa.s milch stronger than the stick; a money baq.. times over
Thp Board hlld found
"' h c:l ~ of ~rn wo~ld fall to the ground but would them a large amount of labollrl> and thev owed an
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enormous debt of grntltude to the aoldler labour
- Ui\'TED ACTION ESSENTIAL.
which they h.d obt.med. 'tibry had ran .. cked
COlted a.ctlOn wae ab60lutely noccE5ary, and to ev~y pla..ce from whlcb lab4,ur tOllld 'bo got, but It
t" .;et umted, adloll cO rlt.rol W af! nece!!lS.8l'Y; thE::Y muit.l,be remembered in thi5 question thnt industry
:1 , 1 had to .submit to Lt, not only in thetr business, was in th is difficulty-the 'Wor could not be
hil t. in their pri'hte lives. The wholo 'nation should finished without men at the front.
They 'could
Jrlll k upon it~1f as onc gre~t family, usociat.e4 not proloDg t he struggle withovt men on th e land.
t " ::f' ~he r for one purpose, organlscd for one .single They be.d to hold the bn.lance perpctual1y bet.'ween
"Ill' compelled Ito aecept regulatl,ons designed for tho two &{ld that wu the diffi culty. To.da.y they
. (. ob ject. andl t.hat aim, that purpo~, t ha.t ob~ had 260 ,000 w-omcn workmg oJ. t he land, Mld with
j', I wa s 'vi ctory m thiS war
(Applause.), Inter- incceased expenenoe, more muscle and more robust
:' ''nce did not stop there. They were calling health they bec&me more useful cvery da.y.
11\ ' " many landowner!' m eYery country to
FERTJLIZEIl~.
1-.1 'l t ee some of the pleasantne!6 of their owner~
Take the question ot [ertlii,ers. They had il.
,I II P I'l l land a.nd to &a.cr1fice also ~ome of It...
gyeat deal more thn.n three! tImes as much
up <"'11 ,,,I ,lc. It. meant, too, l thA.t they "-ere calJ·
sulpbat.o of ammonia. aa they id1d in 1!J ~
and
In ..: Ul 10 n l.lboll ~ c.rS T)ot. to cn.lculale how they can
they were not only u sing it b~t askmg for more.
dft lout their Ia.bour with Ith o most nigga.rdly
They had In creased the .upply . oj b..,e .tag· by
! '1 d but bow they ca.n both ~uicken and lcngthen
UPW&rds of three·fifths, ~d a~ain they Wele ask.
: h, lr ~teps.
a.lso mea.nt toat bhey were a.sking 109 (or more. Thcre was: ' j, far grea.ter output. from
l"rmcrs to sacnfice what forty yearA of bltter exthe lime works, 'W'here many I German prisonera
prI!enee cif corn prioes had taught them to regard
were working. Of super phosp~~s. they would
.~ ~ l bC'l r sheet anchor of aafety~ plol,lgh their
have ra.ther more tha.n in thi ~al5t-. two yean!,
gco" . which yi~lded them. safe return witb httle though ho knew the price Wa! tremcn doue
pq'-onal troubl~J a. little outla.y of ca.pital and a
ra.the r more than double
it wu before th!
"m;j ll labour bill, and to take 01:1 instead the
war. Some of them kne!V
the materinl. Had
,..'Te~ l(·r f1!k_l':, the greater Ilabllitie8, and the
1.0 be obta.ined partly from
,and! pMtly from
g rea ter anxiJtic .. of lUCreascd~iU'able. farming.
Spain, and o(cal'liona.lly a
1.0 the bottom
THE ]lEST FA MING.
conta.inmg their ca.ra:oea.·
they could
Tt u$Cd to -be, In ordinary times the best and not get tha.t a.ny chea-per,
aga.in order!
~ ,u lld (! st rule of farming tha.t that wu the best were commg forw,»rd
Sorne might
i:lrmlng wh ich lp&id the la dners i:f68t, 'and tha.t 8&Y, even If they were ' helped
aU thoee ways
"~ Ii a good rul~, too. But in war time fanners they coold not. be 6%pected to
anythmg with\oI' (' I'C :l~ kM to scrap that
!ub~Utute as a new out re.n;llmention. On the.
of prieM be
that which pro. waa lOrry to aa.y he wu
rll l£' th:l.t the best.
to disappoint
du ced t..he greatest
for man and them. If ~he were
t he prioes he
b,~aat
.J udged Iby
standpoint tbere could fttaod up there anel
theni, and pro·
\\ :lS no qtlestion that
more food bab1y they wonld give
of a ti{De.
nn IITable than on
(L_lLtor_) Unfort.ln!at..ly
fix tho",.
