... Ballet THE unprecedented demand for ballet in London continues. The Vic-Wells company have gone on tour, to make way at the New Theatre for the Vic-Wells Opera Company (the repertoire and the orchestra are alike limited, but I enjoyed there the other night an admirable per formance of La Boheme). in their place is now the International .Ballet at the Piccadilly Theatre, where the house is ...

... ALTHOUGH the tractor is of com paratively recent introduction, culti vation with steam-engines has been employed on the heavier soils of this country for many years. The outfit is usually described under the name of the steam plough, although it not only carries out ordinary ploughing, but does a good deal of other work as well. Some of the heavy arable land in the Eastern counties is broken ...

... Pointers for the Waterloo Cup First Open Meeting at Altcar Club a Great Success By D. H. Watson-Wood FOR the first time in coursing history, an open meeting was held under the auspices of the Altcar Club, over the Waterloo Cup country, on January 7. The innovation was welcomed with enthusiasm by non-members of the Altcar Club, who were thus afforded the opportunity of giving likely candidates ...

... /^.aJjicA, OFL ^/^zcituL- Entries for the Classic Events Increase in St. Leger Nominations THE publication of the entries for the 1943 classics has generally been commented upon favourably because of the increase in the number of subscriptions compared with those for 1942. This aspect of the entry is certainly a very pleasant one. It indicates the confidence of owners in the future of racing ...

... By A. Croxton Smith DO not keep a dog unless you can give hin the exercise that is necessary for his health and spirits. When you are getting a new one see that he comes of a breed that will fit in with your disposition and capacity for walking. There are plenty of a phlegmatic nature or of a build that precludes much activity that will be contented with strolls to the shops or a pillar box, ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent A GREAT deal of thought is being devoted to planning the future, and especially the future of aviation. But on one subject thought seems to be confused, and that is the fate of the rapidly multiplying aerodromes which are now scattered all over this country. It is a common cause or compramt tnai these aerodromes are often established on first-class agricultural ...

... WHEN beef is mentioned, the word is usually associated with the Argentine, the United States or Australia, but these photographs remind us that there are large cattle-ranches in Canada. On the grass of the flat districts, enormous herds of cross-bred and pedigree cattle are main tained. The Hereford breed is one of the most popular, from its large size and sturdy character. For many years, ...

... IT is good news that the Minister of Agriculture is to open discussions with representatives of farm workers, farmers and landowners about rural housing. The matter should have been tackled long ago. 1 ne war years nave seen a spectacular im provement in almost everything to do with British agriculture except unbelievably the- housing of the workers on which the future must turn. Unless good ...

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... aricf THE figures on the production of wheat, hogs and so on that Professor Scott- Watson was able to give on his return from U.S.A. were so great that it is impossible to relate them to anything which the ordinary person can visualise. This is one of the difficulties of our understanding the vast scale of American expenditure on production. The usual trick is to talk about a line drawn three ...

... cmcf. 7^e./aftc( IT is probably the fact that two-thirds of the farmers in the occupied countries are not only working under extreme stress but are receiving little more than a bare subsistence for themselves and their families. Here in England farmers are working under stress-- shortage of labour, shortage of machinery and parts, shortage of fertilisers, and so on. The only glut is of forms ...

... DURING the present century, and par ticularly under recent war conditions, the uses of tractors on farms have been very much extended and in some cases, carried to extremes. Mechanised agriculture has made rapid strides, and enthusiastic farmers have endeavoured to run farms, especially where the fields are of considerable size, entirely by tractor work. But thev have found manv diffi culties ...