... Si, AN old Hampshire hedger is enjoying his 12 o'clock SS in solitary state on an old Roman Road on the bleak downs. Hot meat pies never get as far as this, his bait is a bit of dry bread and a little cheese. The marvel is that MB such men can do so hard a day's work on so little food. MR, Once upon a time he would have kept, killed and cured his I own pig, and a chunk of fat bacon would ...

... THE course of natural evolution has produced new types of plants and animals, but the process is a slow one. Man, armed with a knowledge of biology, can shorten up this process, and varieties with desirable commercial points can be produced almost to order. Not only are obvious characteristics of shape, form and appearance susceptible of change, but hidden factors such as resistance to disease ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent THERE are many methods of grafting fruit trees, each having a different purpose. Most of them call for a degree of technical knowledge and skill which can only be properly acquired after practical demonstration by an expert. Pro pagation of young fruit trees by grafting is one of the methods which I do not recom mend to the war time beginner. Apart from the ...

... cmcf Msown Ute /aiu^ NO week passes but stories reach this office of enterprises with the humblest beginnings which have been rewarded by success which, before the war, would have been impossible. An example is the work of two brothers-in-law in Worcestershire, illus trated on later pages of this issue. How they pooled their resources and gave up pig and poultry farming for arable farming is a ...

... I v] I 'HERE are many out-of-door activities jjj J- for volunteer workers in wartime, a and not the least important of these is j the work of felling trees in our wood- IE lands. Timber is urgently needed for many purposes, especially in mines the average life of a pit-prop is less than four weeks and there are not enough trained foresters for the work. During These pictures are reproduced ...

... A Novel Hedge T rimmer BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Women's Land Army seem very go- ahead, at least they have got hold of a novel machine here. It is designed to trim hedges and certainly it should save many tears to hands and clothes. 'For a bramble- smothered hedge it looks ideal. The circular saw is pulley-driven from the tractor ar.d it can be raised and lowered by a second operator as the tractor ...

... TWEED CLASSIC SUIT FORTNUM AND MASON, Piccadilly, are making a feature of the time- honoured classic tailor made, some of which are semi-fitting. A very interesting model is pictured above on the left. It is man-tailored, has a wrap-over skirt and the pattern of the tweed is arranged in an original manner which is flattering to even a difficult figure, so are the long revers and square ...

... Heartbreak House (Cambridge) IT is a merciful thing that people in the stately homes of England, or even in the average country house, do not behave as they do in this play. If they did, the truly rural areas would see precious little of me. However, the present revival at the Cambridge Theatre was a good move, for there is plenty of intelligent talk (although rather too much talk), and if ...

... NOW that rabbits form an im portant part of the nation's food and are kept by a very large number of private owners to consume house and garden waste, their well-being and health is a matter of considerable importance. A single rabbit may be found dead in its hutch or an epidemic may kill off a number of animals at the same time and seriously deplete the stock. As the animals are necessarily ...

... ONCE again Welsh Rugby asserted itself in much of its old-time glory by trouncing England in the return Services Rugby international at the Kingholm ground, Gloucester Wales had already won at Swansea by 11--7, but this time the score was vastly different--34--7, and England were lucky that the Welsh total was not larger. The rsngiand back division had to be rearranged at the last minute, ...

... SCENE: a quiet, snow-covered hill a few miles outside of Oslo a short time ago. Sheltering beneath pine-trees are a few score people. On the hill summit ski suited men, peaked caps well over their eyes, stand waiting, or are adjusting their skis. Then the word is given that all is ready for the ski-jumping to begin. There are 100 competitors. One by one they swoop down the steep slopes and ...

... H IN the autumn of 1939 two brothers-in- law, named Paige and Wilson, rented two portions of a farm in Alvechurch, Worcestershire. Mr. Paige was a pig farmer; Mr. Wilson had a poultry farm. Jointly they possessed an old tractor, which served mainly for haulage, such as the moving of the pig and the poultry houses. A partnership was formed m 1940, and tne land, plus the farm machinery (the old ...