... 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 ...

... ROMMEL was faced with a very interesting military problem while he was holding the Mareth position. It was at once strong in factiçal detail and weak from the variety of postern doors which had to be guarded in his parados areas. For a time he held a pivotal control from a point south of Gabes, which enabled him to swing forces in any of the directions indicated by the arrows in diagram I. He ...

... THE ROYAL NAVY'S NEW ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATES. The iced-up superstructure of H.M.S. Kale during convoy duty in wintry weather in the North Atlantic The frigate is the new-type escort vessel whose existence in the Navy was announced only recently. They are similar to the well-known corvette, but larger and faster ships and they are better able to withstand the heavy weather through which the ...

... 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 ...

... THE future of the native Jersey cattle is so obscure that the present demand for pedigree stock in this country is readily understood. The English Jersey Cattle Society's Spring Show and Sale concerned 130 head of tuberculin- and agglutination-tested cattle, the majority from attested herds. Messrs. John Thornton, Hobson and Co., who conducted the sale, disposed of 25 bulls at an average of ...

... THERE is a small but very inte breeders who foresee great p but scientific production of rabbi to point out that the rabbit, both fur-bearing qualities, is a most v Immediately after the war it maj as a stop-gap, while the Cont cattle, sheep and pig populatioi further prospects are there ;or need has been satisfied Rabbits as Meat. It may in th in line with the country's nor -est; farming, the ...