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THE WEEK'S GARDENING,
THE WEEK'S GARDENING, HINT. TO ALLOTMENT WORKERS. Onions need special attention during the feexfc few weeks if large bulbs are desired. They are gross feeders, and well repay the outlay on manures. Sulphate of ammonia, bonemeal, or nitrate of soda (if it can be obtained) may be used with good effect at the rate of an ounce to the square yard. Peruvian or canary guano or poultry manure may also be used, inducing a healthy though not quite so rapid a growth. Soot that has been stand- ing on one side for a time is a very good stimulant, as well as useful in keeping away insects. Applications may be given about every fortnight for a time, though liquid manure, in weak applications, can be used as often as twice a week. Liberal waterings should be given and all weeds kept down. During the dry, hot weather, late-sown seedlings should be given plenty of water. The drills should be made of a good depth, and then flooded with water. The seed should not be put in until the water has drained away to sony; extent. Seed sown at this time of the year need only be slightly covered this allows the seed to benefit thoroughly by' water- ing if drought prevails. When they are well established, a little sprinkling of some ferti- liser will help to encourage growth, and get the plants growing freely. a • • Liquid manure is a very useful fertiliser, for it is easy to apply, and anyone can make it at home. A tub or cistern should be filled three-quarters way up with water, and then the manure or soot water placed in a bag, or an old pail with holes bored in, and suspended in the water. A stick can be placed across the top of the tub, and the pail or bag hung from this so that its contents soak in the water. During the first three days the bag should be moved about in the water as much as possible, so that the contents may become well saturated and the essences escape. Carrot seed may be sown from now till early August, and good crops can be expected if the right varieties are chosen. Only narrow strips of land are needed, and where early peas or potatoes have been lifted carrots will do well. Digging is all that is necessary, if the ground has previously been well manured. Be- fore sowing, the drills should be well watered, and the seed should be sown thinly but evenly and only just covered with fine soil. The dis- tance between the rows need not exceed 4in. to jin., and when the plants are 2in. high they should be thinned out. In some parts where there is shelter frofn rough winds sowings of runner beans may still be made, and will provide pods during the autumn. Sow in double lines, 9in. to 12in. apart each way. If the soil is dry plenty of water should be given, and a little soot dusted round them will keep away birds as well as insects. When the plants are well up, it is a good plan after staking to mulch along the rows. This saves watering, and will hasten the growth of the plants. The climbing French bean can be grown in tlie-sanie way as the runner bean, and should produce good weps. Sowings of dwarf French beans may still be made. To make sure of getting good crops, peas and beans should be fed with liquid manure, cither artificial or organic. Nitrogenous manures, such as sulphate of ammonia and nitrate of soda, are not required to any great extent, 'as leguminous plants are ablé" to acquire sufficient for their needs from the air, and it is better to supply them with phos- phates. At the same time, to encourage the growth of good-sized pods, pinch off the tops of the climbers and thin out the pods, When the peas are done, do not take the haulmS up by the roots, but cut them down, for the nodules that form on the roots contain nitrates, and are valuable in the soil. If raspberry canes are found to be develop- ing numbers of suckers they should now be pulled up, as they will be making vigorous growth during the summer. Not only do these suckers take away nourishing matter in the soil from the canes now bearing fruit, but they help to weaken the young canes, which will boar fruit next -egson: It is best to pull them up as they appear. It is easy to get small ones out of the ground, but if left to grow it is considerable trouble to get out the many and tough stems. Shallots should now have the earth scraped away from the bulbs, so that they may ripen more easily, for if they are well exposed to th sun they will be ready for lifting all the sooner. It is a good plan while they are ripening to hoe the earth well between the rows, which should be at least a foot apart, and sow some quick-growing crop, such as Tom Thumb lettuces, or radishes or carrots. The seedlings will derive the benefit of the made of the shallot tops, and will not need much space before the shallots are lifted. When vegetable marrows are growing on manure they are likely to grow very quickly, and the shoots must be carefully regulated. If they become very crowded through growth being strong some must be thinned out; too much and very overgrown foliage will only harm the plants by preventing the setting the flowers which open first. Until fruits have formed it is a mistake to give too much formed it is a mistake to give too much water; too little water is less likely to be harmful, though, of course, a little judgment wiil soon show when it is required. When the I fruits are beginning to set well. applications I of liquid manure should be given about twice a week, with water on the other days if dry weather sets in. I A common complaint during the hottest ■ days of the year is that lettuce plants are run- j ning to' seed and not forming hearts. This