... THE Council of the National Farmers' Union meets monthly, members coming to London from all over England and Wales. Eighty-five out of ninety members of the Council recently met to discuss business and to listen to Dr. Topley, of the Agricultural Research Committee. Dr. Topley's plea for closer co-operation by farmers was warmly applauded, in spite of the heavy calls which such co-operation ...

... By J. G. Stewart, O.B.E. DESPITE all the ploughing up, grass is still our most extensive crop and for the the maintenance of our animals the most important. Haymaking continues to be the principal method of conserving grass for winter feeding, and given fine weather it is the least laborious. We shall have to look to hay to replace a large part of the missing imports. Quantity alone will not ...

... cmcf (Jte/aucl OWNERS of horses which normally race under National Hunt rules are unlikely to be able to run them in this coming (or, shall we say, going!) season. The Government may review their provisional decision later, but that is the way the wind is blowing. Now, jumping whether under N.H. rules or Point-to-Point, has in the past played a big part in our national life. It is a grand ...

... Sex -Linkage The New Cambridge Varieties THE sexing of newly- hatched chicks is of special importance to-day, for this is not the time to feed unwittingly, even for a few weeks, cockerels, when it is eggs which will be so badly needed. Of the two known methods of sexing, vent examination, exploited by the Japanese over here, has had a good deal of publicity recently, when these sexers were ...

... HOWEVER controversial the question of post-war planning may be, the fact remains that it is one which can at least be tackled now, in 1942, in certain of its aspects. Post-war agriculture is one such aspect, in volving as it does the problem of feeding mass populations over the (post-war) crisis period, the transition period and the peace years to follow. It is thus an encouraging sign that ...

... Will His Majesty's Racing Luck Hold TO-MORROW'S New Derby, to be run on Newmarket's famous heath, is almost dominated, as these notes are written, by the glamour attached to the King's colt, Big Game. It may none the less be advisable, if only for purposes of record, to set out the wider aspect and implications of the race --the third of the war series and, like its two predecessors, to be run ...

... By A. Croxton Smith MANY of the most popular British dogs are to be met with in Portugal, for which we have a feeling of peculiar regard as our most ancient ally. To return the compliment, it is possible that this part of the Iberian Peninsula was responsible for sending us the pointer, which is usually ascribed to Spain. When these fine bird dogs were introduced here early in the eighteenth ...

... MANY of us who have not Demareed our stocks (as described last month), or treated them in some other way to prevent swarming, are now busy chasing swarms or watching anxiously for their appearance. So a few more words on the control of swarming may be helpful, for on this perhaps more than on anything else that we can do the honey crop will depend. If swarm prevention methods have not been ...

... T3 APIER, writing on May 27, 1909, reported the victory ot tv Minoru in the Derby thus At length up went No. 1, and it was all right. The King of England had won the Derby. No. 1 Hurrah and his Majesty was going to follow tradition and lead his colt in. Truly a great day for the Turf Big Game, the favourite for the third wartime Derby, winner of the Two_ Thousand Guineas, and unbeaten, is ...

... The Queen's Messengers Help for Stricken Towns THE Mechanised Transport Corps, formed in February 1939. by Mrs. G. M. Cook, O.B.E., a veteran of the last war, obtained Government sanction to supply a body of trained (women) drivers to be ready if war broke out. Its pool then consisted of forty women. From September 3, 1939, to date it expanded its organisation, which now com prises 3000 women, ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent IN the past two articles, the point has been made that the Royal Air Force is now using a vast amount of aerodrome space in the United Kingdom and that it was essential to make that space serve a double purpose-- aviation and agriculture-- wherever possible. Then came the two thousand-plus raids on Germany by the aircraft of Bomber Com mand, and the subj ect we ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent MOISTURE, surface cultivation and correct feeding are the principal factors which promote vigorous growth in all vegetable crops. The first, for the time being, his been generously supplied-- assuming that the rainfall over the whole country has been as heavy as that in the home counties. The gardener's chief task at the moment is to concentrate on the other ...