1


lists; on ; r in e ’s


| j c Yorltialiue tlio iuveaU-


i'LlIuujlIy suc- |On k


’Sitiu'Uiiy


|:1j lurued lu lliiionuy null*


J .M>mo (Ifgrvxj li wiucii rjn«,


1 pcrhaj);, Lhn |And \siujii it ;u'f Uughcd


Icii th-i! party If illaku (’,1!!,


|downl;Ul wa.s •u Ly ■.-.so-iped


I lur i.hi> im- [•‘JlUSlto ciwLT-


lady pK*-u>aat, |it<T tlist.ti]co,s


!y a.>ido


If Wlimj.Ude, 'puU; sJa*'--


ali'iiL of Ujj iiiudl party


pK>ant.um-crr>. ITVO OJlf of ■


I ’l liu-y obUiiii pho.u>uiU>,


| ‘i i-,:rit;o with "N a, ;xur, or >'iu«


- ^nlon.“ • Y


I i


^L4•d ’urk-


havo iioilJi-w**st


i ' rr.ilection {''•i.al a lo«\il owrt,i-IU of


|l>- tho birda I fir oun pro- c:ui‘. for


< yrio a cra^ ' more likfJv


I:- i/i'' j>artv, ^ki !, wore they


•' tho nrt't


iJ.ifti! to si'C ilifit wliitvi id—and two


|ii:}'pod. 'riitr y l»y thi'ir i ''lont” th*iir


othfi iio.-m- ■ tht^ b(»tan- ''iolifnl wai,.


|V. ..f Unlim- of <;uto


[■n! and fa!!, a a. a ii-\ in^


!.- iHT,..v..:-,.d f.'! wrr,-


| r . -.si;:, h in . ‘h.. -.vhob: t


•d >V.Md.iw, . f r o m


rr. --’.d.l.oM. - ,::.j r • r-.;.r K.'ii.


■ Mallar • -pri'.v.ai • o!- ..f t.lm


■ -mM d.-iaii. r.. t„.


I’h.. . tho n,s-ira?


I u,.j


r-^ jn-Mfy :};oi;nf ain


■ -r- •!;.• -.Id Kin-Mialo rd-.vort.h from


^ a1 tb»‘ Op iJiai


| l '- ‘ ■. ;o'-, on i'- N- that


'.-d «;ablM ["ii- is fho


1


...‘inj tho P.:.-v Moor­


:i‘ til.* lop \-.~V


'd in wih!


|f V'-ikshinn tha


lo ant i' lo.


Ir . r' W.*r<- iT.-t Ijc.-.!.


P..ir V VI..M I f.. d-rov.T


‘ a'rn-<f *>f .i:.V


Jr.ps nio |l! ' T:'p.- bo-: j-


If b-,; f--.‘ :.;r-r !:f.. -.f


t ] \ iiilKida •i oniy .1 n wifit'n ■ W'; -i-ii


.-.onari ,v;


t - l';o dalf i'll Ihoir


1% .ui'! \vi"d. 1 ','n- ol.loT


[u


-■n- pi-r,t; 'Hoto


-.■r..w bo: <!■>. how f' 'iMil in


|i r . |.v f'Ti). T’i‘- stn- i-


\n ■


f r.af.ural


I- np a al’


alihoiigh'tbo main crop should, for iirelercnct; have been sown a t the iH'ginniiig ot May. At the .same time. I inenlitm the ixmit here Ini- i iuj«e a correspondent luis written to mo p.eniiiig out tliat although i t i.s now jK)68ible to spend jilcniy of time in the garden or on til- :ill')tm<Tils. most ainateura inevitably -•lart late with tlieir vegetalile growing owing to the diflicuity of getting through the work dining tlie dark tbiys of the winter, work which ^il'll|ld jn'operly he done during tha t sf*;ison. I t will, however, bo Imrno in mmd that While i!ios:*i of as who can do so, natur-