is often due to failure to give the plants the rich 1 root run they need, but frequently to neglect to supply, water at the roots after the plants I have left, the seed bed. To make sure of get- ting good crisp lettuces during the hot weather, after planting out, they" should be given a good watering, and the tops sprinkled overhead every day. If green or black fly appear, the plants should be syringed with soapy water, but, of course, this must be done j some time before* it is intended to cut them. New strawberry plants should for prefer- be layered in small pots containing a fairly rich soil, and planted in their perma- nent places as soon as they have become well rooted. The pots should be plunged in the soil, to keep them. upright, and to prevent drying up. The runner is secured by a peg or a stone just behind the crown. Runners should not be saved from plants whicft have been in their present position two or three j years, or from plants that have not borne fruit, and not more three runners should be letained from any plant. <
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THEFT BY SOLDIER PATIENT at Builth Wells. At Builth Police Court on Friday, before Mr H. T. Price (presiding) and Mr Thomas Williams, Private Charles Ward, Somerset Light Infantry (a Birmingham man), patient at the Builth Wells Red Cross Hospital, was charged with stealing a gold watch, value t4 10s, I 1 11 r!1 and a gold ring, value C3 10s, the property of Mrs Ruth Smiles, of the Builth Social Club, and pleaded guilty. Mrs Smiles said she left her watch and ring in the bathroom, which she used as a dressing room, on Monday night, and missed them on Tuesday evening. On Tuesday she saw Ward on the top of the stairs at the Club, he appeared to be leaving after having had a game of billiards. She discovered her loss about half-an-hour later. The Clerk Is the landing close to the bath- room ? Witness Yes. The Clerk: The bathroom is a private room? Witness Yes, it is quite private. P.S. Davies stated that on Wednesday he saw Ward at the hospital and told him he was making enquiries about a gold watch and a gold ring alleged to have been stolen from the Social Club. In reply defendant said he knew nothing at all about them, and repeated his denial after being warned that he would be searched. In his trousers pocket witness found a handker- chief with the missing watch tied up in one of its corners. On arrival at the Police Station defendant asked to go to the lavatory. He was permitted to go, and was out of witness's sight for a few minutes.' Later on a comrade of the defendant's from the hospital came to the station and asked permission ,to see him. Witness consented, but remained in the cell during the conversation. Suddenly defendant got up and went to the lavatory again. Witness followed and saw him lift the cover of a water cistern and take out a ring, which was after- wards identified by Mrs Smiles. Charged with stealing the articles defendant said I do not know what made me do it, I cannot help it somehow I did not think of the consequences at the time." Ward was sent to prison for two months, the Chairman expressing the hope that he would be a better man in future.
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EDUCATION-AND THE TEACHER.
EDUCATION-AND THE TEACHER. Mr. Underdown's Address to Breconshire Association. The annual meeting of the Breconshire County Association of Teachers, N.U.T., was held at Mount street School, Brecon, on Satur- day afternoon and was well attended. The proceedings were unusually interesting, Mr. Underdown, a member of the N.U.T. Execu- tive and ex-president of the Union, delivering an address on the prospects of the teaching profession which contained many good points for his hearers. Mr. A. Leonard (secretary to the Breconshire Education Committee) and Mr. W. E. Jones (county finance clerk) were amongst those present. Mr. M. Owen (Cefn Coed), the outgoing president, occupied the chair at the outset and moved a vote of condolence with the relatives of the late Mr. A. Perrott, Gilwern, and the late Mr. Thomas. Yniscedwyn. which was seconded by Mr. Watkins, Brynmawr. NEW SALARY SCALE. Mr. Thomas, Brynmawr, proposed a resolu- tion to the effect that the scale of salaries drawn up by the Staffing and Salaries Committee of the Breconshire Education Authority, after consultation with the Association's Executive, be accepted, and this was agreed to. Several members, however, expressed -the hope that in the future there would be an improvement of increments. Mr. Rees, of Penrhos, nominated by the Ystradgynlais Association, was elected vice- president for the ensuing year, Mr. A J Corbett (Brecon) was re-elected secretary, and Mr. H. Morris (Hay) was re-elected treasurer. The two latter were also heartily thanked for their past services. A similar compliment was paid Mr Owen for his work as president, and Mr T. E. James, Hay, was thanked for auditing the satisfactory balance sheet produced by the treasurer. LADY PRESIDENT. Mrs. Fisher, Breconlo the incoming president, then took the chair. In the course of her address she recalled the fact that the work of the N.U.T. was inaugurated in Brecon over 40 years ago, and for many years her husband was secretary. In the days of long ago she asked an inspector's advice about something and he said Do your best for the child," and that she had always endeavoured to do. Education was now occupying the attention of the most Serious minds of the country, and it was to be hoped that the services teachers so untiringly rendered woul4 be recognised by an adequate salary and the prospect of a good pension. Many new spheres of work had now been opened up to women, and owing to the depletion of the manhood of the country it was likely that far more women teachers would be em- ployed. It would be their duty to sow the seeds of knowledge and help build up the manhood and womanhood of the nation to finer ideals. She was one of those, however, who thought that a woman teaching in a boys or afn-ixed school should be paid the same rate as the meu-(hear, hear)—as she had the same training and did the same work. (Applause). 