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Grass-Drying: A Way to Replace Imported Oil Cakes

... Grass-Drying A Way to Replace Imported Oil Cakes By L. F. Newman ABOUT twenty-five years ago the possi bility of grass-drying on a large scale attracted the notice of English agricul turists and became a matter of practical interest. The term is not a very good one, as there are several methods of artificial drying as well as the old natural one of hanging wet grass on wooden frames, the wind ...

Up and Down the Land

... cmcf T^OWT? WE are not short of ideas of our own, but we feel constrained to call attention to an idea recently propounded by Air. Ferdinand Tuohy in The Sphere. Mr. Tuohy, like ourselves, is not impressed by the necessity for serving up the Victory symbol in unnecessary media. He takes the view that it should be the prosiac function of our own people, in our own country, to double the effort ...

War Starts Another Industry: Experimental Growing of Medicinal Herbs at Lenton

... War Starts Another Industry Experimental Growing of Medicinal Herbs at Lenton IN peacetime, the vast majority of herbs used in this country for medicinal purposes came from overseas, where they were collected in a wild state by casual labour, exported to Great Biitain and supplied to us at very low prices. Regardless of price, however, dispensaries throughout the land must have their herbs, ...

In the Herb Gardens on Lord Trent's Estate

... ANOTHER W.L.A. WORKER Meg Yates brings in the first barrow-load of yarrow. To-night it tvill be thoroughly dried on wire racks in well-ventilated sheds. A DECISION IS MADE: Mr. Salvia (left), from the analytical control side of Boots, decides with estate foreman Charlie Willoughby that the yarrow is ready for pulling. STRAMONIUM, OR THORN-APPLE: The spiky apple itself is clearly shown in this ...

Thatching Made Easy

... TO-DAY it is easier almost to grow a crop, get it cut, carted and stacked, than it is to get a man to thatch it. As more and more arable land went down to grass before the war, thatchers became fewer and fewer, for there was little work for them to do, and no voting men bothered to learn the art. With the promise of more and bigger stacks than we have ever had this century, the problem of ...

Rapier on Racing

... (WL The Event Everyone is waiting for Two-Year- Old Groups. NOT the least of the good deeds to the credit of the Stewards this Season is their decision to maintain the prestige of what is sometimes called the Two Year Old Derby, namely the Middle Park Stakes. The race, formerly a very valuable event, has naturally shrunk in value since the war. It was only worth £775 odd when Djebel won it in ...

Summer Comes to Hollywood

... Believe it or not, but there 's only one Smith in Hollywood Alexis Smith, seen here, has a prominent part in Warner Bros. The Smiling Ghost, now in production. J at Rita HaY--;. She'' limbic Pr ,00, otvd ...

Accurate Bowling at Lord's

... Wickets tumbled at Lord's where Sir Pelham Warner's XI proved too strong for the R.A.F. Top score was 22 not out by J. Parker, of Surrey _ CAUGHT IN THE SLIPS Ldg. AjC P. A. Gibb (Yorkshire) and R.A.F. is well held by 11. E. S. Wyatt off a ball from Gover. TOP SCORER HITS OUT: Sgl. J. Parker skies one from Gover but luckily escapes being caught out. SQUADRON-LEADER C. T. ASHTON (Essex) and R.A ...

Cocktails to Port

... C^ccLtaih to Port AN American lady took a bunch of certificates into the Bank of England. For redemption or conversion t asked the clerk. Say, said the lady, is this the Bank of England or the Church of England Monsieur To-night I will steal beneath your balcony and whisper a sweet serenade. Madame Do, and I will drop you a flower. Monsieur Ah, in a moment of love Madame No. In a pot The ...

THE ATTACKS ON ENEMY SHIPPING

... -- -By Sea and by Air THE R.A.F. ATTACK ON A GERMAN CONVOY IN HELIGOLAND BIGHT, ON JULY 30-- a direct hit amidships on a 500-ton ship which was left by the bombers well alight. The Blenheims taking part in the attack flew almost between the masts of the vessels they were attacking (See also picture below NAZIS FIRE THEIR SHIP IN THE ATLANTIC: The Battle of the Atlantic is not always defence of ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 179 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE MEDITERRANEAN CONVOY WHICH GOT THROUGH AFTER A THREE-DAY ACTION

... A DISTANT VIEW OF THE CONVOY STEAMING ON ITS WAY THROUGH A HEAVY BARRAGE PUT UP BY OUR OWN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS The convoy was an important ore it was subjected to attack by Italian and German submarines and aircraft over a period of three days but it nevertheless got through safely, despite wild Italian cla ns A BRITISH DESTROYER PICKS UP A DINGHY During the air fighting three of our naval ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 410 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

VICHY IS CARRYING ON AN UNDECLARED WAR

... Without Coming Out into the Open, Vichy Policy is Now Being Directed in All Parts of the World Against the Democracies This Situation is Discussed in the Following Article By FERDINAND TUOHY ON the eve of the Syrian campaign Mr. Eden proclaimed that we would attack the Nazis where we found them and that their assembling on allegedly neutral territory would not protect them. It is high time a ...

Published: Saturday 09 August 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1905 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Photographs