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IG i v e n h e a l t h y s e e d , y o u c a n g e t h i g h y i e l d s a n d a p a y i n g c r o p b y g o o d c u l t i v a t i o n s a n d l i b e r a l m a n u r i n g .

SPRING PREPARATION. B e g i n s p r i n g w o r k a s s o o n a s l a n d i s d r y e n o u g h . A i m a t rt.epth a n d l o o s e n e s s r a t h e r t h a n g r e a t f i n e n e s s o f t i l t h . B u t d o n ' t l e a v e t h e s o i l t o o l u m p y . Where p r a c t i c a b l e , c u l t i v a t e t o g r e a t e r d e p t h t h a n n e c e s s a r y f o r d r a w i n g t h e r i d g e s .

>jk Deep p r e p a r a t i o n b e f o r e p l a n t i n g ™ i n c r e a s e s y i e l d s . Done i n g o o d

t i m e , y o u c a n p l a n t e a r l i e r , w h i c h makes f o r b i g g e r y i e l d s .

R I D G I N G — t h e b e s t way t o g r o w p o t a ­t o e s . D raw r i d g e s 2 8 " a p a r t w i t h r i d g i n g p l o u g h o r t h r e e - r o w r i d g e r . Make r i d g e s a b o u t 6" d e e p — d e e p e r i f d u n g h a s t o be p u t i n b o t t o m o f d r i l l s . «V B e s t p l a n i s t o d r a w r i d g e s , A * sow manure a n d p l a n t a l l on

£ same d a y .

p U N G I N G . Dung makes a l l t h e d i f f e r e n c e t o p o t a t o t e s . I f n o t p l o u g h e d i n i n a u t u m n , p u t i t i n t h e r i d g e s j u s t b e f o r e p l a n t i n g . I t s h o u l d be w e l l r o t t e d .

*sgg At l e a s t 10 t o n s dung p e r a c r e - • s h o u l d be a p p l i e d , i f a v a i l a b l e ' .

_ . . W L o o k o u t f o r t h e n e x t a d v e r t i s e m e n t .

C o n s u l t y o u r War A g r i c u l t u r a l E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e , i f i n d o u b t .

EVERY FA3M A BETTER FARM

A n r;t report by Rothamsted Experimental Station sugar beet as the most uniformly manured o f

.'s, but adds that there are still many farmers insufficiently "fert i l izer conscious." Almost one-th i rd o f the acreage surveyed received no farmyard manure, and many fields received neither nitrogen nor phosphates. On land in good heart 2-3 cwt. o f sulphate o f ammonia (or 3 cwt. " N i t r o - C h a l k " ) per acre wi l l give an average increased yield o f 20 cwt. o f roots and 17 cwt. o f tops per acre. Order nitrogen for sugar beet now !

I JC The word "Sitro-Chalk" is the registered trade mark for the fenVttt I combining nitrogen and calcium carbonate, made onlv In I.Ci

NITROGEN

T A L K S O N H E A L T H

B Y A F A M I L Y DOCTOR.

T H E C H A N G I N G S E A S O N S I n caring for the health, you must keep on

the middle path. You must not exaggerate the importance of health and spend half the day examining yourself to t ry and iiiul a new symptom. And you must not. on the other hand, be reckless. I scarcely irin;e to describe any condition, for fear you should immediately IntagilM you have the disease yourself. We are beginning to get chilly nights and, autum­nal weal: <•>. and I want to help you to a\^nd a frw pitfalls that are placed in your path.

TYPHOID.

An important disease of the autumn' is typ!:oid. Of course, everyone who reads about typhoid wil i immediately make certain he has i t ; i ! <ady. Such is the power of suggestion. No. Irlend, you have not 'got i t . -bui there is ito '.anv. in knowing a l i t t le about i t . Typhoid a--:d pneumonia are contrasts in disease. Pneumonia starts aoddenty; the patient is very i l l at the end of twenty-four hours. But in typbofd the onset is very' slow, very quiet, very insidious. I f you ask a man who has recovered from typhoid (and H is u com­fort to know t h a l t the great majo'ritv do re­cover* what was tile very first t h i n g lie felt wrong, he wi l i hardly fx 1 able to tell you. He just felt, a bit (iff colour, not quite up l » the mark, just a bit e - ly . . Now we may all feel a hxt-le off colour lor a day. or possibly two. hut it anyone you are interested in cpnptajns for ' h e days that he is no hotter! be on V o r r gila '<1. Typhoid is one of those; diseases

