... cmcfT^own OUR recent guest, Mrs. Eleanor Roose velt, has had some very kind things to say about the work of the Women's Land Army. Women of Britain's Land Army, she says, do anything that needs to be done on the farm. And so on. More interesting still was her observation that almost unanimously they told me they hoped they would always be able to go on with the work, presumably after the ...

... THE remarkable utility of the Fordson tractor under vari ous conditions is generally well known. It performs a great number of operations, hauling all types of implements on the farms, or trailers on the road, and as a stationary power-plant does a variety of jobs, such as wood-sawing, threshing, grind ing-mill operation, etc. Its use under forestry con ditions is not so well known, but since ...

... Forestry in War and Peace ParGi By W. L. Taylor One of H. M. Forestry Commissioners Mr. Taylor s first article appeared in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of November 27th. The pictures illustrating it and the present article were taken in the New Forest area in late October, when the Forest was^visited by representatives of the Allied Governments THE job of planting 1,770,000 ...

... THE recent inter-Services Rugby match, Army v. R.A.F., drew the largest crowd of the season to Richmond, where the Army, playing twelve Internationals, beat the R.A.F., with ten Internationals, by 18 points to nil. But the score by no means reflects the run of the game. After holding the Army's lead to a penalty goal for the first twenty minutes, during which time their forwards, with Corporal ...

... ALFA-LAVAL COMPANY LIMITED ALFA-LAVAL COMPANY LIMITED, S tea ut tg n 11 b° Swill A Save tgtmr Stock Don't give disease to your pigs. Cook all your pig food. All waste food can be sterilised by steam cooking in the Alfa Cooker, which brings out the properties of the food. The extra advantage of the Alfa Cooker is that it m enables you to use Coal, THE MACHINE YOU WILL EVENTUALLY BUY Jm All pans ...

... Fashions of The Future For the Cold Weather TROUSERS AND PULLOVER LILLYWHXTES, Piccadilly, are very successful in creating practical fashions for those who are helping to win the war, but do not wear uniform. To this firm must be given the credit of the outfit on the right. It consists of striped flannel trousers, a pullover and sleeveless waistcoat it may be varied to suit the needs of the ...

... AT Allington Park, Maidstone, the Kent Womer s Land Army, by competitions and displays, go e some idea of the magnitude and variety of t ie 1 national work on which it is engaged, nvery puasc modern farming was covered and the big programme ot events was made possible by the kindness of Mr. W. Edmonds and Mr. H. T. Edmonds, who placed th i. entire farm and farm buildings at the disposal ot i ...

... King Henry IV, Part 2 (Westminster) MR. ROBERT ATKINS is doing a really grand job with his Shake spearean revivals at the Westminster, and it is good to see them so well supported, particularly by the Forces (including the Americans) who are crowding the comfort able Westminster Theatre. He has followed the First Part of King Henry IV by the Second a fine play seen all too rarely. It is ...

... RECORDING, much in the news at present, had a fine advertisement recently at Chelms ford, when the Essex County Milk Recording Society held a Show and Sale of Dairy Bulls. The majority were Shorthorn and British Friesians, but Messrs. John Thornton, Hobson and Co. offered sixty-seven lots in all of various breeds. Messrs. G. Raby and Sons did particularly well in the two Shorthorn classes, ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent DURING each meeting of the Brains Trust broadcast, a few minutes are devoted to second thoughts on subjects previously discussed. This proce dure can, I think, be profitably applied to some of my recent contributions to this paper. I have stressed the value of deep soil cultiva tion during the autumn months, but I might have added that autumn should be ...

... Nature's Air Raids United States Department of Agriculture Pictures OUR Ministry of Agriculture has many difficulties to contend with, but nothing like this the tornado of America. These remarkable pictures were taken by .experts of the United States Department of Agriculture for the study of the nature of tornadoes air raids which are, at least, as yet unequalled in violence by anything con ...

... Romney Marsh Under the Plough 3000 Acres to be Cultivated by Unskilled Woman Labour A BOLD venture for cultivat ing 3000 acres of the famous Romney Marsh, using only unskilled labour for the work-- almost all of it woman labour-- is being started by Hast Sussex War Agricultural Committee. Instead of the usual system of training girls for the Land Army on waste ground, East Sussex is assuring ...