... 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 ...

... 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. ...