Hive d . c t ' i s much worry. You go to the iea ' " d j.'tiyec'an and complain of/; feeling " • : • i i . ' as you may put i t . The tifife man knows very well that one of the po*.sib:ltt:es i. typhoid, but no one can telfc Better be on t':.•> >iiie side and watch the patient) for i day or two, In two days a l l the symptoms may have gone and a l l ' i s w e l l ; it wos only

slight indispofiti, n after al l . But #n harm lias been done. I 'u l suppose ttie fial fent trets worse* then the doctor w i l l be glad In/ recom­mended care and test in bed from the first. In a week the disease may have declared i t ­self, but i t has I H I taken in time, ."and the patient w i l l probably recover.

.RicovZRT THE l ' r l . K . As I said above, recovery is thc.frule in

t y p h o i d : but of the eases that die. ftjany of them did not consult a doctor unti l ^bout a week after thev had been seedy; the.disease had got a good hold, and it was difficult to shake it off. Moreover, when the \patieji t ought to have been in bed, on a milk diet, he was walking about eating all sorts of things— ipple-pie, bacon, and steak pudding. ' Let us

exercise our common sense in dealing wi th he b ginning of disease. There is no ireed

for panic, only practical precautions. 8} /

T H E ACTION or THK HEART.

Physical bravery is largely a question of the condition of the heart-muscle. The action "of the heart is very mysterious. No one] under­stands wily the heart beats or what CoBrols i t . riie Ilea 1! may be taken out of a de&d frog, and i t wi l l go on beating for many hjpufs. with-

it; a.sy blood flowing through i t , deviously any inlt 'ieiuv from the brain eft; ^lerve,

in) without any stimulus from any part of the fro.'s body. There is a l i t t le heart Steadi ly i eatin , away and kindly allowing itser to be cvp riracnted on. If -drugs are applied to the heart, it wi l l beat more slowly or faster, according to the special *lrug chosen,' -and so ir is possible to discover the effect o f i certain drug.- betore administering the drtigs as medicine to a human patient. *' | j | \

W H A T LUAVERY I S . R f . . -

But thotigh the heart can beat when rut off from the brain, yet the brain does exert H feood deal of influence on the heart durdng life. Kxcitement makes it beat faster: whets' a man faints or t ' i r i is pale i t is because his heart is 1 eating feebly, too feebly to send thk blood coursing through the brain. I f the heart fails sti l l further, unconsciousness results, and the patient falls down I t is a well-knoftn fact t tat a burly policeman or a tried and brave s iMier may faint when he is merely Scratched by a pin while being vaccinated. Bravery con­sists in the mental effort of sendinte- down .'.rong impulses to the heart to keep up its beatings. Hence we have the expression " to be of good heart." We thus have the two effects acting and reacting; the mental deter­mination not to give way and the 'physical response of the heart

A R T T I I C I A L ' RESPIRATION.

Do you know how to restore t h * apparently drowned: - Well , you have to I r a n i how to do it .whether you like i t or not —.lieeause 1 say so, and I am accustomed to being obeyed. See that the mouth of the rescued person1"'is free from mud, weeds, or any, other obstruction. Pull the tongue well forward. Turn the patient on his stomach wi th his face turned to one side. Kneel across the patient's hjps and place the outspread hands on the lowerxpart of the back, rather above the small of thfe back. Press forwards, so as to compress t b i lungs and drive the contained air o u t ; now straighten your own back and l i f t the hjVids off the body. This wi l l release all pressure, and the air w i l l be sucked into the lungs. Do Oiis about twelve times per minute. Send one man for a doctor, and another to the, nearest house asking for hot bottles and hot blankets and hot mi lk . Persevere for half an hour. I t is better to go on too long than to stop short so long as the faintest glimmer erf hope remains. Stick to it unt i l a doctor conies and announces that all hope has gone. R takes less pressure than you think to send thS air i n and oat of the lungs; do not use toy< much force, especially if the patient is a woman or of slight build. Ribs have been broken before

"* now.

T H E BLACK L I S T .

