The Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times

PRICE OF WOOL. The rise which has taken place in the price of British wool since 1902 has probably sur- passed in its rapidity and extent any change in agricultural values which has occurred during the whole period since what is usually termed the depression set in. It appears that in the short period of three or four years the value of the year's clip has been enhanced by about 100 per cent. The rise commenced in 1902, taking all classes of wool into account, and appears to have been fairly consistent from year to year. In 1906 the advance received some check, and for some months there was little, if any, improvement. On the whole, however, the upward movement con- tinued, and the rise on the year appears to have amounted, on the average, to nearly lld per lb, while since 1902 it amounts to about 6id per lb, or 100 per cent.

A POISON FACTORY which manufactures KILLIONS OF MICROBES. A most thriving manufactory for millions of the deadliest microbes, is the human body. One's organs can only do a certain amount of work, so if we give th-rn too much to d:), in the way of digesting unsuitable fo jd, or nd cf con- taminated air, etc, and not taking enough fresh air and exercise to help them in their functions poisonous matter is not eliminated, and is re- absorbed into the system, countless harmful germs being evolved which do their evil work in render- ing you run-down, nervous, prostrated, thin and anaemic, and bringing about serious stomach, kidney and other troubles. When troubles such as the above do occur, immediate recourse should be made to Dr Cassell's Tablets, the new and effective remedy, lately made up from the prescription of a noted special- ist and sold by all chemists at a nominal price of lO!d. This great family medicine, guaranteed pure and harmless, is in enormous demand just now, and is every day effecting hundreds of extra- ( ordinary cures in cases of nerve and physical exhaustion of every kind and as a certain eradi- cator of poisonous germs and matter and a builder up of sound healthy flesh, blood, bone, and muscle, Dr Cassell's Tablets are superior to anything else. ———————————————————————————————-

PREVENTION OF BUNT AND SMUT. | On an experimental farm experiments were made as to the efficiency of blue-stone and formalin for the prevention of smuts. It has been found that grain is apt to suffer somewhat severely in germination when treated with blue-stone. On a farm the average of trials with twenty-six varieties showed that treat- ment with hot water killed 18*6 per cent. of the seed, with blue-stone 1S.4 per cent., with formalin 3*7 per cent., with blue-stone and slaked lime 1*8 per cent., and with blue-stone and lime water 1'5 per cent. Although these percentages are not of general application, they may probably be regarded as indicating the relative advantages of the different methods. They suggest very forcibly the desirability of using lime with blue-stone, especially in the case of barley and oats. This may be done by dusting the seed liberally with air-slaked lime after it has been treated with blue-stone. It should then be spread out to dry.

OLD AGE COUGHS. Lady of 70 cured. AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE. I Very few elderly persona are free from a more or less chronic cough in some form or other, so the following account of the cure by Veno's Lightning Cough Cure of an old lady of 70, who suffered from chronic cough, and was given up by the doctors, is of vital interest. Mr T. H. Funtis, of 75, Mount Pleasant, Southampton, writes I really must tell you of the remarkable care effected by Veno's Lightning Cough Cure in the case of my wife's mother, an old lady of 70 years. She was taken very ill with a bad cough, which became chronic, and the doctor said she could never get better. However, knowing the wonder- ful virtues of your Cure, she tried it, and it has entirely cured her, and she says she would not have lived if she had not taken your great remedy." Veno's Lightning Gough Cure is the purest, i safest, and most reliable remedy extant for coughs and colds, bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, sore throat, hoarseness, old-age coughs, children's coughs, and all chest and lung troubles. Price 94d, li lid, and 2/9, of all chemists and drug stores everywhere.

MANURING OF SEEDS HAY. As the result of a long series of experiments conducted in Scotland it appears that the fertilising ingredient that produces the largest weight of crop has been nitrogen. This has given equally good results either in the form

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To MOTHERS.—Mrs Wmslow's Soothing Syrup has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately It is pleasant to taste; it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as bright as a buttop. Of chemists. Is Hd ppr nMtlA

the 1 standard Jft remedy for Br Consumption, ■ Bronchial Coughs, Colds and Asthma. | It gives speedy comfort to the chest and I frees it from obstructive matter which makes I breathing painful and difficult. m For 80 years it has never been I t superseded as a reliable medicine ■ t for lung troubles and consumptive M | tendencies. m m Sold in bottles by all Chemists. Price, ■ 1/1H. 2/9. 4/6, and II/- M Sufferers from Consumption should send for the revised edition of G. T. Congreve's Book on Consumption and its Successful Treatment, Price 6d. post free from- C. T. CONCREVE, 4 Coombe Lodge, Peckham, JV LONDON, S.E.