In ~ ~hou t the o&&ta of
He ...... & mfllDber of the
and. con1.d
not st.and up' there and
action of
colleagues. He wul!i :nlJli.
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Ei'her h. mjllt go \roIP ' tho
of Ag:, ;e"lt",,,.
when his toogue, would. ~

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Cont.rQller h&d. gone a ' T~ loo.g Waf" towards
.~tiafying tbe I.gitim .... au<! ......nabl. <lomand.
of fB.Mnen. 'Be believed that gradually they
would get th. pC... lI1<)ll8 ruaoriDhl. and remunerative. More than ihat they mul!lt not ex~
pact. Now came the que~n, was this change
necc:ssa.ry and If so, why? They all gue&&ed
answer.

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PLOUGHING UP GRASS L_\KD .
That ploughing >up 01 grail' land could · not be
~roperly deacribed 55 1\ pglipy becauee tba.t ,,"o,rd
Implied the choice of alternatives. It wu a neces·
sity and the reaaon WB.9 that they were at war
fighting for everything t h by lueld dea.r in Dational
Ilfe. They were fighting for civilisation and
humamty , And they we~ at w&r not becau"e
they wauted to go to war , but, ll?- the main,
because they Joyed pence, no~ wisely, but too well
fApplause .) Nothing .ho~ tliat more clearly
tha.n the degree to whieh t hey were unprepa.red
for war, 8lId in nothing
thoy !O unprepared
as i~ too food suppli es o( thi~ country. It W~ t he
weak spot, the chink III their arm6ur, and a.s the
'~a.r had gone on t.he qu:sti~ hJ.d become not leas
~ut more important. In tha;t gigantic struggle, $9
It sWllyed ba.ckwards and forwards, m that death
grapple bctween groups of nations, it was perfectly endent thn.t the end would come as a test
of enduranco, aJ test of that on which they
prided themselvC$, t!leir ata.ymg \ power. .And
food, therefore, became m~re and more Important, I t was not only
pivot of a.H t.heir war
'f~I\"ities, It w:los the one tnlng that hung in the
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I moderAte gra.!5 would produce in- milk 120 gallons
for the yeat'-1,200 Ib of human food. Potatoes
'Ia" held a.t. tHe Town HaU,
on modera.te land W'ould yield fixe tons to the acre
HI &hL H on. R. E. Prothero,
-not 1,200 Jb. but 11 ,200 lb., 'a nd pound for
tIle Hoard of Agriculture),
pound tiro p otato waS as good food as the mIlk.
,~l l! ch now confront farmers
One hundred acres of graas land 'Would produce
lcC'i mg of the natIOn.
food energy lor 15 persons j under mangolds it.
Tho Lord LlcutentLnt. of the
would produce food for ~ 35 person! \\1b eat. used
nenyonl pres:ded, and there
for bread .... nd the offal!!l for meat would produce
Th e RIght R on R. E .
food for 200 person!! .• Under potatoes t.be yield
:-'1ount, )f P., :Mr. Ernest
would be enough for 420 persons, 28 times as
J K era!!! (chairman of
much a!!l if It. were left under gra&. ~uppo~mg they
Exccuht"6 Committee), Meem
fed pigs With half of these pota.t.oes. They got
E Crutch ley, W. J .
(ood value for 210 pe~!!I' 13 times aa much aa
L r:u.~ley, A. Frogler, T.
gr&!!IS produced, and tbe
got in the form of pig·
Slade (members of the
meat fqed for 45 person. Look at it from another
"'nght~ .Mr. W.
point. of view-tho qu tion of tonna.ge.
Fa,mers' Umon).
ONE AND HALF _ LLIO:ll MORE ACRES.
If the \~romen's W~r
SUPPO!ing they sucoeeded, a.s he had eyery
E . K eyser, ?-.la.]OT
reuon to believe, thanks to U:te pubhe spint o f
~ r L. G. Sutton,
the fanners that they would succeed, in getting
H C. Mylne, MiSS
an additiona.l one and a ha.lf million a.cru of land
DaTby·Griffith, Mr. E.
under com to what tb~y had in 11861, 1t meant
W. Ho .dington, Mr. Dryla.nd
that they would have one million nxt.ra ton! of
Loder Symonds, Mr. J . T.
e&entlal food. To bring th.a.t. amount:. of food to
Cha.mbers, .Mr. T. La.tham,
t.his country would l'1!quu'e & fleet of .....1.1 ehlps of
~r G. F. Slade, Mr.