I n the better time coming in the future any­one suffering from any of the following com­plaints wi l l be fined : Gum-boil, swollen face, absce-ses, neuralgia, bad breath, and stomach

troubles arising from negUvt of the '*TLth Festered corns, ingrowing toenails, bunions, •nd hammer toe, due to i l l - f i l t ing boot*

A WORRY-BOOK

« ^ \ L h " V e 9 " i t P o n o u g h ' ™ ' worries i i t h o u t adding Imaginary ones. Have you hekrd of the p.an of keeping a worry-book' You write down to-day all the things vot, are worried aho t and next week vou tick off alf i t ' iose worries that were unnecessary. You' . „ I worried because you thought I Jill *wou« not get any work; you almost worrit,! yourself' in-

\ v i l - ; r ' e ; • V °," c o " l f l c ° " , t th* V c v hairs. When B,b a , | a s t g o t a splendid iob von realise that you need I , M nave worried at "all T o m life is full of worries that never come Do no: meet trouble half wav. V o j f w e r * nearly k i l ed with worry when Vo,.r l i f t * boy w.i- i b : you thought he won'!,; die and vet » " " v '•«•' I - Pkving about at th Resent ,""".*"• , I ' « ' . l e «•••.'.•<• life n , K e ual

t r .nd . f -e loud of threatening d i s a s . t h e , always do out carrying a mackintosh e.oL<he« •aid an umbrella even on the fin,,t day t ' cans.- they are so worried about the pMibiir. ties of it n l m n g . Laugh and grow fat ! 3'!,e>» •re no counons ne ded for k good laugh.

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BARNARD CASTLE R.D.G.

Jr»l. -Vbu ne probably suffering from en.arge.l _ prostate gland. It is the ,sua" accornpainuient of advancing year.;

SuLE-CoNscioi-s.-Perspiration is „oi i > . jonous. so why arrest i t ? The cause nuv ba eirotional, •

I in ' u l i l v meet ing or the B a r n a r d t iast lp Rura l Dis t r ic t Counci l was held in Hie Counci l Chambers On Wednesday last. C ' I U I I . T. B ' x o n , C h a i r m a n , prfesidedt w i t h the Clerk, M r r. W . Ba iub r idge .

The C h a i r m a n opened prriceediugs by w e l c o m i n g back the i r Clerk, w h o had ie -t i i r ned to d u l y after some il lness. M r D i x o n also welcomed hack M r Johnson (Surveyor! who had re turned after m i l i t a r y service. The C h a i r m a n to ld the Counci l o f the i l l ­ness of one o£ the i r colleagues, Coun. Dick inson , and i t was agreed that the Clerk should send a letter expressing the i r sym­pa thy and the hopes of a speedy recovery.

The casual vacancy occasioned by the res ignat ion of Coun. .Nodding, and w h i c h had been referred to the Cockl ield Pa r i sh Counc i l , had f o r w a r d the recommenda t ion of • A l f r ed K. Sams, M o u n t Pleasant, Cock-i i e k l . as counc i l lo r . The recommenda t ion was accepted

A letter was lead f r o m the Clerk to the County Counci l agreeing to the U a r n a n l Castle nomina t ions to the South-West Dur­h a m Cua id i a i i s Commit tee .

Government evacuat ion i n the d i s t r i c t was the subject of a report by the Clerk. He said there were at present 118 evacuees in the area, a decrease of s ix . Of these there was on ly is f r o m the Nor th and the remaining tUO f r o m the South and bombed areas.

The Salvage Officer ( M r Midd l e ton ) re­ported on salvage and said there h a d been some text i le sales.

Post-War Planning'. The Clerk gave the Counc i l a ve ry f u l l

report upon the subject of the acqu i s i t ion of sites for b u i l d i n g post-war houses for the area. He told tne Counc i l tha t permis­sion, had been sought f r o m the M i n i s t r y to purchase fou i sites at Hamster ley and six tit Copley. The Dis t r ic t Va luer had sub­mi t t ed his report w i t h respect to sites for 28 houses at Even wood . 1'he acreage \va» 3.014. Some discussion took place on the price of th i s l and , but after the Clerk to ld them that i t was l i t t l e more t h a n the pre­w a r va lua t i on , the Counci l agreed accept­ance. The Uu t t e rknowle s i t i n g for four houses had been a p p r o w d by the Dis t r ic t Valuer , w h o was about 10 value i t . A t L t h c i l e v , where 16 houses are to be b u i l t , a repor t f r o m the D i s t r i c t Pa luer i n fo rmed the Counci l tha t the pr ice asked by the owner was too h i g h . The Counci l agreed unan imous ly to proceed by compulsory powers . i .ay-out p lans for the Ether icy site ha I been submi t ted to the Regional Officer. Devised plans for the Evemvood site had been completed, and the l ayou t of a l l the sites had been sent to the County Surveyor . Th i s la t ter to see tha t they compi led w i t h the Ribbon Development regula t ions

County Coun. L i d d l e asked i f the bound­ary fence on the Kvenwood site w h i c h the Counc i l w o u l d have to m a i n t a i n tor a l l t ime , lTh subst i tuted w i t h a b r i ck or stone w a l l . I t w o u l d then last some t ime , and the i n i t i a l ex t ra expense w o u l d be w e l l just i f ied.—The Counci l agreed.

