... We Visit an Onion Expert Points that will Help You in Your Garden By Our Horticultural Expert IT has been officially stated that onions to the value of £1,896,173 (representing 4,572,643 cwts.) were imported into the United Kingdom in 1938. The bulk of them, I believe, came from the continent. I know nothing of the present position regarding such imports, but it is common knowledge that, even ...

... Rapier on Racing Promise of Recreation for the Forces AS I have anticipated and assumed for some time past, racing under Rules is to be resumed early next month. The official announcement is that the Stewards are hopeful that a limited programme will be allowed from about the middle of September. Trainers will thus have reasonable time in which to get their horses in racing trim again and ...

... This small house, six feet long, accommodates six birds in a London garden. A movable type for those with a small paddock a laying ark with nest boxes outside. Galvanised wire let into the ground and turned outwards, topped with five strands of barbed wire, keeps out cats, dogs, and other intruders. W J: i 'hV ri> .'iwrjetS'/S MW9-C. A home-made poultry house and run in an orchard. It holds ...

... , Issued by the THE CLOTH THAT BEARS THE MARK OF IDENTITY Harris Tweed teas first woven by the crofters of the Outer Hebrides for their on Ti protection. Because of its sturdy strength and hard-wearing qualities Harris Tweed is particularly suitable fi r present-day conditions. HARRIS TWEED As a safeguard against imitations the Harris Tweed Trade Mark has been registered by order of the Board ...

... Intensive Vegetable Production Inter-Cropping as a War Time Necessity By Our Horticultural Correspondent ANYONE of average strength and intel ligence can dig a piece of ground, manure it, sow it with seeds and produce a reasonably good crop of vegetables. I suggest, however, that for our war effort we should not be content until the maximum yield of which our garden, large or small, is capable ...

... THE Tonbridge bowlers were in devastating form against T. C. Cobb's XI., and the School rounded off the season with a nine-wicket victory. T. R. R. Wood, the captain, H. R. O. Hubble and R. A. A. Smith shared the bowling honours, putting the visitors out for 104, a total which might have been poorer, for six wickets had been down for 49. Wood and G. R. Leahy, the School's opening pair, scored ...

... Dogs of To-day No Case for Further Tax says A. Croxton Smith WHAT a lot of loose talk one hears about dogs nowadays, most of which does not get us anywhere, but may be mischievous if it is not corrected. Before Sir Jsangsiey Wood announced the methods by which he proposed to extract more money from the pockets of willing taxpayers he was begged to consider the revenue that woifld be derived ...

... I Eand dramatic news No ersatz! MttpieX is qewwe safety qlass Friday, august m, 1940 _ (J ty The Illustrated St^MfUKI and DRAMATIC News ...

... By A. Croxton Smith WHEN one thinks of what might have been it is difficult to find words strong enough to express one's opinion of the camarilla that has landed the world in its present mess. Instead of barbed wire and guns, empty houses and no visitors, the seaside places would have been crowded with happy families. Last week-end would have seen the London stations serving the north full of ...

... TO the layman the farm worker may seem to have a solitary job, but this is not so. If you are to make a success of land work you must grasp the tact that farming is team work each man pursues his allotted task in relation to the other, and delay or inefficiency on the part of one probably confuses the whole scheme of things. There 's a good example of team work in the top picture of threshing ...

... FOR AN I AUTUMN j MORNING ANEW hat is really an economy, for it gives months of fresh life to your clothes. Not that the hats now appearing for the early autumn need any such excuse their charm speaks for itself, and on closer inspection they are all very wearable. Swan and Edgar, Piccadilly Circus, have a refreshing collection, including the tailored model below. This has a high crown, ...

... NUMBER 3 EXTRA QUALITY CIGARETTES number 3 EXTRA QUALITY CIGARETTES J 52. THE CARTWAY, BRIDGNORTH. A noteworthy example of Elizabethan timber construction built in 1580. Here was torn Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore in 1729. Traditional merit belongs also to that other Notable Number, esteemed among smokers for its outstanding excellence Player's No. 3. It is a cigarette of supreme coolness and ...