11 MR. UNDERDOWN'S ADDRESS. Mr Underdown. dealing first with the education question as a whole, remarked that no matter how excellent the scheme which Parliament might devise, no matter how structurally sound and beautiful the school buildings might be, or how well they might be furnished, no matter how efficient the staffing of the local Education Office might be-if the supply of teachecs fell off and the quality of the men and women introduced into the teaching profession deteriorated, they had laboured but in vain to erect an educational fabric. (Hear, hear). The Education Bill proposed to raise the school age to 14, and that would add a year of school life to a quarter of a million boys. and girls in England and Wales. It also proposed to establish compulsory con- tinuation schools for children between 14 and 16. and in two years from the commencement of that scheme there would be about 500,000 boys and as many girls attending those schools. They would absorb a staff of between twenty and twenty-five thousand teachers, and obviously the scheme was doomed to disaster unless those young people were placed in the hands of experienced people. A period of seven years was necessary in order to produce a teacher, and then that teacher needed the ripening process of experience, a process which he hoped would be more fully recognised in Breconshire when the Education Authority brought into operation its new scale of salaries. (Hear, hear.) What were the prospects of securing an adequate supply of teachers ? They knew that there were 25,000 teachers who had joined the Forces, and that already 1,500 members of the N.U.T. had made the supreme sacrifice. But that was not the worst from the point of view of the teaching supply. In 1 "JOG there were 14,000 entrants to the profession before the war that number had fallen to (>,000. The Board of Education admitted that to keep up the supply the 14,000 were necessary, as 7,000 were required to make up wastage and the other 7,000 dropped out before becoming qualified because they found that by transferring to other pro- sessions they wtfuld be incomparably better off. That was the position in 1906, a supply just sufficient to meet normal wastage, without provision for reducing the size of classes or taking out the lesser qualified teachers. The subsequent fall in the number of entrants (one year it fell to 5,000) meant that during the last
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RHEUMATISM KIDNEY TROUBLE
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Breconshire Lighting Times.
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BRECON GUARDIANS.
BRECON GUARDIANS. Friday.—Present Mr Owen Price (chairMO), Miss Adelaide Williams, Miss Philip Morgan. Revs. T. Griffiths, D. H. Picton and H. Church Jones, Messrs. Jenkin Williams. Watkins, D. Davies, Rees Williams, J. Williams, J. Jones (Llanfihangel-nant-brawr T. Daniels. W. C. Davies, Tom Morgan* Williams, J. Morris, D. Phillips, John Sm't Evan Jones, A. A. Mitchell, J. Price, y Thomas, and the Deputv Clerk (Mr. E. Hill). u A decrease of 155 in the number of relieved was reported compared with corresponding quarter of last year. were 39 inmates of the house. The Ma9*e, reported .that on the 3rd iiist. the the institution, through the kindness of Adelaide Williams, were treated to the fe held at Ely Tower grounds and the Chairing expressed the thanks of the Board to I Williams for her generosity. AS IT SHOULD BE. 'J The Master, in his half-yearly report, saI that the dietary was on the whole satisfactory and the supplies better. The bulk of t inmates were very old and infirm and IllaIl{ through age and other causes, were unable care for themselves therefore many of cast-iron rules of administration had h^ scrapped with a view to making the institute more home-like and comforting for those Wbo el its had to pass their declining years within I walls. HOUSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS' ATTENDANCE. The Clerk, in presenting the quarts accounts, said they had been placed before te p House Committee, but only one member Adelaide Williams) was present. She ej amined and signed the bills and recommend them for payment. The Rev. T. Griffiths asked whether it quite enough for one guardian to look over bills and make the recommendations.. Miss Williams I think you are a meIlltØ of the House Committee, Mr Griffiths. Mr Griffiths Yes, but I could not ji the workhouse if the meetings were here I could. Mr Tom Morgan Then how can Williams attend ? I am a member of House Committee, but I don't grumble. (Ile(1.1" hear). Miss Williams I should be very glad some members would attend. < The Clerk said he wrote to a number?, members to the effect that the meeting woul be held and it was entirely their fault that they were not present. In reply to Mr Griffiths, the Clerk said rota was made out for the purpose. Mr Jenkin Williams The best reform is tØ begin at home. (Laughter). The coal contractor wrote to the effect the price of coal had been advanced genei^f J by 4s. a ton and by 5s. 6d. for steam nut I
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BRECON RURAL COUNCIL.
