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SPORTS AND PASTIMES. I Lord Howard de Walden, who is taking keen interest in Welsh athletics, has a scheme in hand for the formation of a Welsh !Amateur Athletic Union, to embrace boxing, swimming, Rugby football, &e. A meeting of those interested will shortly be held to con- sider the suggested scheme. It will probably surprise most people to learn that as many as 200 separate clubs are registered and recognised by the Croquet Association. So far from the game being a mere Victorian survival, it is now a most scientific pastime, which requires no small skill to play, the hoops being now only just "wide enough to admit the ball. As much care seems to be devoted to making a good lawn for the game as is observed in laying out a golf green. At a meeting of the committee of the Lan- cashire County Cricket Club at Manchester, it was announced that Mr. A. H. Hornby would again captain the eleven. Mr. Mvles Kenyon, of Bury, was invited to captain 'the second eleven. The match with Surrey in July has been set apart for the benefit of Huddleston. More new members were elec- ted, bringing the number since the beginning of the year up to 427. The members of the St. Rule's Ladies' Golf dub, St. Andrews, are naturally delighted, Says the Ladies' Field, that Princess Arthur of Connaught has accented office as their pre- sident. As Duchess of Fife in her own right, there is peculiar appropriateness in her being at the head of the leading ladies' club in the shire, and she herself is an expert player. Among ladies of the Royal Family, her only equals in the Royal and ancient game are the Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia, and Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. She and Prince Arthur spent a not inconsider- able portion of their honeymoon on the links. The eighth annual international horse show is to be held at Olympia, London, from Thursday, June 4th, to Tuesday June 16th. and thus will not clash with the racing at Ascot. The prize list is valued at £ 11,000, of :which cash and cups represent nearly £ 10,000. As before, a great feature will be made of the jumping classes, of which there are eighteen, and this attractive section absorbs X4,510 worth of prizes. A wholly fresh idea in the setting out of the jumping course has been adopted. The Olympia arena, which is 320ft. long by 80ft. wide, will have no permanent obstacles, as the advantages of an uninterrupted stretch of tan have been clearly demonstrated. When jumps are required they will be speedily placed by a trained staff. The difference this June is that there will be no obstacles down the centre of the arena; competitors will, as usual, jump round the edge of the tan, but, in place of the middle run, will twice cross from the corners in the shape of a figure eight, much as do the galloping guns of the Royal Artillery at the Military Tournament. The course consists of ten obstacles with ample run between each. Those superbly spectacular competitions -which all London may witness, the Coaching Marathon and the Corinthian, again figure in the schedule, while there are several other coaching classes. Last year Mr. Alfred G. Vanderbilt won the Coaching Marathon in the drive from Hampton Court to Olympia, and this year's many entrants include that fine American sportsman Mr. W. H. Moore, with quite a new team, which is being prepared in America. Sir Peter Walker has a remarkable record at Eglinton, which surpasses his best at Derby. His horses that have run and won there in the last three seasons are a.s follows: lflll, 4 ran, 3 won; 1912, 3 ran, 2 won; 1913, '3 ran, 2 won. Total. 10 ran, 7 won. Three losses in three years is pretty good going. The following statistics show how race- horses are distributed over the country:— Ayrshire, 6 stables, 22 horses; Berkshire, 2S stables, 336 horses; Cumberland. 1 stable, 40 horses; Cambridgeshire, 47 stables, 1,148 f lior-ses; Cheshire, 2 stables, 25 horses; Derby- shire, 1 stable, 12 horses; Gloucestershire, 4 stalbles, 37 horses; Hampshire. 14 stables, 255 horses; Haddington (Scotland). 1 stable, 130 horses; Lincolnshire, 1 stable, 30 horses; Leicestershire. 4 stables, 42 horses Northum- berland, 2 stables. 22 hordes; Northampton- shire, 3 stables, 43 horsed; Rutlandshire. 1 stable 18 horses; Sussex, 19 stables, 342 horses; Staffordshire, 4 stables, 85 horses; Surrey, 21 stables, 297 horses; Shropshire, 2 stables, 34 horses; Wiltshire, 27 stables, 548 horses; Worcestershire, 1 stable, 16 horses; Yorkshire, 21 stables, 292 horses. GLOBULES FOR GOLFERS. In addressing your ball, do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Always take the advice of your caddie un- less you consider him to be in the wrong. A good shot makes a duffer think he is im- proving at golf; a pretty hat makes a woman think she is improving in looks. It's much the same thing. There's just this difference: the good shot comes off very seldom, while the pretty hat goes on every day. One hundred yards in the fairway is worth two hundred in the bents. It's only a nine-hole course that has no turning.