FARMERS' TOUR

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 8, 10 January 1930, Page 3

FARMERS' TOUR

THE BRITISH PARTY

NEW LEADER

'WHO'S WHO' OP VISITORS

(From "The Post's" Representative.) LONDON, sth December.

Arrangements for the farmers' tour under the auspices of the British National Union are well in hand, and the British party ivill sail from here in the Remuera on 17th January. Mr. Samuel E. Whitley, who is now leader of the party, will be accompanied by Mrs. Whitley. Mr. Whitley is a brother of the late Speaker of the House of Commons, lie farmed in Surrey for several years, and he has been a member of the Council of the British Dairy Farmers' Association for about thirty years, and chairman of the Show Committee for over twenty years. In this latter capacity he has been one of the chief organisers of the Annual Cattle Show, Islington, lie lives at Reading, and has an official connection with the Dairy Research Institute attached to the Reading University. The following are a few notes regarding the members of the party:— Alcock, Arthur Henry, Welling Hill Farm, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham; dairy and arable farming. For three years had a grain ranch in Montana, U.S.A. Bacon, Edmund Castell, Raveningham Hall, Norwich; mixed farming, 450 acres in Norfolk. Batho, Frank, Greymount, Gobowen, Shropshire; mixed farming, 350 acres; making Cheshire cheese from 100 Friesian cows. Campbell, William James, Edinburgh; interested in farming generally, but especially in Scottish, seed potatoes. Director, Scottish Society for Research in Plant Breeding. Chalk, Vcrnon Beecher, Tenterden, Kent; general farming and horse breeding; judged live stock at many agricultural shows.. Chard, Douglas, Chatham; managing director, Strood Engineering Co., agricultural engineers. Charter-Fawsitt, Henry Gibbon, Beyerley, -3. Yorks; Wold farming; in Queensland in. 1875 with Land Order Warrant. Three years in South. Sea Islands. Farmed in Montana, U.S.A., and Rocky Mountains. Cockroft, John Waddington, Halifax, Yorks; wool merchant, formerly dairy farmer. Crawford, Daniel, M.8.E., J.P., Hatfield, Herts; rotation farming, potato growing in particular. During war represented Ministry of Agriculture at Hertfordshire Appeal Tribunals to enhance food production. Interested in large number of local bodies. Cridlan, John Joseph, Maisemore Park, Gloucester; breeder Aberdeen Angus cattle. President of several cattle and other societies, first judge to be appointed to make Aberdeen Angus awards, Palermo Show, Buenos Aires; judge at Chicago Grand International Show, also at the Guelph Fat Stock Show, Canada. Mr. Cridlan bought the Maisemore Park Estate in 1897, and established a herd of Angus cattle on the best "strains and choicest pedigrees in Scotland. Crosher, John Francis, F.R.G.S., Melton Mowbray; Stilton cheese manufacturing and dairy farming; member of the Royal Agricultural Society and British Dairy Farmers' Association; member of the Rotary International. Crump, William Edward, Icklesham, Susses; dairy farming in Sussex and grazing in Romney Marsh, member East Sussex County Council and Agricultural Committee; chairman Eye Branch National Farmers' Union. Curtis, William Thomas, Effingham, Surrey; general farming and dairying; interested in Guernsey cattle and thoroughbred horses. FAMOUS HORSE BREEDER. Dunlop, William, Eugby; horse breeding, cattle, and sheep; purchased in 1912 by auction the famous Clydesdale stallion, Baron of Buchlyvie, now in the Kelvinside Museum, Glasgow. Won many prizes for Clydesdales and bred Wells Mascel, the' champion mare of Australia. Edwards, Bartle, Major, M.C., J.l'., Hardingham Hall, near Norwich; dairy and arable farming, retired major m Rifle Brigade and served throughout the war; chairman or member of various local bodies and councils. Glossop, Clifford W. H., Bramwith Hall, near Doneaster, Yorkshire; pedigree stock breeding and dairying; founded the Lund herd of British Friesian cattle in 1921; has travelled extensively. Gurr, Henry, Chatham, Kent; hops, fruit, dairy, and general farming. . Hornsby, Robert, J.P., Silloth, Cumberland; estate agency and general farming; specialty iv stud breeding; has sold pedigree cattle to South America, United States, and the Dominions; frequent judge at shows. _.._,, Hill, Alexander Campbell, Hatfield, Herts; mixed farming, avable, dairying, and sheep. Johnson, Alfred, J.P., Sheerness, Kent; Kent sheep, Friesian and general farming; chairman.of local bodies. Mr. Johnson visited New Zealand in the Tainui on her maiden voyage some 20 years ago, and is hopeful of meeting some of his fellow passengers in the Dominion. Lane, Thomas Wright, .Holbeach, Lines; arable farming; root seeds production a specialty; prominently^ connected with educational institutions. Lloyd, Mrs. Llewellyn, Southern Rhodesia (English address, Oxford); ranching and mixed farming; assisted her husband and carried on the estate after his death. Milstead, Frank Herbert, London; colonial export trade since 1881. Murray, Edmund Theodvore, M.A., rector, Bourton-on-the-Hillj Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire; hon. chaplain to the Forces and chaplain to the High Sheriff of Gloucester; dairy farming, stock raising, and light horse breeding; all spare time apart from profession spent in farming. Nosworthy, William Edwards, North Bovey, Moreton Hampstead, Devon; stock raising, interested in Church and educational matters, and local government. Patchett, Eli, Bradford and Thirsk, Yorks; arable and sheep farming; bleeder and exhibitor of Shire horses and Shorthorn cattle; managing director of A. and E. Patehett, Limited, wool merchants, Bradford. Pattinson, George H., J.P., Windermere, Westmorland; dairy and sheep farming, chairman county council, former High Sheriff; chairman of other local bodies. Powel, Charles,, Otley, York; moorland sheep farming, director, Wharfdale Auction Mart. Rankine, Harold, J.P., Rochford, Essex; dairy and generalfar/iing (1500 acres); managing director Stambridge Flour Mills. Rowland, Joseph H., Plymstock, Devonshire; mixed farming and vegetable growing; : ember of several local bodies. Russell-Fergnsson, Mrs. Elaine, Argyllshire; pig breeding and dairying, and Aberdeen Angus cattle; president of the Appin Agricultural Show Division; member of council of Scottish National Association of Pig Breeders. Scott, James, Forres, Morayshire; grain growing and cattle feeding. Smalley, Joseph Bertram, Cark-in-Cartmellj Lancaohirgi &U_ MdußM

