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SPRAYER CO. LTD

... WTTlTn-W^Minm for efficient weed control 50 gallon tank, rear mounted. Fully protected against scaling and corrosion. 20 ft. spray bar in 3 sections, care fully designed to eliminate whip, and front mounted for efficient control. P.T.O. driven pump applies 5-20 gallons per acre. Fitted with adjustable pressure regulator valve for pressures from 20-80 lbs. per sq. inch. Sprayer is easily ...

Harry Ferguson Ltd

... I ., 1 Get EXTRA pulling power with FERGUSON TYRE GIRDLES Fitted in 10 minutes Detached in five One man simply lays out the girdles, reverses the tractor on to them and connects up. They go on in 10 minutes and come off in five. Pull extra loads These ground-gripping tyre girdles ensure greater traction in heavy or greasy soil, or in snow. The girdles help the horse power do the job. Non ...

CRAVEN A

... I Carreras, ijo Years' Reputation for Quality Those quick to detect true quality in a cigarette, prefer flattest yf o/^ade with rich, fine tohacco, the unvarying quality of Craven X provides so much more in smoking enjoyment I J^1| H ^/J\f ...

The Mail Who Bought a Village

... Part III. By Land Agent READERS of Sport & Country who scanned this page a fortnight ago may recollect that I was recounting my walk round an estate which had recently been bought by a business friend, and that having discussed some of the problems which beset him in his village and on a couple of his farms, I proposed in the coming issue to tell of some of the snags that he was up against in ...

The Little Company of Mary

... THE presentation last autumn by Harry Ferguson Ltd., of Coventry, of a tractor and a complete set of implements to Harrow School Farm, which was reported in these pages last November, has had an interesting sequel. Mr. S. G. Patterson, the Harrow master who directs the School Farm, was so im pressed by the results obtained from the Ferguson System of mechanised agriculture that he recommended ...

International Ploughing Contest

... By Sydney Moorhouse THIS year's event, organised by the Northern Ireland Ploughing Society, and held on a hillside at Mallusk, near Belfast, was truly international, with the ploughmen of Northern Ireland meeting a strong challenge from England, Scotland. Wales, the Isle of Man. and Eire. The trip to Belfast is becoming more popular as a prize at some of the leading competitions every year, ...

Up and down the land

... THE examination of enquiries received at the Agricultural Stand of the School boys' Exhibition shows that, of the large number of young people anxious to take up agriculture as a career, grammar-school boys of school certificate standard are the most numerous. Next are boys from technical county secondary schools, and there are also a number of public-school and grammar- school boys seeking ...

Prizewinners at Cruft's

... ROUGH COLLIE Ch. Alphington Nigger King born November 1943 by Alphington Land Boy Alphington Honeymoon bred and shown by Mrs. A. E. Newbery, Cowick Lane St. Thomas Exeter. Rpst nf hrp.p.A POINTER Ch. Dimas Thunder shower, born February 1946, by Herewilhem Moscow's Spirit Dimas Pennine Parasol, bred by Mr. and Mrs. J. Mason and shown by Mr. M. Christie, Abbot a End, Amersbury, Wills. SHETLAND ...

Training for Better Golf

... I SUPPOSE the secret of success is know ing how to train for anything; and whether it be boxing, snooker, football or golf, it is certain that the champions in each sphere have succeeded in finding a suitable method, if only applicable to themselves. For acknowledged important golf events most contestants try to prepare themselves specially for the all-important days, but that few succeed is ...

Little Baldon Farm, Near Oxford

... SOME of the land of Little Baldon Farm borders on the main London road-- apart from neat fencing and the well- cared-for fields behind it, there is nothing special to catch the eye of the speeding motorist. It is probably as well that the fare buildings are hidden some distance back along the by-road, because distractions on main roads to-day are not good for safety. And .Little Baldon larm ...

The Livestock Side at Little Baldon

... I The Livestock j Side at Little Baldon x SERVICE PENS: The stock bulls are housed in I light and comfortable loose boxes each with a large g yard. A clever arrange- m ment of swinging gates allows the bulls into the S service pen, with the stock- man all the time safely S? behind protective ban. I JQfllF T p. A. A FOR THE FARM HANDS Apart from the big barn and the building to house the drying ...

An American Tree-Puller

... A TREE-PULLER, also called a brush-puller, designed to pull out by the roots trees up to 1 1 ins. in diameter, is a boon to South-West United States cattle breeders and farmers for clearing the land of the mesquite tree, which is a scourge in this area. The mesquite casts virtually no shade, grows with great rapidity, kills range grass, and has no commercial values to speak of. It is used ...