-Globe. C. R. Wag" Harding, ex-champion sculler of England, is leaving England this week in order to commence his duties as coach to the Berliner Ruder Verein. Scotland beat England by 3 goals to 1 in the International Association football match at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on Saturday. Despite the fact that the game had no bear- ing on the championship, Ireland having al- ready secured the honours, there was an at- tendance of from 120,000 to 150,000. Blackburn Rovers winning on Saturday and Bolton Wanderers and Aston Villa each meet- ing with defeat, the long-foreshadowed triumph of the Blackburn team in the struggle for the First League championship may now be regarded as assured. It is still possible for either the Wanderers or the Villa to secure the premier place, but for the com- petition to have that issue the Rovers in their four concluding engagements must go to pieces while their two nearest rivals develop exceptionally brilliant form. Many surprising results characterised Saturday's matches among the clubs of the Second Division of the League. Teams enjoy- ing the supposed advantage of playing at home met with a scant measure of success, the record of the day's doings showing that only two sides won on their own grounds. These were Fulham, who, in a keen match, defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Notts Forest, who overcame Leeds City. Four games ended in g victories for visiting clubs, and the remain- ing four were drawn. With regard to the ques- tion of promotion, the position remains much the same as before. Winning at Barnsley, Notts County made their aggregate points up to 50, and, with three games to play, they are certain of first plaoe. Woolwich Arsenal, however, could only draw at home, and Brad- ford also drew at Bury. so that their places are as before, but Hull City once more ad- vanced over Leeds City, who, as already ob- served, lost to Notts Forest. Daring the week Crystal Palace had drawn level with Swindon, and each gaining a vic- tory on Saturday they remain on equal terms at the head of the Southern League, Swindon being entitled to the premier position because of a superior goal average. Portsmouth went down before the leaders much more readily than expected, and the 5 goals to 0 scored raise Swindon's record for the season to nearly two to one. This splendid victory was the more noteworthy as. in the absence of Fleming, playing for England, a trial was given to Rocrers in the centre, "heateroÏt partnering Jefferson on the right. So success ful did the experiment prove that the recruit obtained no fewer than four goals, all the 'three that were got in the first half, and the last, of the match was from a penalty taken by Tout.

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WORK AND WORKERS. The importation of foreign labour in con- nection with the colliery which German pro- prietors intend sinking at Haworth, near Doncaster, has begun. About fifty German and Italian bricklayers, joiners, and en- gineers have arrived in the village, and a Ger- man provision store has been opened. The text has been issued of the Merchant Shipping (No. 2) Bill to amend the law relat- ing to the manning of the mercantile marine. The measure provides that any British or foreign passenger or cargo ship about to leave a port in the United Kingdom is to be de- tained unless manned in accordance with the proposed Act. A court to prepare rules for manning is to be set up. The general managers of some of the prin- cipal railways of Great Britain met the repre- sentatives of the National Union of Railway- men on Thursday afternoon and the represen- tatives of the Associated Society of Loco- motive Engineers and Firemen on Friday morning, with a view to hearing the proposals of the men with regard to the existing con- ciliationi scheme. More than forty firms, members of the Master Builders' Association, which did not present the penalty agreement to the men, have intimated to the Building Industries Federation that they decline to withdraw from the association, and a number of men employed by them' have already been called out on strike. Mr. Jack Wiles, the organiser for the Building Industries Federation, is touring amongst the industrial centres of the North in a search for funds on behalf of the labourers on strike in London. Mr. Jack Jones, of the Gasworkers' and General Labourers' Union, and Mr. Alexander Cameron, the Labour Party Parliamentary candidate for Jarrow, are also engaged in similar work. The Barnoldewick Medical Officer, in his annual report, says that nine deaths from pul- monary tuberculosis were returned in the dis- trict during the year, being equal to a rate of 65 per 1,000 deaths, against a rate of 70 last year. He attributes a large proportion of these cases to delicate people coming to Bar- noldswick to work from the neighbouring Lancashire towns. The "shuttle-kissing" in the weaving districts is, he has not the least doubt, a fertile source of communication, and he has tried to bring this home to the weaver. A circular letter Wit" sent to each employer asking for co-operation, and there was & ready response. The Council passed a resolu- tion sanctioning a supply of disinfectant be- ing sent to each mill which, with printed in- structions, is placed where every worker can get at it. The recommendations are that whenever there is a change of weaver the shuttle should be thoroughly cleansed in the disinfectant, and that all shuttles shall be cleansed periodically. In a special issue of