... 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 ...

... WORK in the English fields and villages is publicised daily on the screen, the radio and the Press. But there is an army of humble workers, in almost every country village, who, in Women's Institutes, W.V.S. and other organisations, are making sure that the produce shall be preserved and dis tributed to those who need it most. They are not without their rewards. Her Majesty the Queen has ...

... ^/^.ahieJL (WL Classical Triumphs for the Country Stables A VERY well-known member of the Jockey Club .said to me in the Paddock on Derby Day that he knew what would win. Apparently he had thought of a number, trebled it and divided it by something or other; in other words, he was like nearly everybody else; trying to pick the winner with a pin. The openness of the race was subsequently ...

... 8 y Our Horticultural Correspondent IN most parts of the country the prospects for the fruit crops appear to be good. This means that a large number of trees will be bringing heavy yields to maturity. Thus to safeguard the trees' future welfare the fruit grower will do well, during the next month or so, to devote as mush time as possible to the various routine measures which are designed to ...

... HPHE North of England and many areas in the Scottish agricultural J- counties have, since the beginning of the war, made a feature of farming competitions, designed at once to be instructive and recreative, with a special appeal to youth. It will be observed that, in our illustra tions of the beet-singling competitions in Fifeshire, a wise and practical Scots Committee has enabled at least one ...

... THE average farmer, anxious to check his soil for pests and other causes of infertility, is still sceptical of the new fangled devices by which his soil may be tested for deficiencies, excesses or pests. He thinks of cold and soulless laboratories in which obscure research workers carry out their experiments in august (and probably expensive) isolation. Sussex has disposed of this idea by the ...

... juNE ii, 1943 TripleX the safety glass fortnightly ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS SPOKT&COUNTffY -M'mk, 1 E ...

... NOW that eggs can be con verted into dry powder or the mixed pulp preserved in tin containers and cold stored, a considerable amount of valuable shipping space is saved. This is vital in war time, but the import of eggs in shell will probably be restricted for some time after the war as economy of space will still be all im portant when long trade routes are concerned. Even if the shipping ...