nesday, may gay 31st, 1933. THE TEESDALE MERCURY. 15 31st' to their scent, as it is rather overpowering in the room; and they also have a bad FIELD, FARM & FURROW POULTRY KEEPING.

CV- habit of dropping their petals rather By A. LANCASTER SMITH. speedily. All the Heleniums are excellent BY " COCKCROW." IN tb for cutting, and other good flowering A 1UR DISEAFE d ,„ plants for this month and running into FOOD FOR CHICKS. nig GARDEN September are Heliopsis, Chrysanthemum The ravages of finger-and-toe disease of Until they are twenty-four hours cld ?BUR maximum, and Anemone Japonica, although turnipe are too well known to need detailed chickens do not require any food : they are YO the latter is inclined to droop in water. description. Most farmers are now aware provided by Nature with all the nourish- that acidity of soil is a predisposing cause. secretary of the National September brings along the Rudbeckias. ment they need for the first hours of their Hon. _For this reason care should be exercised in lives. When it is time to start feeding MONITIONS Gardens Guild. The deep orange yellow star-like flowers of the matter of manuring any fields on the them see that only very light, nourishing . w" speciosa have great decorative value, and holding intended for roots. Sourness of food is given them. Nothing is better for " they contrast well with sprays of Michael- soil is often shown by the presence of such tiny chickens than hard-boiled eggs, weeds as spurrey, sorrel, and bent grass. ing cutting r FOR VASES. mas Daisies of various varieties. The chopped very finely and mixed with stale each ogeiL FLOWERS Lime is the great corrective. Swedes can, breadcrumbs and a little milk. After about which was rrecordede me Solidagos (Golden Rod) and Senecio, of course, be grown successfully with two days of this food the chickens will an had been f grow flowers not only for although rather coarse for vases, are very Ltineral manures only, put a combination of welcome a - change of food. Fine biscuit orpe,a 11.110 ad4arri thing that actu e in the garden but for filling effective if combined with the shining organic and inorganic mineral fertilisers meal, 'over which boiling water is poured, that is almost us gives better results, particularly on those the meal being left to swell and cool a little , the house, must take care when purple brown leaves of Berberis aquifolium soils and in those districts where high iu before giving to the chickens, is excellent at Providence 4:01 hap the borders to have those plants (Mahonia) and sprays of deep orange yields are obtainable. In considering the It is usual to give biscuit meal, treated in ers greater than alias bi be used for this double purpose. yellow Chrysanthemums. manurial requirements of swedes or turnips this way, for the first meal of the day, and ings. Superstitious Y pus' fau the perennials we have an One should always bear in mind that to it is essential to bear in • mind that they about two hours later the chickens should rant and un neePteople get the best effect from cut flowers one require a sweet soil. The disease "finger- receive a meal of fine grain. In the early ed number of plants from which to and-toe" often plays havoc with a crop stages of their lives chickens need food in entertained this ide needs to take into consideration the nature ae(1' hut soine of them are more useful grown on a sour soil, as acidity is favour- small quantities at short intervals. Every as responsible for a story alit' when cut, both for display and and colour of the container, With the last able for the :development of the disease. two hours is not too often to feed them who had a favourite suggested combination one can imagine To an acid soil, therefore, lime should be until they are a week old, when they can be fed four times a day. When they are . "As the Kynge a_8!'ey ing with slay come the first flag the flowers best displayed if a tall copper freely given, preferably either as ground eec lime, carbonate of lime, lump lime, or gas fed every two hours the dry and soft meals ked togyder th e negeethe f which, except perhaps the jar is used or even a brown ware pitcher aH o lime. It should be applied as early as should be given alternately. A little oat- who was wontto lea Blue Flag, are admirable for is the container. possible in the autumn, so that it has a meal, mixed with some milk and bread- eft the kynge and caul: If the weather . is mild in September, chance of thoroughly impregnating the crumbs or fine sharps, can be used in turn and should be largely grown. with the biscuit meal. Never give too , Duke of Lancastre ; and ver the earliest of the Ponies, ordinary outdoor Chrysanthemums can be soil. The most important ingredient of o swede and turnip manure is phosphoric much food at a time. The little birds same friendly obtained