the official Post Office circular the Postmaster-General notifies the decisions of the Department in respect to the recommendations of the Select Committee of the House of Commons which inquired last year into the whole question of the wages and conditions of service of postal and telegraph and telephone employees. The Postmaster- General states that he has, in the main, fol- lowed the findings of the Committee with regard to pay and emoluments, and in addi- tion, he has authorised the grant of a special increment to many of the lower-paid members of the staff. The total concessions so far authorised is estimated at F,640,000 in the first year, and £ 1,225,000 a year ultimately. The mining correspondent of the Daily Telegraph writes: The settlement of the miners' strike in Yorkshire now rests upon a single point of difference—the payment of the all-round advance of 6d. per day given by Sir Edward Clarke, K.C., in his award. Over 140,000 men are now idle, but for seven weeks the pits in the Rotherham district have been closed, and something like £ 250.000 has been lost in wages, and between L40,000 and Y-50,000 paid out in strike pa In the negotia- tions which have so far taken place the South Yorkshire coalowmers have shown an unyield- ing attitude to the demand to pay the new minimum of 7s. 3d. per day, plus the three percentages previously granted, which repre- sent an addition of ïld. per day. It is a matter of grave question whether the Miners' Council at Barnsley adopted a wise policy in endorsing a county sttike. It is quite true that the men had voted in favour of coming out by a large majority. These are days when much is made of the power of a | general strike, but it is quite possible that the effectiveness of this weapon- is often exaggerated, and that many disputes which are now lost by labour would be won by a more scientific use of the methods at their command. The widening of the area of the conflict has hit the employers who were pay- ing the full minimum as hard as those with whom the Miners' Association had a quarrel. It will now have to turm to the Miners' Fede- ration of Great Britain, of which it is a part, to finance the strike. This will he granted at the national conference in London. th;s week, and will come into operation immediately un- less, of course, a settlement has been arrived at at the joint meeting of the oarties on Wednesday. The 'text has been issued of a bill to amend the provisions of the Trade Union Act Amendment. Act. 1878. in relation to the amalgamation of trade unions, which has been presented by Mr. Bower-itaii. The bill provides that any two or more trade unions may become amalgamated in one trade union. with or without any dissolution or division of the funds of such trade unions, or either or any of them, provided that no such amalga- mation take place except with consent of two- thirds of members of such trade unions voting on the question whether or no such amalga- mation shall take place. The decision of the members shall be taken by ballot, and every member shall have not less than fourteen days' notice of the taking of the ballot and the question to be resolved thereby, by the central or branch offices of such trade unions, in accordance with regulations to be made by the executive councils of such trade unions. At a meeting of the Tailoring Trade Board (Great Britain), held at the office of Trade Boards, London, it was resolved to re-estab- lish District Trade Committees for the same areas as before, viz., Scotland, North-Eastern Counties, North-Western Counties. Midlands, Eastern Counties, London and District, and ■Sonth-WestiHM Counties. The Trade Board has power under its present regulations to fix minimum rates for a certain section of the retail bespoke trade, viz., that section which is engaged in making male garments, and in which three persons, or two female person (in both cases exclusive of cutters and trim- mers), are engaged in making one garment. It was received to refer to a committee the consideration of the question whether the minimum rates and the conditions already fixed by the board for the ready-made and wholesale bespoke branches of the trade could be applied to the new section. A resolution was moved from the workers' side of the board that the minimum rate for female workers other than learners, which is at present 31d. per hour. should be increased. After discussion the resolution was withdrawn 011 the understanding that the employers' re- presentatives would submit the matter for favourable consideration to those whom they represent, and that a statement would be made by them at the next meeting of the board. A report 011 administration showed that during the six months ended March 31st, 1914, 713 visits were paid in connection with the tailoring trade by investigating officers appointed under the Trade Boards Act for the purpose of securing the observance of the minimum rates which have been fixed. Of the visits paid, 495 were to employers and 218 to workers and other persons. As regards the visits paid to employers, certain irregularities were discovered in 165 cases, the importance of such irregularities varying widely. Rates of wages were required to be revised in the case of ninety-four firms. In some cases the revision required was small; in pthcrs it was considerable.