Regard ing Post -War Development in the, area, a meet ing was a r ranged w i t h M r Ruddock, of the Hoard of Trade , to meet th i s special commit tee next week.

H i g h w a y Business. The W o r k s Commit tee reported on the i r

inves t iga t ions i n to a c o m p l a i n t b rought f o r w a r d by a counc i l lo r at the last mee t ing upon the subject of toad condi t ions at B o l a m . Compla inan ts and witnesses had been i n t e r v i e w e d by the Commit tee and the roadman invo lved and his Un ion secre­ta ry had been present.

It was moved a n d seconded that after hea r ing the evidence g i v e n to the Commit tee no fur ther ac t ion b'e taken i n th i s mat ter . Th i s m o t i o n was subsequently w i t h d r a w n .

At this po in t i t was resolved that the mee t ing of this Commit tee and also the mee t ing of the General Purposes Com­mit tee should be adjourned u n t i l Wednes­day next, the 21st ins tant , when the road­m a n w o u l d be g iven the o p p o r t u n i t y to produce fur ther evidence as to his car t be ing unuseable on the lo th and 16th December last.

At an adjourned mee t ing of the W o r k s Commit tee there were present M r R, Kel le t t (Cha i rman) , 'Messrs Preston, Townson , Dent, Robson, G. W. S m i t h , Scoit, H . A. Hu tch inson . Tarn, L idd l e , H . l i ob inson , M i l l e r , Co l l i ngwood , J. C. l i a i n b r i d g e . Appleby, H i n d , I t . J. S m i t h , Droumley . W a l t o n , D i x o n , and ft. Thompson.

A letter read f r o m a c o u n c i l l o r w i t h refer­ence to the compla in t g iven at the January meet ing d i d agree w i t h a witness 's evidence and he was asked to repeat th is evidence, and th is lie d i d and read correspondence r e l a t i n g to the w o r k m a n ' s ho l idays taken d u r i n g the week commenc ing 17th Dec.

The roadman and his Trade U n i o n repre­sentative also appeared before the commi t ­tee and produced letters w r i t t e n s u p p o r t i n g the roadman 's content ion that the wheels of h is cart were not useable on the 15th and 16th December last.

It was u n a n i m o u s l y decided that the pay card of the w o r k m a n for the week com­m e n c i n g 17th December be obtained by -the Clerk to the Counci l f r o m the County Sur­veyor ' s office, fo r submiss ion to the- com­mit tee . T h i s business was then adjourned to the next W o r k s Commit tee mee t ing .

i f was decided that the roadman be pa id fo r loss of t ime i n a t t end ing the t w o meet­ings of the commit tee .

The repor t of the Medica l Officer of Hea l th was presented by Dr. Paley. '-'0

-Births and -'4 deaths had been registered d u r i n g the m o n t h of January. ;tl cases of infect ious diseases had been not i f ied . Uf these, 26 c i v i l i a n cases were of measles. Dr. Paley stated tha t there was a considerable increase i n the incidence of measles In the d i s t r i c t , m a i n l y in the Cockfleld area. D u r i n g the s ix mon ths per iod ending 31st December. 1944, h>4 ch i ld ren between the ages of 1-15 years were i m m u n i s e d . Of these W were under five years and 52 between l ive and 15 years. Dr . Paley est imated the percentage of c h i l d r e n i n the au tho r i ty ' s are;i at 31 December, 1944, w h o have been Immuni sed , as 35 per cent, of ch i ld ren under five vears, and 74 per cent, of c h i l d r e n be­tween five and 15 years. There were no cases of d iph the r i a i n ch i ld ren t inder 15 years not i f ied d u r i n g the s ix months per iod i n question.

