... rTtHE ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND i DRAMATIC NEWS, in wishing its readers a Happy Christmas, also presents them with this happy picture , along with the wish that the New Year will be as fruitful as the old one has been. If it has been our policy since the war to promote the Growmore Crusade at home, it has also been our policy to try to show everyone how to join in it and to prove what can ...

... By L. F. Newman, M.A., F.S.A., Dip. Agr. (Camb.) Part I IT is difficult to fix the time when agri culture first became a recognisable industry or even to define what the beginnings of agriculture were, as there is no clear-cut definition of the term. As soon as man had reached a state of culture and development when hunting ceased to be the chief interest in life, and the increasing population ...

... A Change of Direction Other Days Other Ways In Rolling Country. Crick] ade. Berkshire. Night Scene. Oberland. 'England. Cross-Country Tracks. Davos. New Forest. A Study H in White. Two Rarities. Kggs Some. Golf Balls None. Skating. Trotting. Town Plate. Xei cmarkct. County Champion. Cornwall. A lex Kyle. Golfer's Trophy. Sam King. ...

... ACCORDING to Leadenhall Market, London, few of us not in the Services, this Christmas will smack our lips and say: Just a little white and a little brown meat, please, Since we can't really imagine eating a fishy Christmas dinner, the only thing to do seemed to pay a visit to Covent Garden, and have a look at the vegetable prospect. Though prepared in this gastronomic good cause to rise at 3 ...

... THERE are many good reasons for joining a Pig Club or a Rabbit Club. There is patriotism, saving valuable shipping space, setting a good example, duty, and so on. But to our mind, one of the best reasons (especially at Christmas time) is a nice piece of loin of pork If you don't care for pork, then what about a tender roast rabbit, and even if you don't like cooked rabbit, then how about a ...

... AS far as we can gather, the Government's immediate policy is to produce more of everything, whether it be munitions, milk or foodstuffs. There is nothing to show, however, that the nation is to be en couraged to produce more children. The publication of the Beveridge Report is the only evidence that our economists are thinking ahead in such terms. The war wastage in 1943 may be enormous; ...

... It Happened in September (St. James's) I HAVE a notion that the cries of Rotten! and so forth, which came from the gallery when Mr. Beverley Baxter appeared on the stage on the first night of this, his first, play, were largely prompted by political prejudice. For Mr. Baxter is a Conservative M.P., looks like one, writes like one and talks like one. His play is by no means rotten or rubbishy ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent THE other day in these notes I referred to the need for aircraft designers to keep an eye on natural flight and always to be ready to learn from it. A correspondent sends me an amusing comment on these remarks. He tells me that Professor Edgerton, of Massachusetts, has been photographing flies in the act of taking off and that he has discovered that their method is ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent A SCHEME is now in hand to reduce the number of varieties of every kind of vegetable seed normally offered to the gardening public by seed merchants. It is not intended to prevent seedsmen from selling their own particular specialities, but to effect such economies as are possible by the elimination of unnecessary and similar types. i ne scheme will ...

... EACH year since the war a number of sergeants attached to a near-by Canadian military hospital are entertained to a little Christmas dinner of their own at Lantern Cottage. They eat produce all grown in the gardens, for their hostess is a resourceful cook who can find a 1 successful substitute for almost anything short in supply. Many American soldiers, sailors and airmen here can testify to ...

... BROOKE IflRRIDE mOTORCRRFT LTD BROOKE RIRRinE IDOTORCRRFT LTD OULTOn BROAD- LOWESTOFT An erer-growing force in construction and reconstruction /l\W c** Anil* yx* THIS A graceful ship comfortable to live in and magnificent at sea, the Jeanry, launched in September, 1938, represents the highest classified yacht of her type to be constructed in this country since 1906. Your Yacht after the War ...

... FOR EVERY SEASON SLACKS ENSEMBLE THE name of Nicolls of Regent Street is one to remember in the domain of tailored coats, ensembles and outfits for men and women in the Services. It is a slacks outfit which is por trayed on the right, and consists of slacks (a divided skirt may be substituted), a short and a long coat, and is carried out in a clear tweed. The coats may be worn separately or ...