up till the middle of November, at the end of May the double and acid, and multitudes of experiments have should be left with plenty of energy :Ind e enough hunger to encourage them to limit as wonte to dontteeci inZ European varieties, with their huge and all know the great value of these demonstrated that on all soils phosphates ho knewe not the g flowers for bringing brightness in the home. are absolutely essential. To obtain heavy for insects and forage for themselves ran of light and dark crimson and flesh among the grass. They will obtain exercise f the kynge If readers grew only the plants- men - crops of swedes and turnips it is essential what the up of myriads of petals. Another in this way. Another way in which they lde do ? ade tioned above, and with moderate success, to use, in addition to phosphates and Cousin,' wer suitable for cutting is Betonica potash, a nitrogen fertiliser. It is now should be made to exercise themselves is by burying the grain in litter, such as peat s a greate goode token t o ra, It is true the red purple of they would always have a good supply of used with great success on both swedes and signe to me.' How knee cut flowers right through the summer and moss, if thek coop is placed on the bare earth its is just a little dingy, but the turnips by all progressive farmers in Scot- or among the grass. the duke. • I knows-.owe it . are very effective in a mass and autumn. land and the North of England. It is too nge. The grayhounde ac often assumed, and even stated in well- TREATMENT OF GROWING STOCK. ell in water. here this daye as k known text books, that a nitrogenous fer- Do not try to rear your late-hatched ya pine our list, which considerably If you have any gardening questions you tiliser is unnecessa7 for the swede or chicks on the same ground as tke earlier ye steal be, and I 6 is headed with Chinese P eonies want answered, write to the Secretary of turnip crop. 'This is a very serious error, hatched chicks, for the ground is bound to be deposed ; the grayh and double), the loveliest of their the National Gardens Guild, c/o. this paper. and repeated trials have shown that a be fouled and stale and the birds will not now ledge naturally ; Name and address of correspondent, not dressing of 1 cwt. nitrate of soda per acre do as well as they might do in fresh quar- the lad particularly 'beautiful when corn- necessarily for publication, must be sent you, he wyll followe yo will increase the yield appreciably. ters. Give particular attention to the nth Delphiniums. We would suggest with each query. Replies are made in strict supply of fresh green food, which is a great asz of clear glass filled with sky blue rotation. FOUR-FOOTED FRIENDS. help in feathering. Grade your chickens all came about. The stn -diunis of the Belladonna class, and Experts agree that generally speaking according to size, to give all a fair chance, s, for if the dog had bee Fnk Wines. This makes a delightful most dogs come through the British winter and do not mix chicks of different ages mpanion of the king, as w without much trouble and inconvenience; together. Divide the sexes as soon as pos- leasing combination. LOW PRICE OF WOOL. sible. Keep all young stock developing , he must surely have - but there is no doubt that they are all the •iums alone are excellent for house better for receiving a little extra attention steadily without a check if you possibly of Lancaster. In any iiqn, but the darker ones, especially and care during the cold, wet months. cap. s are strange sometimes, 'hat have much purple in them, are LEICESTER BREEDERS' PLAN FAVOURED Clear, frosty weather is not nearly as bad for them as when it is WHEN CHOOSING A DUCK. vinced that the dog was lob dull under artificial light. Whilst muggy and damp. Aylesbury ducks are the best for roasting. k Older dogs, especially, are liable to contract uld happen in the future. oing inside conditions one should Their flesh is superior in appearance and The Council of the Leicester Sheep rheumatism or bronchial complaints in a flavour to that of the ducks from Normandy s credited dogs with the shear in mind the blending of the winter such as we have just had. It g death or sensing im Breeders' Association recently circularised and Brittany, - known as Rouen ducks. When -with such furnishings as curtains, all the Flock Book Societies of Great Britain stands to reason that ' they require more food choosing a young duck for the table, look hose to whom they are att , iee, colourings of the walls, and relative to the low price of home-grown to counteract the loss of bodily heat than carefully at its feet and its bill. Both self, after many years' stn dour effects. wool, and the consequent loss to the sheep- in the summer months, and it is advisable should be yellow,• for both get dark as the- a physical