tiible mav sown for anoilicr Tin*' dav chosen for painting the f ru it tres-s


slionhl 1k« mild and still, llte iipiim- lu-aneluxs .should tirst be painted ami Uieu the trunk of tin* Irei's. 'n i<3 mixture must bo well workc*d into crevices and any jilace which looks


tween two jmre bleeds. On tin? other hand, a moiigr(*l is a hajilmzard mixture of difFereJiL biiS’ds in such a iiiaiiin*r that no one ('an .safely .say how or of u hat i t i.s (•ompo.''od. and upon whicli no depcmh'iice can


dis4*ased. an old paint lirnsli being u.sod and care lieing Liken to see th a t the work is done well. For prtderetice the mixture .should be applied while still warm and needles'^ lo ^ay, It .should be frc<iueiitly stirred in order to prevent the liquid .sejiarating from it-i .^illd


thongb it might be liable to bewim*


;,lly iiicliiic lo put m the various sc«xJs during tlio e \m t week which experience hits shown jirc*ln:es tJie best ntiutm, maiiy j^mlciiers iiual iie content to merely keeji a.s near to tfio programme outlin'*<I in tin sc iioto.s as


liiev find p issiblo.


:ir the. ( o r r v t timo U) plant long bt‘c*tr<K)t for txatnple, 1 trust th a t no ono will imaguio


Tb'is while I give the bust week m May , . , ,


Umt I a’m Huggesting th a t seed which is put in in the flr.st wc<*k in .him* will deliberately


Within and Around Glitheroe.


WALKS AND TALKS. l!Y DALl-i;.MAN.


-■ A ]Mor-hK)king ehureh with btOOplo


\ t-rv |sKu-liM»king house.s hut fH-ofile*;


fat-looking'Kine


swid ^ I


Ail saint-s u|ion .Sundays, hut all the week sinners


III., aldcriiicn iKXif.t of their judgment m jelliciH


:ir.* all very gx'cat in iJicir lh*ad^ suul ! thoir bellicH.”


, , Tiiomas Wilaon. GlitlicrtK'. wliu was alv> licad nm^lc^ ul our U is to Hio R"V. Thomas Wibon, \ , .


j j


(d j


K.\i. e.sive kt-en .stomaelis, lint veiy fKior | dinners


(*0011*1116. ANSAA^RS TO COIUIESPONDENTS


cither as t<» what its prodiieliveiiesH will he. breelier who crosscr- carefully and system­ atically may quite well evolvi* a .satisfactorj*


phu'ctl,


days of pnrt^-brcd utility fowl.s. a pure hrecxl is gmicrally to be jirei'erred. In keeping a u.si.'ful and jjopular breed there s aln’SLvs a chalice of augmeiitiiig tbe balance shc4*t by selliiig a few Kittings of iggs, wbicli _u:m g4*m*raJly be disposed of at gimd pri('<*.s, "and


ANSAVERS TO CORRESPONDENT


waslied in warm wjitor and soap, ‘and oIko scrubbed with a nail brush. Afk»r drying, rub into tbe scales vaseline or zinc ointment. In liad ciLSOi i t is better to dip tlu* leg^ into paraflin oil aliout an hour liefore wasliiiig in soap anil water. Tlii.s treatment should bo


H.W.S.—Tin* legs of tlie fowK should ho


through tliis column such quori(3s ivith regard to pouitrj'-keoping, etc., ns are likely to bo of general interest to readers, Ixstters should bo addrofised to the Poultry Editor, 69, Higli- gate, Kendal.


