... THE Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Hudson, has made the discovery that there are many jobs on the farm that horses can carry out better (and, presumably, more economically) than the tractor. Sport and Country has always maintained that the horse has a definite place in farm economics and has published many photographs showing some of the farm activities that can best be done by horse labour. ...

... Experiment in Education A 200-Acre Farm Run by Public Schoolboys in their Spare Time ST. COLUMBA'S COLLEGE, situated on the foothills of the Dublin mountains and facing Dublin Bay, is one of the smallest of the public schools, with just over 150 boys from all parts of Ireland-- rather more than half from the country, the remainder from the cities of the north and south. The founder, Dr. ...

... MESSRS RYMAN held their twenty- ninth sale of Large White pigs from their well-known herd at Manor Farm, Wall, on February 24. A few Tamworths were included, but the main interest was centred on the Large Whites, and high prices were obtained. There was a large at tendance, including breeders from Scotland and from overseas. Several of the animals were purchased for Canada or the Scottish ...

... SOME OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE W.A.E.C. Left to right Mr. Ryman, Chairman of the Machinery Committee Colonel Nicholson, Chairman, Livestock Committee Mr. Roberts Hill, Chairman, Horticultural Committee and Mr. Hollins, Chairman, Staffordshire W.A.E.C. INTERESTED IN PIGS: (left) Mr. P. P. Haynes with his son, Mr. J. Haynes (right), well-known breeders of Large Whites; (centre) Mr. R. Kyles, Ministry ...

... Good Two-Year-Olds at Newmarket The Promise of Rockfella A RECENT visit to Newmarket left me with the impression that the two- year-olds of 1944 that are trained there are an exceptionally good lot. This is as it should be. Owners of brood mares who did not at first take kindly to the policy of re ducing their studs have now been doing so systematically for the last two or three seasons; the ...

... Forestry Food Policy Health [From Our Parliamentary Correspondent.] Westminster, Monday March 13. LORD CROFT'S statement on forestry in the House of Lords was the fourth on this subject by a Minister in the last nine months. Although it contained little that was new it did serve to emphasise the Government's determination to pursue a vigorous post-war forestry policy and from what Lord Croft ...

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... By A. Croxton Smith ONE of the closest friends of my boyhood was a Bobtail, whose intelligence was of such a high order that he seemed capable of doing almost anything. Whether tending sheep or driving cattle, he was indispensable on the farm, and he took charge of the premises when not otherwise engaged. In fact, he was a general utility servant who earned his keep many times over, and in ...

... I CAMBRIDGE University Golf Club and U.S.A. Forces team raised by the Hans Crescent Red Cross Club met at the Gog Magog Course. The standard of play was high, with some truly I remarkable putting by the American, Frank I Cormaci, and a round of 71, two below par, by I the new Cambridge secretary, D. G. A. Leggett, I a Freshman. His tee shot to the 220-yards I thirteenth hole was stone-dead to ...

... UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THEIR OWN DEADLY SO-CALIBRE GUNS, Flying Fortresses let go their bombs over the target. The Forts are simultaneously waging a twofold war against fighters in the air, and the German war machine on the ground BEFORE THE ATTACK BY THE U.S. EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMBERS. The main factory building, work shops and machine shops of the Messerschmitt MO components plant located at ...

... HThree mortar sergeants of the Fifth Army Have just given an account of the battle depicted above. There were so many Gpnnans, said one, that we were switching our mortar targets every second to stop them. We fired with reduced charges and aimed without using our sights. We lobbed tMj mortars in among the enemy and saw the havoc the) caused. We couldn't miss. The Nazis had, apparently ...

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