Proposed Rural Housing Survey. Ur. Pa ley had reported a t t end ing a meet­

i n g of Techn ica l Officers on Thursday prev i ­ous at the Shire H a l l , D u r h a m , i n connect ion w i t h th i s mat ter :—The meet ing , w h i c h was under the cha i rmansh ip of the County Med ica l Officer, was addressed by an official of the M i n i s t r y of T o w n P l a n n i n g . I t was decided to f o r m t w o sub-committees, one c o m p r i s i n g Medica l Officers of Hea l th and S a n i t a r y Inspectors, to discuss the question of u n i f o r m standards for demol i t i on or re­p a i r of houses, the other compr i s ing Sur­veyors and Archi tects to discuss the quest ion of the types of houses to be bu i l t , i n the post-war vears. A meet ing of the sub-committee of Medica l Officers of Heal th a n d San i ta rv Officers was arranged for Er idav . 2nd M a r c h , and Dr. Paley hoped to be 'able to at tend this meet ing .

The repor t of the San i ta ry Inspectors was presented by M r Midd le ton . Three letters had been received f rom H . M . Inspector of Factories d r a w i n g a t ten t ion to sani ta ry de­fects ex i s t ing at factories i n the area. T w o of these defects had been remedied by i n ­c l u d i n g the factories i n the scavenging d i s t r i c t s . The t h i r d factory referred to was owned by Messrs H . and J . W a l t o n , oj

c a i n f o i d . where the closet accommodat ion was most unsat isfactory, on ly one premises be ing prov ided for both sexes. Dr. Paley had inspected, a long w i t h M i M i d d l e t o n , w h o found the condi t ions as stated by H . M . Inspector. The factory Of M i s s i s Wa l ton ' s was a compara t ive ly new b u i l d i n g , and it appeared that no plans had beep submit ted lo the Counc i l i n respect of the erect ion of the b u i l d i n g . The owners had been w r i t t e n to on this ma t t e r and a reply had been received. I t was recommended that statu­to ry notice be served upon Messrs W a l t o n to p rov ide sufficient and sat isfactory closet accommoda t ion . I t was poin ted out tha t the pena l ty i m p l i e d is £5 and for each suc­ceeding day £2.

The H i g h w a y Surveyor ' s report was sub­mi t t ed by M r Johnson. It stated snow c u t t i n g i n the Teesdale area and g r i t t i n g frozen roads had been ca r r i ed ou t on the va r ious roads i n the d i s t r i c t . Pot -hol ing is in pro­gress w i t h (ar macadam in the S t a ind rop , L v e n w o o d ami Cockfleld area. This is due to one-way l ine of traffic d u r i n g the severe Snowstorm. F l o o d i n g due to the sudden thaw washed d o w n the m i d d l e of Can-Lane, near Stotley, Midd l e ton . and deposi­ted s ix or seven m o t o r loads of stones and so i l . W o r k is proceeding there i n re-shap­i n g the road .

Convers ion of p r iv i e s i n to wate r closets at S ta indrop Church of E n g l a n d School were reported now completed. Med House, Ether ley , a dere l ic t b u i l d i n g owned by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners , h a d n o w been complete ly demol ished.

Under any other business, Coun. A . J. S m i t h asked w h o was responsible for the maintenance of the roadway at Jubilee Place, Middleton-in-Teesdale .

The Clerk said i t was a delegated road. Coun. S m i t h said n o t h i n g had been done

to the road since the roa4 had been taken over by the Counc i l . I t seemed ra ther a mys te ry as to w h o was responsible.

The Clerk said i t was the du ty of the Mura l Counci l to look after i t . The ma t t e r w o u l d be gone i n t o .

SWALEDALE SHEEPBREEDERS.

EMPTIED POOL TO CATCH FISH. RICHMOND TROOPER'S OVERSEAS

T R A V E L S .

B Y A M I L I T A R Y O B S E R V E R .

There was a very g o o d attendance at the a n i m a l mee t ing o f " B " d i s t r i c t o f the Swale-la 'e Sheepbreedeis ' Associa t ion , held ai Mi lke r . M r Paper C. Whi tehead presided.

M r W. T . Raw, secretary, read the m i n ­utes, w h i c h were conf i rmed on a proposi­t i o n bv M r W . Alderson . seconded by M r I . R Fawcet t .

increased Membership. M r Maw submit ted his repor t and sa id the

to ta l n u m b e r of members was 2u7, i n c l u d ­ing 120 large breeders and *7 sma l l breed­ers. I n the previous year the member sh ip was 189 and there was an int tease of IS.

