... 0 ANOTHER living link with the past has gone. Edward Ray, that lovable giant of the links, died recently in a Watford hospital after a long illness. Edward Ray, affectionately known to every one in sport as Ted, was a real character and was immortalised by that king of sporting cartoonists, Tom Webster, for Tom always drew Ted with his large-sized pipe billowing smoke, and more often than ...

... CARTMEL FELL lies between Windermere and the river Winster. The little church, built early in the i6th century, is protected as much by its screen of trees as by the low stone wall which surrounds it. Beyond the wall are a few low bushes well known to the villagers for their good crops of blackberries. Here, on a late summer's day, women and children may gather the ripe fruit while their ...

... WHEN Lawes and Gilbert started the plot and laboratory work which led to the existence of the present Rothamsted experimental station, problems of plant nutrition were in the forefront of scientific interest. Sir Humphrey Davy, although not an agriculturist, had shown how chemistry could be applied to the problems of the soil and of plant life. Liebig, in a paper published in 1843, had ...

... Eye-Spot ONE of the unavoidable re sults of extensive cropping for war production is the increase in attacks by crop pests and diseases. Only constant care will keep them under control, and farmers must depend on the expert mycologists and entomo logists for advice and help. The pictures on this page show one of the activities of the Rothamsted staff an investigation into the damage caused by ...

... B>y Our Horticultural Correspondent IN certain parts of the country where the recent drought has been severe, the root crops have suffered more than most vegetables. In many gardens carrots are a disappointing crop, growth having stopped before the roots had reached anything like normal size. The best carrots this season are those growing in gardens where deep cultiva tion is regularly ...

... GC. TRIPP, a Devon farmer, went to the South Island, New Zealand, in i860. There he started the now well- established Orari Gorge Farm, in the South Canterbury country. His first sheep were pure merinos, but the breed has since been crossed and produces a coarse wool and plenty of good meat. The farm is in the hands of his descendants, who graze thousands of sheep on the sparsely populated ...

... THE land on Grange Farm, Wittering, Stamford, includes a valley which, until 1942, had not been cultivated in memory. The owner, Mr. J. P. Sharpley, not satisfied with, his good crops on other portions of the farm, decided to clear, drain and plough the hitherto derelict valley land, paying especial attention to the drainage problem. Most of his labour was obtained locally, but under good ...

... STILL in its early stages, the establishment of pig farms in Palestine is already playing an important part in the feeding of British troops in that country.. There arc now five farms, which between them have over 600 breeding sows all fed from swill. The organisation began with fifty sows all told, consisting of English white pigs and the black pigs from Cyprus. It is clear from the pictures ...

... ASK A SAILOR Ask a sailor what he knows about Lister's and he'll tell you of engines standing up without a falter to hard work, often in gruelling con ditions. Sometimes it may be that sailors don't care, but they certainly do when it comes to equipment. Lister products are built to give service in the real sense of the word. Engines, generating plant, auto-trucks, cream separators, dairy ...

... 1- I ij*r 1 Tobacco in jaJp- vyA^ TV Vr \J/ Canada la^M. jkMjrar i sre? 'tM ^^KTT.W The Experimental Station at Ottawa TOBACCO is one of the most important world crops, and enormous quantities are grown every year. Not only has the smoking habit increased during recent years, but there is a considerable demand for nico tine, which is extracted from waste or coarse tobacco-plants and used as an ...

... REA Headquarters at recently organised an enjoyable day's sport in aid of Red Cross funds. The racing began at 17.00 hours, and the card was carried through with the usual half-hour intervals between events. Admission to the course was 20 francs. Riders consisted of French Colonial troops, local horsemen and British soldiers. The event confined to British troops was the high-light of the ...

... THE geological outcrops of Wiltshire are so well defined and give rise to soils of such different characteristics that the main types of agricultural practice are very localised. Farming methods have been developed by men with a specialised knowledge of the capabilities of their own acres and soils. Perhaps the most typical Wiltshire farms are those on the slopes of the chalk downs which cover ...