P.S.—^I'lio author will bo pleased to answer


Xoto.—The writer will answer in this cant thing abmit their neck', af'snrmg them And it liiey c a ^ t cure us n e v e this con- rolumn nuestions of general intere.st. He that it is a most efiicacious and iiowerful ’


will answer enquiries by post if a sUimi>od charm yon may ea.sily Bcttle llmir imagin;ir ■ provide u.s some uinoceni rccieation. eolation


addressed enveloi>e is enclosed. Addicts: tion, and then give them th a t which is proper j Doctors, liko other mortals, however con- Garden lixlitor, I ’he AtivertLser ml Innes,” to «*radic;iti* the cause <^f their dtscai^*, aiid scieiitioiiH and .suct*c«sfuJ are not able to pleas


odd clieiit.s whose notions of law ami lawyers ilij)lonuts. Two go(Kl exiitainjiles may ho given: w’ere more


of tho olden


Vi’liicli passed street.”


(iuii.ti'on to Ulo writer, wiiose reply took the ti„it just, tlm liorli to euro him tjrew near tho lorm of a,


A countryman


l/iwvei-s realise how- apt men are lo gain n.itliiug hut whole.some e.xereise, I’endle air ' legal 'atlvico or knowledge by sUsiith. A .jn,] sweat. The iiatient i-ejioi'ted his iion J c riain country doctoi’ math* a good try \^itJl succl'ss but tin* doctor as.siircd him th a t the.


niado a cart for a man. could he ehaige lor some. Tito man clinilied the steeps tifi to the It. if mado in tlie open air? ”


(|netition; " .Snpivne a wlieelwnght


I Iaw*v('r who wao loo aler t for him—for ho wa.s pLnt.v of it. I t is rolaW hy Clithcronians S i l l __ xi...


. . It A C’amh.” After detailing the matter


friend of mino a young Clitheroo . . .


... reply.


l i l t .erne length, in the street the (luctor priipriilor of a marvellous ” vegetahie pill ” I I


I ’ll see a laa-yer,” was the smart j„,^| j, |


- I . a place where the numher of Which


, '• Xiek ” tint ills diligent search resulted in *.. i* t|„-, .same famous herhalist th a t he was the ,


of herb bo ncc<lcil wa.s cserciBC' and I._I .. i :.1 i t . ........ .1...


wound np with: “ what would yoti do in sueh ‘-possibly a pamitx'.-i? Wln-ii strictly anal. | a ea.se?”


sons Uiis doctor of divinity llntn lias a j,iosecute<l—for ivho eimld prove it was not a ” Himiek ” a t tlie doetors. -Hie old town .< ho says:—


tnod dreadful of tdl then- ^ a angular pattent i i warn host known as ” Ben Shrew.” llnfc


Having liatl a tiiin witli lawyers and par- ; lainnloss suletance. Tile doctor was noti pill ” ’ ?


tlropjiing'^. wolf coated w'lth a white and • discovered to he simfily .sheep’s tli; time resorted, also portray : c.apcciaUy of one day put tho A.ssuretl tiy tlio doctor, who was a


i Some ju-culiar and highly amusing in- ' stances could lie given ol our old dfKiors. i Ikksc wlio practised without


so yon may cim* tlictn .as wc have done in great number.s.”


lawyer cannott cliai-ge for advicv given iti tho |.,y,y follow sulfei ing from a sluggish liver, e


Iiui ruiiuj-. One ei-rononiiK nlea x certiiiii praetitioner- n coinical man—who t|,ougiit tliat if lio is not loved lie is c.xactly down the century \ras th a t " a flourished in King-lane-diad lor a patient a


hcrlialisl, j


i|,o .iiniip inisition as tho [>oor. tinrortumite, ff,


<i xiek o’ f ’oiidle,” ho sallied forth


” 1 do not lovo theo Dr. Kell, Till) yeasciii wliy I cannot tell, f la t this (alone, I knmv lull well, 1 do not love tJico Dr. Kell.”


' lo gather


MEDICAL TESTIMONY NOT HELP HIM.


BURNLEY DRIVER FINED DRUNKENNESS.


