... 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 ...

... . ., 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 ...

... To Keep the Wheels Turning Bringing the Village Blacksmith Up to Date A GOOD many farmers are beginning to think that next year's harvest will depend not so much upon themselves or their workers, but on whether someone will be able to keep the wheels turning. Enquiries during our travels in various parts of the country convince us that these farmers are right in their forebodings. The all ...

... SOME nine years before the war we found this old vicarage house and its four acres. The house was becoming derelict and the garden overgrown and non-produc- tive. Many friends advised us not to buy-- it was too far from the City, the journey to London being some 48 miles-- the work involved to pull the property round was too much. It would be a millstone round our necks, and so on. We quickly ...

... AN important part of the routine work on a large chicken farm is to deter- mine the sex of day-old birds so that the cockerels and pullets may be separated from each other to suit the requirements of buyers. In the case of egg- laymg breeds pullets are needed for egg production and male birds are not required. Special crosses have been obtained where the sex factor is linked with colour of the ...

... 1742--1943 WHITBREAD Co. Ltd. I Brewers of ale and stout for two centuries o We are handing on an extraordinarily difficult world to the next generation, and we owe it to the children to think of their welfare, and certainly the homeless children. It is for such children we plead Gifts however small gratefully received. CHURCH OF ENGLAND WAIFS STRAYS SOCIETY JOEL STREET, PINNER, MIDDX. ...