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RACECOURSE PROFITS. I Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, who presided at the annual meeting of the Chester Race- course Company, said the gross receipts showed an increase of £ 683 over the previous year. A dividend of 10 per cent. was agreed to. KILLED BY SNAPPED HAWSER. I Whilst the oil-fuel carrier San Hilaro was I leaving the Admiralty Oil Fuel Depot, Port. I Victoria, on Saturday, the hawser broke, and I killed Able Seaman Samuel Pointer, of I Grave send. ECHO'OF HOUNDS-DITCH OUTRAGE. I The death took place, at his mothers home, in London, on Saturday, of Robert Eric Alfred Bentley. aged three years, who was the posthumous son of Police-Sergeant Bentley, one of the three police victims of the Anarchist outrage in Houndsditch, on Friday, December 17th, 1910. NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE MEDWAY. I The new bridge over the River Medway at Rochester, which, at a cost of nearly £80,()()(), has taken three years to build, will be opened next month by the Countess of Darnley. L.C.C. AND CONSUMPTION TREATMENT. I I -1 .1-1 I- ?, ??, I me Lionaon county council t-tidiie neaun Committee recommend that, patients who re- ceive treatment for tuberculosis under schemes prepared by the Council or local sanitary authorities should be charged part cost in cases where the patient's income is C160 a year or over. THE CITY SOLICITOR. I The month which has just closed, says the City Press, was a memorable one in the life of Sir Homewood Crawford, for it saw him com- memorating the fortieth anniversary of his wedding day, and also marked his entrance into the thirtieth year of service as City of London solicitor. I TRAGIC AFFAIR IN DUBLIN STREET. I Michael Kelly, a Dublin car owner, was standing at the car-stand on Saturday, when an altercation took place between some passers-by. As a result, Kelly was, it is al- leged, assaulted, and OIl being taken to hos- pital was found to be dead. I TRADE UNIONISTS AND INQUESTS. I The text of the Coroner's Inquests (Fatal Accidents) Bill, which has been issued, shows that it is sought to be enacted that trade unions should have the right to be repre- sented at a Coroner's inquest on the death of any person occasioned by an accident. The measure is presented by Mr. Hudson. "GOOD IEALTH" AND DEATH. I Mortimer Egan, aged sixty-eight, went out to get his insurance sick money. He met a friend, and went into a public-house. There he called for some drink, held up his glass, exclaimed, Here's good health." and fell dead. At Hackney the Coroner's jury re- turned a verdict of death from heart disease. FREE LIBRARY FOR BETHNAL GREEN I The Bethnal Green Borough Council ha E entered into a provisional agreement to pur c h ase a site u chase a site upon which to erect a public freE library, the cost of which Mr. Carnegie hat offered to defray on certain conditions. Beth nal Green is one of only two boroughs in Loa dfcn who do not possess a free library.

