... THE course of natural evolution has produced new types of plants and animals, but the process is a slow one. Man, armed with a knowledge of biology, can shorten up this process, and varieties with desirable commercial points can be produced almost to order. Not only are obvious characteristics of shape, form and appearance susceptible of change, but hidden factors such as resistance to disease ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent THERE are many methods of grafting fruit trees, each having a different purpose. Most of them call for a degree of technical knowledge and skill which can only be properly acquired after practical demonstration by an expert. Pro pagation of young fruit trees by grafting is one of the methods which I do not recom mend to the war time beginner. Apart from the ...

... cmcf Msown Ute /aiu^ NO week passes but stories reach this office of enterprises with the humblest beginnings which have been rewarded by success which, before the war, would have been impossible. An example is the work of two brothers-in-law in Worcestershire, illus trated on later pages of this issue. How they pooled their resources and gave up pig and poultry farming for arable farming is a ...

... I v] I 'HERE are many out-of-door activities jjj J- for volunteer workers in wartime, a and not the least important of these is j the work of felling trees in our wood- IE lands. Timber is urgently needed for many purposes, especially in mines the average life of a pit-prop is less than four weeks and there are not enough trained foresters for the work. During These pictures are reproduced ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent HERE is a record of achieve- ment in food production which is surely unique. It is the story of a very busy man who has converted a one and a quarter acre flower and pleasure garden into an intensely cultivated and highly productive vegetable plot. That, you may say, is nothing out of the ordinary in war time. But in this particular instance the idea was to ...

... WAR TIME VEGE ill [A Mr. A. G. bymmons, of 'atform Show this year. The getabla I 0 VCTION The picture shows the great display of vegetables grown by pi rrjngta by him as an honorary exhibitor at the Watford Horticultural Ire presented by Mr. Symmons to the lied Cross Agricultural Fund. ...

... FOREST LODGE, BLAIR ATHOLL Venison for the dishes shown below came from this most famous of all Scotland's deer forests. The hind season is from the middle of November till the end of March about the same number of hinds should be shot as stags each season. HANGING THE VENISON: By dusting with powdered ginger or pepper and keeping dry, it will be good for a fortnight. Here we have haunch, neck ...

... Ey A. Croxton Smith SOME little time ago a photo- graph was published of smooth fox terriers belonging to a lady who proclaimed her dislike of show dogs. Everyone is entitled to his, or her, opinion, but in this case it was evident that the lady's terriers were uncommonly well bred, there being nothing common or mean about them. They had a quality and style that marked them out as coming from ...

... AS part of the centenary cele brations of Guy's Hospital Rugby Club, the Hospital were invited to a match on Rugby School Close, where the Rugby game originated in 1823. Guy's won the game against the School Past and Present by 4 tries (12 points) to 2 tries (6 points). P. E. Dunkley (Harlequins, Warwickshire and England) refereed the match. The Teams: Guy's Hospital (in striped shirts) G. ...

... W .Jf. f QUEEN MARY recently spent the afternoon with members of the Women's Land Army living at a Gloucestershire War Agricultural Committee Hostel at Mickleton, near Chip ping Campden. After inspecting this modernised sixteenth- century house in the Cotswold Hills, her Majesty took tea with the girls. After tea came an address by her Majesty and the presentation of Good Service Diamonds to ...

... A O HEARING-TIME varies both with the different O breeds and with the climate. It also depends on the natural rise of the wool in late spring, and from now till the end of July the clippers will be busy. To-day many flocks are sheared with mechani cally-worked clippers, but there are still many of the old-time hand workers. They usually sheared five sheep and then stopped for a rest and to ...

... DURING the present month millions of seedling vegetable plants will be ready for a move from the seed-beds to the plots in which they will be grown on to maturity. From these seedlings thousands of tons of valuable foodstuff will be gained or lost according to the manner in which the transplanting is carried out. The job is a simple one, but it does not permit of hap hazard methods. Lettuce ...