... THE honey-bee is an important unit in the production of the fruit and seed crops of the world, and in this country the pollination of our apples, plums and soft fruit is effected by honey-bees, bumble-bees and solitary wild bees of one sort or another, In many districts, the honey-bees do a greater part of this work than all of the other bees put together, and if bee-keeping were to suffer any ...

... Mountain Farming Cultivation and Re-seeding in Montgomeryshire MONTGOMERYSHIRE War Agricultural Committee, in the Spring of 1940, adopted a policy of cultivating upland areas, chiefly for potato grow ing. Much of the land was sub sequently re-seeded and now desolate mountains are being grazed by more livestock than ever before. On either side of the old Roman Road, which crosses the hill from ...

... SIR JOHN BUCHANAN JARDINE, Bart., of Castle Milk, and Colonel Walter Elliot, M.P., were among well-known buyers at the Lockerbie annual sale, when some brisk business took place. Sir John paid £400 a record for the centre for a fine cheviot ram from the Nether Cassock flock, and Colonel Elliot gave £130 for another. Sir John also paid £48 for a Border Leicester ram from the Tundergarth Mains ...

... . LOP RUBBER CO., LTD. A A COPY OF THE A30VE CHART T1AY BE OBTAINED BY SENDING A PENNY STAMP TO. THE ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT 2, LBANY ST.. LONDON. N W. I ...

... J^CLhlcA- crip The September Sales at Newmarket RACING is becoming interesting again, after the usual summer interval. The St. Leger meeting at Newmarket opens on Friday, the 17th, and closes on the following day, when the Cheveley Park and new St. Leger are to be decided. The week includes Messrs. Tattersall's September Sales; these will be held on Thursday, the 16th, and after racing on the ...

... SOUTH CANTERBURY with its clearly defined hills and plains is noted for Orari Gorge, a big sheep farm near Geraldine. The Corriedales are now a recognised breed there, are also large flocks of commercial S Corriedales bred from Lincoln rams and merinos. THE MUSTERER remem bers the great storm of 1895, when many of the back- country farms came near to disaster. PACK-HORSES and mules are used to ...

... MP THIS season has been very suitable for combine-harvesters, and a large acreage of cereals has been gathered in good condition by their aid. The pictures show two types of combine in the har vest field, a 12-foot-cut Massey-Harris at work on the Crown Estates at Windsor, where it has cut 350 acres out of a total of 850. A drier has been installed on the estate, and the combine one of the ...

... W jSnf j^^Tgrga^H' m a\A Cub M Excavator's Record 'Imp AT% in Worcestershire AT six-monthly intervals the Worcester shire War Agricultural Executive Com mittee invite their excavator drivers and foremen to a conference for the purpose of exchanging views and receiving suggestions from the men on the job. Many aspects of the Committee's land-drainage work come up for discussion on these ...

... MASSEYHARRIS B 38HB R 1 MASSEYHARRIS KWV COMBINE 7Ae mast progressive -Harvesting Machines get introduced ONE MAN-ONE MOTOR- CUTS OPERATING COSTS Before it is too late make sure you see it at work in this seasons harvest. No. 15 Combine Outstanding for performance and capacity in all crop conditions. 6 ft. and 8 ft. cut, Engine Driven, Grain Tank or Bagger. NOW SUPPLIED ON STEEL WHEELS ONLY. ...

... THE ever-increasing popularity of the Suffolk horse is leading to the keenest competition for him. Buyers from all over England and Wales attend the sales and the number of pure-breds now in the Stud Book shows how the breed is forging ahead. In order to assist new breeders in choosing their stallions, mares and foals, Sport and Country has selected typical specimens at source-- Suffolk-bred. ...

... TN 1924 Mr. J. H. -1- Dorrington pur chased the 316-acre Dunsby Farm at a very reasonable price for potato-growing land in the fens. Since then, by judicious pur chases, Mr. Dorrington has increased the size of his holding to 900 acres. He has brought the land into first-class condition and reno vated the house and' farm buildings. The main crops are those of the district potatoes and wheat ...

... ^Rush- Bearing THE rush-bearing ceremony shown in the pictures is of con siderable antiquity-- the original custom is said to be nearly a thousand years old. The floors of early churches and halls were either flagged or, more often, merely of earth. They were cold and damp, so the practice developed of strewing them with green rushes, sedge, or hay in summer and straw in winter At fixed ...