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PORTS AND PASTIMES. I SCOTTISH CKOSS-COUNTRT CHAMPIONSHIP— INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY—GOLF AT OXFORD -FE-,CING-L-ANCASHIRF, COUNTY CRICKET -—RICHMOND HORSE SHOW—MARLOW RE- GATTA-SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES -FOOTBALL NOTES. The Scottish National Cro-s-Conntry Cham- pionship, distance ten miles, at Carntyne racecourse, near Glasgow, was again won by the holders (Bellahouston Harriers), but their leading runner, A. Craig, who finished first last year, was- beaien for individual honours by the well-known Bolton Harrier, G. C. Wal- lach, of the Glenpark Harriers, who won by 60 yards in 62min. 38sec. Saturday's hockey programme included two important international engagements, Eng- land opening her campaign by opposing ales at Weston-super-Mare and Ireland entertain- jng Scotland at Dublin. The recent victory of the Welshmen at Aberdeen added interest to the former match, but once again the Prin- cipality proved no match for England, who -won by 6 goals to 2 despite .the absence of Shoveller and Leiglrton. After their defeat by Wales Scotland visited Dublin with small 'hope of avenging last -year's 8—0 defeat, but they put up a good :fight, and lost only by 4 goals to 2. The Oxonian, W. Ker, led the Scottish forward line with credit, while Ireland were splendidly served in the same position by M. Cork, the Army centre from 'Aldersliot, who netted three times. A ten a-side match between Mr. Guy Camp- Ibell's team of the Huntercombe Club and the Oxford University golfers was played at Huntercombe on Saturday, when the Univer- sity proved successful on the day by 9 points -to 3. In the morning singles Oxford won six games and lost one, while three were halved, and in the afternoon foursomes they triumphed in three instances to their opponents' two. The competition for the Midland Challenge -Cup, held under the auspices of the Profes- sional Golfers' Association., will take place at Northampton on Wednesday. April 29th. Play will be by .strokes over thirty,"ix holes. The nine members of the Midland section re- turning the lowest scores will qualify to com- pete in the match-play stages of the 4!350 foursomes for the Sphere and Patlei- Cups. The present holder of the Midland Challenge ■Cup is Wilfred Reid (Banstead Downs). The inter-university fencing contest, which -was first separated from the boxing competi- tions last year, when it was won by Oxford, was decided at Tassart's Fencing Academy, Margaret-street, on Saturday e vening, Cam- bridge proving successful by seven victories to six. The Lancashire County Cricket Committee mnnounce that Dean will be quite fit to take Tuo place in the team for the forthcoming $e860n. and that a letter has been received lrom Mr. R. H, Spooner stating that he loped to play. The number of new members -enrolled since the annual meeting has been increased to 197. Lord Derby, a vice-presi- dent, has been unanimously elected a life member, in recognition of his exertions to place the club on a sound financial basis. Richmond Horse Show will be held this Tear on Friday and Saturday, June 19th and 20th, and the Coaching Marathon is to be -driven on the Saturday instead of the Friday in order to avoid clashing with the closing oeiav of Ascot. The coaches will start from Hyde Park in time to reach Old Deer Park And be judged before luncheon. At the meeting of the Marlow Amateur Re- gatta Committee on Saturday it was decided -to include in this year's list of events the Pub- lic Schools Challenge Cup for fours, which -was formerly rowed at the Henley Royal Re- gatta. The Marlow Regatta is fixed for Satur- day, June 20th. and it is understood that 'Winchester, Cheltenham, St. Paul's, Ton- 'bridge, and other public schools have decided -to enter. The annual general saeeting of the English Amateur Swimming Association was held at Gloucester on Saturday, Mr. E. W. Jordan (Gloucester) presiding over an assembly of seventy delegates representative of all parts -of the kingdom. The championship fixtures were allotted as follows: 100 yards, Middles- "brough, October 27th; plunging. Bristol, September 2f3th; schools, Beckenham, Sep- tember 21st; 220 yards, Croydon, September 28th; 500 yards. Bolton. October 7th; 880 yards, Exeter. August lath; ladies' 100 yard,s, Weston-super-Mare. August 17th; diving, Jersey, August 11th; 440 yards sea water, Lowestoft, August 27th; 200 yards "breast, Shrewsbury, October 1st; 150 yards 'back, Hyde, August 18th; long-distance, Thames, July 25th; club team. Neweastle- -on-Tyne, September 30th; ladles' 220 yards, Hull, August 24th; county polo. Wolver- hampton. September 10th; mile. Bury. August 1st; club polo. Hammersmith. Octo- ber 8th; trial match, Newcastle-on-Tvne; .international. England v. Ireland, Hyde Seal, September 26th. The matches in the fourth round of the Football Association Cup