5,000 t-ons dea.d weight c&rryirlg capa.city
If
B eD ma.n, Mr. H.
the.y left that land in gra.s!J it would prod noo
Dona.ld!!lon, Mr G.
75,000 tons of me,l.t, o.nd they could bring that
(Com.a.nda.nt of tbe
over in lort.y ~hlP' Therefore, by growing cm-n
Reading Bmacb) , Mr. J . M.
they rebsed 320 sbips 'W'ith which to bring to t.lus
country other ~sential foodl, or to bring over
Youngs, Mr. T. ' Chett.1e, Mr.
Anstey, Mr. James, etc.
...-\merican soldicrs a..nd their equipment. Of course,
he continued, Oppo!ltion ea.me~ oM one naiurally
Apologies were reoen:ed
I..ieut.~Col. Wllson ~ D.S.O.,
oxpected, from the dairy fa.nnen and from tbe
Simmons, and the Re\~. Sir
grass fanner, who relied , ma.inly, if not ent.irely,
M.r ~enyon e.xpres.sed hiS
upon his gras.o;. They f!&fd to him ,: " If you :::J.'!!Ik
Ia.rge a. gathermg. and observed
. Prothero me to plough up my grae.s I .! hn.ll have to reduce
had the absolute confidence of
farmer : my head of 11\'6 stock" But that 1 was not neces~
through out the country '''bethcr
had equaJ ~ sary; ",hat thoy were Mking for' was on&-runtb
confidenoo in the Orders that came
the Food of the tot.a.l qua.ntlty of ;>ermanent graM lD. tho,
Cont.roller he was not !o certa.m.
country-the fSIlI1er6 had the remainjng eiglttthe quota Whlch they hnd to
nmthl, and they could make up 30 great part of
b.rvest of 1918 w .. 03.000
th.t. 10M by betw fanni ng oj thOIr gr... I.nd.
gra.ss land 1<> be ploughed up
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CH"Cum.t.ances had ariseD whereby
try was o~e in cnry nine acrell.
if a m~ were a gr~s iarttlE:r or a. dail') farme r
was one in every five. They
and wanted to provide the country witJJ. wllltcr
lime!'!. in the seventies whi ch
mdk and winter men.t he had got. to plough up
destructi~e year of 1879, when
some of hIS grass. \Vhen they talked of meat or
under and Innumerable fa.rms
nlilk being produced off gross theY. did not exactly
land lords' ha.nds. Early in the
mean what the~' appeared to say. for a. beast or ;"
!!hire fanners came up and bega.n
milch cow o",ed to the grass only a haH of ita
The landlords were put to very
growth Df.1d weight of meat or ita yield of milkpense m aJtermg the bUildings,
t.be remammg haH came off ara.ble land and 1m.
ing was now going ,on In a largo
ported cake . 'Now l'lUPPOSlOg that they were cut
a.nd East Berkshire. The Boa.rd of
off from their impor~d Bupplies , and concent.rated
should remember that when tbeyasked
food and that lDwmg to the stress of provl(Ung
bread It hccilmEl necessary to mill up to 90 or 95
acres of gra.ss la.od should be
were being asked to do in !Iii: month!
per cent_ I of the wheAL, so that the mliler's offals
reqwred three or four year.!!.
{or food purposes were pr\qtically va:1ue1e!S.
Mfr. R. E_ Prothoro, M P ..
l.OOKlNG TO THE FUTURE.
Doard of _~gricu1ioure, said thM
They could not depend fot' ths winter of 1919 on
Agrlcultnre, on behalf ,of the
mOT'8 concentrated foods tha.n would, with rertnm
asking for a big lDcrease in
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sma I exceptIOns, provioo for reduced rat.iom. to
workrng hOr8e8 and to milch co"Vs. They had to
potatoes. Most farmers dialikcd
f
gToW' or iohemselve.5 tho fodder crops on which
ploughing up thei r gnu land; they
their hve stock co uld alone be brougbt fonVilrd in
the past and knew tha.t the mOl)ey
the winter, or on which alone t.hey could ~roduce
C.lme ont of their pockets a.nd not
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ml Ik . ' They might.
