... WOMEN'S splendid war work in factories has been marred by distressing acci dents through their hair becoming entangled in machinery. The vast majority of these injuries could be avoided by the wearing of a suitable head-covering, and to discover this, Rootes Securities, Ltd., who have more than ten busy factories in their group, staged amongst their 40,000 workers, an interesting contest in ...

... By A. Croxton Smith MENTION has already been made in The Sporting and Dramatic News of the fine collection of celebrated American dogs on view at the galleries of the Royal Photographic Society, 16, Prince's Gate, Kensington. The original intention of showing them during Decem- ber only has been changed, and they will be there for anyone to see throughout January. Photographing dogs is an art ...

... CddaiL to Port THEY were famed as hard drinkers and this time lived up gloriously to their reputa- tion. After that the only thing one of them remembered was when the other shook him and shouted: bay., wake up You passed out at eleven o'clock. Go on. It's just five minutes of eleven now. Look at your watch. I did. Now you look at my calendar The hen is the only creature that can sit still ...

... 1 NUARY 8, 1943 TripleX the safety glass fortnightly The Illustrated and DRAM AT I C N e ws 4 Sport and COUNTRY ...

... Some readers, and certainly many old friends of this journal, will learn with regret of the death, at the great age of 94, of George John Maddick, a former managing director of Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News and of the Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd. He was, however, much more than that. He played a leading part in the direction and management for very nearly sixty years he ...

... Capital Flows Back to the Land j Mr. Philip Hills Farms I in Berkshire I I I ijP DERELICT land for ploughing consists of heather, gorse and rough grass. It is to be sown for spring wheat. OATS on the Manor Farm have yielded 15 cwt. to the acre. There have also been excellent yields of potatoes NOW being taken from the clamps, sorted and bagged. GIANT CABBAGES have been grown successfully for ...

... IN the sandy south-west of the U.S.A., the Government is waging war against unknown and microscopic rod-shaped bacteria that have begun to devastate the treasured and unique cactus forest in Arizona. For years plant pathologists had known that Carnegiea gigantea, the giant saguaro, intermittently fell ill and died. But in 1940 the disease acquired new malignancy and slew giants by the score. ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent ALL the pundits think first of aviation as being destructive. Almost daily we hear a moan from somebody about the misuse of this latest development of applied science. Hardly ever do we hear much said about the uses of aircraft for saving life rather than destroying it; yet those uses are numerous and are increasing in numbers and scope. W e have seen during the war ...

... the M ALUS-CHALMERS MODEL VjB c ^T'TlVlr p ON STEEL WHEELS IT gives rear wheel centres from 53 to 74 in steps of 3, making it especially suitable for all Row-crop cultivations. With toolbar frame beneath the tractor and fitted with ridging bodies, it is capable of drawing out and splitting potato rows and the same toolbar frame can be fitted with grubbing tines or hoe blades. You will enjoy ...

... EVANS SONS LESCHER WEBB LTD. EVANS SONS LESCHER WEBB LTD. EVANS VETERINARY PRODUCTS EVANS VETERINARY PRODUCTS co m T I o Inoculate your lambs with EVANS SERUM 1 co O and save war-time flocks for the nation m B o z Q on 0 These are no times to take chances every lamb is a national asset which must be safeguarded. Remem- q >_ ber that once lambs have become infected with lamb tg dysentery no ...

... THE little dress on the extreme left is of Viyella, showing a jumper I effect. Checked Viyella makes the skirt, which is cut on the cross, while plain Viyella has been used for the jumper top, with touches of the check on the pockets. The adaptable plastron may be arranged in a variety of ways or left off altogether. The picture at the right at the top shows another way of wearing the plas ...

... 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 ...