... COFFEE is one of the most important products of Brazil, and large shipments are exported to the coffee-drinking countries. In the year 1940-1 Brazil produced 20,850,000 bags each weighing 60 kilos (about 132 lb.). The country is well suited for coffee- growing, and plantations are taking the place of large areas of rough forest. The pictures show the prepara tion of land for a coffe e crop in ...

... Should We Have' a Standard Ball? A YORKSHIRE reader writes: The members of my club and I often have friendly arguments regarding the merits of different makes of golf balls. I think we are all agreed that the quality of balls should be standard. Other ball games have their standard balls, and we think golf should be the same. When I say standard,' the letter goes on, I mean that all the balls ...

... OLD customs die hard, and in a few West Country towns the Hobby-Horse still makes his appearance on May Day. The origin of the custom is unknown, but the Hobby-Horse was a popular attraction in the Middle Ages and has survived as a May Day institution at Padstow. The body of the horse is a large, tub-shaped framework covered with black tarpaulin. There is a small horse's head in front, but the ...

... FOLLOWING on the rally at Arundel Castle of the W.L.A. on May 9th, there was a rally, organised by Mrs. Kilian Konig, of members of the National Federation of the Young Farmers' Clubs. Its President, the Duke of Norfolk, took a very active part in the function, which grew from its modest programme to a most important West Sussex occasion. A novel feature was the judging by teams of young ...

... Ploughing for Victor/ PLOUGHING competitions, the countryside over have long been a feature of English outdoo life. They have been brought up to date it recent years by the introduction of machinery an other displays, with lectures by skilled demonstrator: Although these pleasant functions are partly recreative they serve an important purpose. The young me learn from their elders and, where ...

... WEST SUSSEX, under the leadership of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, Sir Merrik Buirell (Chairman of the West Sussex War Agricultural Com mittee) and other first-class workers in the area, has proved itself one of the most go-ahead divisions in the South of England since the war. Apart from its major agricultural activities, its Young Farmers' Clubs, Rabbit Clubs, and its comprehensive W.L.A. ...

... 8 y Our Horticultural Correspondent THE month of May often proves to be a testing time for the vegetable and fruit grower; it is certainly a period when I Nature stands most in need of human assist ance in promoting that vigorous and healthy growth which is so vitally necessary to make tender seedlings sufficiently robust to take care of themselves. I suppose the gardener s biggest nightmare ...

... THE Nottinghamshire War Agricultural Committee staged a comprehensive demonstration of horticultural machinery at the Midland Agricultural College. It attracted a large gathering of fruit growers and market gardeners. Demon strations were carried out with different types of cultivators, ploughs, trans planters and power sprayers. There is little doubt that the future development of ...

... ■I ■'■■■■■■lll--'l Ml 111 I i I 1 III-- THE MORNING'S AT SEVEN, when the party sets out. One member of it has thoughtfully packed a basket. i I nPHE thatther's art, reduced to practical and non-decorative proportions in wartime, is a necessary aid to food storage in the fields. There will be more ricks in the country than ever before, and the demand for expert thatchers will exceed the supply. ...

... nnHE Woodbridge Horse Society held its customary Show on Easter Monday with a programme which lasted from 10 to 4. The Suffolk Horse Society, which contributed /too towards the prizes, the town of Woodbridge, which presented the Victory Challenge Cup, and Messrs. R. H. and Russell Paul, who gave the Broxtead Challenge Cup, had the satisfaction of helping on some fine horses, especially some of ...

... LINCOLN bulls, correctly described as Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn bulls, have been shown for forty-eight years in Lincoln, and have always enjoyed a some what select popularity. The incidence of the war has brought them to the front, and at the recent Show and Sale at Lincoln many fine beasts attracted more attention than ever before. Mr. George Bowser, of Friskney,. Boston, exhibited two fine ...

... ;k1 Post-war days will bring new and even better models of the famous all-British BINOCULARS SOHO LTD., COLHAM MILL ROAD, WEST DRAYTON, MIDX. (Branch of A. Kershaw Sons, Ltd.) ...