IUlY tha.t·t.ho DoaN. of Agr icul~
natlQnal t~asury. But they were
ture compelled thcm to grow notbing but cereals
loyal to the rore, and ready to
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ut t.u&t. wa-s not. the cal!!e iEnry farmer knew
which wi! nece58&ry in the
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d~m.a.nd of the Board of
t. A.t. c°rIf' for insta nce, inclu~ed l beans and peas.
The Board were asking them for root.... n.nd pota..
sary. It meant some control over
toes, and they had ecnt round instruct.ions that
ment of a farmer's fa.rm. H e had lrved
where"'er & dBJry brmer was ~~ to plough out
best years of his hfe a.mong fa.rmers,
hiS grAB!!!, lf ho were pl'epared to take on wlOter
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TDIE NOT IN OUR FAVOUR.
Now that _-\merH~o. had come in, men, money,
munitions, morale and e"e.p ti~e were m our
f:l.Vour. Food alone hung in ltho balance, &nit tb ey
must have food {II' they could not make sure of
vi ctory. Food, therefore, ' had become 8. munition
of 'W'al', and the ' most tUlportant. munition of war.
The GoYCl'Dment. whIch stood nearest to the centre
of thin gs , knew best the urgency of naticlDR.I needs,
and tho GO\'emm cnt told t.bem that ~\'ery add ed
sack of corn, cnry added I p01lnd of pota.tOC! ,
e-very ' added ton of rootA, every extra. pound of
meat.. meant a step nearer to victory. They had
iound t.he leaden bullets, the s !l ~r bullet, and It
\'1"80& now up to the fanner a.t~d the labourcr to fiud
the food bul let Oermn.n.y M.ld they could not d o
It, that farmers were too a~r~d in tbe pursllit
of ploa.surc--(A VOleG: H~ot l much of th.tt. now! ")
- and thG labourer was too iale to make an eff ort .
Tha.t wa,.s the doctrme wh iJh the German., pro~
claliDed upon the bousetops, It was the gospel they
preached in their ne~spapers , It w&! the hope
which b:myed up their confiden ce of 6,BcceM \Veli.
they said tha.t we could not produoe an army , but
tbey were wrong; they said we could n ot pro·
duco munitions, but they1were wrong. Kow they
say we cannot produce food it 15 up to the fa.rmer
and the labourcr to sho t~; th~t they are ,t rong for
tho third time. (A ppla.m:e) He a.nd the Gonrn·
ment were oonfidetlt that the farme r &rid the
b.oollrer were going to try, In 1917, runder e\'cry
dl!sa.dYa.ntagc, they knew t.hbt tho farmers and
labourers of t~i!t country wcr~ alone among the
belligerent na.tions to incr.ease the production on
their land.

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Tired. outJ beforo the d:l.y begin!'!., and
too fatiguedj to sleep when Dight timo
oom~-thi8 I S, :sll too often, the start of
riOIlS killney-breakdowD\
Hcmdache.!lJ
diz;o;ineSll,
nerVousne8l!l,
urinary disqrdf:>t' and backache qUlokly
follow, and there is tho furtber risk of:

On May 27tb, IBnl, Mrs. M. Al Arding, of
196, Oxford Road , }lcndiug, s.'lId :_" Rverv
wwter for years I ulled to get dQwnn~ht ill
With kidney cowpllllDt, llnd tbe Iattacks become mOle and more acute. I got so blld at
last Uiat I could hardly ruot"e for the sha rp,
cuttillg pa..LJlI!. in mv b!:l.ck. Sleep \'Y1l8 qUltc
out of tbe question .-1 grew deprea5ed, nervous
and irntable, and fr.lt n.lwHoye tired. There was
an lrre~ul(\r llction of t he bladder: the 'vater
was re5tncted, and I had dropsIcal a ,~·elLiu~s.
My eyes were 80 bam;y 10 the mOLDing ~hat 1 '
could scn..rcely sec.
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.. I had tried ma.ny thin.':s nnd got no relief,
but a.ftex:, a few doses of Doan's ba.ckl\cbe
k !dney plll:'\ the kid neys ncrod moro :freely: my
baek soon becllme COlUrOI tuble, (l,mlnll signs of
drop!lY di~ppca.red . Before loug I WfUI qUite
mysolf IlgR.lU: I tle"er felt be.ttcl. I te!l' everybody what Doun's piJb dIll lor me.