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DANGEROUS WEATHER. [ It would be idle to expect immunity from coughs and inflcenza colds, with your bodily strength debilitated by the recent trying weather. You must indeed be strong and healthy to withstand such climatic trickery. If your cold is already upon you, Hall's Wine will immediately relieve the discomfort, and speedily remove your indisposition. Hall's Wine soothes the irritated nasal passages, dispels bronchial congestion, and gives comfort to weak lungs. A side from this prompt and certain effect in the event of colds, Hall's Wine builds up the body, restoring vigour and enabling the system to resist disease. It is-a marvellous restorative, and thus hastens recovery from influenza or a condition of lowered vitality, enabling you to avoid all the risk and discomfort of slow con- valescence. Hall's Wine is sold by Grocers and Chemists with wine licenses and Wine Merchants every- where. Large bottles, 3s.; smaller size, Is. 9d. SEND THIS TO-OAY TO HALL'S WINE," BOW. LONDON, E. If you have never tried Hall's Wine, you can have a large sample bottle free. Send this Coupon and 6 penny stamps to pay carriage. Name Address. M.E., 26/11/07 W44

PLANTING ROSE TREES AND BUSHES. Opportunity should be taken of the present month to plant or lift or re-plant ro3es. Although the rose is our national flower, it is not all who know the wide range of different sorts and varieties, which, when selected and planted with care, give such a charm to oui gardens. Many who are anxious to plant a few roses consider that they must necessarily put in standards. We do not wish to decry standard roses, but there are many others which should find a place in all gardens where room can be found for them. If one is anxious to form a bold bed or border with roses, standards may certainly be used, but we would certainly advise planting dwarf or bush specimens between them. A border of standards alone always looks stiff and formal, their season of flowering, as a rule, is fleeting, and for many months such a border, to say the least, is not the most pleasing feature in the garden. Roses may be frequently seen planted in the wrong position, where they have failed to flourish, as one may have been led to expect. Take. for instance, the well-known Crimson Rambler. ny were induced to plant this variety against walls and buildings, and, though in such positions it may flower freely, the blooms and foliage generally lack colour and substance. A better way to treat this rose is to plant it in the open, and train its strong growths to stout poles or over arch- ways then, if the roots are well fed, they form strong, healthy shoots, ten or more feet in length. A hint, however, may be given here, viz., cut out all the shoots close to the ground directly the flowers fade, then all the energy of the plant is concentrated in the new growths, which, with support in the way of liquid manure during the growing season, will be both rapid and robust. Another way of treating this good rambling rose is to plant it on clayey or unsightly banks. If the long shoots as they extend are pegged down to within, say, a foot of the surface in different directions, a wonder ful blaze of bloom is secured, while the moist position prevents the foliage being attacked by red spider. The catalogues of roses by our leading rose- growers afford much information, the descrip- tion Qf0ifferent varieties, colour of bloom, etc., being a safe guide to any needing a hint on new or unknown varieties. ON PLANTING. Some of the tea-scented varieties being naturally tender, a more sheltered spot should be given them than is necessary with the H.P.'s. Many of these come to hand from the nurserymen in pots, and it is most advisable to

THE GREAT SKIN CURE. Budden's S.R. Skin Ointment will cure itching after one application, destroys every form of Eczema, heals old wounds and sores, is infallible for Piles, prevents cuts from festering, cures Ring- worm in a few days, removes the most obstinate eruptions and scurvy. Price 7ld and Is lid. Post Free Sid and Is 2id. Agents for Newtown: Morgan & Sons. Chemists, The Cross. Welsh- pool Payne. Llanidloes: E. Hughes. Mont- gomery W. P. Marshall. Machynlleth G. M. Arthur.

