... THE eighty-eighth Show and Sale at Exeter, held under the auspices of the Devon Cattle Breeders' Society, attracted a large attend ance 144 hulls were catalogued and an excellent sale resulted 23 bulls reached three-figure prices and the 123 bulls sold averaged approximately £70. The judges, Messrs. Cecil Brent, Robert Maunder, G. C. Skinner and Fred Yendell had a difficult task. The cham ...

... By J. S. Wilson, M.A., B.Sc. (Institute for Research in Agricultural Engineering) THANKS to the recent developments in Malaya and the Far East, the tyre situation has quite suddenly changed from difficult to something very near the impossible so far as motor tyres are concerned, and there is little sign of the rubber position easing for at least a year or two. Eight years ago, or even less, ...

... SUITS FOR THE SPRING GALADALE TWEEDS AND NAPPA HATS A NOTABLE doctor once declared that there is no better mental tonic than a new hat, especially in the spring, when the longer days are coming. Harrods, Knights- bridge, are showing their new collection, which may be divided into two classes those for sports and country wear, and those for social functions. The latter are cheerful and prac ...

... The Tote and its Possibilities Meyrick Good's New Book I AM obliged, owing to shortage of space, to write a rather patchy article this week. First of all, a note has come from the friend who supplied me with some details of the Flemington racecourse. Why, he asks did you cut out the i most important part my reference to the 1 kind of Tote used and the fact that the meet ings are run for the ...

... AT the Church of England School at Little Gaddesden, Herts., great work is going on. The children, half of whom are evacuated from London, are all members of the Young Farmers' Club, and with the encouragement of the local food and educa tion authorities, they rear pigs, rabbits,, poultry and goats. Everything is run on strict business lines, and they have converted a grant of f\2 into animal ...

... With faultless rounds three com petitors shared the leading places in the Military Tumping Competition No. 2. They are left to right, Capt. Fresson (France) on Nankin; Commandant F. A. Aherne (Ireland) on Clontibret and Commandant D. J. Corry (Ireland) on Antrim Glens. Below, Commandant Corry is over the water jump in magnificent style and Commandant de Tiliere (France) another competitor in ...

... WATCHING THE JUDGING of Anglo-Arabs at Roehampton, where there were over 200 entries for the Summer Show of the Arab Horse Society. The Society's first independent show, under the Presidency of Lady Wentworth, of Crabbct Park, was held in April last year and was followed by a summer event and another spring fixture this year. They were so successful that the Society is likely to have a ...

... FOUR EVENTFUL DAYS seemed all too fete for the crowds which flocked from Lancashire's great industrial area to see what their countrymen had to show them. The Show under the Presidency of Lord Peel (inset), was even more successful than its first post-war predecessor at Chorley. Of the record total of 3834 entries, 1123 were livestock (including light and heavy horses). There were also 1378 ...

... THE Prime Minister's prophecy, made at the Guildhall on June 30, 1943, when the Freedom of the City of London was conferred on him, was in the following terms Very probably there will be heavy fighting in the Mediterranean and elsewhere before the leaves of autumn fall. B The fight in Italy is now on. The leaves are falling with the autumn rains. In London they are fluttering down to the ...

... THE military side of war operations is so vital and important that there is every excuse for the public to overlook the many essential duties carried out by the Army authorities behind the lines. One of the first and most important considerations is to ensure that the civilian populations in occupied areas are properly fed and that food hoarders and speculators are not allowed to hold up ...

... ALTHOUGH the Shropshire is an important sheep in the western counties, it is not as generally well known as the high quality of the breed warrants. There are a number of first-class flocks distributed over this country, but it is as an export type that the Shropshire is best known. The breed is very popular in the United States, where there are a great number of pedigree flocks as well as ...

... A CONTEMPORARY publishes some astonishing figures illustrating the development of artificial insemination in Russia. In 1940, it is alleged, 1,950,000 cows, 15,180,000 ewes and 447,000 mares were fertilised in this manner. If to achieve this 3,000,000 cows and 21,000,000 ewes (we will throw in the brood mares) were inseminated, the resources of our great ally in skilled man power become even ...