(S Igned) "M. A. Arding."
Fou.,. {lea.,., (aiel - Mrt~. Arding saId:., Thank! to Doan'a pills I have had llolllgn of
kidney complalllt these fo ur yea.r~ .
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Inflamed Ikidneys and . bladder.
LumbaFo, Stope aDd Renal.dropsy.
Th eee me l tHe riske to be aVOIded.
mU:lt try to lell!'len ~'ork nnd worry.
ta.ko regulllr meals :lnd rest, go out fo r
wa.lke cach day, :lnd /let a t least eight
hours sleep at mght- rThe rcsult will ""'ell
repay the effort.
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by :Rea.ding well-willher...
Let
Buckuche Ktdnev Filltl
strC'ngtben
repair the w~orkworn
kidn eys.
after week for eighteen
JD Rel\ding have
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WHAT OUR FARMER/! HAVE DONE.
The estrn. barley and potatoes which they grew
In 1917 went \Tery nearly
to hemg t.he thmg
which saved us In t.be last few months.
No,,'
tOOy were call~ lI pon to m&ke an Incomparably
greater effort, :l.Ild his confi(1ence and the cond ~Doe of the Government rem:uned just the same
They ~ere perf~tly !ure that c"ery In.ndowner,
large and sma.ll, would ~lla.ke the necessa.IJ·
l'Ia.crince; that every fa.rmcr. In.rge or lU1lall, would
tnlce the fl sks; thnt every ltlbourer, old or young,
\t"ollJd ('ive hi ! la..'lt ounce of ~t rength to grow as
much munitiOlls o f .,wa.r as possible. He was a.lso
sum that evcrvone 'of them "" olll d work with a.
far keener ene~gy and ,f'ith much greater cournge
.'If tb~y fc't thnt tho;) v. holo country waa beAlnd
them . If the towns kn;.)w what depended upon
the SUC CCS!!I of agnclllLure and what It. coot the
n.gncu lturnl COmmllnlt.,·, they! U'ould cry out with
ono voice, 'Goo speed the plough ," and Ilpced it
not as t.hey \~d to pray. ,tID every cou ntry exeep~
our own , but on the nati\'6 w i) 01 this our is]a.nd
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courage I.;bicn puts ns at home to
They don't ,COWlt t hetr hours of duty by
the clock If they a.re given B. job they do it. reo
gardless of danged of their own exhaustIOn ,
hunger Rnd Catlgu ~, r,nowing, each one , t hat if he THOUGHTS BY ONE OF THE EGYPTIAN
fa ils In his inclividu~l effort ha imperils the lives
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
of his comrades. Those. men are our sons and
brotllers It 15 their lspirit which we have to carry
mto th iS atta'ck upoh the la nd, sametlllng of the ir
courage, tena.cit,y add doggedness. The food line
II Horse~chestnut trees at Ewell are in bud."
a.t home has ·become 1just as e~nt ial a paTt otthc
A bald statement, embodymg a simvle enough
battlo front DS the t~nches In \Vest.ern France, or fact; an unembe.lhshed rCcOrd of a perfectly
the North Sea. If t~e food line at home breaks It na.tur".ll occurrence j yet, catchmg the eye as one
is no good holdi ng ~e trenches. Therefore, these scanned a. month-old ~ewspa.pcr out hcre where
men ine you r comra,l:les, you are theirs. It 18 up the ~nds of the Smal PelllnaulaJ. 110 -Ba.tly un·
to you to back them up or you let them do," n. \ beautlful under the mys of a. J anuary sun tha.t
Just think lmder w~a~ far happicr cIrcumstances suggest!!; the he-at .of an English June, a l:Ie~tcnco
a.nd favourable condttiQns you are called upon to fra.ught With a wor~ .of ull e:s:p ressed meanmg,. a.
do your natlOnal d~t.r ~ Your field !!I here are not I sentence wa.k.ing ' rcmml~(.'(! n ct'.s, suggestmg a tra.ln
seamed with trenches and scarred wi:th shell hole~ j , o[ thought. at on~ pleu.sant. and, by rcaoon of Its
pam£ul. In a word,a ~cntence to ulUke
)'OUT homes nre not IB. bbcb .noo wnst.c. of smnklnlJ'0 unrealit.y,
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rl.lln~. No, your W:ol'k among t.ho unchanged one omeslck.
THF. GRAVITY OF THE POSITI@N.