BRECON RURAL COUNCIL. J Mr Owen Price presided over a meeting .[ the Brecon Rural District Council held ™ Friday. Mr John Jones, Llanfihangel-nant-br^' asked whether roadmen would be available farm work during the harvest months as ustl The farms, he said, were very depleted u labour and roadmen should be released as as possible. He proposed this.—Mr Morgan seconded. Both Surveyors stated, in reply to questi^ that in some districts roadmen could be jj for harvesting, but in other districts where roads were very bad owring to timber hat-1' they could not be released. t Mr Morgan Which, is the most importí1J to get the harvest in or to improve the roads Mr J. Jones I don't think a man should stopped going to a farm if he is required, ho ever urgent road repairs may be. (VOICe Quite right "). The resolution was unanimously earned. j On the recommendation of Mr D. Davies Mr Jenkin Williams, members of a coiiini^^ appointed to inspect the spot, it was decided t erect a wire fence along a part of a road j was deemed dangerous to traffic in Traiati-Ilo parish.. It was pointed out that the stretd1 JO road ran parallel with the river for about yards and had a drop of 20 feet practice perpendicular. An accident occurred tb recently. DEVYNOCK FOOTPATH QUESTI The Committee appointed to report fia the advisability of closing a path tbi-oog ilt meadow at Devynock were unanimot!s it recommending that it should not be closed. iC' appeared to be of great advantage to the p qoJ The Council accepted the recommendation the Clerk was instructed to inforiii tbØ 0. 'petitioner that no action would be takenj'Ji*^ matter. ér, Mr B. L. Pritchard, executive < reporting upon the work of the Food mittee, said they were getting out the rationing books as fast as they could.
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EDUCATION-AND THE TEACHER.
six or seven years the teaching profession had been drawing upon its capital in man and woman power. Recruits were unobtainable. and that was now recognised by the education authorities. It was to the interest of the State that there should be brought annually into the teaching profession its fair share of the best brains the country produced. The State realised this and realised that it must make a higher bid in the competitive market. The necessity was leading education authorities to frame more tempting scales of salaries, and it had led the Board of Education to determine to bring into Parliament. a new Superannuation Bill this year. The teacher's work was under- mined when in great cities and even some of the smaller towns a boy was allowed to labour at the tender age of 12, and absence from school before that age winked at by many men on the bench whoae sympathies were uot always towards securing for the child its proper birth- right. There was also the labour out of school hours, befoie nine in the morning, in the dinner hour, and further hours of labour in the evening. In many large towns it was still 3 z, going on, and it was one thing which Mr Fisher's bill would seek to wipe out. (Hear, hear.) Other points requiring remedy were the large classes of 50 and (iO children, schools medically inspected but not medically treated. 600,000 children in thmschools suffering from malnutrition. Mr Fisher's bill would do a great deal to remove those defects, and that was why as a teaching profession and as a National Union they gave it their fullest support. Mr Underdown devoted, the second part of his address to points affecting teachers only, and finally expressed the strong conviction that the outlook for education and for the teaching profession was full of hope. Mr W. T. Davies, Talgarth, and Mr T. E. James spoke to a vote of thanks.