competition were played on Saturday. In marked contrast to those in the previous round all the game-s were very close; in the four ties only four goals were scored, three of them in the match between Liverpool and Queen'.s Park Hangers at Liverpool. With the defeat of the latter the South lose all interest in the -competition, and the semi-final round will in any case be fought out by sides belonging to the First, Division of the League. Aston Villa. the holders, managed to beat Sheffield Wednesday at Sheffield, but Sunderland and Burnley and Manchester City and Sheffield United were left to replay their matches to determine which sides shall join Aston Villa and Liverpool in the next round. As usual Jiuge crowds watched the games, varying from over 30.000 at Sunderland to nearly 60,000 at Sheffield. Only four games were decided in the First Jjeague on Saturday, and none of these, ex- cept, perhaps, that in which Bolton Wan- derers met West Bromwich Albion at Burn- den Park, could be described as of first im- portance. Bolton Wanderers proving suc- cessful in that encounter dispossess Sunder- land of third place in the competition, but Blackburn Rovers' position at the head of affairs is not affected, and cannot be seriously disturbed for some little time. Tottenham Hotspur, in defeating Preston North End, not only gained two very useful points for themselves, but went a long way towards de- stroying the Preston team's last hope of re- taining their membership of Division I., gained at the end of last season. Quite the most important matches in the Second Division of the League on Saturday -were those in which two of the London clubs were opposed to the Nottingham organisa- tions. In one case Notts County visited Craven Cottage, and, after one of the best struggles seen on the ground this season, de- feated Fulham; while Woolwich Arsenal journeyed to Nottingham, and, in a goalless match, drew with Notts Forest. As the out- come of these results Notts County have strengthened their position at the head of the competition, whereas Woolwich Arsenal who stand second on the list. are not so well off as before. It appears quite certain that Notts County will gain promotion. They are six points ahead of Woolwich Arsenal, and are quite the most consistent team in the tour- nament. Saturday's results enabled Swindon to strengthen their position at the head of the Southern League, and their record is now superior in every respect to that of Crystal Palace, their only rivals in the struggle for the championship. The London team did -well to draw at Plymouth, but once mora Swindon showed, their best form in gaining the most decisive victory of the day. As Reading lost at Southampton br 2 goals to 1, "West Ham United now stand nearest to .Crystal Palace, but they are 4 points behind.

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WORK AND WORVERA. I SIR ROBERT ROMER'S RETIREMENT SHORt TIME IN COTTON TRADE — TRADE UNIONS' AMALGAMATION BOILERMAKERS LOCKED OUT—FARM LABOUR DISPUTES—LONDON BUILDING TRADE DISPUTE. ♦ Sir Robert Romer has intimated to the Board of Trade that, owing to the state of his health, he desires to resign the chairman- ship of the Conciliation Boards for the Mid- land and Great Eastern Railways and the chairmanship of the Joint District Boards under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act for the districts of Durham and Cleveland. He has, however, consented to act as chair- man of the Conciliation Boards for. the Mid- land Railway until the expiration in Novem- ber next of the period of the present railway conciliation scheme. Sir Robert Romer, who retired from the judicial bench as Lord Jus- tice of Appeal in 1906. is in his seventy- fourth year. The question of short time working has "been considered by the general committee of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' Associations at Manchester. The trade has been extremely unsatisfactory for months, and although the spinners in Continental countries have worked short time in their mills for many weeks, the English spinners, who initiated the movement, and suggested it to other countries as a means of relieving the situation of over-production, have been re- luctant to adopt it, because complete unani- mity on the question was not thought pos- sible. The unsympathetic attitude of the con- federated mills, too, encouraged private Federation members to delay short time working as long as possible. After reviewing the situation on Friday, the Federation Com- mittee decided to postpone the matter for a fortnight. The members thought that by that time the advisability of curtailing the work- ing week -would need little demonstration. The employees at the Lancashire and York- shire Locomotive Work at Horwich have re- ceived instructions that until further notice they are to commence, work on Mondays at nine o'clock. It is expected that there will be a further