n E A 0 A C H E HeadacheIand-Constipation generally | JL fi-F n J El Headache and Constipation generally y I go together, for the simple reason | fi-F r^k n J fi| Headache and Constipation generally go together, for the simple reason «nil rnNCTIPATIAN that the one is the natural outcome of AI1U the Qther Constipation fills your ———— blood with impurities which obstruct MOTHER SEIGEL'S SYRUP the circulation, poison your system, CURES INDIGESTION, BILIOUS- and that is why you have headache. NESS, CONSTIPATION, HEADACHE, MOTHER SEIGBL'S SYRUP removes WIND; PALPITATION, LOSS OP the cause and so restores health. APPETITE, DIZZINESS. ———————! MOTHER Mother Selgel's Syrup ADC now also prepared MM H H* I 9^ In Tablet Form cured 1"llrir 1 9 and sold under die name of Mother Seigel's Syrup RV m. m m Tablets. Price2/9bottle. SYRUPl

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The Premier's Health. A builetin issued from Downing-street states that the Premier's health is satisfactory, but in view of the approaching Session of Parliament it is necessary that Sir Henry should have some weeks of complete change and rest. He will leave town for the Continent after the autumn Cabinets. The Crisis in the States. To relieve the money crisis, the United States Government will issue 50,000,000 dolg. worth of Panama bonds, and 100,000,000 dols. in new Treasury certificates. President Roosevelt appeals to the people to help themselves and the country by putting back into active circulation the money which they are hoarding. But despite the Government bond issue Wall-street bankers advise extreme caution. Mr Roosevelt is stated to have modified his attitude as regards remedial legisla- tion.

Influenza Began It. Bradford Lady's Melancholy Story. Her Misery Turned into Happiness by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The case of Mrs Lily Middows, of Thornton- street, Bradford, is one which shows how seriously Influenza enfeebles the system. Severe depression accompanied her physical weakness, and when melancholy settled upon her its influence upon mind and body was most distressing and life be- came almost unbearable. Mrs Middows frankly describes her sufferings, and gladly goes on to tell how she was cared by Dr. Williams' Pink Puis for Pale People, the remedy that has cured thousands of patients when other medicines have failed. IN MELANCHOLY MOOD ALL DAY. My illness began with influenza," she told a reporter," and at one time, I used to sit in a melancholy mood all day, brooding over my bad health. The thought of the many remedies I had vainly tried filled me with an indescribable dread of the future. I became listless, and suffered from severe headaches. At night I was very restless. From nervous slumber I would be awakened by startling dreams. My body was suffused in perspiration. Every morning I felt so depressed that I could scarcely face the trouble of rising and MRS. LILY MIDDOWS, Cured oj Influenza's After-Effects by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. dressing. Food produced nausea, gnawing pains across my chest and shoulders, and violent sick- ness. My body felt chilled. From a hacking cough I sometimes thought my chest would burst. I suffered from an unnatural thirst; my face, lips, and tongue were discoloured the least noise unnerved me and set up distressing palpitation." THE THRILL OF HEALTH RENEWED. I took all kinds of medicines in vain," Mrs Middows added, If but I had never an hour's freedom from pain until I took Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. After a few weeks' treat- ment with this wonderful blood-building tonic medicine my face, which had been livid, became a more natural colour. As I took Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People I could feel a thrill of health through my nerves and rich, warm blood in the veins. My strength grew, my palate cleared, I enjoyed every meal, all pain left me, and I became quite cured. I am now in splendid health." Dr Williams' Pink Pills have become famous because they cure by filling the body with pure, new blood, and strengthen the nervous system. Thus they cure the After-Effects of Influenza, Chills, Chest Complaints, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Gout, Eczema, and other skin troubles, Anaemia, Indigestion, and Palpitations; also the ailments of women. But only the genuine pills cure, (sub- stitutes are worse than useless) and the genuine pills can be obtained from all dealers or direct from the Dr Williams' Medicine Co., 46, Holborn Viaduct, London, post free, 2/9 for one box, or 13s 9d for six boxes. A pamphlet of particular inter- est, containing the account of many cures, will be sent post free to all applicants.

