. Farmer and stockbreeder . 1 JOs. to £13 head, and medium lots at £6 10s. to £10 perhead. All the lots offered were quickly clearedat correspondingly high rates. The buteliers explained that they must bidhigh pi ices because they felt compelled to getsomething sweet and tender for their customers. NEWLY PLOUGHED LAND FAILURES At a meeting of the Tamworth War AgriculturalCommittee, the question of the breaking up of landat the request of the Government was raised byMr. J. Ordish. who asked who was going to put itback again. He said it was understood that theGovernment would bear the ex


. Farmer and stockbreeder . 1 JOs. to £13 head, and medium lots at £6 10s. to £10 perhead. All the lots offered were quickly clearedat correspondingly high rates. The buteliers explained that they must bidhigh pi ices because they felt compelled to getsomething sweet and tender for their customers. NEWLY PLOUGHED LAND FAILURES At a meeting of the Tamworth War AgriculturalCommittee, the question of the breaking up of landat the request of the Government was raised byMr. J. Ordish. who asked who was going to put itback again. He said it was understood that theGovernment would bear the expense. Mr. R. Siilito observed that a good many of thewheat crops on the newly ploughed-up ground hadfailed. A resolution was moved by Mr. E. Clarkethat they should bring to the notice of the Execu-tive Committee of Warwickshire and Staffordshirethat there was a prospect of a large claim beingmade for compensation for the wheat crops whichhad failed, and this was carried. 10413 THE F ABM Eli AND STOCKBREEDER June 9, 1919. CORRESPONDENCE AN/ESTHETICS IN SIMPLE OPERATIONS ON AMIMALS Sir,—In reference to the letters in your re the Animals (Anaesthetics) Bill), will•you permit me, as one who is a great lover ofanimate and has had a pood deal of medical ;mdsurgical work among them, to endorse mQMcordially your correspondents views? There aremany stockmen who are by experience andnative- intelligence, aided frequently by homestudy, almost as competent as a veterinarysurgeon. Then there is another point, it thisHill an anaesthetic necessary for ordinarycastration it makes a very great mistake. In giving, say, chloroform there is a vastdifference between an animal and a human human heing knows there is to be an opera-tion, and dreads the pain with more or less in-tensity according to tiie nervous organisationof the individual. The thought of taking anansestlretic is hailed as a godsend. There is nolighting against it. Hut with an animal thecase is cni


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