curtailment of hours unless there is an improvement in the 'North-East Lanca- shire cotton trade. Towards the end of the month, says the Yorkshire Post, Leeds, as a great clothing trade centre, will be, -it is confidently ex- pected. the place in which long-continued negotiations regarding the amalgamation of trade unions will be finally settled. The unions interested in the movement are the Amalgamated Union of Clothiers' Operatives, the Amalgamated Society of Tailors, the Scottish Operative Tailors, the London Society of Tailors, the London and Provincial Cut- ters' Society, the International Society of Tailors, the London Ladies' Tailors, and the Amalgamated Jewish Tailors. The com- mittees of these unions are to meet on March 26th and 27th, in Leeds, to discuss and decide upon a scheme of amalgamation, and on the two following days a conference of the Execu- tive Councils is to be held, and the decision will be announced on the evening of March 29th at a mass meeting of Leeds and district operatives. At this gathering, Mr. W. A. Appleton, general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions, is expected to preside. It is believed that the amalgamation scheme will be adopted, and that a committee will be appointed to draft rules of procedure. Fifteen hundred members of the Boiler- makers' Society involved in the shipyard dis- pute at Port Glasgow decided to resume work on Monday, subject to an adj ustment of the details which will form the basis of set- tlement. About 400 riveters employed by Messrs. Russell and Co., objecting to the transference of apprentices from a neighbour- ing yard. struck work at the beginning of last week, and the firm subsequently locked out all the members of the society in their em- ployment. The Essex and Norfolk farm labour dis- putes were considered on Saturday at a con- ference of the executive of the National Agri- cultural Labourers' Union and delegates of the North Essex Federation of the union, held at Saffron Walden. Mr. R. Walker, general secretary of the union, afterwards announced that the executive had decided that a demand should be at once made in North-West Norfolk and district for King's wages and King's conditions"—namely, an immediate advance of from 14s. to 16s. a week and a Saturday half-holiday. (Je(mands would be presented to each individual farmer in North-West Norfolk on Monday, and meetings would be held in every village and hamlet there this week. So far as North Essex was concerned, the union would see that the right to combine was secured by the labourer. The union was prepared to settle the Helions Bumpstead dispute if the farmers would grant an immediate advance of 2s. a week, withdraw the lock-out notices, and re- instate the men. Agricultural labourers in some of the West Norfolk villages have received notices inform- ing them that fresh agreements are shortly being issued in regard to the tenancy of their cottages, which in future will be held on half-yearly terms instead of monthly, as hitherto." Agreement forms have been sent ior the tenants to sign and return. The gravity of the dispute in the building trade has been seriously increased by a resolu- tion of the Building Industries Federation calling upon employers to withdraw from the Master Builders' Association. The resolution, which was passed on Saturday at a conference of the district committees of the twenty unions comprising the London Building In- dustries Federation, at the Catherine-street Labour Exchange, is as follows: "This c-on- fere,nee thinks the time has arrived. when all members of the Master Builders' Association should be looked upon as being at war with the trade unions in the building industry, and that only where employers decide to withdraw from their association can members of this federation be allowed to remain in their employ." This resolution, the men's leaders assert, It the answer to a private letter which has .been issued by the Employers' Federation asking provincial employers not to employ any work- men from the London district, in order to pre- vent the sending of funds for the support of men out of work in London. By their action the men's leaders will increase the number of those directly affected to about 30,000, since the men will be called out even from those firms belonging to the association which have not issued the penalty pledge. Another resolution was passed as follows: That those affiliated unions who refused to comply with the resolution decided upon by the London Building Industries Federation, be expelled from the federation, and not included in any joint agreement arrived at." Voting was by card, and 38,000 votes were recorded for the resolution and only 1,000 against. More than; a month ago the executive of the federation decided that all trade unions which had men working on jobs for the London Master Builders' Association should withdraw all their members where