Shorthorns, Cumberland pigs, Shire horses, and Wensleydale sheep; chairman or member of a number of local bodies; also interested in poultry breeding. Smith, A. Gerald, Woodbridge, Suffolk; corn and vegetable growing, breeding of pigs, horses, and cattle; breeder of Suffolf Punch horses; Red Poll cattle and Suffolk sheep. Now retired. Smith, James, J.P., Kelso, Roxburghshire; sheep farming and ram breeding; four farms; judge pedigree Border, Leicester, and Cheviots, and fat sheep at English and Scottish shows. Steel, Alec, 0.8. E., J.P., Southend-on-Sea; dairy farming, market gardening, sheep, and mixed arable farming; prominent citizen of Southend-ou-Sea, interested in all local bodies. Stool, John, Rochford, Essex; farmed in Scotland and Essex 35 years; member of Essex Smallholdings Committee; interested in local government. , Thistleton-Smith, John, J.Pi, Pudding Norton Hall, Thakenham, Norfolk; all branches of farming (5000 acres). A POULTRY EXPERT. Tipper, Lawrence, M.R.C.V.S., Moseley, Birmingham; late principal Messrs. B. C. Tipper, Veterinary Chemical Works, Birmingham; chairman of Animal Medicine Makers and Allied Traders' Association; landowner Warwickshire and Worcestershire; member of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and other local bodies. Mr. Tipper has taken a great interest in the development of the poultry industry/, and is a member of the principal British Poultry and Columbarian Associations; delegate to World's Poultry Congress, Barcelona, 1924; Ottawa, 1927; advocate of Imperial Preference, travelled extensively in the Dominions] Europe, Asia, and South America. Upton, John, Bristol; general farming. Watson, Edmondtone, Gretna, Dumfriesshire; mixed farming; retired 1918, since actively engaged as arbiter and agricultural valuer. West, Albert, Bevandene Farm, Brighton;' dairy farming. Winfrey, Sir Kictiard, J.P., Castor House, near Peterborough. Private secretary to Lord Lincolnshire (president of the Board of Agriculture) from 1906-10; Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, 1916-18; member of Parliament for South-West Norfolk, 1906-23, and for Gainsborough Division of Lincolnshire 1923-24. Sir. Richard comes of a farming stock, his father farmed in South Lincolnshire for many years, and he carried on the farm for some time after his father's death. Chairman of the Lincolnshire and Norfolk Smallholdings Association, controlling 3000 acres of land and 260 tenants. Young, Mark, Sandy, Bedfordshire; general farming and market gardening, 1200 acres, formerly member of Town Council (22 years), and chairman during last nine years. Reputed to be the largest grower of onions in England. Besides Mrs. Llewellyn Lloyd and Mrs. Russell Fergusson, who are members of the party as farmers in their own right, there will be other, ladies in the party. As stated previously, Mr. Samuel Whitley, the leader, will be taking Mrs. Whitley with him. Mr. Crawford will be accompanied by Mrs. Crawford, and other wives accompanying their husbands are Mrs. Cridlan, Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Thistletou-Smith, and Lady Winfrey.

Mrs. Llewellyn Lloyd will be accompanied by her daughter, and Mr. James Smith will have with him Miss Smith.