The sheep inspected were : 1,257 r a m lambs, 655 shea r l i ng rams, 7.116 g i m m e r lambs, 522 new stock, and 65 re-inspected, a to ta l of 9.019. I n 1943 the to t a l was 9.U67 and there was an increase of 552. There were 34 less r a m lambs inspected t h a n i n 1943 and three less shea r l i ng rams, 506 more g i m m e r lambs, 35 more new stock, and 44 more sheep re-inspected. The r eg i s t r a t i on ,ees were £171 l i s . I d . and member sh ip fees £14 14s., w h i c h was said to he for new members, as i t had been a free year for o l d members. The expenses were £7u 4s. 6d., and the. balance fo r " B " d i s t r i c t was £115 2s. 7d. The repor t and balance sheet was approved as sat isfactory on a proposi ­t i o n by M r Jas. Alderson (Stone House) , seconded by M r W . A l l i n s o n ( T e l l i t ) .

Elect ion of Officers. M r R. C. Whi t ehead was re-elected Chair­

m a n on a p ropos i t ion by M r W . A l l i n s o n , seconded by M r R. Harper . R e t u r n i n g thanks, M r Whi t ehead said he w o u l d do his best for them and he thanked them for the i r suppor t . On a p ropos i t i on by Coun. J. L . Peacock, seconded by M r W . A l l i n s o n , M r W . T. Raw was re-elected secretary l o r the 25th successive year. The t w o r e t i r i n g members on the Counc i l of the Associa t ion , Messrs J. M. Fawcet t and W . A l l i n s o n , were re-ele«ted on a p ropos i t i on by Coun. J. L . Peacock seconded by M r H. Harper . Messts M. M . Hodgson and J. T . Iceton, the r e t i r i n g members on the commit tee , were re-elected on a p ropos i t i on by M r W . Alderson seconded by. M r J. R. Fawcet t . The Chair­m a n men t ioned tha t they had to elect inspectors and the secretary added tha t i f they were a l l loca l , 30 or 40 w o u l d be re­qu i red . They had 40 last year and they were a l l cal led upon . A panel of inspec­tors was appoin ted a n d the date of the inspec t ion was left i n the hands of the secretary. The C h a i r m a n said they h a d to discuss the " c r o w n i n g " of g i m m e r lambs and added tha t i t h a d become a b ig p rob­lem, for, at present, i t was no t w o r k i n g very sa t i s fac tor i ly . They w o u l d have to do someth ing about i t . There were a lo t of places where tups were c rowned for the t i r s t t ime and people had been a l l o w e d to " c r o w n " the i r g i m m e r lambs. I t had got ou t of h a n d a n d a l l the " c r o w n s " had not been re tu rned . M r Ol ive r Stones s a i d : " D on ' t y o u rea l ly t h i n k tha t for g i m m e r sheep i t should be knocked on the head for stocks w h i c h h a d been i n for some t i m e . " Coun. J. L . Peacock : " You can ' t ca l l t hem registered sheep unless they are b randed . " M r R. M . Hodgson proposed a n d M r O. Por ter seconded " T h a t h o r n bu rns be h i r ed out at a cost of 2s. 6d. a day after the h i s t d a y . " There was an amendment by M r R. Harper , seconded by M r A. 1 h o r n b o r r o w , tha t someone shou ld be appoin ted i n each area to look a l ter c rowns . There was a

we made another l o n g ' f u r t h e r amendment by M r J. G. Ba inb r idge that a l l g i m m e r lambs be c rowned at the i n i t i a l inspect ion . M r T . Metcalfe sa id he was of o p i n i o n t h a t i t cou ld not be done. M r Hodgson a n d M r Por t e r agreed to w i t h ­d r a w the i r p ropos i t ion i n f avour of the amendment by M r Ba inb r idge . M r Hodg­son said he w o u l d second that amendment . Coun. J. L . Peacock : " W i l l y o u have enough c rowns to go r o u n d i f y o u appo in t a m a n for each area ? " M r J. R. Fawcet t though t they shou ld have a m a n or t w o to look after c rowns . W h e n a vote was taken, the amendment by M r B a i n b r i d g e w h i c h had become the p ropos i t i on was defeated, the mee t ing d e c i d i n g tha t a m a n for each area be appoin ted to look after c rowns . The C h a i r m a n remarked they w o u l d have to t r y i t for a year, a n d the secretary saia they m i g h t have to give a m a n some re­m u n e r a t i o n fo r the job .

