... 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 ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent TECHNICALLY the future for the private flyer in peace time has never looked brighter; organisationally (if I may use that clumsy word) it looks much less bright. And a real effort will be required if we are to give private flying enough freedom after the war to make it attractive. Designers have now amassed so much experience of all types of aircraft that there is ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent AT this time it is easier, and probably more profitable, to turn the garden over in the mind than with the spade. We have had over-much heavy rain and those who heeded the oft-repeated advice to get on with the digging last autumn will have all the advantage. Those who were unable to do so, will do well to postpone digging until the soil no longer sticks to ...

... IN the planning that is now going on for the future, sport has not been forgotten, and a new fellowship has been inaugurated. It is the , with the aim and object to encourage and strengthen inter national friendship and goodwill among friendly pations through the medium of sport, irrespective of class and creed. We cannot pretend that international sporting contests in the past have always ...

... Playbill Looks at the Shows Sleeping Out (Piccadilly) WHAT is it that makes a farce funny? Perhaps we had better ask what is it that makes the majority of farces, to me, at least, lamentably un funny. Surely the answer is the noise and the restlessness caused by piling ancient situation on ancient situation, and the almost entire absence of wit. Mr. Walter Ellis's Sleeping Out at the ...

... THE English Committee of the Ayrshire Cattle Herd Book Society attracted 102 head of pure bred and 31 head of non-pedigree cattle to their Show and Sale at Reading on February 4. The average for seventy-four pedigree lots was /103 11s. yd., but the feature of the Sale was the average for heifers in milk or in calf. Seventeen of these averaged £153 iSs. 4d The cattle were of fair quality, and ...

... Cider Making In I War Time I By Vernon L. S. Charles THE south-western counties of England, together with Gloucestershire, Here- fordshire, Worcestershire and Mon- mouthshire are noted for their cider orchards in which are found large standard trees of special varieties of cider apples which nearly all originated in the Normandy district of France. The greater part of the cider pro-- clucect ...

... It is quite true that we are dipping into our reserves, but I am not unduly anxious The Prime Minister in the House on February 9, 1943. THE Premier's statement was very timely, not only because it sounded a warning note, but because it may have en- couraged the community to think out for themselves the implications of the coming offensive as it might affect the non-combatant population. ...

... THE small mixed farm is the backbone of British agriculture, and lucky is the child born and bred on one of them. The fun and companionship that these country children get from the young animals more than make up for the chores they have to do and the rareness of their visits to town and cinema. Of all things necessary to happiness, we would place companionship first, both for humans and ...

... MANY species of fungus pests attack glasshouse crops, and the amateur gardener producing indoor green- stuffs expects to encounter some of them. Tomatoes especially are liable to the attack of tomato leaf mould, and the house shown in the photograph was badly infected with this pest. When a glasshouse crop is attacked, the gardener has two different pro blems to consider. First of all, he must ...

... Wet-Weather Thoughts Getting the Maximum Return From Every Square Yard SUCCESS in gardening, as the spring- cleaning pictures show, calls for the possession of a good many virtues. The most obvious ones are perseverance, a capac- ity for hard work, and attention to detail. But in a season like the present one, when there is every indication that outdoor seed- sowing will be delayed by wet ...