... ny fff m s iS^M^BSSXBB^BSUUtk n °Tc^ I Hb farv^ J r/lr AKtokABV vi dI MR. G. E. C. BEALE, of Church Farm, Lower Basildon, Berkshire, has ploughed up the greater part of his Thames Valley farm in accordance with war agricultural policy, and so turned from stock to arable. As an expert in seed produc tion, he is interested in growing the less common or specialist crops on a large scale. Last ...

... A FEW years ago, when I used to corre spond regularly with the late P. A. Vaile, the Chicago writer, I received a letter from him together with a copy of an article written by Bobby Jones and syn dicated all over the States. Vaile quoted a paragraph of this article in his letter in which Jones said, when I am hitting the ball well, I feel no shock at contact, because the club is swinging ...

... MR. SIDNEY BUTLER has specialised in producing miniature editions of several well-known vaiieties of fowls. Bantams have been bred for a great many years but are more popular on the Continent and in the far East than in Britain. Mr. Butler is an enthusiast and has won many prizes with his birds at shows. In 1939 he had entries in four classes in the Inter national show, Antwerp, and took four ...

... LORD WOOLTON'S recent appeal has stressed the vital im portance of carrots, cabbage and potato as nutritious and sustaining forms of food which are in abundant supply. The following recipes, which are cheap, and exceedingly easy to make, should appeal to every housewife thioughout the country. They are the creation of Maitre Chef Casado, famous head chef of the May Fair Hotel, London, and have ...

... Fashions for the Spring BOLD CHECKS T70R many weeks women have been considering the best and most economical manner in which to lay out their coupons. They will be able to reap a rich harvest in the salons of Jays, Regent Street, who take the credit of the tailored suit above. It is made of Scotch Saxony, the coat having practical pockets and the skirt two pleats in front. There is an infinite ...

... Unanimously Elected The New Speaker of the House of Commons Colonel and Mrs. Clifton Brown 'S Colonel the Rt. Hon. Douglas Clifton Brown, called by a unanimous House of Commons to the Cliair, in succession to the late Captain FitzRoy, has been Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy 'Speaker since 1938. After serving during the last war in the 1st Dragoon Guards and the Northumberland ...

... The Duchess oj Marlborough and Her Younger Son Marcus Adams Lord Charles Spencer Churchill Marcus Adams J The Oxfordshire Branch of the Red Cross is fortunate in having a very energetic and able President in the person of the Duchess of Marlborough. From her home, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, she takes an active interest in all social and war work in the County, being especially interested in ...