the penalty pledge had been presented. This decision was not universally carried out, and the resolution which was passed on Saturday is aimed against those unions who did not comply with it. Tt does not seem likely that it will cause the expulsion of any society from the federa- tion, but it will tighten up the men's organisa- tion and an additional number of men will be involved in the struggle. The mechanicians, chief stokers, stoker petty officers, Leading stokers, and stokers of the Royal Navy have appealed to the Admir- alty and to all Members of Parliament for rectification of the disabilities under which they still labour. They state that modern machinery and the various applianoes on board ships of war call for a higher class of work, and, therefore, better men than for- erly. and m. k that rates of pay shoudM unproved. 0

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777= I MARKETS. LONDON CORN, MONDAY.—ENGLISH WHEA*. —Trade was light, and prices showed a down- ward tendency in sympathy with foreign lots: White milling lots ranged up to 35s., and reds up to 34s. 6d. per qr. FOREIGN WHEATS.—There was only a limited demand, and prices for most samples ruled fully 6d. cheaper on the week: No. 1 Northern, 37R. 6d.: No. 2 ditto, 37s.: new Plates, 37s.; Australian, 38s. ex ship; Russians, 34s. up- wards: Indian, 38s. upwards landed. MAIZE.—Tho market remained dull with other reeding staffs, the wet weather having a bad effect upon trade and the attendance Plate, 24s.; South Russian, 23s. 3d. to 236. 6d. landed. OATS.-The market ruled dull and narrow at a setback of about 3d. on the week: Plates, 15s. 6d. to 15s. 9d. Danubians, 15s. 4gd.; Cana- dians, 18s. 3d. Chilians, 18s. 9d.; white Libaus. 14s. 6d. upwards; heavy Russians, 22s. upwards landed. BARLEY. — Grinding and feeding barleys cleared quietly at easy prices: South Russian, 20s. 9d. landed. Malting and brewing lots were held for full rates: English, 28s. to 37s.; Hun- garian, 34s. 6d. to 42s.; Smyrna, 30s. to 35s.; Ouchak and Anatolian, 29s. to 36s.; Dantzic, 27s. to 31s. per 4481b. BEANS AND PEAS.-The market was slow without change. LONDON FLOUR. MONDAY.—The demand was poor owing to the bad weather and the un- favourable light. Prices were often 3d. lower on the week in sympathy with wheat: English Town-made Patents, 27s. 6d. to 29s. 6d.; ditto I Country-made, 24s. 6d. to 26s. 6d.: American Patents, 26s. 6d. to 28s. 6d.; ditto Bakers', 23s. 6d. to 25s. 6d. per sack. LONDON CATTLE, MONDAY.—Beast entries on to-day's market numbered 670, a decrease of 170 com!)ared with last Monday. Trade ruled elow, anected bv the wet weather, which more than offset the smaller supplies. Fine bullocks barely made last week's quotations: Scotch, 6s. 2d. to 5s. 4d.; Devons, 5s. to 5s. 2d.; Nor- folks, 4e. lOd. to 5s. 2d.; Shorthorns, 4s. lOd. to 5s. Fat slaughtering cows and bulls met a light sale, the former ranging from 3s. lOd. to 4s. 2d., and the latter from 3s. 6d. to 4s. Twenty-five milch cows offered, and the best were held for < £ 23 each. Four thousand five hundred and twenty sheep were penned in the market, a decrease of 70. Trade ruled quietly steady as follows: Best Down tegs, 6s. 6d. to 6s. 10d. best half-breds, 6s. 1 to 6s. 4d. best Down ewes, 4s. 8d. to 5s. Down lambs, 7s. to 7s. 4d. per stone. Five calves offered, but trade was not worth noting. LONDON MEAT. MONDAY.—Trade quiet, supplies good: Beef. English. 4s. to 4s. 2d.; American, 3s. lOd. to 4s.: Scotch, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 8d. Argentine hindquarters, 3s. to 3s. 6d. Mutton, English wethers, 4s. 6d. to 5s.; ewes, 3s. 8d. to 4s. Scotch ewes. 3s. 8d. to 4s.; ditto tegs, 4s. 8d. to 6s. New Zealand, 3s. to 3s. 4d. Lamb, English. 6s. 4d. to 7s.: New Zealand. 4s. to 4s. 6d. Veal, 4s. to 5s. 4d. Pork, 4s. 2d. to •e. per stone. LONDON PROVISTONS, MONDAY.—Butter quiet: Danish, 122s. to 126.: Normandy, 118s. to 130s.; Australian, 106s. to 116s.; Argentine, 106s. to 116s. New Zealand, 110s. to 120s. Rus- sian, 100s. to 112s. per ewt. Cheese quiet: Canadian, 66s. to 70s. Dutch, 60s. to 74s. per cwt. Bacon firm: Irish, 70s. to 826.; Con- tinental, 60s. to 72s. per cwt. Hams quiet: American, 64s. to 74s. per cwt. Eggs slow. LONDON POTATO, MONDAY.—Trade was slow for moderate supplies. The wet weather checked offerings somewhat. Quotations: Lin- colns, 65s. to 75s.; King Edwards, 65s. to 75s. Kents and Essex, 55s. to 65s. Blacklands, 45s. to 50s. per ton; Teneriffes, 13s. to 14s. per cwt. BRADFORD WOOL, MONDAY.—This mar- ket is very quiet as regards new business, users declining to follow the lead set in London in face of the tendency in raw wool. However, topmakers are firm, and hold out for recent ad- vances in both merinoes and crossbreds. There is steady trade in English wools, but staplers are finding it difficult to replace stocks to meet this market. The yarn trade is slow, but prices are very stiff.