and psychol ' breeding industry, and asking the society to increase their rations, so long as they bird increases in years. The feet should be lune also arrives the glorious do not get fat. Obesity, of course, is a ye never yet observed an associated with each breed to " petition his soft to the touch, and the web between the •of the Lupins, Polyphyllus and the Majesty's Government (throUgh the Minister thing to be avoided, and the great object toes tear easily ; the under part of the bill, e accept such a view. It 'l in their many colours ; also the of Agriculture) to take steps by quota or is to keep them in good, healthy condition too, should be soft. In old birds the tissues easonable that they, with Grunts ; and the long-spurred Aquile- otherwise so as to - secure adequate protec- without being either fat or thin. are much harder. Look at the feathers, too; ligences, should be able to the latter making an extremely dainty tion for the wool producers,• and thereby Far too many dogs in country places get in an elderly bird the quills are stiff and near or remote, any more enable them to obtain an economic price little else besides milk and barley meal or blunt at the tips, while a young duck has rable decoration. The poppies are for home-grown wool." oatmeal to eat, which is about the worst soft down. e we, with our better brain . uncertain in their behaviour when The secretary 'of the society has received kind of food possible. As far as is reasoning and acquiring a hint is to gather them when only many-acknowledgments of the circular from practical, they want it hard and concen- POULTRY 'n that in some respects s Of colour is visible in the calyx. the flock book 'societies, all of which support trated. The broken kinds of biscuit Most farmers have doubtless noticed that, the terms of the petition. particularly in the case of poultry where ors. generally known as hound or terrier meal, late in the evening and dip the ends The Hampshire Down. Society's secretary obtainable in such generous variety, are overcrowding conditions prevail, there is in a few we are. They e stems into boiling water at once, said : " My Council thought it was advis- alike the most convenient and the best plenty of evidence of unhealthy stock. The gratitude in a way that p them in a dark cool place until able to add sheep skins, as the extremely balanced foods that a dog. can have. These mistake that so many budding poultry y human beings, and they owing morning. Some of the soft low price obtainable for these affects the can be made doubly attractive and the more keepers make is to try to keep too many for devotion of a sill* price of fat sheep very considerably." appetising by the addition of hot broth or birds' upon a small piece of land, and too pink varieties go very well with The Exmoor Horn Society say " the low many birds in one house. Expert opinion yard kind that .we might milk. As an alternative feed, dogs should ety lilac English Irises. price of our wool is a very .serious matter." have plenty of dry, hard biscuits to break inclines to the view that overcrowding in They are clever reade July arrives, the quantity of The Suffolk Sheep Society " agreed to up and big bones to gnaw, if they are to be houses and yards is a serious mistake, and too, understanding available for cutting is almost support a resolution very similar to that kept in good health. must be avoided. There should be four to submitted." five square feet of floor space per bird in who is friendly and who Inning. Mention must be made of Other societies that have sent favourable winter shelters and houses, and the floors traits that excite -our a to Pinks. which will continue to replies include the Border Leicester (Scot- ALL KINDS OF TRAIN TRAVEL. should be covered deep in litter to ensure ps induce us to cherii during the rest of the summer, land), Kent or Romney Marsh, Blackface e exercise. Dead leaves (especially those at they have occult por other desirable subjects are Coreop- Sheep Society, Clun Forest (Shropshire), from the oak "bagged" ready for winter re the Herdwiek Society, the Rough Fell (West- The L.N.E.R. have issued a neat booklet not wise, however, to diflora, Malva moschata and giving a ,comprehensive synopsis of the months) should be kept ready for use. • morland), and the South Devon Block Book Shelter from wind and rain helps egg- actions which may he These last three go well with Association. facilities provided for passenger journeys and the conveyance of traffic by passenger laying, for although the hen's plumage or imitative ; or to Ira Of Henchera. There are Cam- insulates the body, continuous rain and cold ` Of train. Children's fat-es, interavailability of ferences from behaviour lavender blue and white, the tickets by alternative -routes, circular tour wind reduce the temperature