... Seasonable Hints By our Horticultural Correspondent. Too Much Wood on Apple Trees NOT enough fruit spurs have been made by these apple trees, and the cause is dining well but not wisely on rich soil. The remedy is root pruning. Take out a trench about three to four feet from the stem of the tree and half-way round it. Cut out all roots in the trench and replace the soil. This work must be done ...

... South African Developments of Primary Importance rpO the average Britisher, the idea of South African wine is -L something rather strange and novel. Little does he know that the first vines were actually planted in the Cape Provinces by their first Dutch Governor, Van Riebeek, in the year 1658. Thirty years later, moreover, one of those accidents of history occurred which so often favour bold ...

... IN ths latter part of the summer of 1929 I was visited at Langley Park by two complete strangers, who came to see if I would consider visiting the Argentine during the coming winter, to teach golf and play in tournaments and matches. Although there was no financial guarantee, I was to travel there and back and live there as their guests, and all the money I could make on the trip would be my ...

... By B. Bennison MR. W. J. DEES has been killed on the home front, and amateur boxing is immeasurably the poorer. He was of the champions, and never did a man preach sport for sport's sake with greater persistence or such rugged eloquence. For more than 40 years he stood for all that is best in boxing; in the ring, so in life he was the straightest puncher, in tolerant of shams, just Bill Dees ...

... By Ashley Courtenay I HAVE written of White Horses before. That little Trust House, near Hertford, the White Horse at Hertingfordbury, that Dickensian Inn--also the Great White Horse at Ipswich. Then there is that delight ful little and very old White Horse at Eaton Socon on the Great North Road --presided over by Mrs. Langtrey. And now I have found two more White Horses Gray's White Horse at ...

... Rapier on Racing A Disappointing Season Concluded-- The Three Champions Turkhan Wins at Last Jumping at Manchester ONE is perhaps still too close to the 1940 racing picture to be able to judge it fairly. It has been painted, too, in abnormal circumstances and, as a result, is a patchwork rather than a balanced whole. There is evidence of much hasty work, of bad con struction and also of a ...

... Services Boxing is Looking Up Guardsman Danahar to^ Fight Mizler or Berg By B. Bennison ARMY and Royal Air Force officers have been in conference and there is promise of a fight between Irish Guardsman Arthur Danahar and Harry Mizler or Kid Berg, who are of the many notable boxers serving with the R.A.F. It may take place early next month at York. There will be no purse; the ring of the ...

... At Home AND On Service ACCURATE time-keeping is as important for women on Service as for men, so they will be delighted with the Active Service watches made by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company, 112, Regent Street. The girl below is wearing one in stainless steel on a pigskin strap and hold ing a press-open pocket model in chromium and lizard. There are many different types, at various ...

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... By A. Croxton Smith No matter how bad a reputation for ferocity or treachery may stigmatise a breed in its native land, experience has shown that after a few years of kindly treatment it will become as friendly and dependable as any other dogs. In my young show days the Eskimo dog, as we then called it, was not supposed to be particularly trust worthy, more often than not he was exercised on a ...

... THE flat-racing season, which is to close with Thirsk Races to-morrow, will be reviewed in my next contribution. It has been a season of little outstanding interest from the technical point of view, although it may be that, as in the last war, certain performers --notable Atout Maitre, Flyon and Pont l'Eveque --may be regarded by a later generation with more respect than has so far been ...

... Still More Silage Storing Sugar Beet Tops The Need for the 1941 Campaign No Excuse for Non-Co-operation THERE is evidence that, although we are now thoroughly silage-conscious, we are not yet as silage-minded as we should be. The writer apologises for the American expressions. They are used, however, to em phasise the present position. Everybody by now knows all about silage-- how to make it ...