. Farmer and stockbreeder . urnt themselves out. It issupposed that the fires were caused through care-less holiday-makers throwing lighted cigarette ends,or matches into the very dry heather and brack :i,and although at first the outbreak was only small,yet it quickly assumed alarming proportions andsoon the whole country side for miles was one massof flame. Despite the efforts of Fire Brigades andarmies of men. llic flames were not overco me, an 1they reached the extensive grouse moor, known asBurbage Fdse, near Buxton, belonging to the Dukoof Devonshire, which for over a mile was com-pletel
. Farmer and stockbreeder . urnt themselves out. It issupposed that the fires were caused through care-less holiday-makers throwing lighted cigarette ends,or matches into the very dry heather and brack :i,and although at first the outbreak was only small,yet it quickly assumed alarming proportions andsoon the whole country side for miles was one massof flame. Despite the efforts of Fire Brigades andarmies of men. llic flames were not overco me, an 1they reached the extensive grouse moor, known asBurbage Fdse, near Buxton, belonging to the Dukoof Devonshire, which for over a mile was com-pletely devastated. GLUT OF OLD POTATOES At the weekly farm produce market at Ormskirk,the old potato trade was at a standstill. DealersBtated that all the markets were being flooded withpotatoes from Cambridge and Scotland, and theyfeared there would be a surplus of Lancashirepotatoes, for which the Government would have topay compensation. It is expected that a start willbe made this week with the lifting of the new-potato crop. Photo TheProperty of CAPTAIN R. Gre«J Hereford Sire STARLIGHT. [ IflSCKES.—This bull died recently.—He was the sire of the9,000, hull Rinyer. 1104 THE FABMEB AND Agricultural Organisation Society THE ANNUAL MEETING—COL. A. GCO-OPERATION THE SALV The annual meeting and conference of the Agri-cultural Organisation Society was held at the Con-naught Rooms, Great Queen-street, , onThursday, the Karl of Selborne presiding over alarge attendance. ANNUAL REPORT—FORMATION OF PROVINCIALBRANCHES The report stated : The facts of the war, expe-rience of Government control, and the increase inthe cost of labour and other costs of production,have brought home to the British agriculturists thenecessity of combination for business purposes. Discus-ions on agricultural co-operation are wel-comed now at almost any gathering of farmers,and the practical aim of nearly all these gather-ings is to get to business. Every part of the coun-t
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