and affect imply commonplace if it ha -us, lavender and rosy lavender, tickets, night' etiOtirsion tickets, long the egg-producing organs. Dry-fronted ved by an occurrence that AID FOR WHEAT GROWERS distance walking tour tickets, tickets' for houses can be easily arranged by fixing white, and the invaluable under eaves of roof, at an angle of is, these being amongst the most anglers, rambling polities, camping parties, t diffe rovers, rangers and cadets, sports teams, 45 degrees, long windscreens or weather , of course, a grea !of ail the flowers in the cut state. THIRD ADVANCE PAYMENT. boards fitted with "glass cloth," which is , etc., tire all covered, from the independent telligence and an assumpti gins go very- well together with the traveller who wislt to -send luggage in both wind and water proof, and allows the f seer, Psychologists are and lavender Delphiniums, but if advance, to know t e price of a pot of tea ultra-violet rays to pass through, whilst -`01 he mind of dogs in an off is desired they may he combined The Wheat Commission are making their on thb " Queen of . Scots " Pullman from always increasing the light of poultry inGtaisicia third advance payment to registered London to Harrogate and Edinbuygh, houses. y have any f arrldeitasof Lychnis or the fiery growers. This payment will be made at the reserve a seat or compartment or arrange Regarding poultry foods and feeding, a Even o instinct. afterrete:e5s . 'rate of 3s. per cwt. to 18,000 growers in for a special train load of children to travel good grain mixture scattered in the litter Sus of opinion tItioll SuCCESTIONS • clear root ARRANGING respect of 3,111,000 cwts. of wheat vouched together for a day outing in the country or induces lively activity at the start of the no for by 24,000 wheat certificates delivered to at the seaside. , on we should ° day. There is a close relation during lie heir 13 CUT FLOWERS the Commission by the growers concerned winter between cold feet and combs and e question about :) qt. I 0 kx) during the period March 1st to May 1st, empty egg baskets. The mash should be bap 1933. The aggregate amount of the advance " BOXING THE COMPASS " fed in the early afternoon and a trough will he is approximately £466,000. -Waggers'Clu Clu-b any o feed of kibbled maize given one hour ua-nagenl,e" Two previous advances, one in December "Boxing the Compass " is a sailor's term before dusk. Gratifying results follow a ders' inquiries ol last and another in March have been made canine care, waggersAy for repeating the successive thirty-two mid-day scalded mash of 50 per cent. n at the same rate, the aggregate amount of points of the compass with or without the biscuit meal with 25 per cent. Sussex Address : olo the two payments being approximately ple Chambers, Te quarter points between. For a helmsman ground oats, 15 per cent. Alfalfa, and 22,130,500i These two payments were shared to understand his duties and interpret his 10 per cent. fish meal. .C.4. by 70,000 growers who had deliverbd 120,000 officers' orders quickly, he must, of course, wheat certificates to the Commission up to be thoroughly conversant with the points, ec,te surreal the end of February for a total quantity of so that boxing the compass is one of the nearly 14} million of Cwts. of wheat. first things taught the sailor. The exact NVhen the present advance has been made origin of "boxing" nobody has fathomed. nt.4 in the some 73,000 registered growers will have The word is probably a hopeless corruption received altogether £2,597,000 on account of " Maudella " Patterns 4411i of something else which we have centuries Specially Designed deficiency payments to which they are ago forgotten. - dog's este° , entitled under the Wheat Act in respect of approximately 17i millions of cwts. of for Successful Home Dressmaking wheat. No further advance on account will be A new material for dental plates, produced 3d., 4d., and 6d. each, MIMI in the United State0, is said to have unusual made during this cereal year. — at — The next payment will be in respect of strength, to retain its form indefinitely, and balances due to all registered growers who to have the natural colour of skin tissue. The Teesdale Mercury Bookshop, 0,4014111/4,. i8‘ have delivered valid wheat certificates to A nine-day's pilarimage through the New kidocjr' u theh month When Phloxes are the Commission for wheat sold during the Forest district, during which he has walked Barnard Castle. e,00p.b000111„ea). . cereal year ending on July 31st, 1933. Tel. 45. e 58.1/P•-1 til tey have some disadvantages 80 'miles and- visited more than 20 parishes, PATENTLtd... (tecoration Some people obj This payment will probably be made has been concluded by Dr. C. F. Garbutt, a ect about the end Of September. Bishop of Winchester. asawittitttnc.nzrx.rAmencxxrdsma