I am not sure precisely where Ewell is. O f Itself
familjar surrounding~ of your own homes, is not to
It was difficult to bring h r mo to the cou ntry destroy life, but to save It When all t.he world that is not a maLLer of primary impartR.noe. l'he.
the gravIty of the positIon
Tho world supply j5 absorbed In feJ'erish anxiety to multIply material fact t.5 the buddmg of the horse-chestnutof food was short; their mo~ey and their ma.nu~ weapons of destruct,on or to m~e thcm. YO Il are trees. W1.ere thc horse·chest.mlt trees a.~ budliacturing produce wer e shortlj ' their tonna.ge \Va!!! a.sked to make tho n ative billa and vallevs stand ~ng in England. .And at thl~ ~ ista.nce a ll :J;ngland
3bort. Tha food was not on the foreign ma.rket !o thick With corn [that they shall laugh and IS home. Blight! Ju st tha.t.
In the Ilame qUi!.ntity it u~ to be.
They bad slOg YO\.l run into ho danger.
There is someth~ng pecuhnrly Engbsh about.
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those buddmg horse~chC.!!tnllt trees. T.h;.l svrn·
fol' that they mc d to have. ,I Even if the food
You aD the. itLOd r',sk a.t the mo!;t a. few pounds bolisc the country nnd the li fe of thl10 rUral Engwore there and th ey had tho Imoney to pa.y (or it ollt of your po~cts, or a few hours or' fatlguo to land, that is the real England; the Engla.nd that
t he qUe5tion remamcd whether they cou,d bring your bodies. ~15 ~here a. Berl\:;hire farmer, With hes at the back of the superfiCial commercial
It homo. nu t the cODsumerl did not understand tha.t contrast ~re Ihlm who can he slta.te. to do nation , the Engla.nd of thought and deeds, our
the poslt.ion, He was tlO a.cc~stomed to run round hlS duty by the nation an~ by his comrades a.t. the hentage, p.rcservcd for us by such :nen ' as Drake
tho corner and buy the food he wanted that ho fr.ont? There nrc some m here perhaps who have) and Ha.wkms and Frobisher an~ Nelson, handeq.
did not. realise tho change. I Pro"ided food was beell released from Imil tary service to produce down to us by such ra.re Statc.';lJltn as we have had
cheap he did not, ca.re \9'ho.re l it. came from, and (ood. 1 would 6ay to thein, e\'~ry ncro <?' ,land you whose nam es stand out. an our hiJtory <UI Lho~ who
beca.use It could be more cbc~pl~ produced abroad hold as a. farm er, evJry ounce o( strength , or skill t hought and worked unselfishly (01' England's 10It ~a.s not 'Produced at hom,. Now things had you POl!.5C8S as a. la~ourer, you hold. in trust for t.erests only j the England: not of. the ~ound esleY9
changed
Tho consumer fprg/Jt th.t for forty the na.tion to grow Ifood. And 50me of you are and Gra.dgnnds , but of Chaul'er, of Shakespeare,
years the BI'ltlsh farmer
been gradually older men. Probab~y most. of you have bIdden of " Tordsworth and Tennyson, dnd of all the best
clbowcd out of incl'e3l!ed pro lIction of bread and '/ God.speed .. to sOlpe young fre sh hfe dearer to ' poet~ SlUce ; ~he En.glnnd typl~ed to-day 1ft the
ffioit. 1'01\' In a very shor space of time they you than yom old. /'Worn a.nd fad£d : existence poetiC m5plratlOn: c1lnche~, as It were, and mu.de
to re\'cr~ the engincs nd increase produc. What. object havo ypu on earth now left to you real and everlastmg by hus death ill action, of
tion. The fDrmCr! , t.o a man ~ \\ere anxIous to Ifill except to stand by ~r our gallant ~ons
the front 1 Rupert Brooke.
the gap Pntriotusm apart" ~t was their interest and liee to it that. cost you wha.t it m~ you will
This is the solid, unshakea.ble England, th~t
to ' do fiO. But. It. took t.lme and the con:rumer, hold ~be food line firb, a.t home. (Lou appl.ause.) may, if ehe so deSire, defy" the four corners of
not understandn!; tho
wai irrItated, and
the world in arms," and yet which is essentially
The usual votes oflthapks closed the I eettng.
at thiS momont the.
who wa.,; most 1m. I r rEjvious to the mJetu~ Mr.. Proth eT',(f addr~l;scd peaceful, embodying m' her trAditions, her ltfe,
patient '" hen he found
cmpty was the the members of t he
Agncultural ConuDlttee her very atmosphere that peace which we all dBman who abIlsed the
raised a cry
.at the Ass ize CourtB.