Welsh Senior Cup Draw. At a meeting of the Welsh Association at Chester on Wednesday night the draw for the second round of the Welsh Senior Cup resulted Nantwich v Connah's Quay. Chirk v Brymbo or Buckley Engineers. Aberystwyth v Newtown North End. Llanidloes v Llandrindod Wells. Wellington Town v Wellington St. George's. Llanbradach or Barry v Ton Pentre. Merthyr v Cwmpavk. Milford United a bye. Ties to be played on or before December 7th. Mr Mercer, a vice-president, resigned office, and the matter was adjourned until the next meeting of the Council. A protest was lodged by Barry against Llanbradach for playing an ineligible man. The matter was referred to the members of the Council for South Wales for decision.

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of nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia, and the best results from a mixture of the two. The plots receiving the largest amount of nitrogen have given the heaviest crops, and valuing their produce at the same rate as that grown on the other plots, they have given the best financial return. Generally, however, it does not seem advisable to apply more than 2 cwts. of nitrate of soda. Phosphates and potash applied alone, and also in combination with nitrogen, have been

plunge them in a sheltered corner, and plant them out at the end of March. The hybrid perpetual varieties, being more hardy, may be planted with safety during open weather. The sooner planting can be done the better, as a certain amount of new roots will form almost directly, especially if the ground is mulched with some light porous material; the latter is preferable to a heavy thickness of rank farm- ar yard manure. Where roses have to be planted against walls or buildings, see that several wheelbarrow loads of soil is taken out and replaced with fresh heavy loam. ROSES ON THEIR OWN ROOTS. There is much to recommend these, especially

remunerative. Their effect in preventing exhaustion of the soil, and in improving the qaulity of the hay warrants their inclusion in any artificial dressing for this crop. The mixture which is recommended as most likely to give general satisfaction is f cwt. of nitrate of soda, cwt. sulphate of ammonia (both 95 per "PDt;. purity), 2 cwtT. superphosphate (30 pilr cent. soluble), and I cwt. sulphate of potash (55 per cent. purity). EFFECT OF PASTURAGE ON THE HEALTH OF CATTLE. The comparative effects of stall-feeding and pasturage from the point of view of breeding formed the subject of two papers read at the International Veterinary Congress, in both of which the importance of feeding in the field was emphasized as a means of maintaining the health and strength of the race. It was pointed out that an animal kept in the stall is deprived of the hardening influence of nature; its

where severe frost is experienced. When they are budded on the briar, there is the danger of the shoots being killed down to the ground line, and in the spring the shoots which form come from the stock, and are, of course, worth- less. It is a practice in the north of England to have roses on their own roots, and at this season soil is drawn up round the plants, thus burying several inches of the different shoots. A number of buds are thus protected, and, although the shoots may have been killed down to the ground or ridge level, the buds below have remained sound and plump. Towards the end of March the ridges should be levelled down, and the shoots cut back to a stout, plump bud. I

organism is weakened and loses its capacity to resist disease. It is principally through stall- feeding that tuberculosis is most commonly spread for the stalls are mostly dark and badly ventilated, so that disease germs accumulate and are inhaled by healthy animals. In the case of pasturage, infection of this kind occurs far less often, and consequently tuberculosis and other diseases are found in a much slighter proportion among animals kept permanently in the pasture. Stall-feeding on the other hand has the advantage that it enables pasture land to be turned into arable, which is more profit- able; it tends to a richer production of manure the manure is more easily managed and, finally, the productive capacity of the animals is more easily increased and their produce better turned to account.