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REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE. Now that fairly full figures for February are available we are able to see that it was for agriculture a month of good fortune, encouragement, and progress. The great im- provement in the late sowings of wheat was a feature of February, and it is one which con- tinues. The winter beans and oats are now promising, the tares and rye above the aver- age. Clovers look better than anticipated, but trifolium seems disappointing. There is full sowing in progress not of barley and oata also, but of spring tares and beans, and of at Jeast some nursery and rapidly maturing wheat. The meadows are of a pleasant green, and good colour also marks all the growing cereal crops. The wheat gradient this week is between Leeds and Berwick, markets south of the Trent showing a more regular level at 31s. to 32s. 6d. for nearly all the chief exchanges. London quote* 32s. 7d. Leeds, 33s. Ber- wick, 29s. 8d.; range, 3s. 4d. The barley range is between Bedford and Banbury, an odd pair of markets to present a range of 6s. 2d. per qr. between them: Bed- lord, 30s. 2d. Banbury, 2-is. range, 6s. 2d. Oats are often very cheap at Hull. and this is the case to-day. On the other hand, good averages are reported from Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Lincoln: Lincoln, 20s. 9d.; Hull, 17s. 9d. range, 3s. -Mark Lane Express-

CURRENT PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR IN MARK LANE. LONDON FLOUR. (Cash ex Town Nl UL) Top Price per 280 lb. 31/6 Town Whites 3010 Town Households „ 27/0 25/6 Hungarian Process „ 32/0 Best American London Ground.. 29/0 London Standard, 80 per cent. „ 28/0 COUNTRY FLOUR. Cash at London Terminus.]! Best Price per 280 tb. 27/0 Good Patents 25/0 Straights 24/6 Roller Whites ,> 24/6 Stone-Made It 23/6 BBITTSH GRAIII (OFT STANDS). s. a. Wheat, White per 504 lb. 35 to 37 Red 11 33 to 35 Rivetts per 480 lb. 32 to 33 Barley, Fine Seed Corn per 4491b 36 to 42 Malting per 44SIb 33 to 35 Poultry 27 to 29 -Feeding per 4001b. 23 to 25 Malt, English, Best per 336 lb. 43 co 46 „ Fine 40 to 4i „ Ordinary „ 37 to 38 Scotch, Fine -H to 42 Ordinary „ 39 to 40 Brown 31 to 35 Black. 33 to 37 Crystallised 33 to 39 < Oats, Fine Seed Corn 24 to 32 ;Fine Scotch 1m2. 26 to 27 913 „ 24 to 2fr Good Gartons, Old „ 23 to 24 New 20 to 22 Tartary, Old „ 21 to 22 New 20 to 21 Winter, Old Black. „ 23 to 24 New „ 20 to 22 Old Grey „ 22 to 2;1 New,, 20 to 21 Common, New per 3121b. 19 to 20 Inferior. New per 3041b. 18 to 19 Beans, Pigeon, 1911 per 5321b. 54 to 56 „ HI12. „ 46 to 50 1913. 44 to 45 Winter, 1912 35 to 37 1913. 33 to 34 Spring, 1912 „ 37 to 39 1913. 36 to 37 Peas, Marrowfats, Fine New per 5041b. 85 to 89 Sound New „ 79 to 81 Yearling 49 to 59 PartridMFine „ 36 to 38 „ Common. „ 34 to 36 maple, 1912 36 to 37 Dun 1913. 34 to 35 R y o, Essex per 4801b. 23 to 24 Tarw, Spring, 1912 per 5321b. 46 to 50 40 to 42 Common, 1913 33 to 38 Winter, 1912 „ 46 to 47 Fine, 1913 „ 42 to 46 Common, 1913 34 to 40 Gene, 1911 „ 96 to 108 „ 1912 to 80 to 88 Fine, 1913 „ 64 to 72 Common, 1913 48 to 56 Buckwheat, Norfolk pei- 4001b. 32 to 33 Linseed, Lincolnshire. per 4241b. 52 to 54 Hapeseed, Best New per 4161b. 74 to 75 Common. „ 68 to 70 Mustardjaed, Brown per 4481b. 96 to 108 White. 88 to 96 Common 74 to 78 Caaaryseed,Essex per 4641b. 72 to 74 -Mark Lane Expreu.

