... THE first of two underlying objects of plant-breeding research is to increase the yield of crop plants; second only to this is the betterment ,of plants brought about by the enhancement of their qualitative value. In clovers and grasses and forage crops generally, this means increasing the production of the vegetative portion of the plant, that is of the stem and leaves, while in crops such as ...

... T7IF START FOR THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS Capt. Allison got the nineteen runners away in his usual expert fashion. High Chancellor is on the extreme left. Net, htm Harry Wragg on Full Bloom, is keeping an eye on Gordon Richards on Nasrullah. Fortunate Trial (8) very well away,' and so is Pink Flower (9) on the far right of the picture. lei THE Richards) 1 stable rl,rt, hi course by Jones). to ...

... C Jj You can't afford to have Ttlasttti in your herd.] jVIastitis leads to reduced milk yields, a low standard of health throughout the herd, and often the loss of valuable animals. You can't get rid of Mastitis in a day, but you can protect your cows against it by the I J regular use of Udsal. Udsal is ANTISEPTIC-- PER J A K it kills the germs and reduces the Orders i and upn 'ards carriage r ...

... THE grass is greener thin it ever was in peace time, spoke my old Scottish friend, Alex. B. King, when walking by my side up the first hole of the links of the St. Nicholas Golf Club, Prestwick, Ayrshire, and to me, playing my first Red Cross exhibition match' for more than six months, it certainly seemed that way too. I am sure that everyone present on that lovely sunny, almost windless, ...

... AT the World Food Conference in Hot Springs, Virginia, delegates will be shown a film in which Lord Woolton, Lord Horder, Sir John Orr and Sir John Russell give evidence on nutrition, food production and distribution. The story is told in three parts Food as it was before the war, with glut markets and hungry people as it is now during war, with rationing and price control, and production and ...

... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES Three Films By James Agate WILL somebody please tell me who is Mr. William Saroyan and what he has written? The author of a recently published book on the American critic George Jean Nathan remarks: Nathan has dis covered or has been among the first to lend impetus to the reception of such widely different dramatists as Eugene O'Neill, Sean O'Casey, the earlier Paul ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Difficult Scot I WAS glad to meet in the forefront of this month's new books my old friend-- and yours, perhaps?-- Humphry Clinker. This novel having been first published in 1771, you may wonder how it can possibly rank as new. The thing is, that here is old wine in a sound new bottle: Humphry Clinker is the latest fiction addition to Everyman's Library (J. M. Dent; 3s. ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Lack Page U. Roy Henry Lack, R.N.V.R., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lack, of Chads-worth Cock- fosters Herts., married Pauline Page, only daughter of Mr. A. W. Page and the late Mrs. F. Page of West Point, Luton, Beds. Butler-Henderson Clarke P/0. Patrick Butler-Henderson, R.A.F.V.R., second son of Hon. Eric and the Hon. Mrs. Butler- Henderson, of ...

... WAV OF THE WAR By Foresight Imagination IT was one of the King's long-cherished ambitions to visit a fighting front and mix with our soldiers and airmen, but those whose duty it is to advise and guard His Majesty were very reluctant that he should go to North Africa. They foresaw many com plications and, above all, many risks. But the King was insistent, and his imagination and determination ...

... Full of Good Hope Nazi Agents, Disguises ad lib. and, of course, a Blonde set the Pace in They Got Me Covered Bob Hope's latest picture, They Got Me Covered (Regal, Marble Arch and London Pavilion), gets him into a heap of trouble. Sacked as a foreign correspond ent in Moscow, he tries to re instate himself, with Dorothy Lamour's help, by buying the inside story about Axis spies and sabotage ...

... Magic Carpet Sydney Howard Leads the Way from Araby to Panama in a Spectacular Tour of Song, Dance and Good Fooling In a Firth Shephard revue one good scene deserves another, and a glimpse of the Arabian Nights complete with irate Caliph, lovely daughter, harem beauties and all, is as good a start as any. To get Sydney (Moustafa) Howard, Cyril (dreaming- of-thee) Fletcher and com pany on the ...

... 44 Sailors Fancy The Ballets Jooss Coming to London in the Autumn I&troduce a New Farce into Their Repertoire Ballets Jooss, which has restarted in this country under the auspices of the Cambridge Arts Theatre Trust and C.E.M.A., is adding a number of new works to its repertoire. Sailors Fancy by Sigurd Lecder, is a delightfully humorous opening ballet. Hein Heckroth is responsible for the ...