HI tile uensum, at Costessey, Norfolk, an I unusual eatell has been made in a splendid golden tench, seventeen inches long, which weighed three pounds, and is the largest ever taken in that river. Five thousand and thirty-six patients were remaining on Friday in the, fever hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board (including 3,177 of scarlet fever and 1,255 of diphtheria) and 523 at the sanatoria for tuberculosis. Inaugurated by Mise Gough, a former matron of the Surbiton Cottage Hospital, all the nece.ssary house linen at that institution has been provided free of cost for the past five years by the Linen Guild, which is man- aged by a committee of women. Jack Hammond, a well-known Leicester steeplejack, expired suddenly while cycling to his work at Wigston on Friday. A few minutes later he would have been engaged at the top of a lofty building. The Board of Trade have approved of the provisional order applied for by the Cowes Harbour Commissioners to construct a break- water across Shrape Bank at East Cpwes for sheltering the harbour during the prevalence of north-easterly gales. The Augelus," which has for years been rung at many Anglican county churches, will in future be rung thrice daily from the church tower of All Saints', Margaret-street, London. Delegates from the Worshipful Company of Gardeners will pay an official visit to France during the second week of June for the pur- pose of studying horticulture under arrange- ments made by the French Ministry of Agriculture. All effort is to be made this spring to in- troduce the American blue robin as an addi- tion to the list of British birds. It is insecti- vorous, has a lovely song, and is coloured a deep azure blue on head, back, wings, and tail, with a red throat and breast. In recognition of the bravery they displayed in rescuing the crew of a Norwegian barque during a great gale in the North Sea, t,he skipper, the mate, and a deck hand of the Grimsby trawler Halcyon are to receive pre- sentations from the Norwegian Government. Within the past few days 1.900 tons of loco- motives and huge consignments of railway building plant have been shipped from the Clyde to Australia, India, and other coun- tries. One thousand and twenty tons of loco- motives were for Sydney, 300 for Calcutta, 130 tons for Madras. A Board of Trade inquiry is to be held into the loss of the steam trawler Clara Bella, of Fleetwood, which left that port for the Ice- landic fishing grounds ou January 26th, and has not been heard of since March 1st. A despatch from Perth (Western Australia) says it is reported that blacks have destroyej the Drysdale River mission and murdered two fathers, six of the lay brethren, and a num- ber of half stee. The police are investigate ing the affair. For stealing £113, the property ot tin., mother, John Woodcock, la brushmaker, aged twenty-one, was at Bury on Saturday bound over for three years. The money was found concealed under the slates of an outhouse.

I MARKETS. LONDON CORN, MONDAY.—ENGLISH WHaAT. —There was a light trade at prices which ruled about unchanged on the week: White milling lots ranged up to 3. 6d., and reds up to 34s. per qr.: chicken wheats, 27s. upwards per qr. FOREIGN WHEATS.—Trade ruled dull and about 3d. easier on the week for most samples. There was a fair attendance: No. I Northerns. 3&. 9d. No. 2 ditto, 36s. 3d.; Plate, 35s. 6d. ex ship: Russian, 33s. 6d. upwards; Indian, S7s. 6d. upwards; Australian, 38s. 5d. landed. MAIZE.-Old and new Odessa lots have now been practically cleared up, and Plate samples, therefore, held fairly steady, though there was little trade: Plate, 25s. landed. OATS.—The inquiry was slow, and the ten- dency of prices was in buyers' favour: Plates, 15s. upwards: Canadians, 18s. 3d. upwards; Chilians, ISs. 9d. upwards; heavy Russians, 22s. upwards landed. \BARLEY.—Grinding and feeding barleys met a slow demand at about late rates: Odessa, 20s. 6d. landed. Malting barleys were quietly held for about late rates, but there was little fresh business to report: English, 27s. to 34s.; Hungarian and Bohemian, 34s. 6d. to 42s.; Oucha.k and Anatolian, 29s. to 34s.; brewing Chilian, 30s. to 32s. 6d.; llama, 27s. 6d.; Danu- bian, 23s. 6d. to 26s. per 4481b. BEANS AND PEAS.—There was not much trade at late rates. LONDON FLOUR. MONDAY. The market was dull, and the tendency in buyers' favour in sympathy with wheat: English Town-made Patents. 28s. to 30s. ditto Country-made, 25s. to 27s.: American Patents, 27s. 6d. to 30s. 6d.; ditto Bakers', 23s. 6d. to 26s. 6d. per sack. LONDON CATTLE, MONDAY.—Beast en trie* on to-day's market numbered 620, an increase of 30 over last Monday. Trade was slow, with a dull tone even for the best bullocks, but there was no quotable decline: Scotch, 5s. 2d. excep- tionally, 5s. 4d. Devone, 5s. to 5s. 2d.; Nor- folks, 5s. to 5s. 2d.: Shorthorns, 4s. lOd. to 5s. Fat slaughtering cows cleared quietly at 3s. lOd. to 4s.; exceptionally. 