... Good husbandry Sf v -'m- V, Since the dawn of agriculture, man's struggle has ever Been to make two ears of corn grow where one grew before. To thi#%nd Caterpillar Tractors were invented. To increase farming efficiency tajWiake easigr the keeping of land in good heart to do quicker, cheaper and better.all those jobs which abound on a farm to enable one man to do the work of nupy Stort is ...

... Remarkable School Cricket Uulwich and Merchant Taylors DULWICH College, who had already dismissed St. Paul's for 33, U.C.S. for 16, K.C.S. Wimbledon for 10 and Epsom for 101, blitzed Merchant Taylors, who like themselves had been unbeaten in school matches this season, in a remarkable game at Dulwich. Dulwich lost five wickets for 15, but, thanks to a captain's innings by T. E. Bailey, who ...

... COUPONS t INFLUENCE I FASHIONS Coat Frocks Return Rouleau Tie Fastenings- Short Wedding Trains. THE subject of coupons for clothes is still being discussed its influence is very far- reaching. As a matter of fact, bridal trains will be shorter and more often than not con spicuous by their absence. Coat frocks have returned both with and without neat, detachable basques, as they can be worn ...

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... Vegetables A REMINDER that the follow ing seeds may now be sown under glass as stated in my article of December 27: Carrots and brussels sprouts in a cold frame; peas in boxes or pots in a heated green house, where they may be grown to maturity or, alternatively trans planted outdoors later. Cabbage and cauliflower for sum mer use, and onions may also be put in where heat is available. All the ...

... Supremacy In the Air A Generation Learning To Fly THE Government's new air training scheme gives 700,000 schoolboys aged between sixteen and eighteen, a chance to join the R.A.F. whether they are at elementary, public or secondary schools. The scheme comes into operation on February 1 with the establishment of an Air Training Corps which will include university air squadrons, squadrons and ...

... Although most of the garden space will be turned over willingly to vegetable growing, there will be many who will draw courage and hope from the cultivation of a few flowers, and this they can do without injury to the national effort. By our Horticultural Correspondent ELABORATE summer bedding schemes this year will have to go by the board, but those with facilities for raising annuals in the ...

... SOIL sterilisation is the gardener's greatest aid to success in the cultivation of plants grown in greenhouses and frames. In few instances is its efficacy more apparent than in melon and cucumber culture, as it is an almost infallible remedy against two diffi cult obstacles which many experienced gar deners have been unable to overcome. I refer to damping off, a fungus disease which causes ...

... ^HATCHING, alas, is a dying art, and many farmers, though willing to pay good money, have not been able to find the men to do the work a hard circumstance, in view of the heavy penalty which the Government imposes for neglect in not covering stacks, etc. Inevitably, machines have to do the work, and while in the pictures above we show men engaged in reed thatching, one of the most beautiful ...

... Co., Ltd., fifty of which have been bought by the Minister of Agricul ture for distribution among War Agricultural Executive Committees. -T he Spider's great virtue is that it can be worked by unskilled hands, and it enables farmers to make their mats during the winter, and store them until needed. TO MEET NATIONAL NEEDS: Reeds being stored note and protected with reed thatching will come in ...

... HOCKEY AT IMBER COURT These two pictures show the Metropolitan Police attacking the Polytechnic goal during a match at Imber Court. Like many clubs whose members are serving in the armed and civil defence forces the Poly finds it difficult to get an XI. together. Their membership of eighty-eight has dwindled to fourteen and they have only two of the old First XI. left. In this match with the ...

... A J4 It ait Proud of It I DO not count myself as a very long driver; I rather pride myself on being adequately long and straight from the tee. I have hit some long drives at various times and under certain conditions can produce an extra long one, but I always feel that unless they are straight these do not mean very much. I hit two really long drives at Sandwich in 1938, in the last round of ...