... 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 ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER- No. 197 i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Churchill Returns Home --The nation heaved its customary sigh of relief to hear on June 5 that the Premier was home again after his travels. Even for magic carpets, whether they take the air or skim the waves, there are risks of enemy intervention, and we still obstinately cling to the idea that Mr. Churchill is at the moment irreplaceable ...

... ITALY'S FORTRESS in the MEDITERRANEAN The mysterious Island of Pantellaria which has now been cut off from the mainland by the Royal Navy and by Allied bombers A British Official photograph pantellaria has always been described as Mussolini's Island Stronghold it lies midway between Malta- and the North African coast in the Sicilian Narrows there fore its subjugation is necessary. Long before ...

... IN PERIL ON THE SEAS New and Dramatic Pictures of Rescues in the Atlantic THE BATTLE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC. British seamen huddle in their half-swamped lifeboat as a U.S. Coastguard cutter draws near. A moment later the cutter detected a German submarine in the vicinity and attacked it (See next picture) ADRIFT ON A RAFT AND AWAITING RESCUE BY THE U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER: Weak from exposure ...

... A SCENE FROM THE BRITISH FILM, THE SILENT VILLAGE --The men of the village are to die, but they face their executioners with an anthem on their lips. The Germans added Lidice to their list of shameful deeds on June 10 last year razing this Czech village to the ground as a reprisal for the killing of Heidrich wiping out its name from official records putting the male population to death. ...

... 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 ...

... Meat for the Mic lie East Armies THE Supply Services of the Persia and Iraq Force have an immense job in providing not only fresh meat for British and Allied troops of the Persia and Iraq Force but live stock for Indian personnel. There are few facilities, either of cold storage or of transport, for frozen meat. The problem has, therefore, been tackled by the establishment THE INSPEC TION PEN: ...