... 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 ...

... FEBRUARY 5, 1943 -TripleX the safety glass fortnightly (j^) fi^lLv SPORT I NO W':iL and DRAMATIC News -J Ml 'siiNL,, H a.. u^oKMoygrav ...

... N.F.U.'s New President ALTHOUGH it is true to say at the present that agriculture is what it always should be a National concern it may well be in the long run that farminu policy and practice after the war will come to rest in the hands of the farmers themselves. Thus the National Farmers' Union must inevitably extend its pre-war functions and become a powerful instrument for the protection ...

... IN popular acceptance the term flower suggests an extremely beautiful part of any plant grown for display in the garden or cut for indoor decoration. It is also generally realised that seed-cases or succulent fruits follow the blossom and are, in some way connected with it. To the farmer and market gardener thefloweris all-important and the business of making sure that, as far as possible, ...

... The Art of Self-Support rPHE Ministry of Agriculture last year analysed returns from ioo well-planned, io-rod allotments, recorded in 1940-41. These allotments, each of which would go comfortably within the chalk lines of a lawn-tennis court, yielded on an average about 2 J lb. (edible weight) of vegetables for every day of the year. The shopping, non-producing public, asked to pay fantastic ...

... By A. Croxton Smith ANY apprehensions that may have been entertained about the future of Cruft's show have been dispelled by the following announcement that appears in the Kennel Gazette, the official organ of the Kennel Club Mrs. Cruft having signified her reluctance to be responsible for the continuation of Cruft's show after the war, the matter has received the careful consideration of the ...

... EXCELLENT work in this lovely county is not receiving all the attention it deserves. A big series of demon strations is, however, planned for shortly, when the Ministry will send some of its corps d'ilite further to stimulate production. Meanwhile, the men of Westmorland are, as usual, organising and enjoying-- their traditional competitions, one of which, held by the Farleton Ploughing and ...