DID FOR


“ Dr. Orme eerlilied this man its being ali- i solutely ttiiUl to he in ch:u-go of anylliing in


doctors of tlio hast centtiry eomhined his condition when hrotiglit to tho fxiliee Dr. Kirk. ' station last niglit” This statement wa.s ono inadcvUi' tlio Borough magislratos on Tuetslay


ho.so mormig when .lames Klllson, 111), l.ayliold. ivlio sti-eet, Itnriiley, a diiver in the enifiloy of a Unfor- firm of Burnley Jivory .slahle jmiiirictors, was


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[)l;ivo(l tiieir epicurean tastes ami judgment Urtuuhu-lv a t the mayor’s d:nner and uywi I’O far forgot themselves


'"•c.ntleinen wo im* jiU'jin tomi)t<-«l t<« s'll’l" ^ ' ‘'••i »


,adgm,nt m jellns.” TIu.m; .'fuaint am h.glily <■..!(,ur .d Inns nl Dr. W m.on


^ -


rhvm.s the lo.-irned d'ocio"’ inUniates whore i 'the 'a r t of medicine in all its jiarts in the ^.‘^ ,n ed in raiiihUi ami indulge in logitatioiis. Ilet^iy.': " lie loved where Kibble winds his way


d.f^Jain • d


and wo CfiricJituro


fc.'ir I mi 111 an o th e r ol


W.tli .sol'lary steps to slr.ay Atul ne-o'.iv rfbcvirses; ():• else he’ll over .Solthill go 0.' mil muring s.auiUor round Uiplow


And !»-.tt his brnins for voreo,s. til a later a r tn io I hope


[BUHN : s ,


miles. i


i:dk ahniit Dr. Wilson win) hgured o.^I c- uniislv nil several oec.asioiis. In a * :.rteln 1 dealt with


.l!"'"'!!? ^


well,,111. aiiv law ”—to which Dr. laded - and' gave a h--.t ol


"Lyn -ah,, ih.mished in or closolyfollowcd •"J’ , ‘j ''" ! ''


One entiid lind some iKiculiai the pracLi.se'.s to whicli those legal brethren


I ---- *............... onlv IK* re-


lo boast of tlu n d


to 'th e aldirinen! 'rhem? toiLspi(:iiou.s . i,m.. * wo nre


Many ol the old praciists—founded in .some iii.stjLntcts ui>Jii mere superstitjon—have given way to more scai'iitilic and huccoksIuI results. Dr. \V(?b.ster, nlio lloiin.shed in OiUmroe at


axu hp.nt in e.'l.•.\pu•lmeilUll ln*atment.


C.luiicii gaU-.s) sitd of the superstition ot lus tl-iy.—“ ^Ynd wo our.S4‘lvos, having practjsL*d


least a century before the advi'iit of Dr. Wil.'on (whose surgery was near St. Mai*y s


I North of Knglaml whore igiioram e ami .siijicr- stitioa doth much abound, ami wliere tor the


sometimes fraleriii.'-isl over tlio howl, and .said cnstotly by P.S. Ih-ll. On n-aehing the police “ Doctor I want .von to pull my toetli.” station lie asked to see a doetor and Dr. llriiio “ Wliieli leetli?” asked the doetor. “ All ef ,vns summoned, lint his e.xaniination elid not _for I’Ve now-t for ’em to do.” But the sgsi.sti the aex-usetl who, pleading guilty, told


doetoi- instead of drawing Iheni, found them |]„, heiicli that he had sulfeied n severo sometliing lo do, for lie gave Bmi .’is.


ticiilar its doctors, aroused tlie ire of an j,,, wii-s doing. He was lined 20.s. and costs, anoiiynioas wag ivho iimimentiiig iiixm tho


liiK-s:— “ A place w-liei-e number of doctors increiiiisi


most p a r t tlie coinmou iwople if they cliaiiee -\Vliich s s ms tlio mast dreadlnl ol all their to have cpilepsie, pnisie, Kinvnlsieiis er the


