... 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 ...

... AN experimental farm of 50 acres, which seven years ago was a sun burned waste of Sahara sand not far from Cairo, is yielding fine crops for its owner, His Excellency A. Seddik Pasha, an Egyptian business man and Government official. Using mud from the banks of the Nile and irrigating the farm by water from a canal, he obtained good results during the war and considers that by 1949 the total ...

... Russia's Agricultural Problems The Peasant and his Roubles THE real surprise from Russia is not the ending of rationing, but the blow the Government has dealt the agricultural workers by the devaluation of the rouble. With the enormous number of good farms and vast area of first-class farmland taken by Russia and Poland from Germany, with the consequent displacement of the population into the ...

... , , Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. Phone: Ealing 0116 (7 lines) i/,) -fa- f/H-. Minute MILKING PARLOURS I DIRECT RESULTS I The Alfa-Lava! Combine-Recorder takes the milk from the cow and conveys it direct to the dairy. Milk is not exposed to hands or any other sources of contamination. Almost surgery-standards of cleanliness are possible in the Milking Parlour. Consistent production of ...

... H ITCHI N 960 (10 lines) FARM BUILDINGS COWSTALLS WATER BOWLS ELEVATORS CHAFFCUTTERS BINDER CANVASES PNEUMATIC GRAIN CONVEYING STORAGE EQUIPMENT HARTFORD WORKS HITCHIN HERTS KING COWSTALLS AND WATER BOWLS MR m U.W't. V ^MM >1 ^.ULWUHLHJ WL IIH1-- HMBBBg For years, King have specialised in building and equipping farm buildings of all descriptions. Above photograph shows part of a range of King ...

... IN these times of frustration it is always pleasant to hear of anyone who is getting on with the job, of anyone who at the end of a day or a period can say: Something accomplished, something done. A hard world, rightly or wrongly, recognises and applauds results; it has no time for interesting itself in the unfinished work. Thus, our one-time show pieces our blitzed cities no longer excite ...

... REPTILES and birds have ad vanced so far along the line of verte brate evolution that they have become emancipated from a water life and are air-breathers from birth. Even those members of the former group who spend part of their time in lagoons or in sluggish rivers, come on shore to lay their eggs. Amphibians frogs, toads, newts, etc. live on land for the greater part of the year, but return ...

... THE Easter Monday Horse Show, held in perfect weather and in delightful conditions, had its usual success. Mr. W. C. Saunders' old warrior, Naunton Prince, won the Supreme Cham pionship and the Victory Challenge Cup for the best Suffolk Stalhon in the Show. The prizes were dis tributed by Lady Quilter. THE BEST HUNTER Seagull, from the Moyns Park Riding School, won the Cham pionship for the ...

... uBig Farm, Little Farm? By LAND AGENT A tenant cannot make by the land but according to the corn and cattle which he has got. Suppose you give him twice as much land as he has, it does him no good unless he gets more stock. Dr. Johnson. TAKING my first railway journey the other day in a new national carriage I found myself plunged into the midst of an old national controversy, viz., the best ...

... W* IT is early as yet to attempt to estimate the probable strength of the competition we may expect from French horses in the coming season. This may be considerable, for not only have our French friends tasted blood in the last two seasons but they may be very glad to take every opportunity open to them of racing their horses over here. Racing in France is at the moment beset with diffi ...

... By A. CROXTON SMITH MOST bulldog breeders are in the state of mind of Mr. Micawber --waiting for something to turn up. Sad experience may temper their optimism, yet, like that volatile gentleman, they go on hoping. I have known many who have been trying for years without the realisation of their great expectations reaching fulfilment. High is their reward, however, if they breed a champion or ...