O n a p ropos i t i on by M r W . A l l i n s o n , i t was decided to get fou r more c rowns .

'A member i n q u i r e d whe ther o ther d i s t r ic t s bothered w i t h " c r o w n s , " and the secretary rep l ied tha t other d i s t r i c t s had no t the membersh ip w h i c h " B " d i s t r i c t enjoyed. I t was agreed that the secretary shou ld appoin t persons to look after the " c r o w n s . "

The C h a i r m a n said some members had fa i led to give the " sires " of t he i r regis­tered tups, a n d the secretary agreed tha t i t was a ma t t e r o f impor tance . I t was agreed txj refer the mat te r to the Counc i l .

I t was decided to f o r w a r d to the Counc i l a le t ter f r o m the Ve te r ina ry Educa t iona l T r u s t i n w h i c h a subscr ip t ion was sought,

t r a i n i n g , had recent ly he ld a r eg imen ta l The let ter po in t ed ou t the advantages to be mule race, i n w h i c h " T p r . T a l l e n t y r e rode gained f r o m the T r u s t and said the objects

A p r o m i s i n g start had

Now se rv ing i n I t a l y w i t h the Reconnais­sance Regiment, Trooper E d w i n T a l l e n t y r e ,

,o l Uakw-ood Lodge, A ldboro St. John, R i c h i n o i i d , Yorks , has been t e l l i n g me some of his exper ienies since l eav ing E n g l a n d three years ago. H i s r eg imen t has t r ave l led w ide ly since 1942, and has served i n I n d i a , I raq , Persia, Sy r i a , Palestine, Egypt , S i c i l y , and I t a l y , ana T p r . T a l l e n t y r e has made the most of h is t ravels .

I n I n d i a , he to ld me, he was one of a road convoy tha t made a dash across the coun t ry f rom west to east at the t ime of t h " threatened Japanese invas ion . Later , aftei r e conno i t r i ng the I n i p h a l f ron t , and w h e n the threa t h a d been combated, the same squadrons re tu rned the w a y they h a d come, th is t ime t a k i n g a l i t t l e more t ime d u r i n g the r u n , i n the course of w h i c h T p r . Ta l l en ty re managed to see the famed Ta j Maha l .

" 1 t h o r o u g h l y enjoyed the r u n , " he says, " a l though the weather cou ldn ' t have been worse. We h i t the monsoon -season r i g h t at i ts wors t . Later j o u r n e y w h i c h took us in to Persia, a n d tha t was in te res t ing , too. At one t ime we were stat ioned i n a deserted Pers ian v i l l age , whre some more coun t ry boys and m y s e l f found a large o rnamen ta l l i shpond where Uie t rou t had g r o w n to a n enormous size. We t r ied e v e r y t h i n g we k n e w to catch them but they were too wise for us.

" A t last, though , we despaired of catch­i n g t hem w i t h bent p ins and bits o l s t r i n g , so 1 took off m y clothes and got i n to the pool w i t h a bucket. After t w o hours o r so I ' d baled the pond d r y enough to p i c k ou t the t ish. Not very spor t ing , perhaps, bu t they made a love ly supper ! "

T p r . T a l l e n t y r e was present w i t h h i s squadron w h e n they landed on S i c i l y and aga in at the invas ion of I t a l y , where they led the l ive-day chase after the r e t r ea t ing enemy.

The same squadron, T p r . T a l l e n t y r e t o l d me, took pa r t i n h o l d i n g the A n z i o fortress, and la ter was at the head of the c o l u m n w h i c h made the break- through to Rome. T p r . Ta l i en ty re ' s an t i - t ank g u n , he added, was the on ly one i n the squadron to receive a h i t f r o m enemy shel l i l re . For tuna te ly , nobody was hur t .

I t was i n January , 1940, that T p r . Ta l l en­ty re enl is ted—in the R o y a l Nor thumber­land Fus i l ie rs . He served w i t h the B.E.F. and was present at the seige of Ar ras , la ter being evacuated f r o m D u n k i r k .

W h e n 1 saw h i m recent ly his squadron was res t ing by the shores of the Mediter­ranean, a n d as par t of the i r recrea t ional

second. I n c i v i l l i f e he is a g room w i t h the Ze t land H u n t .

POWER OF THE PRESS.

