... WITHOUT doubt the governing factor during the third Test Match was the weather. The first day saw Eng land facing the bowling on a very difficult wicket caused by torrential rain the previous night; however, this initial advantage for the Australians didn't hold for a storm of un precedented ferocity on Saturday night-- followed by another downpour on Sunday evening--gave them a similarly ...

... , an. The Alfa-Laval 4-Way DUPLEX CONTROL VALVE is an ingenious device which contributes much to the simplicity and efficiency of our Combine Recorder. The valve is, in reality, two independent valves in one, one controlling the passage of milk, the other controlling the air and vacuum. It is designed with a protecting lip, which elim inates damage when washing, thereby having a great ...

... GALLOWAY cattle are well known for their hardiness and they will fatten well on poor exposed grazing land in the cold and wet climate of their native country. They are in great demand for crossing with other breeds for beef production, and the Galloway- Shorthorn cross is perhaps the best-known type. If white or light-roan Shorthorn bulls are used most of the progeny are polled and blue-grey. ...

... . By D. H. Watson-Wood COURSING par excellence. Such aptly describes the standard of the trials held at Druids Lodge on November 24, 25, and 26. Quite apart, however, from the meritorious tests provided by a succession of strong running hares, there were other features associated with the meeting which will render it memorable in the history of South of England coursing. Outstanding was the ...

... IN the autumn of 1942 the Lancashire W.A.E.C. undertook the reclamation of about 200 acres in the valley of Kirkby Pool a narrow stream situated between Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness. The whole area was covered with a thick mat of rushes with bent grass and all of it was liable to flood. The Upper Lonsdale Catchment Board has carried out a scheme for widening and cleaning the bed of the ...

... LONDON RUGBY UNION helped Guy's Hospital to bring their centenary cele brations to a proper conclusion at Honor Oak Park at the end of last month. London came into being some years before the last war with the laudable intention of enabling the four Rugby counties of Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Eastern Counties to combine in one strong team against the might of touring sides from the Dominions ...

... By A. Croxton Smith SPORT is a great social equaliser. Indeed, one might say that it has played an important part in bringing all sections of the com munity together. Those of us who have been reared on the land know what fox-hunting means to the countryside. While reading a book on the chase, I came across a news paper cutting pasted on a page in the chapter on the Duke of Beaufort's pack. ...

... ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS Potato Planting in Scotland TS ...

... Hedgerows are now all abloom with damson blossom in the Lyth Valley of Westmorland, while on the fells above Windermere the shepherd cares for his lambs among a host of golden daffodils. ...

... By Ashley Courtenay IN pre-war days to describe a place as at the back o' beyond was to sound a little derogatory. Nowadays the opposite is the case. To be able to enjoy quietude in Britain at the moment is a rarity, and an hotel that can provide this and lovely surroundings as well, has an asset, not a liability, to offer. What more attractive sanctuary than the subject of this week's ...

... Don't Waste Your Fruit-- Can It IN 1938, the last complete year of peace, we imported, according to the Ministry of Food's figures, approximately £9,000,000 worth of tinned fruit. Even if it were possible nowadays to import such an amount it would not be necessary, for up and down the country housewives who previously have either given away the fruit from their gardens, or sold it for ...

... THIRTEEN thousand people were at Lord's on Saturday for the return match between London Counties and M produced a day of perfect cricket and ended within five minutes of time with the defeat of the London CouniB by 104 runs. It was their first this season. The Empire XI declaring at 308 for 4, dismissed their opponents for 255 B of Northants and Cambridge, gave the Empire XI a flying start ...