... A STUDENT of a well-known Agricultural College surprised the writer recently by saying that, far from being full, his particular college had fewer members at present than was usual. The matter is so important that comment on it, for the moment, must be deferred. It may be pertinent, however, to suggest that one of the chief post-war responsi bilities of the Ministry will be to see that the ...

... Memories of the 1934 Open I SUPPOSE every golfer can recall shots he has played during his golfing life, shots that stand out more clearly than others. Whilst I can remember most of the final shots that led to my winning a big event, some of the what I might call incidental shots stand out just as clearly. Going back just over six years now to the Open Championship in 1934 at the Royal St. ...

... Clothes FOR AN Active Life THE generaT movement back to the country has also meant a movement in fashion, swinging over from formal town clothes to country classics. Lillywhites, of Piccadilly Circus, have a very practical collection of suits and coats designed for an active country life. The camel-coloured coat on the right shows how well they com bine individual details with simple lines and ...

... The Houghton Meeting at Newmarket Hunters Moon IV. 's Cesarewitch LORD ROSEBERY'S SUCCESS: The finish of the Ladies' Nursery Stakes for two-year-old fillies over six furlongs, with Lord Rosebery's Mercy, ridden by E. Smith, winning from Airs. A. James's Beausite H. Wragg) and Lord Milford's Osprey (K. Young). Mercy started second favourite at 7 to 2, and it was her fourth successive win. ...

... LARGE FIELDS were a feature of Cheltenham's well-attended one-day National Hunt meeting, and in this picture are most of the thirty runners in the Pittville Selling Hurdle taking the first jump. The race was won by Mr. T. Westhead's All 's Fair ridden by A. Jarvis. All 's Fair, starting at too 30, was the only favourite to win. SIR ANTHONY PALMER, a member of the well-known Chelten ham family, ...

... OFFICIAL figures show that there are large acreages of oat stubble that can go into wheat this year. This is due to the pecu liar weather conditions of the autumn of 1939, when so many farmers grew oats instead of wheat. The Ministry therefore looks forward to a con siderable expansion in the wheat acreage in the coming year, especially as recent rains have helped ploughing and tilth-making. ...

... THE National Trust announces that through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Scott, restrictive covenants will be placed upon a large part of the Brathay Hall Estate at the head of Windermere. The property which is to be preserved includes the park-land in front of Brathay Hall, the whole of its lake shore and the fir-clad Brathay Rocks. Roughly, the protection will cover a mile of lake ...

... CASTING FOR SCENT. A HA TRICK. The North Cornwall Foxhounds THE FIRST MEET this season was at Allansford, a lonely spot on the moor near St. Breward, about one mile from Rough Tor. one of the highest points in the county. This season Mrs. E. Harrison the Joint-Master has been joined by Brigadier Harrison Captain Hall having retired. W. Gradden is hunting hounds. The Holcombe. Harriers 0 WING ...

... th1ndTam1ticSPi?ewsNC Better safe thau sorry-fit TripleX all round Friday, November a, mo. The Illustrated S PORTI NO and DRAMATIC News ...

... Next Week's Work in the Garden Vegetables CROPS growing in frames need careful watch ing at this time of year. Their greatest enemy is damp. Keep the plants as hardy as possible remove the lights from the frames at every favourable opportunity during the day. Give ventilation when the lights are replaced at night, provided the weather is mild. Pick off dead leaves and stir the soil between the ...

... SOLDIERS convalescing at an R.A.M.C. hospital are being taught many useful arts and crafts, and, like his father in the last war, the modern Tommy is showing a remarkable aptitude for the work. It is a wonderful antidote for boredom and has the advantage that most of it can be done in the open air. A recent sale of the men's work realised more than /loo. BASKET- MAKING This is one of the ...

... Canadian Spruce for Aeroplan IN the forests of British Columbia millions of board feet of spruce timbe are being felled to feed the rapidly expanding aircraft industry of th United States and Canada, which is using it in a way that may have a stron influence on aeroplane construction over here. Moulded spruce, impregnate with a plastic material, is being used for wings and fuselages, and is ...