... FOREIGNERS who like us (and some of them do) would write about the brave English who make sport amid their ruins to show the world their courage foreigners who don't like us would say, Those sport-mad English still have not learned their lesson. Both would be wrong. It so happened that the blitz on London, left round St. Paul's a fair sized-area razed to the ground. It would have made a grand ...

... Miss Paget's Winning Two-Year-Olds IT will, I imagine, be generally conceded that Miss Paget's fine-looking colt, Orestes, is one of the six best two-year- olds so far seen out this season. As is usual in the first half of the season, the two-year-old fillies are inclined to be ahead of the colts, but the colt Orestes is very likely the best of them all at present--Knight's Daughter, Fair Fame ...

... , LONGBRIDGE, BIRMINGHAM ^FROM AUSTINS TO AUSTIN OWNERS L.vt I VRtfTV J 1 Hvery underinflated tyre is a rubber waster. It carries part of the load on its casing instead of on ttttit -p \T|kTTT> A, I ICTI M the air inside. Overflexing results and produces -H-t'-L'A extra heat. Rupture of the fabric and rapid, uneven TO HFXP THE COUNTRY wear of the tread ensue. Don't spoil the value of your ...

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... How to Make a Post- Mortem of a Fowl ONE of the many troubles of the poultry-keeper is that birds are sometimes found dead in the pens with no obvious symptoms to account for the demise. The bodies of such birds may be sent to a skilled pathologist for examination and report. This should be done if any serious epidemic is suspected, but the poultry-owner should be able and willing to make a ...

... A CEREMONY which originated over 600 years ago still takes place (war or peace) on the River Thames during the third week in July. It is the annual Swan Upping, or marking of the young cygnets with their distinctive mark of ownership. Years aso. cvenets were even more highly esteemed as a table delicacy than they are to-day, and so many people enjoyed a dish of well-cooked cygnet that a ...

... THE Soke of Peter borough W.A.E.C. staged a capital demon stration of the uses and care of farm machinery, spread over two days, at Milton Park. Especial interest was taken in the Chamber of Horrors exhibit, which illustrated the deplorable effects of negligence in the upkeep of tractor parts and other items of farm machinery. Other features were oxy- acetylene welding, a trench-digging ...

... C/j/£jL cmcf lucrum POST-WAR planning is beginning to assume epidemic qualities. During the recent debate on agriculture more than a dozen M-P.s clamoured for a post-war policy. This, in spite of the Minister's emphasis on the uncertainty of the duration of the war or of the conditions which will obtain when Germany and Japan are finally defeated. The psychological effect on farmers might well ...

... YEARS AH in Design,£conontg& Harvestin Capacity WS^ImKfiiifn^w^ ll ^MlMSMaM^Yi illi.A yj ,/tfi MANPOWER \imp FUEL /iv* GRAIN onthe Jy opening cut ONE MAN ONE MOTOR CUTS OPERATING COSTS. NO TRACTOR REQUIRED. One man can operate the Massey- HarrisNo. 21. Self Propelled Combine (Grain Tank Model). One economical heavy-duty motor propels the Com bine and drives the Threshing Mechanism. Made with ...

... Making Goat History I Artificial Insemination J From the Owner's Point of View WE started keeping a couple of goats soon after war began, as a part of SPORT AND COUNTRY'S inquiry into the possi bilities of becoming self-supporting. The goats were to be fed on what otherwise would be waste. They were to be housed from waste, littered from waste, and to take up no more time than is normally ...

... A Mobile j Farm Hoist I HPHE shortage of hand-labour on the farm is one of the most difficult problems con fronting the present-day farmer and this is especially the case where the work is of an exacting nature. Although members of the Women's Land Army do their very best, they cannot undertake the really heavy jobs, except in exceptional cases, without undue fatigue. Any labour-saving device ...

... A CROP not often met with in British farming has just been successfully harvested at Britwell Farm, Burnham, Bucks. It is Pedigree Cocksfoot Grass, and was grown under the supervision of Mr. Cecil J. Twist. Formerly stocks of this valuable grass seed were imported from New Zealand and Denmark, but now we are largely dependent, on our own efforts. There is bound to be a great demand for this ...