... THE Kendal and Dis trict Otter Hounds held their first meet of the season on August2ist. The Master, Sir Maurice Bromley-Wilson, of Dalham Park, Milnthorpe, was out with the pack, which turned out in fine fettle. The river Bela, or Belah, a tributary of the jEden, is usually a good hunting ground, but on this occasion there was no kill only good hunting! THE RIVER BELA: Hunts man and hounds ...

... THE Metropolitan Police Horticultural Society (A, B, C, F, T and V Divisions) held a Victory Garden i Show at the Royal Horticultural Hall on August 24 and 25. The Hon. Secretary is Police-Constable R. S. Trickett, F.R.H.S., of Ealing, who is an authority on water plants, and carries out research work at Kew in his spare time. The show attracted a good attendance, and the exhibits showed how ...

... Mrs. carlota oppenheimer, of Lantern Cottage, Gerrard's Cross, continues to sustain the r61e of Fairy Godmother to the armed forces and hospitals, as described in previous issues. Last year she turned out single-handed over 6 tons of jam, in addition to quantities of bottled fruits, cakes, spiced bread, cheese, etc. She is here checking the weekly supply of good things from her garden and ...

... Ey A. Croxton Smith MRS. J. G. WINANT had a day off when she opened the Woodford Canine Society's show at Hendon in aid of the Kennel Club's Dogs of Britain Red Cross Appeal. It was the first she had had the opportunity of attending since Mr. Winant came as the American Ambassador to London, and one can believe that she enjoyed herself thoroughly, although, in consequence of the restricted ...

... While farmers in the south by the end of August were gazing with some complacency at fields already ploughed after corn, many of their brethren in the north were looking in despair at fields of oats beaten into pools of water. This picture of floods is from Lyth, West morland, where the oat crops have indeed been in a sad mess. Rain there fell on 24 days in August. Below is a happier scene ...

... TURF Headquarters recently held a show the first of its kind in aid of the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund, and collected £200 towards an institution especially dear to Newmarket people. There were fourteen classes and competitions, the strongest of which was the children's pony class, with thirty entries. The Newmarket Heath Hack Class attracted twenty-seven entries. Lord Derby, who presented a cup ...

... (ytts Prospects of an Historic St. Leger Miss Paget's Great Year THE two-day Newmarket September Meet ing opens on the July Course at noon to-day, and will conclude to-morrow, when the Cheveley Park Stakes and New St. Leger Stakes will be decided. There are 15 acceptances for the St. Leger, including the Derby winner, Straight Deal, the 2,000 Guineas winner, Kingsway, the One Thousand winner, ...

... AT the request of the British Council, the University of Reading recently held a week-end course for members of the U.S. Forces who were put up at the University residences. The visitors represented seventeen States, and were either graduates in agriculture or connected with the farming industry. The course, which was under the direction of Mr. J. S. L. Waldie of the Faculty of Agriculture and ...

... fiy Our Horticultural Correspondent FRUIT trees deserve all the attention that can be given them in autumn. After producing the heavy crops, which appear to be general throughout the country, many trees are more or less exhausted and they will now need a helping hand to give them a chance of repeating in future years this season's satisfactory performance. Much advice is given about gathering ...

... A CHEERFUL notice reaches us from an unofficial, but unimpeachable, source, seven days after Italy's capitulation. The Treasury, it states, will only with the greatest reluctance release more money to help either growers or distributors of food. The Ministry of Labour has decided that war time agriculture must be content with its present labour force, and cannot be expanded. Machinery and ...

... I 'HE Sussex Herd Book Society's Autumn Show and Sale at Haywards Heath on August 27 is an important item in the local calendar, and is becoming increasingly important in wartime. The Sussex, one of the oldest, largest and heaviest of British breeds, has been developed as a beef animal from its original functions. In the old days the ox was worked in the fields until reaching its prime, when ...

... IN spite of the acute shortage of all grades of labour, hop-growers have been able to start the season with some of the old hands who never miss September in the gardens, and the aid of school children and voluntary helpers who have come down to assist with the work. Hop-picking is always regarded as a sociable out-of-door occupation combined with the pleasures of a lengthy and enjoyable ...