... Ideas are Weapons A Refresher Course for Surrey Farmers BRITISH farming methods, long before the war and during it, too, have had no publicity comparable with that given to the agricultural activities of our great allies across the Atlantic. The foreign picture (and indeed the home picture) of the British farmer has long been of a dull-witted, easy-going individual; in the war period he is ...

... At the bi-annual show and sale last Friday, females sold well but prices for the bulls were a little disappointing. The 40 cows and mated heifers aver aged over £63, and the unmated heifers over £52. The 23 bulls averaged £68. Top price for cows was 112 gns. for a 5-year-old from Mr. Owen H. Smith's Rutland herd. The animal was bought by Weary Co. FIRST PRIZE Gedding Redskin, shown by Mrs. ...

... The Two Umidwar Colts for the Guineas Sun Chariot Beaten for the First Time THERE was nothing particularly dramatic about the opening of the Flat Racing season at Newmarket, in spite of what we had been promised or threatened. The Craven Meeting was carried out in an orderly manner-- I had almost said in the ordinary manner. The weather was good, fields were good, the going was good and there ...

... R A T S ONE way to increase production is to save waste-- and of waste the rat is the worst cause. Every county has its own pest officer, but they must be backed up by the individual farmer, gardener, shop keeper and householder. Traps, poison, gas-- if one method does not work try another. These pictures show some of the good work of the Pest Officer for Essex, Mr. H. S. Lake. He has ...

... Watch on the Rhine (Aldwychl ALTHOUGH I doubt whether this play about the sorrows of an anti- Nazi is likely to repeat in London its success in New York, where it won an award, it is beyond question a work of considerable importance and one which should be seen by all intelligent playgoers. I do not suggest that super-intelligence is needed in order to appreciate what is, after all, quite a ...

... A Nice Bit of Ardua A Hudson's Adventures on si Little Private Job By Jeffery Blyth THERE were four of them in the Hudson, high out over the grey, wrinkled North Sea, and from time to time as they droned along within striking distance of the Norwegian coast, the same girl's face came into the mind's-eye of all of them. Lawrenson, the co-pilot, took a sidelong glance at his skipper, and thought ...

... So You9re A, Rabbit JLt Knitting MATERIALS A 6 oz. Lister's Lavenda rust, 3-ply 2 oz. of the same in light blue No. 9 needles 12 button moulds MEASUREMENTS A Round bust, 34 ins. sleeve seam, 4 ins. length, 20 ins. TENSION. 8 sts. and 9 rows to 1 in. THE BACK Cast on 104 sts. in rust. Work k. 2, p. 2 rib for 4 ins. M. 1 st. at beg. and end of next and every 4th row until there are 136 sts. Work ...

... WELL IIE1IE A IKE TWO REALLY EASY OWES MATERIALS 6 oz. Dunbar and Nairn's 3-ply Glamiswear No. 9 and 1 1 needles 5 buttons 2 yards of rick-rack braid. MEASUREMENTS Round bust, 34 ins. length, 19 ins. sleeve seam, 4 ins. TENSION 8 sts. and 9 rows to 1 in. THE BACK Cast on 104 sts. with No. 11 needles. Work k. 1, p. 1 rib, working into the backs of all the k. sts. and into fronts of p. sts. as ...

... ,„io cfer Baby's skin needs the mildest of soaps; Gibbs Cold Cream Soap is soothing and helps to guard against chafing and soreness. That is why Gibbs Cold Cream Soap should always be used for a baby's toilet. D.&W. GIBBS mm C* SOAP 7^D Including 2 Purchase Tax D. ...

... By Our Motoring Correspondent UNDOUBTEDLY war stimulates de- velopment of transport vehicles at both ends of the scale, the very large and heavy and the very small and light. Tanks and tank carriers seem to grow in size; but at the same time there has been remarkable progress with motor-cycle com- binations and ultra-light-weight vehicles and gun-carriers. In these photographs some of the ...

... Happy Family At Home with Florence Desmond A LTHOUGH the pantomime at the Palace Theatre in which she scored such a success has at last come to an end it had one of the longest pantomime runs on record Miss Florence Desmond will not be able to see as much of her seventeenth-century farmhouse near Saffron Walden as she would wish. For she is generosity itself in the matter of giving her ...

... Facing the Rubber Shortage Valuable Wheel Experiments in Essex IN 1933, not one percent. of farm-carts and trailers were fitted with pneumatic tyres, but immediately prior to the present rubber shortage, 95 per cent, of new vehicles were being pneumatically equipped. The- rubber tyre had arrived on the farm. Such a state of affairs called for immediate adjust- ment. Economy in the use of ...