... 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 ...

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... 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. ...

... 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 ...