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clare to be our goa.l in thi s str!lggle, that end for
whi ch took tho hca.rt
eH'orh. Time
whIch
all '0 oagerly and oonfidently yearn.
lind mono'V, brain.! and
be better em~
With such an England It IS mentable, and at
ployed 10 ' teaching the ,~.""'•.\...,. than in brlllging
t
tho same time significant. in pointing what. has
against the farmer t.he
and wholly un.
gone before. that ODe .hould .ssociate tho count,y
justifiable ch3rge of
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life as wlth no other coun t.ry. Other COUIl~l'ICS
DEAD
m.y-I Write may-display finer scenery. they
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they may hn,ve grander monnt:l.lns or more magmwas no more llseful or
Perhaps you are ~octormg Symptoms mstead ficont monuments, but in none of them does one
growing of food 'Yo l.ll ch
of the Disease,\ Three iD5tance~ of a
f~l Conn,t,ry Life as such an Illtlnla.ie, pe~r101
If t.here were any 'Berk.o;hire
more successful method.
thmg .. m England.
arguments did not appeal
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Tbe beautiful Rhono Valley, with .11 it, prodl t hing thi\t would rgo moo
pr.ckelli ho wou ld
galit.y of verdure and of produce, WIth aU Its peB.CeI
;li ny: grcmr Cood a..s a n im"",orlt,e b ~a\'e your own
The-ra n.r~ nImost. I as many ways of doctoring luI agricultural activity; the g;~ries of the Alps;
skms. They nllght be
If they" ere com. rhcnm:\tism a8 t.here 1!.re dootorfl.
the wooded. Appcnines j tho frUItful Lombardian
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pelled, through shortage
Most of t.llese treatments are directed at the symp" plain: none of these has moved mo as the simple
victor's peaco fro'm tho
they \\ ould bo toms and nro consid 'cod fIllCCCSS(ul if t~ey relievc budding of the English horse~chestunt trees , and
skmn,eq a live I\nd for rears
voars to come tho p~in and 8~ lffne6.!1. But tho blood relJD8.ine un- the realisation of the [act tbat I ca.nnot see them.
every ~Ia.lfpenny they wrung
the soil b" the pUl ifi,,'l nnd so tho rbeuml\lil!lm is snrn to return,
Two menta.! pictures blur across ,the bralD T One
cold and seems to !lee the English countryl!:i~6, m summer
sweat 4C their b~w would
pay the' ta~es o f especiully nfter It Re'lson of expoS\lro
dnmp.
There
is,
h~wevet'. one method that h!l.8
lIldemnity wil.h which the
would charg~ ' P?Ovcd emmently 8tlc crssCul in rhelllU~tiAm" and this &0 beautiful, beautiful now, benumbed by the
us. If he could bring those
home to evc1Y hae been verified by , among mnny otbers, Mr. Albert clinging fingers of winter, reluctant to relax their
a.griculturist. there would be
need for compu'. \Vhiw, who livoe at 11. Chester Road, "lineh96ter. clasp. }i'ields, hedgerows, Jancs, fI"Ol.en into the
Slon, tho will would act.
t.he la", agrlcul~ '1'0 :l press reprr-""cntnlive l"eeentl}· he described hiB sleep of ~hc misnamed dear months-a sleop per1
tural opinion would
into\ praclice the sen rch for aOlll etldng mora than' relief!
•• hllmy of my foHow workers,') snid lie, U fire chance which cannot be felt by the inammate oh .
nat\Onal dutv of
B u~ there were
lIubJcct to paiOli in )the back a.nd m!UlCle!l from ject.!! which are subject to 11., but to t.hD observing
" ho'e dlst:icLs
yet. hardly to lum bllgo nnd rheum.lt/Am, nud I often hild to lea.ve mind esSentiall y 0. sleep of dreams. And then,
My trouble WM promise of t he re.a.wa\>:enmg life, the buddmg
whoso work suffering Rwful pam.
on 1I1l our rheumatitml. and I did not kl'low what ' tG do to horse-chestnut!;.
get relief."
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Across thiS \~Il!ion beat~ with an insist.ancy whIch
Mrs. White, who rns present at the interview,
tortent. of national took up the conyere.o. t ~~n hero :_
will not be dCnled the a ll -roo·obviOus re.llIt.y.