,i:-„..»,.. " diseases


Ik o do presently pci-suade themselve.s that they are hi’tw-itoiiKl, lore.-pokeii, lilastoil, fairy-t-ikeii or haunted with some eyid spirit, juid tho like .and I.Imt if you shoiihl hy plain risisoii show- them that they ari> deeeivisl and t in t there is no sneli inaltor. hill tlliit i t is a natural di»-as<-. s:iy what you can, iliey shall not believe voii Imt aeeoiiiityoii a iihysieiaii ol


small or ol no value ami whatever you do hi them i t shall hartlly do 'lu’m any good a t all


hecan.se of the fix.-dness of tlnor depnivetl ami nroixxssixl inniginatiom Ihit il you imiulgo tbcir imagination aiul .seem to concur in opinion mtli tlunn. and hang any inHigmti-


wrote Unis:


“ 'Tlio doctors a l lasttoino under the Is-m Ho ohjects Ul llieir ineretise; hut sim-ly. gooel man


They know hettoi- titan tlioir own physic to try good many doctors hero now


Wiy shouldiTt they inorea.se. w-luoi none ever die ?


■\Vo’vo doctorB tliat rido ami doctors Uiat \vn k We’ve inurtic-nl doctors, and doctorK tluit laJK


ve got^.t g c . . anyhow


“ A GIFT HORSE.*' Portly Kiiij)loy(?r; ” You have tho check to


conio to me for an incrciiso ot .salary afior giving you all my diacardrd suits?” Tliiii Gardener: “ Its only logic, sir. 1


sliall l)i> ablo to w«'sir your nnito wlioii I ’m fatt(?nt“


- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • • —< ~ --------------- -----


to fatten out is bv .spending more money oai food.”


<l out a bit : and the only way lor inc -


tance tliat eigIitof*n miles. The diu-ation of thu longest jHiab accuratoJy not(*<l, was forty-


fivo s(*oonds. Tliunder Vaiiuol bo luyird a t a groak^ dis­


When you are in SLACKBURiy dent forget to call a t


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T h u.) Tng Always something Hot for you. ’This sally niKin tlio old town, and in i«ir- lo sml, au ,.xt,'iit tha t lie Imidly knew what attac-k of neuralgia wliieli alfeeted his head


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i < n'Vvv> GARDENING HINTS


BY A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. x\a*


aa^a/w'Vv'\aaa^wv\/vvvwvvvv\a»CO py BIO HT.' WORK h'OU TJJIO AVEEK.


Sow Long Beetroot. li;\rth up Bolatoes.


rcuuirewi. pri


Hoeing jind tliinning growing crops is the • *‘-^**sed th a t there ia a great dial of din incipai work for this time of the year. Stake Peas as riHjUred.


Lhvparo UhI for Veget.;ible Marrow. I aieibod, or rather lack of method, of having I


L'tiuce. Sprinkle soot oil seet! beds in early morning


iwo .shoots. .Make a frisli sowing of Cos and Cabbage


llun out the crowns of SwiksUc to one or to


away insect pccts. LONCl BEE-ntOOT.


a main crop my


matter of own


Xs alrc;uly iiVlicated. I regard the last a.s previously advirttnl by removing tlio top th a t can bo used is lard and powdcriKl brim- •'iag


*‘k m May as ilie jirojKT week for sowi of


soil


itioli'SH in favour of itsiiig the boring method. 1 tiammed from the lawns and sniierimposc soil A crow bar or any other long iron bar should ' upon this mound in order to provide a raised be a^eil for lioriiig holies at least as long as *"^^rrow Iwid. it is intemkxl bcnlroot sliould grow and no ‘ I f


f:u;t, of good, <lepth. 1 is not ) . long


btvtroot>t, ami although 1 l‘“d putting a (jiiantiy ol rotten manure and consists of; Coconnut oil, four parts; stony , and is, as n } ^ . a...m..... n. .e..v..e..r..-,