4s. 2d. ditto bulls, 3s. 8d. to 4s. Twenty milch cows offered, and the best ranged up to .£23 each. Seven thousand three hundred and twenty eheep were penned in the market, an increase of 2,200. LONDON MEAT. MONDAY.—Trade dull. Supplies good Beef, English, 4s. to 4s. 2d.; American, 3s. 8d. to 4s. Scotch, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 8d.; Argentine hindquarters, 2e. lOd. to 3s. 4d. Mutton, English wethers, 4e. 8d. to 5s.; ewes, 3s. 8d. to 4s. Scotch ewes, 3s. 8d. to 4s.; tegs, 5s. to 6s. 4d.: New Zealand, 2s. lOd. to Ss. 4d. Lamb, English, 6s. 6d. to 8s.; New Zea- land, 4s. to 4s. 4d. Veal, 4s. 4d. to 6s. Pork, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 8d. per stone. LONDON POTATO, MONDAY. Trade ruled steady for moderate supplies. Quotations: Lin- colns, 65s. to 75s. King Edwards, 75s. to 85s.; Kent« and Eswx, 50s. to 65s.: Blacklands, 45s. to 55s. per ton; new Teneriffes, 13s. upwards per cwt. LONDON PROVISIONS, MONDAY.-Butter quiet: Danish, l?0s. to 124s.; Normandy, 118s. to 126s.; Argentine, 100s. to 108s.; Russian, 100s. to 108s. New Zealand, 100s. to 118s.; Aus- tralian, 9. to 110s. per cwt. Cheese dull: Canadian. 66s. to 70s. Dutch, 60s. to 74s. per cwt. Bacon quiet: Irish, 68s. to 80s.; Con- tinental, 60s. to 76s. per cwt. Hams firm: American, 68s. to 80s. per cwt. Eggs quiet. BRADFORD WOOL, MONDAY. There iø rather more inquiry all round to-dav, but actual business is still far from active. The market, however, is firm, particularly for mer inoee, and all lower offers than present quotations are de- clined. Crosssbreds are steady at last week's rates. There is some business for America in English wools, which continue very firm. There is no general improvement inyarll6 for either export or home trade.

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AGRICULTURAL NOTES. I BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. I THE SUFFOLK HORSE. Thanks to the ability and enterprise of a few breeders, this breed, from being a purely local one, has won fame in many parts of the world for its particular qualities, and it is not surprising to learn that the Suffolk Horse Society is able to report very satisfactory pro- gress during the past year. Entries for Volume 19 of the Stud Book consisted of 246 horses and 690 mares, mak- ing a total of 936, compared with 991 in Volume 18. the largest since the foundation of the society. Whilst the entries of horses decreased, the number of mares entered greatly increased. The Council claims that this state of things denotes that a larger num- ber of Suffolk mares are being bred, and that breeders realise it is advisable to retain only the best of the colt foals for stud pur- poses. The demand for Suffolks from abroad has been most satisfactory, but it is regretted that the larger proportion of the animate ex- ported consisted of mares. Ninety-one animals were exported, against 82 in the previous year, and the countries to which they were sent were Canada, South Africa, the United States, South America, Belgium. Austria, Russia, Denmark, and Australia. The in- crease in the membership of the society, which has been going ahead for several years, istill continues, the total now being 309, against 290. It has been decided by the Council to allo- cate a portion of the receipts received in re- spect of export certificates for the purpose of advertising the Suffolk horse in the Colo- nies and in other parts of the world. Lord Stradbroke has promised to present a chal- lenge cup, to be competed for in Canada, and this is expected to prove a further in- ducement for Canadian importers to make a trial of Suffolk horses. A letter from Mr. Archie Jaques, the lion. secretary of the Suf- folk Horse Society in Canada, states that his Suffolks have given him and others every eatisf action. I I NEW BREEDS OF WHEAT. I am asked by a reader for some brief par- ticulars of the work carried on by Professor Biffen at Cambridge in connection with his wheat-breeding investigations. At the start, samples of wheat were col- lected from every part of the world and sown on small plots. From the first year's crop single ears were picked out and grown on again. Thus several hundred pure strains were obtained. Many were obviously worth- less. A few possessed one or more valuable characteristics: strong grain, freedom from rust, sturdy straw, and so on. These were used as parents for crossing, and from the progeny two new varieties had been grown on, thoroughly tested, and finally put on the market. Both have succeeded, but it is not denied that both have their limitations. Burgoyne's Fife. was distributed by the Millers' Associa- tion. after a series of about forty tests, in which it gave an average crop of forty bushels per acre of grain, which milled and baked practically as well as the best imported Cana- dian wheat. It has repeatedly been awarded prizes for the best sample of wheat at shows, but it only succeeds in certain districts. The