... THE centenary of the Rothamsted Station the premier agricultural research institute occurs, appropriately enough, at a time when the debt owed by farming practice to science is realised. More than a hundred years ago, Lawes started a series of experiments on various problems of manures and plant nutrition, and was, later on, joined in 1843 by a brilliant chemist, J. H. Gilbert. The partnership ...

... An Important Herd in the Making Mr. Philip Hill as a Dairy Farmer ONE of the best guarantees of the future of farming in this country-- if indeed any more be needed-- is the way in which so many big men of business have bought land since the war, and have applied business methods to its cul- tivation. Capital has been applied generously towards the purchase of the latest machinery, fertilisers ...

... on. Mieuxce and the Younger French Sires THE notable successes in the past season of the stock of Nearco and, more especially, of Mieuxce', have called attention to the importance attached by British breeders to imported blood from the Continent. We have reason for being very grateful to Mr. Martin Benson and Sir Victor Sassoon for their enterprise in having secured these two stallions for the ...

... AS golfers know, it is a bit of a gamble fixing a friendly golf match in Decem- ber in our climate, and when the cheery captain of the City of Newcastle Golf Club suggested a Red Cross match to me, I think he knew it would be in the lap of the gods, for the all-important weather angle could not be ignored. It was worth a try, anyway, and, in any case, it meant that golfers of the club and ...

... ALTHOUGH Bedfordshire is a small county it has an active and energetic War Agricultural Committee fully aware of the importance of their work in the great business of producing a maximum of home-grown food. Forty-five thousand acres of rough grass and derelict land have been converted into good arable fields producing heavy crops, and 70 per cent, of the total acreage of the county is now ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent NOW that fuel is no longer allowed for heating greenhouses in private gardens (unless they are run on commercial lines), those who intend to raise vegetable seedlings under glass will have to exercise considerable ingenuity and a little more patience than usual. The alternative method of starting seeds on hot-beds of animal manure is no less difficult. But ...

... Wepp Wepp 1 MALVERN SpA J as delightful blended with spirits See its sparkling clearness as it bubbles in your glass. Take a deep draught. How clean and crisp it is on the j tongue. Could you have believed that water could taste so satisfying ...

... . ., This vigilance His eyes, his ears keep watch on the skies of Britain. These eyes must not falter, these ears must not grow dull they are the vital faculties of our defence. We can't all be in the anti-aircraft services. But we can all bring this vigilance to our own wartime tasks. This is the spirit that is always ready to defend and attack. The spirit that wins through to victory. This ...

... A PLOUGH team on the Berkshire Downs near Aldworth anxious to get home Li- out of the wind. This is true downland country, rolling away for miles and still sparsely inhabited. Most of it to-day is under the plough, except for odd patches of rough grass and bushes where there is hardly an inch of soil on top of the chalk. The Berkshire War Agricultural Executive Committee's tractors have ...

... RUSSIA'S great ally, grim winter, is playing its part in the Red Array's Middle Don offensive. Clothing equipment is as important as tanks, guns or 'planes. The intense cold, however, cuts both ways. Russian wounded need protection against the cold even more urgently than the fighting men. A movement sponsored by the Russian Medi cal Aid Society in Sydney, backed by the leading fur mer chants ...

... cwicf lucrum A FEW weeks after the Japanese successes in Malaya, we drew attention to the serious situation as regards the supply of rubber. That was a year ago. The machinery for creating new supplies and for conserving the old was slow in being set up, and we cannot congratulate anybody on the present situation. The position in the country regarding rubber boots (which are only partly made ...

... Some Advice on Seed Catalogues The Best of the Brassicas By Our Horticultural Correspondent IN selecting vegetables for war time cultiva- tion there are surely two considerations which outweigh all others-- maximum food value and easy to grow; labour shortage does not permit of fussing or coddling. Most exhibitors and a good many judges go all out for size, but size and keeping quality do not ...