"=== BAFE INVESTMENT == j Fourth City Mutual Benefit Building Society I 2 COLEMAN STREET, LONDON Aimtti credit of lneston, over 15 00. 090 SHARES NOW BEING ISSUED AT AX This Society during the 51 jean of its existence has never paid less than 4% per annum to its Shareholder*. ill Merot is PM to lie SKktf fret If (KMC fll. DEPOSITS received at at and 4%. Balaace Sheet aad Froapectus on application. J. HIGHAM M.

AGRICULTURAL NOTES. I BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. I MANURING TURNIPS. I During the p:st eleven years no fewer than 385 experiments have been made under the auspices of the Irish Department of Agricul- ture to tost in a great diversity of soils the effeclr, on turnips of artificial manures in com- bination with farmyard manure, and to test the effects of artificial manures used alone. The results show that though good crops of turnips may be grown with farmyard manure alone it is not economical to apply heavy dressings. A medium dressing of farmyard manure, say from ten to fifteen tons per statute a,{,re, supplemellted by superphosphate or basic slag, is better t.han a heavy dressing of dung alone. Of the three kinds of artificial manures, nitrogenous, phosphatie, and potassic, phos- phatic manures alone materially increase the yield. When a medium dressing of dung, supplemented by superphosphate 11 or basic slag, is used, it is very doubt fid whether the addition of either sulphate of ammonia or kainit or both will pay. But when no cluing is used it is advisable to apply these manures along with superphosphate or basic slag. The use of a complete mixture has one decided advantage, inasmuch as the plants are stimu- lated in their early growth, and consequently suffer lees injury from attacks of the turnip fly. Superphosphate and basic slag are practi- cally of equal value as manures for turnips. The question as to which should be used to supplemeaiit dung must be decided by local circumstances, but where the land is deficient in lime, or where the disease finger-and-toe is prevalent, basic slag should undoubtedly be applied. As much as 6cwt. per statute acre of either manure may be used with satisfactory results. Especially is this the case when no farmyard manure is applied. Under ordinary conditions, the following manurial drefsings may be thoroughly relied upon to give satisfactory results: (a) A medium dressing, from 10 to 15 tons, of farm- yard manure supplemented with from 4 to 6cwt. of superphosphate or basic slag per statute acre; or (b) The followin'g dressings per statute acre of artificials used without farmyard manure: Four to 6cwt. of super- phosphate or basic slag, lewt. sulphate of ammonia, and 3cwt. kainit. Basic slag must on no account be mixed with sulphate of ammonia. • » I FARMERS & AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES. An important letter has just been addressed by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland to the Agricultural Colleges within its area, pointing to the desirability of securing an in- crease in the number of practical farmers on the Boards of these Colleges, in accordance with a resolution which was adopted unani- mously at a recent Conference of the Scottish Chamber of Agriculture. The letter states that while the Board appreciate and ac- knowledge the services rendered by the bodies of Governors of the Colleges as at pre- sent constituted, they agree that there is room for a greater infusion among them of farmers, who are most directly interested in agricultural education. The above-mentioned letter points out that "in the early stages of the development of agricultural education the teaching institu- tions were largely dependent on contribu- tions from local authorities, to whose public spirit and enlightened policy farmers are deeply indebted. At that time it was proper that county and town councils, who were the contributing authorities, should have a pre- dominant influence in the administration of funds contributed by themselves. The finan- cial situation is now, however, completely altered as. with the exception of the income derived from fees and other minor sources, the whole of the grants available for agricul- tural education are derived from Imperial funds. In these circumstances the Board con- cur that the time has come when farmers should be more fully and directly represented on the governing