The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-05-05 00:00:00

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CALE:SI.IAR FOR THE WEEK.

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ORCNIIOUSS.—PUt off cuttings of Chry.anthomums ;
use a nch compost of Miry loam and sand, and add •
little fresh horse-dung. Cinerarias, sow seed and divide
old plants that have dune blooming. Purina:4a, put in
cuttings, and not off any that, are routed, and repot Inure
forward sort• to form specimens. Put half a pint of
Peru. hit. guano to • loirrowful of loam, 'awl, leaf-soil,
and &little horse-droppings, loot mix well, by turning the
Compost over three times. Syringe them occasionally,
and Annie them on bright sunny days. Azaleas and
Camellias that have done flowering shoithl be shut up rlose
In the afternoon, and he well syringed every day. Keep
them shade.' from the sun. This will encourage them to
make quick growth, and aet their flower buds early.
Illegals and Eparris should be kept in a cool place, and if
any MIMS of mildew makes its appearance, dust a little
flour of sulpher over the plants with an old pepper-bor..
112nm:in PLANTS.—Dahlias, pot off cuttings, harden off
anv of the more forward plants. Calceolanaa, plant out
: in the hods and bonder.; this is the heat LIMO to plant
them out. befree the weather becomes so very hot. No
tinge should lie lost in hardening off all bedding plants ;
Plan: them in cold frames or under canvas*, or mats, Ac.
Stop Verbenas, Heliotropes, Petunias, Ageratuuni, by
nipping off the tops to make them bushy.
LOWKIt Boangna—lioe and rake all beds and borders,
ao as to have the ground neat and tidy, and ready for the
bolltng plants buy the middle of the month. Mow and
roll era-., and IMO the edging-shears for the edges of
walk. and l,lz, Keep down weeds from the walks.
kin lIEN I; OlDlo.—A.paragus beds should be weeded
I ant stirred with a fork. Beans, earth up and plant a few
! more of Broad Windsor. Broccoli, sow early Cape;
! Snow's White for autumn and early winter; Knight's
Proterting am! Cattell'a Kclipse for early and late spring.
Cauliflower, sow • packet of Vadat', Autumn Giant for
autumn. Cabbage, plant out from those sown early.
Celery, prick out from the seal-pan. tAicumber, sow for
growing in cold frames, and ridging out for picking : atop
those growing in hot frames by pinching off the end of
, the shoot& Give plenty of water to fruiting plants.
, Syringe every day and shin up early. Be careful nut to
syringe until the hot turn is off the frames. Sow French
!or Kidney WWII, and Scarlet Runners. Lettuce, sow
Paris Cos., and plant out those that were sown early in
March. Pannips hoe a ..... ngst and thin out. Radishes,
, sow Rol and White Turnip. Mustard and Cress, sow three
I times in the month. Spinach. sew. Turnips, now early
Stone.

TIIE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS LOCK-OUT.
Nswaxakcr, April 2&
The demonstration of labourers and the meeting of
fanners held to-day have not advanced the termination
of the luck out. It transpired that some of the union men.
I about sixteen, belonging to &mitre& have given up their
union tickets and 'one lack to work- Nowhere else has
there ireen any disposition to retire. At Trumpington,
near Cambridge, the farmers have raised the wages ol
their Labourers without being_ asked, and this has given
considerable umbrage to the Newmarket Farmers Club.
One emigration agent alone has sent 90U people from the
1 Newmarket district to Canada since the lock-out began,
and several gave their names to-day. The labourers'
demonstration on the Several, waa numerously attended,
the chief speaker being Mr. Henry Taylor, general secre-
tary of the National Union, who afterwards &Admired •
letter t, the chairman of the Farmer's Defence Association,
asking to Lo allowed to attend their meeting that after-
noon, with a view of laying before them the union aims
and objects. They declined to allow Mr. Taylor the oppor-
tunity for which he spiked, stating that if he wished to
make any communication it most be in writing There
was a large attendance at the fanners' meeting. Mr.
Wial was introduced to the meeting, and stated that hi*
family hail emigrated to Ohio twenty-five or thirty years
ago. Wages in America were now very low. He was pre-
pared to bring over as many labourers as they wanted,
and they would enter into yearly contracts to serve them
for lii. a week, working Isamu sunrise to sunset (cries of
" (th"). lie had .E2,UUU his own money, which he was
willing to sacrifice in bringing these men over, so that the
fanners in the district might not be compelled to accede
to the demands of the union delegates. The chairman
informed Mr. Wood that they did not want the men at
present, but if be would leave his address they would
communicate with him when they wanted any.
Mr. MENDELL& M.P., in presiding at a public meeting
held in Sheffield, in support of the lucked-out farm
labourers, warmly euloarased the men who were expatria-
ting themselves at the behest of the unions, and appealed
for means to enable them to leave the luck-out district&
A resolution was aaloptud plethring the meeting to assist
the labourers " in the exercise of their lawful right of
combination." A sum of .Elll7 we. collected In the room.
The landowners of Suffolk have projected a County
Pros ident Society, for the benefit of tarot labourers, and
several munificent donations are an nnn newt, including
l:501.1 each from the Earl a Stradbroke, Lord Reudliaiham,
and Mr. .1. Denier.

TRE LABOUR QUESTION: CONFERENCE
BETWEEN A MASTER AND HIS MEN.

The member. of the West Suffolk Farmer's Defence
Association, agreed to discharge all labourers who would
not Imve the Union ; and the following is • report of the
interview of Mr. Henry Stanley, of Bury, who farms 700
acres, with his men. It is necessary to explain that when
Mr. htanley took the land, four or the years ago, it was in
;*csrY bad emulation. Ile began by doubling the number of
n."."nrnrs, introduced steam cultivation, paid the expense
of liming one of hi farm hands taught to drive the
une'ilw: and had another to attend to the threshing-
machine and the stesiniddeugh, payin- both these men
mechanics' wages. Just before Mid .I:arve..4 the Union
lalvir r. skid ss. for the usual live week. work,
"vi" 4 in.invy. Yenta only ,LB. They were offered
LS 15a, whiih wee believed to he quite the MAXIMUM
price paid in the neighbourhood and their employer had ,
to get his harvest in as he could. However, they asked to '
be taken lack afterwards, and were taken hack.
The labourers, in in all, followed us into a large room in
the Mind's house, and stood are sat as they felt inclined
One was, lad of about 16. Three of them must have been
close on 110 years old. One was the parish clerk. Several
of them took port in the convermtion, but one of the more
intelligent was the general spoke:lmm Throughout the
Interview they were perfectly good-humoured and civiL
There was no defiance or bitteniem or jeering on their
aide, but • numly self-respect which made itself felt ; and
it will be men that their replies showed no little shrewd-
...a, and appreciation of the points now In Lame. Their
employer, of course, opened the conversation, Ile said -
"I have Come here on an unpleasant business . We
i• ars feel that we cannot, after employing se much
tai to obtain &crop, have that crop ;put in danger, as
t-10,16:n...etre, against such • demise, for it le
caP4— lest ' the want of labour to gather it.
q;"Vuitenweind.arm
we are never ease with such rules as you Union
mon aro bound by.