SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1938
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The cast-houses by the hop gardens at Boltring, Kont. (Painting by Algernon Talmago, R.A.]
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inters row, days after thes anonymonia fetter with a viongeti was addergard to the Tapetor Jurself He knew
Laun was quity, and, under 455-PNatanation, the toke down
CHASED a couple of jack- daws off a precious row of Time and peas recently. again they came after the young, succulent tips. It must have been that other feeding grounds were drying of.
What an Incesslint business li k. Kerping up the campaign against all sorts and types of farming and
WEEK-END SECTION
Eyes On
The Hops
carly extermination.
He had a note of their addresses-their time would come
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He talked of many a victory won. He was as frank about defeat and
There disappointments,
was time when Aphis was the menace -threatening to wipe out the livelihood of a whole countryside.
It was nicoline powder, not gun- foc. powder, that routed this Precautionary dustings of Lhin'
effective antiseptic at the right moment dismiss anxiety on that account for a reason.
There's not much luck about u good crop of hops these days.
The E who gets one usually idly deserves it. Except, of course, where it is a case of a man who 13
obliged to make his night without the proper equipment, or plenty of capital at the back of him.
That is where the manager of a
gardenleg enemies before a c farm h the splendid one I went
in gathered.
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laid out than another beglia iter at Belting may be thought to have a decided advantage over many who are in the same line of business.
depredalona.
It is war all the time ettering plenty of scope for the war-minded to keep themselves busy without indulging their energies upon their fellow men!
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More farmers than do could make a better fight of it had they the resources that great firm Mas Messrs. Whitbrend's are able to
behind Dut
a food manager's skill, and a keen band of
oid timers" working with km.
Pay the best of wages, and it's not suprising that such farm has the pick of the men ready to tackle Jobs, from the simple hand hoc
to the latest brigade u! mechanical sprayers.
But men must like their jobs to slick even to the best of places.
To Tura Jalo u stable and find there a man aged 85 groaning the grey flanks of a hay that is 29, tella the whole story
As we walked together round the hop garden, and onst-houses und his mugement, at Beltring, in Krul, he spoke na if the seċedul growing of n crop like hops were an much a matter of keeping enentes of that popular plant at bay, as of the artini planiing and picking
Already the Red Spider lurked
Thousands of the East End's in crevices of the poles up which,
11tle Inter, the tremulous canniest hop pickers well know
But Mr. Wan This pot that 1 am mrationding thes would climb. horn kraw just where to look for hundreds of children, at one thir them, and what to do to drive them and anther have elimbed on that aut. They were marked down for house's back as he carted the fag-
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gots round to set the family camp fres going.
But this is not the moment of the year to visit à hop gården just for the fun of the thing. Straight, barc poles and an avenu of strings are about all that there is yet to see.
At the foot of the pole is what is known as a " of sprouting vine--deliente tendrils sent up
from the crown of an old plant that may have earned a keep twenty summers over,
But i like to see things from the very beginning-from the start of the fight for a crop which finishes up with camp area and garlands round the kiddles' heads.
To walk round with such a general at the opening stage of the campaign, with a well-worked- aut plan of attack in his mind, is a Joy and an inspiration.
He may have spent a lifetime at two the ganic, yet expects no seasons ever to be the same.
This season the sinuous tricks of Downy Mildew circumvented, ands him with Verticillium Wilt, the latest phantom flend, to cope with. Bome plants take it-some do not. It opens the attack at all stages- has a go at a plant one year, and leaves the same plant alone the
next.
That's the sort of conundrum that keeps such a man's brain from
You'll never hear growing rusty.
him speak disparagingly of re- search stations like Wye and East Malling. Never too proud to learn, The offers the scientist his practical en-operation.
And so it is that when hop-pick- ing Unier
round again. conies there will be plenty of high quality "Cheidings walling for Liza's nimble fingers. Just the same,
The hop gardens at Beltring are all part of the glory of Kent, pro- ducing an uncommon barvest, the Rathering of which thousands of Londoners turn into an annual "paid holiday, which is partly festival.
Puzzle Corner Answers Cryptogram: Depressions and recessions alop many wheels from turning. but not those equipped. with rubber tires.
Word Diamond; B, scu, spank, spirited, bearberry,
antenna,
kerns, dra, Y.
Letter Juggling: Cares, scare,
races, peres.
What Was the Prico?: 30 cents a dozen.
Fun With Similes: An thin as a rail; As proud na a peacock; As strong as an ox; As rich 18 Croesus; As fair as a lily: As mad share; As sly as a fox: As neat as a pin; As bitter na gall; As deep as well,
"I CAN'T ALWAYS BE WATCHING THEM HOW, MOASE KOW CAN I KKIP THEM HEALTHY ?"
"You're very wise to ask
that, Mrs. Bartlett. And I'll tell you the way in which you can help them most.
"Make sure of internal cleanliness by giving them a regular weekly doso, of California Syrup of Figs. This is specially important with children at the critical age, like yours, who are working hard for their exams. There's nothing pulls them down more than poison in the system-it affecis their general health making them liable to catch any infection that's going about.
"In my experience 'Californin Syrup
of Figs does far more than simply cleanse the system. It acts quite naturally, and gently and keeps digestion healthy and active.
"I find 'California Syrup of Figs" equally good for adults, especially for women. As a matter of fact, Mrs. Bartlett, I use it myself and recom- mend you to adopt it for the whole family
Be sure to get the genuine" California Syrup of Figs."
California Syrup of Figs"
NATURE'S OWN' LAXATIVE.
On Top of the Bus
"AND FOR. STEAKS, CHOPS AND LOBSTERS THERE'S A PLACE THAT
CAN'T BE BEATEN !*
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WHAT CHANCE HAS THE SPRING
AIR. GOT
AGAINST A
STALE, CHEWED, BUT STILL SMOKING
·CIGAR BUTT?
POINTING OUT THE HISTORIC SPOTS-AND GETTING THE INFORMATION RIGHT ONCE IN A WHILE. -BY ACCIDENT.
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EVEN ON THE SUNNIEST, CHEERIEST DAYS, "THE AIR IS POLLUTED WITH
BUSINESS TALK SUCH AS
AN | SAVS TO HIM, GO AHEAD. SUE ME, I SAYS, AN
SEE WHAT IT
GETS YOU!*
VIGNETTES OF LIFE
By J. NORMAN LYND
#000
THE BACK SEAT IS GENERALLY OCCUPIED BY A BOY AND A GIRL AND THE BOY IS MOST LIKELY DOING HIS BEST WITH THE OLD LEGEND ABOUT TWO LIVING AS CHEAPLY AS ONE
WITH AN HOURS SUN AND AIR. ON THE TOP OF A BUS THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE AND IN TUNE WITH THE INFINITE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
NORMAN LYND.
ON THE WRONG- BUS-AS USUAL --- WITH SOVE PEOPLE RUSSES NEVER GO WHERE THEY SHOULD.
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