... Memories are short, but few of those with the longest memories will recall a May of such early and unusual beauty. The chestnuts were out while the almond blossom was yet unfading may blos somed while lilac and wisteria were yet on the bough. Petunias and summer flowers were in bloom while the azaleas and rhodo dendrons were still in their prime. The roses could not wait till June, nor the ...

... THE United States as yet has not an official Women's Land Army, but women are rapidly beginning to fill some of the gaps in the farming ranks left by the call-up to the Armed Forces Many volunteers come from the 4-H Clubs the four H's being J Health, Heart, Happiness and Home which have been formed in many districts of the States. The American farmer was, to begin with, very sceptical over the ...

... THE physiological and economic aspects of the country's war time dietetic problems are of the greatest interest to everyone, especially since rationing of essential foods and the shortage of the less important but more interesting subsidiary dietary items such as fish, fruit, eggs, dried fruits, candied peel and condiments has narrowed the range and size of dishes on the menu. From the point ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent AFTER such wide publicity, there would seem to be little excuse for the gardener who fails to provide his family with plenty of greenstuff and other vegetables for winter use. But it is a failing which many novices find difficult to avoid for the first few years of their gardening experience, and a very understandable one. Early in the year, when stored roots ...

... 1 *HE Royal Dublin Society's Show was held on May 5-8. Apart from the shows of cattle, sheep and pigs, there were jumping competitions, gymkhana events, physical-training displays and trade turn-out com petitions. On each day there were educational films, illustrating sowing and planting, cultivation, thatching, ditching, straw-pulping and chicken husbandry. ANNAGHMORE ROAN LADY 7TH, shown by ...

... I A RECENT visit to Manton, by the kindness of Major Gerald Deane and Joe Lawson, enables me to present hitherto unpublished portraits of the Manton classic three-year-olds. Mr. Basil Wood, who took the pictures, has, I think, succeeded in maintaining the Rouch tradition, although neither he nor his uncle will guarantee to get pictures to their satisfaction before the month of June The weather ...

... FOLLOWING the first game of American football to be played before a London crowd, the first athletic meeting to be held by a United States Services branch in London was staged at the Metropolitan Police ground at Imber Court, when the 8th American Air Force provided the competitors from six commands. This was also the first of several meetings to be held by Allied Services at Imber Court, ...

... BLACKSTOM HAY HARVESTING MACHINES ESSENTIAL HELP i FOR THE HAY CROP jfvt crvex a cent4VufJ Offices :--M A S S E Y HOUSE, BROOKLANDS ROAD, SALE, MANCHESTER. ...

... Women Must-- Work TNCREASING calls on R.A.V.C. Remount -L personnel are being met by the recruiting of young girls, preferably those with experi ence in handling horses. An Army Remount Depot in the Midlands receives and trains horses of all kinds, including the beautifully- trained horses of the Household Brigade. Now they are used, not only in G.S. wagons and limbers, but for farm work of ...

... R^taThon^ I HtTHtltt A w mawr a mm. J Lots of the younger fcijk only know my Robinson's Barley Water in bottles, and that, I'm sorry to say, like many other good things has been sacrificed to the war effort. But this doesn't mean you need miss your barley water. Do what I've done for years; make it at home from Robinson's 'Patent' Barley in tins. The flavouring's a bit of a bother, with no ...

... THE THREE MEN WHO CARRIED OUT THE FINAL OVERTHROW OF THE AXIS IN NORTH AFRICA: GENERAL ALEXANDER, during his visit to First Army Headquarters before the great Round up, confers in the open air with GENERAL ANDERSON (in beret) and AIR MARSHAL CONINGHAM Not only is the campaign in North Africa actually over it is also officially over Mr. Attlee declared this last week in the House of Commons. ...

... :!E JEEP IS NOW SERVING ON EVERY ALLIED WAR FRONT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: Here a convoy of them is seen on a winding, hilly road, carrying supplies into the heart of the Burma jungle. The road has been carefully graded and strengthened by British engineers some of their baulks of timber and supplies of petrol have been left by the roadside. The U.S.-built jeep, as is now well known, can travel ...