______ ________ e, ...................... .. ,♦ »v>»j


ioimer than: s;iy, two IWt six inches. As I planted out aa soon as we reach the end of soon as tlie lioles have been made tliey should 1 n^onth, but if tlie weatlier turns cold it U» tilh'^.l with a mixture of wood ashes ami will be licttcr lo leave tlie iransplanliiig rojwl swoi'pingH. Tlie holes shouUl not he 1 autil a week or two later, completely filled but a depression .should be I " 'd un nobteed tJiat made about two inchtvi deep ami the seed '


should be sown in this cup and lightly lovitchI with soil. The intention, of lourse, IS lo leav> one bretroot only growing a t (■tiicli


jo in t and that oiio as near to the centre of ilk* c:ui» as jio.ssible. J^Iach beetroot should linally 1h* ten indies apiirt in the rows ami ihe holes should therefore be made at this disU'.rice.


BOTATOl'^J.


Any polaloi*s whicli aro .sufliciently ad- vaiced sliould now be carUied up to protect


P 'tatoes should not bo done once and for all,


s ^o:k1 th a t the exco.sive use of manure is undesirable as thereliy a rank growth of foliage is encouraged a t ihe exi>eiise of the fruit. AVhat is absolutely «*Nsential i.s .*^onie lcrim*uUng material and Unit is wiiy mown glass is .'iiggcstcd as an alternativo to rotten maiiur,-. Tlios,. who have not raisv<l .sinall ,


I have .sixikoii i t must lie under


nian-ow p ants iiiuler ulass can make np the beds 111 the ordinnrj- way and plant seeds thereon without any protection, a t the end of tjio month, providing tin* weatlior is


them against ihe frosts. In fact, i t cannot this is a ^•onvenicnt time to apply t - ov.*r.*?mplusibcd tliat the earthiug-up of


IdAlh ^ lu r Ki 11 TREES.


lTnh.*ss this work luis already been <lonc, i im v a-o rm - r r


Init .«hould be accomplisfiod by a procc*ss of I 1 pref<*r to use the following mi.xtnre wliicli many slight raisings of llio soil around tlie jn lc*ss coimpicuons tlian a dre-ssing ol liiiio .‘d^ms.


exaggeration to say tlia t thou.siuids of acrt« gradually ;it. first until the lime has crumbled ot iH»dU<K*s are injured <ir de.stroyed each yenr ^ to pieces. When the action of the water ;ii d the whole of this lo.ss niiglu lie provenWd | iijKm the linn* i.s compleb', the mixture .should h\ spraying with the well known Bordeaux 'b o strajiu*<l and for this purpose :i jiiece of oi IJargumiy mixture as recommended by the i fino sacking may be used, 'fliree ounces ol


With regjird l/> potato disease, i t is not n jrallon of water, the water Iwing sulded I alone. Ten jioumls of lime arc slacked in woiitUer is luxe, marrow.s may ho


to /o rn i a trench about four loot wdc j^tone, while a third ami vory efiicacious t-he trench before replacing


however, has not been made a stioiig point.


black, while with liio hens brown or salmon colour prevails. Aljsolute fixity of colour,


make a ^ “'otind ol gniiw parts. Of coui-se. the general cleanliness Bio desirability of lighter bone, there would of the fowl house, wliicli has been referre<l to be a vast improvement in a few years’ time, a previous article, will help to eradicate wliito


the sulphur, one i>art; and [lowdered tumeric, ^f breeders of these birds would keep in view


comb, and further improve the health of the Bie breed for growUi, ami it is heavy in bone, birds.


Dark Dorking is one of the slowest in


guardwl against a t this season, 'rhero are a dis. m woight. Some kei‘pors prefer to kill number of isiultry-koepers who overlook the Ide bint^ "non they are tliroe moiitiLs old. fact th a t runs and 1ioum*


^ OVEll-CBOWDING CHICKENS. Over-crowding amongst cliickeiLS musi he


s do not corrcsi>ond-


ingly grow like their birds, and tJiey are apt to forget the crowdixl ‘conditions and vitiatixl atmosphere until disease has got a lirm hold of the biixis. I t is foolishness to atteMupt to roar forty or fifty chickens in a •Span* tha t will take ojily twenty. Ueinem-


|j.