other variety. Little Joss, has suc- ceeded much more generally. In a series of twenty-nine trials, scattered between Norfolk and Shropshire. Kent and Scotland, it gave an average of forty-four btis-bels per acre, as compared with forty bushels given by adjoin- ing plots of Square Head's Master. No extra- vagant claims have ever been made for either variety, and as the investigations are only, as it were, in their infancy, we may hope for still more brilliant results in the future. I PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURAL I CO-OPERATION. In connection with remarks on the progress of agricultural co-operation in other countries as compared with what has taken place in Britain, the secretary of the Agricultural Organisation Society writes to draw attention to some very remarkable facts. As he says. co-operation in Italy, Denmark, Germany, France, and other oountries has had a much longer history thaa the movement has had in our own country. The rate of progress has always been slow at the commencement. In 1901 there were some twenty-five socie- ties existing in England. These increased in 1907 to 170, an increase in the first six yeara flf 145 societies. In 1913 the number of affili- ated societies reached 530, an increase of 385 societies in the second six years. If we com- pare these figures with similar figures of other countries, we find that England com- pares very favourably, and that co-operation advanced through its initial period as rapidly,, more rapidly in most cases, as in other countries. It is only natural that countries such as Denmark, Norway, &c., whose very existence depended upon the revival of their agriculture, should feel the need of more economical methods first, and should also be the first to act. Yet, although these countries have un- doubtedly been in advance of this country as far as agricultural co-operation is concerned, Britain has' not altogether been lagging, for ehe has been the pioneer of industrial co- operation, which can truly be described as one of the biggest movements of modern days. » SALT FOR MANGOLDS. I In common with garden beet and sugar- beet, the mangold is derived from a wild plant which grows on the sea coast. It is thus a salt-loving plant, and it has long been known to benefit by a dressing of common salt. Experiments in the manuring of man- golds conducted at the Harper Adams Col- lege indicated that from 5cwt. to lOcwt. per acre appeared to be the most suitable quan- tities to age. These results attracted considerable atten- tion in t-he district, but many farmers found that a heavy dressing of salt just before sow- ing was attended with considerable damage to the seed. As a result of inquiries regarding this point, a new series of trials has been started, with the object of discovering the best time to apply salt. Six methods were tested, and the best results were obtained by the application of lOcwt. after sowing the seed, this giving a crop of 36 tons per acre, and 5cwt., half of which was applied after sowing the seed and half later as a top dressing, the crop being 35 tons per acre. When applied after splitting the ridges and before sowing the seed, lOcwt. per acre gave a crop of 821 tons, and 5cwt. a crop of 34 tons. Worked in before ridging, 5cwt. gave a crop of 34 tons, and the crop was the same when a similar quantity was applied after splitting the ridges, but where applied after the seed was I sown the yield was 321 4 tons. I The results are not very definitely favour- able to any of the methods, and the experi- ment will be repeated. The previous trials on the general principle are. however, amply confirmed, for the plot with no salt gave a crop of 261 tons per acre, almost 10 tons less than the most successful plot and 6 tons leBS than on any plot dressed with salt. < THE SWINE FEVER REGULATIONS. I The strong feeling in the country against I the measures adopted by the Board of Agri- I culture in their effort to suonress swine fever found expression at the last meeting of tJie Chambers of Agriculture. The Cattle Dis- eases Committee referred in their report to this difficult question, and hoped the Depart- mental Committee would publish further' par- ticulars as to experiments. Colonel Le Roy Lewis said the position was a very serious one. In the last five or six years nearly £5:X),üOO had been spent, and the net result was that swine fever had increased enor- mously. The administrative action taken to stamp out the disease had been a complete and a bsolute faihre. There seemed, -there- fore, he said, to he no particular reason why these vexatious restrictions should still be im- posed on the agricultural community. On the other hand, Mr. Courthope, M.P., chairman of the Departmental Committee, thought the Chamber would be very rash t,) propose the removal of ;t!l restrictions, and it was with a view to finding some means of dealing effectively with the disease that ex neriments were being carried out.