The disadvantages of permanent stall-feeding may be lessened by so altering the stalls that light can sufficiently penetrate and exercise its disinfective influence and by making ventila- tion as perfect as possible the floor and the stall-fittings should all be capable of easy dis- infection. In order to strengthen the consti- tution of young animals they should spend as much time as possible in the open air; in summer they should be kept out all night under a sheltering roof, and even in winter they should be driven out during the warmer hours of the day. After weaning, the young animal should be kept constantly on the pasture, away from the rest of the herd, care being taken to supply a sufficiency of strengthening food, so that it may develop quickly, for only in rare cases does the pasture yield enough nourish- ment for growing animals. This should be done up to the end of the first year; cattle which have developed well up to that period will afterwards be able to find food enough in the field. The animal reared in the open can then, in case it does not re-act under tuberculin, take up permanent quarters in a light, well- venrilated stall, provided it spends some hours every day in the open. It is certain if these rules were strictly observed and carried out the propagation of stable diseases, and especi- ally of tuberculosis, would be checked. WEBB & SONS' ROOT COMPETITION. I The awards in the annual competition for the valuable prizes offered by Webb and Sons, The King's Seedsmen, Wordsley, Stourbridge, for root crops grown from their seeds and with the aid of their special manure have just been made by the judges, viz.:—Mr H. W. Woods, Ivydene, St. Anns-on-Sea, Lancashire; Mr J. Myatt, Lynn House, Nr. Walsall, Staffs.; Mr W. L. Anson, Iverley, Stourbridge, Wore.; and the following is a copy of their awards. District 1.—Five acres of Webbs' Swede, open to the counties of Salop, Stafford, Mont- gomery, Warwick, and Leicester. First prize, aCl5 15s, Mr William -Humphreys, Evenall, Oswestry, Salop, 49 tons, 12 cwt., 3 qrs., 12 lbs, per acre; second prize, zClO 10s, Mrs T. J. Major, Adderley Lees, Market Drayton, Salop, 49 tons, 11 cwts., 1 qr., 20 lbs. per acre. Three acres of Webbs' Mangold. First prize, X10 lOs, Mr Septimus Timmis, Charnes Old Hall, Eccleshall, Staffs., 58 tons, 4 cwt., 1 qr., 4 lbs. per acre second prize, 25 5s, Mr W. H. O. Lander, Day House, Wellington, Salop, 57 tons, 12 cwt., 3 qrs., 12 lbs. per acre. District 7.—Five acres of Webbs' Swede, open to the counties of Bedford, Cambridge, Cornwall, Cumberland, Cheshire, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Herts,8 Huntingdon, Kent, Lancaster, Lincoln, Middlesex, Northum- berland, Notts, Rutland, Somerset, Sussex, Westmoreland, Cardigan, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth, and Radnor. First prize, R15 15s, Mr T. W. Turnbull, Wark-on-Tweed, Coldstream, N.B., 36 tons, 14 cwt., 1 qr., 4 lbs. per acre second prize, <85 5s, Mr S. S. Rain- gill, The Grange, Ringway, Altrincham, 36 tons, 4 cwt., 1 qr., 4 lbs. per acre. Two acres of Webbs' Mangold. Prize, £10 10s, Mr A. Wright, Royals Wood, Nantwich, Cheshire, 61 tons, 4 cwt., 1 qr., 4 lbs per acre. TUBERCULOSIS IN PIGS. At North London Police Court Mr Hargrave Wilkinson, meat inspector to the? Islington Borough Council, attended before Mr Fordham

and asked for an order for the destruction of a carcase which showed signs of tuberculosis. The carcase had been sent from Holland with the guarantee of the Dutch Government that it was free from disease. When, however, the head was severed from the body, at a butcher's shop in the Holloway Road, it was found that the glands in the neck contained matter which indicated that the disease of tuberculosis was present. This was demonstrated to the magis- trate.—Mr Fordham inquired how it was that this carcase had been passed as free from disease.—The inspector said that the throat had been so cut that all the ordinary glands which were the first, as a rule, to show signs of consumption, were visible when the carcase was hung up, and they were free from disease. The glands which were affected, could not be seen until the head was cut off.-Mr Fordham Could the disease be detected in the live animals ?-The Inspector I think not. It is not until an animal becomes emaciated that consumption is suspected. Often the fattest pigs are affected.—Mr Fordham asked if pigs were ever tested for tuberculosis, and the inspector said that he had never heard of the -0- -H

test being applied to pigs, but it was applied to cattle.—Mr Fordham And I think it is now recognised that if the test be applied twice in 24 hours the second test gives no result. I mention this because certain stock- men, when they know that the test is to be applied to valuable cittle, test the animals themselves before the veterinary surgeon arrives, with the result that when the surgeon applies his test he get no result, and often

passes diseased animals as sound. In the end, Mr Fordham made an order for the destruction of the head and other portions seized.—Tha Inspector said that he had passed the rest of the carcase as being fit for hnman food.