] t has also a long, deep body, very prominent in front, and is sliort ui>ou the logs. Birds of this type ha.ve white flesh and skin, and,


matured, are generally 11 or 12


:uo from four to five months old. Altliough tho skin is lumlly as thin and .smootli as in. soino breeds, tho liirds fpiality of flesh is ex­ ceedingly fine.


reiuly better to kill tliem when they SEASONABLE HINTS.


tlio eromul from morning until night, ami aairieient ventilation in tlio Jiousns. onlv a few davs for the fmil to hrictnne night i.s .sjK'at in a vitiatetl atmasphero they .,nd* tainteil hv tho continual dropp- " d coino out in Uio morning (luite unable to icaliy advisable to arrange spare watlLstand the cool air, ami in a very short


Jb'tiieinher tha t fowls rc«iuire room and If tlie


•jiispectiioM of ibo flock rai.s<‘d us e.ssential, and All stock birtls sliould lie well looked after, all stock th a t i.s likely to be surplus should, particularly tlio males. See that tJicy do not of cour.se. bo confincti lo the fattoJiing pen lose condition, otlu-nvise tbe entire bnHxbiig ‘


urns for chickens as the change lo now niiw time they will bo attackwl by roup and iii- will often work wonders. At tho end of llammation, which will eaiLso havoc among about tbe tenth or tw»»]flh week a daily in- them.


for tile table.


miinlxT but allows the remaining birds to l>onofit.


CROSSRR.EED.S .A.N'I) AlUNdREUS. ...... 'Phis not only ro<luci's tbe ■ ‘


’ se.'ison will bo ajioilt. AVo are now beginning fo uiulorstnnd th a t


do not tlirive half .so well as when there is


a ratlier wet spring is more beneficial tlian oiherwiso to chickens. In dry .sea.sona tbev


hcginiierH, as to what the diffej-ence is he- The sliorler the graKS is kept in poultryy '


Thero-is often a doulit. L*sj)eciallv among natural inoistiiie. ’


runs tJio better for the birds. Clijipmg Iialf with a lawii-moM'er ami swiM'jiing with a luuid broom so as to remove the clipiiings and the dry droppitig-s, will help to k«‘ej) tlu» rim swe^ t. The other half can be done in about a we»‘k’s time. Each in Inrn jnovidcs the riclK*st of gra.s.s for tin* fowls.


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no time table a t all. VhXiE'J’ABLK MA iu u n v .


refuse piiiiit blaulv to^ grow. 'I'lierc must al- wave I)i‘ oceasioiis jus for example, a partictN 1 lurly w^it week, when i t Is (juite impossible


I’ut in another sowing of Dwarf Botins if ^ plant ;uiy s<^ls M all, ami all tiiat one | ’-‘aii liope to do i.s to adJiore to the ideal time | 'Labio as ^ closoly jis passibhs


ft will lie between this method and tlio altornativo WHITE COMB. mwliately checked. I t ia causal by delicacy, / 6 r


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Altbougli white comb can hardly be termed. cockerel, a diteoase, i t is most troublcsoiuo if not im-


also by tlio occasional sale of a good stock tm i>w n m jx r iw


wliito parasitic growth which, in very bad questionablo wliother auy otflicr variety of cases, covers Die cutiro face, and tlie Inxly fowls lia.s done so much, eithw directly or in- also is often attacked, tlie result of thi.s being directly, for the iiroduction of first-dnss j a loss of featJiom. 'I'lie first treatment should table jioultry, as tlus brce<l. The birds


lack ot green food and, like many other ail- Hio largest birds of tlio Dorking brcetl are ineiits, lack of cloimlincss. \Wiito comb is a known as the Dark or Coloured and i t


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