... C^/tL ancf l^ow77 cJiey^c( NO figures have as yet been given to show how many Italian prisoners of war have been drafted to the land. The numbers at present are probably small. In this case it would appear that they could all be absorbed easily by the public authorities for gang-labour, such as ditching, draining, and so on. We question, therefore, the wisdom of allowing wood-conduct men to ...

... It is the Weil-Ordered Garden that Grows the Food By Our Horticultural Correspondent VTOT every reader is in a position to carry out the ideas which are illustrated here, but we would again urge everyone with a garden to produce all the vegetables and fruit that they can. Now is the time to plan for abundance/' for the plenty of last year will be barely sufficient for this year. Flowers and ...

... By I. S. Wilson, M.A., B.Sc. Institute for Research in Agricultural Engineering NOTHING is more annoying to the farmer and the tractor driver than a tractor which will not start. In the summer the engine can usually be persuaded to go, and turning it over is not the heavy labour which it is in the winter, so that it is in the winter time that complaints about starting become prevalent. Certain ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent STRANGE tales sometimes come from the Services; and few stranger than some I have been hearing lately about the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. At first sight they take the form of the familiar grouse, but on closer inspection they seem to have a more serious aspect and to deserve closer attention from those in authority. It is a fact, I think, that when women change ...

... 'he Army and the Horse Training Pack Animals 'HE British Army has not forgotten that where no other method of transport is feasible the pack- horse will do the job. How the horses are being trained somewhere in the Northern Command is shown here. Part of the training is similar to that of the Metropolitan Police horses, including training to all noises. BEGINNERS Unaccustomed to their strange ...

... IN TEXAS ike disc- used--so width that one like this can cuter an en a day. This is traitor 1 which can be adjusted 1 spacing of the ...

... By A. Croxton Smith ALL dogs are good, but some are better than others, is a true saying. My readers will have gathered that I have a warm place in my heart for any that will work, whether they be used in field sports, for killing rats or tending the flocks. Curiously enough, most of the working breeds are also blessed with good looks. What can fill the eye more satisfactorily than a well-bred ...

... jlackOtftnf HATFIELD. ..HERTS U jjadiOCdliig A HATFIELD. ..HERTS WW I v *>na^. Why do I give that picture pride of place in my home That Caterpillar Tractor laid the foundation of my prosperity. I was just a small farmer in the ordinary way of farming using the ordinary methods. Then one of the Jack Olding people asked me to see a demonstration MONEY MAKING My methods, besides being slow, were ...

... , , 4 The day c will come The day will come when flags will be unfurled and waved by joyous hands When black-out curtains will be torn down from the windows When gas-masks will be packed away as treasured souvenirs of the war When Tommy will be seen in civvies once again. When fighting between nations will have ceased. The time will come when gleaming new Standard models will be seen at the ...

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... IT was appropriate indeed that the first big coursing trophy to come his way should be won by Mr. James V. Rank on his home ground. The Fair Trial Plate for all ages given by Mr. J. A. Dewar at the meeting held at Druids Lodge on December 17 and r8, was won by Mr. Rank's second- season bitch July Rain by Judge's Rebuke out of Jersey Rainbow. Success of this bitch was all the more meritorious ...

... EVERY plum, every plum will pear be be wanted next year, and it is the duty of every owner of fruit-trees to do everything in his power to produce fruit of the highest quality which will keep in good condition up to its maximum capacity. scabby, pest-ndden truit is useless tor storage, and is therefore wasteful. This is the month to apply the proved preventive against the majority of fruit ...