bodies of the Colleges. SHIRE HOnSE SOCIETY. I At the general meeting held during the thirty-fifth annual show of the Shire Horse Society at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington. Earl Bathurst, who presided, pre- sented the council's report. This stated that the membership was 4,199, an increase of forty-three compared with last year, and the largest in the history of the society. The ac- counts showed a margin of E918 19s. lid. on the year's working, after deducting the E400 expended in the purchase of gold cups pre- sented for competition in Australia, Canada, the Argentine, and the United States. The entries in the new volume of the Stud-Book totalled 1,008 stallions and 3,995 mares, and 346 export certificates were issued, against 455 last year. The United States took more than half the number shipped, the others going mostly to Canada and Russia. Sir Berkeley Shiffield was elected president for the ensuing year, and Lord North bourne pra- Bident-elect. The show, I may add, was one of the largest of recent years, the total entry of 719 showing an increase of thirty-four over last year, and being the largest since 1904. It was also one of the best in the history of the society. A study of the origin and ownership of the prize animals shows the value of the breed to tenant farmers. In the fourteen classes of breeding animals 109 exhibits re- ceived prizes. Of these sixty-two were bred by tenant farmers, each of whom received a prize of £ 10 or £5 as the breeder. Of the sixty-two animals only nine were shown by their breeders, the other fifty-three having been sold as foals, yearlings, or at maturer age. Twenty-three were exhibited by tenant farmers. Of the remaining forty-seven animals, twenty-four were bred in the studs of the wealthy owners they represented, eighteen had passed from one such stud to another, and five had been purchased by tenant far- mere from independent breeders. < COST OF FEEDING DAIRY COWS. I From the University College, Reading, comes a valuable and very instructive report by Mr. James Mackintosh on some investiga- tions he has been making as to the cost of feeding dairy cows in twelve Berkshire herds. It was found that the idea of the investigation appealed strongly to the local farmers, and in a few days more requests to be included in the inquiry came in than could be granted, as the limited facilities only allowed of twelve herds being embraced in the scheme. The farmers were required to keep weekly milk records, while once a month these were taken by an official recorder, who gathered particu- lars of the quantities of food used, and so the cost of food per gallon of milk produced was MOOrtained. The observations 188ted ten j months, and the returns during December, j January, February, and March indicate that the average daily yield per cow was 216 gallons, and the cost of food 5.97d. per gal- lon. For the month of April there was an in- crease in the quantity of milk and a falling off in the food bill, the figures being 2 30 gallons and 5-28d. The individual herd returns over the four months showed that the daily average cost of food per cow varied from 1020d. to 14 15d. In April many were enabled to make a sharp reduction in the -feeding outlays. Thus in the herd where the feeding was most expensive during winter the Aoril rations cost onlv 682d. dailv. nearls olu. per cow less uian tne WIUtel 01x1. During the five months from December to April it was found by Mr. Mackintosh that on one farm milk was costing lciss than 5d. per gallon in food; on seven farms the expendi- ture was from 5d. to 6d. on two farms from 6d. to 7d. and on other two from 7d. to 8d. the average being 5'83d. per gallon. In the five summer months the daily yield of milk was 2'31 gallons per cow and the cofit of food 277d. per gallon. The limits of variation dur- ing the summer months in the different herds were 1-78d. and 4'40d. To illustrate the in- fluence of careful management and good eat.tle it may be said that the herd with the cheapest ration varied from forty-four to fifty-six cows, and averaged 2'40 gallons. Where more was spent on the food the aver- age was 2-09 gallons, and the number of cows thirty-six to forty-two. It is quite possible that the lower yield may have been respoiv sible for the higher cost of the rations, all t.be elass of cow may not have been so good.