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REVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE. The fine weather of the past week has re- vived the demand for farmseeds, but the re- markably large supply of English red clover- eeed leads to very low prices being accepted in order to effect clearances; 32s. to 40s. per cwt. has commanded fairly safe stuff. The supply from France is in smaller compass and is held for 3 guineas; the quality is extremely fine. English white cloverseed has been a steady trade at 90s. to 110s. per cwt. Alsyke, whether English or Canadian, sells fairly well with 80s. a-ked and 75s. not often refused. Both sorts of sainfoin are in free offer, and at 32s. per qr. are in fair sale also. Good timothy is io hand from America, and is quoted at 30s. to 32s. per cwt. Fine cocksfoot seed from Denmark is in some request; 55s. per cwt. is about the price. Belfast is ship- ping some fine ryegrass 281b. type, and the stocks being low higher prices are expected to rule shortly. Fine Provence lucerne continues to be available at 72s. per cwt. The wheat gradient is between Leeds and the far North: Leeds, 33s. 8d.; Berwick, 29s. 3d. range, 4e. 5d. Leeds has quoted the loaf at 6d. ever since January 1st, and ap- parently the farmer gets as a consequence a somewhat better price for his wheat. The barley gradient is between Dorchester and Banbury. Apparently some malting lote have come to hand in Dorset, while Oxford- shire is reduced to inferior feeding descrip- tions: Dorchester, 29s. lid.; Banbury, 23s. 9d.; range, 6s. 2d. Oats are dearest in the west, cheapest in the far North: Shrewsbury. 21s. 5d. Ber- wick, 17s. 5d. range, 4s.—Mark Lane Express. CURRENT PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR IN MARK LANE. LONDON FLOUR. (Gath ex Town Mill.) Top Price per 2801b. 31/6 Town Whites „ 29/9 Town Household. n 26/1 No. 2 „ 25/3 Hungarian Process „ 33/0 Best American London Ground m 28/9 London Standard, 80 per cent. „ 27/6 CocsTOT FLOUB. Caah at London Terminus.1 Beat Price per 801b. 26/0 Good Patents 24/6 Straights „ 24/0 Roller Whites 10 arone-Made. If) BKITIIH GitLiji (On SUNDI). s. a. Wheat. White per 5041b. 34 to 36 Red 11 33 to 36 Rivetts per 4801b. 31 t 32 Barley, Malting per 4481b. -32 t 34 Poultry 27 t. 29c Feeding per 4001b. 23 to 21 Malt, English, Best per 3361b. 43 to 44 „ Fine „ 40 to 41 Ordiuary. „ 38 to 39 Scotch, Fine „ 41 to 42 to Ordinary 39 to 40 Brown „ 31 to 35 Black „ 34 to 36 Crystallised „ 34 to 38 Oats, Fine Scotch 1912. 26 to 27 1913. „ 23 to 24 Good Gartons, Old It 22 to 23 11 New. „ 20 to 21 Tartary, Old „ 21 to 22 11 New „ 20 to 21 Winter, Old Black. „ 23 to 24 „ New to 22 Old Grey 22 to 23 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 56 191 2 „ 46 to 50 191 3 „ 44 to 45 Winter, 1912. 35 to 35T 1913 33 to 34 Spring, 1912. „ 37 to 39 11 1913. 36 to 37 FtoS, Marrowfats, Fine New per 5041b. 85 to 89 Sound New „ 79 to 81 Yearling „ 49 to 59 Partridge, Fine 36 to 38 „ Common. „ 34 to 36 Maple, ]912. 36 to 37 Dun 1913 34 to 35 Rye, Essex per 4801b. 23 to 24 Tares, Best Spring, 1911 per 5321b. 54 to 56 Good „ 1912 „ 46 to 50 Fine, 1913 40 to 42 Common, 1913 32 to 36 Winter, 1912 46 to 47 Fine, 1913 40 to 42 Common, 1913 to 32 to 36 Goree, 1911 96 to 108 „ 1912 80 to 13 „ 1913, Best 56 to 64 1913. Common" 40 to 42 Common, 1913 48 to 56 Buckwheat, Norfolk per 4001b. 33 to 34 Linseed, 1,iiicoinmhire pei 4241b. 54 to 55 Rapeseed, Best New per 4161b. 74 to 75 Commuu „ 6ti to 70 Mustanifiited, Untwn per 4481b. 96 to 108 White. 88 to 96 Oonimoa 74 to 78 Canary seed, Essex per 4041b. 80 to 84 -;Wrip-k Lane Exprts,.