Some months ago a letter a r r i v e d at Bar­n a r d Castle 1'ost Office f rom the U.S.A. I t was addressed to the Postmaster, and en­closed a letter addressed to a Miss N i x o n , B a r n a r d Castle. The Postmaster was asked to t r y and trace the person, and was g i v e n the i n f o r m a t i o n tha t the Miss N i x o n had at one t ime been a mis s iona ry i n Natal , South Af r i ca . W i t h th is scanty i n f o r m a t i o n the Postmaster t r i ed to de l ive r the letter. B u t a l l efforts fa i led . The Teesdale" Record Society were asked to help, but even the i r efforts fa i led. F i n a l l y , and as a last resort before r e t u r n i n g the let ter to the sender, the Postmaster of B a r n a r d Castle decided to ask the help of the Teesdale Mercu ry . A short notice was inser ted i n o u r issue of last week. W i t h i n three hours of publica­t i o n the B a r n a r d Castle Postmaster had the requi red address, and the letter is now on its w a y to Sou th Afr ica , where Miss N i x o n now is. The Teesdale M e r c u r y feels tha t t r ib j i t e to the Ba rna rd Castle Postmaster is due for the d u t i f u l effort he made success f u l l v to del iver th i s letter.

"LAXATIVE PLUS" SPEEDS UP VITAL ALKALINE JUICE

Makes Most Folk Feel Like Shouting With Joy

W h e n you're constipated and feel just i w f u l all over, take C a r t e r ! L i t t l e L i v e r Pills — the Laxat ive Plua. T h e sour and sunk feeling that goes wi th constipa­tion is often due to improperly digested food. T o have good digestion, you need two pints of a V i t a l Alkal ine Juice every day.

Carters L i t t l e L i v e r Pi l ls increase the flow o f this powerful fluid that helps to alkalize, digest and eliminate your food after it leaves your stomach. W h e n this V i t a l Alkal ine Juice flows at the rate of two pints a day, most folk feel like shouting wi th i*y.

So when you need a laxative,, take C a r t e n L i t t l e L i v e r Puis . T h e y have a gentle laxative action and they also increase the flow of the- V i t a l Alkal ine Juice so important to good health. B u t be aure yoy get the real Laxative Plus — genuine Carters L i t t l e L i v e r PUla — r / j j * ^ ^ ^

were very desirable, bee.i made.

The a n n u a l mee t ing o f the r a m sale w h i c h f o l l j w e d was presided over by M r R. C. Whi t ehead . M r W . T . H a w gave the balance sheet and said the to ta l income was £60 13s. I d . , and there was a balance i n the bank*of £l^i 17s. 7d. The expendi ture w a -£63 i~s. 7d., l e a v i n g a c red i t balance of £117 13s. 7d. He said the amoun t realised at the a n n u a l registered r a m sale at Hawes i n October was £4,719 l i s . 6d., be ing £881 6s. less t h a n last year. The entries were 150 aged rams, 425 shear l ing rams and 19u r a m lambs, a to t a l of 765. I n 1943 there were 17u aged rams. 434 shea r l ing ranis and 217 r a m lambs, a t o t a l of 821. The repor t a n d balance sheet were approved. M r 1. l i . Ba inbr idge thanked the mee t ing for a dona­t i o n of £5 for the Y o u n g Farmers' Club.

M r B . C. Whi tehead was re-elected Chair­m a n and M r W . T. H a w re-appointeu secretary and treasurer. The commit tee , a large one, was re-appointed. The dates of the r a m sale were recommended fo r Octo­ber l o t h and 11th at Hawes and the ewe sale on October 9th.

Judges appointed were : B a m Sale—Aged rams, M r Mat thew Peacock i M i d d l e t o n - i n -Teesdale i , M r Q. W . Dent Nateby, K i r k b v Stephen). H a m Lambs—Mr C. -Humble (Wearda le) , M r L . Guy ( G i l m o n b y ) . Second day 's sale : Shearl ings—Large breeders, M r Thos. Col l inson (Stanhope fiate , M r A r t h u r Ba inb r idge ,'Ash U u b ; ; sma l l breeders, M r D. Dargue ( T h o r n t l i w a i t e H a l l ) , M r J. Foster (Middleton-in-Teesdale) . Heferee judge for both days. M r J. W . Dent, Midd le ­ton-in-Teesdale. A special class w i l l be added to the catalogue " For the best three shear l ing rams i n breeders' hands ." The , prize money i n a l l classes w i l l be doubled | f r o m previous years.

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