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fl ood of energy
U I was onoo n c::ril?l& ! through rheumntism.
For The drear waste o~ coa.rse s.rmd, the e!tpanses of
disturb them?
some yean I hl'\d Mvere attacks, a.nd could scarcely gla.ring \vhitc canvas, the €.
ttered rough matel'1al
use my feet. Medici~e did not seem to do 1me any and dump'; of newly cons rueted raIlroad, all
good. The pAin in
limh~ was as bad &IJ though
n, and suggesting
Then there wcre In t.h e
m every my 8inQ~'8 were drD.l\"~. W'hon I had almost given jumbled together in the
mere selfish up hopa, 8omeone nd:vi."cd ~e to try Q, tfUf!JfJ 01' Dr. thoughts how remote from hose other pJeas.1nt
other 'industry, I men
motivell, would not &tir
lilt the burden 'Villi6.ms' pink pilla-J. I dId so, and the result wae re1lections on1y those who have experienced them
won~erlnl.
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th a t a. 11 )1$h au Id II h a.re.
no tIme to inU After I had taken one box of theee pills myapAt.
home
the
horse·~hcstnut
~ are budding.
form the~ ignorant an'd
reluctant, and petiu. pioked ~p and ~y spir;itB ~righ~ed . Steadily
that Wa!! one rcason why thev-Iwore obliged to use 1 imwo,.ed, and the r~eumatisrn got eaaler and wier. I i Up there," too, the rains have done their work ~
compulsion in Before I had taken ,hres boX08 of Dr. Williams' Soon t he sparie · vegetation, , the few droopmg
compulsion ; another
their own in teres~.
obeyed a com- pink pills the rh ~uma.~i8m hEl.]. quite gone, and my snQwdrops, which n.lone remained to clothe tho
hoaltft ,generally was! aplendid. I ha.TQ nonr baa. ba.renees of those rugged hills at ChristmBJI, Will
pulsory order t aa
compensa.tion any'return of the rheumatism or pains. I t - .
from ' the Government for
.md Bubetan.
tI ~ow . to finieh mit story,"
said Mr. ~te. "I b. l",pl.."d by a refre4hing green. by a delight 01
tial loss be could prove he
A third ' delayoo. faking Dr. \'1illiam~' pink pills ''bntil I was :f!(')W£rsI.
In England, too, the &ensons will ,move a.pace.
reallon for compul!lOn W&8
if 99 men did I ~y o.ble to ~t8nd upnght. But when I did
cheerfull y IIlld willingly. or
did reluct. tl . !aka Ih.m. I found J,.tomlt relief. I had only taken The buds will broaden and burst, the flowers Wi ll
thcir duty. they wanted to
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th t n t hY' : two boxeI!I of $110 pi
w en I ate bettet- and enjoyed give place to the horae-chl!5tnutJs., and they in their
re
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B. .
dose of Dr. Williams' pPlk pHls
hundredth did not eaca.pe.
Wi1.h;
' ~er snd the "PBine 1eM severe. tum will faU a.nd tbc small boy. will gather them
regard to pigs, Mr. Prothero
wanted the
trouble l~ft ~~ free from and "'fight. their mimic 'batt.les.
But .. out here" it will not be the same
cottager to ba.ve h is pig,
was notbing
ever smoe.
to prevent the cottager or
bolder to
comin fa in the Cold ... Notliing .is ~he same: In the he,n,rt" of the Holy
Land
man wtll COll8plre to slay a.nd will be slain
eat bis own pig or ewn
t~e meat "'_
wounded in the war.
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KI
hI) oould .01,. walk by the
Oaly hope rem ...... t..\Io hope of tho real EDgla.nd. The trees are budding, em1nems of Eqgland
hie neigbbouMl;r~'I~~~;:t~
thl)n Wh due to
bct/.el' ..,d b
p.I>lic-lbou....
aDd of. the' Englieh. life tb.n,t, so many ha.ve come to
a.ppreclat.e a.s never before.
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In the p lan of ~ Engli&h. life ie no room' for
discouraSOOlont. It is for tIie Englisliman '0 get

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(.he tradi,i60s
andthought
asaoci&tion.
down tohimhi •are
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that
I at it.e best; that 'at heme the hon;e..
at' .Lch.est.nut treeo
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fa.rqililll' to, our ~a4erll, was a. tIlember of' our ~
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