... MR. HUDSON'S recent statement on the radio, emphasising that the 1943 harvest had failed in some districts, was not news to the instructed. It was, however, news to the general public. It might be imagined, after four years of war, that Whitehall would be able to issue factual statements regarding so important a matter. The general public, all summer, was ted with the usual greatest harvest ...

... Village Fete (Up-to-date) THE village fete, which in varying forms has survived and flourished since the Middle Ages, plays an essential part in the life of the country. For the time being, the flower-show is quite eclipsed by the vegetable display and there is not always a pig to be bowled for. The Red Cross Society, however, is exploiting to the full every opportunity which arises for ...

... ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS SPORTs, COUNTRY OCTOBER I, 1943 TripleX the safety glass fortnightly ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent. AFTER clearing and storing the bulk of the season's vegetables and planting plenty of greenstuff for the winter and Spring, the newcomer to gardening may per haps be forgiven for regarding the next four or five months as a period of relaxation from a strenuous hobby. The old hand has different ideas, for he knows that the foundation 'of success with next ...

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... THE other week-end I paid a return visit to two London area golf clubs who had organised Red Cross golf matches. Each club had held other games for charities between my two visits, so they can truthfully be stated to be doing their stuff. The clubs staging the repeat matches in which I played were the Fulwell Golf Club, at Hampton, Middlesex, and the Romford Golf Club, at Gidea Park, Essex, ...

... MOSS BROS MOSS BROS Naval, Military R.A.F. Outfitters I COVENT GARDEN c°rner °f Ki9 st- and Bedford Sf- wc2 Droitwich, Grantham. TEMple Bar 4477 (12 lines) ,till be Army Officers wanting greatcoats in a hurry can have them in a hurry from Moss Bros.' range of ready-for-wcar. A fortnight's individual tailoring couldn't achieve better cut or fit. And this applies not only to the average figure ...

... New Ways with Surplus Straw Rothamsted Experiments to Solve a Farming Problem By a Special Correspondent ALL over the countryside this autumn we have seen the building of yet another set of straw stacks, to add to the gigantic quantity of unused straw that intense wartime cereal production has given us. In many parts of the country the changes in war time farming have reduced the amount of ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent THE smallest patch of ground is capable of producing a certain amount of fruit. Even though space is so limited that the planting of tree fruits (apples, pears, plums, etc.) or soft bush fruits (currants, goose berries, etc.) is out of the question there is yet another class of edible fruit which can be grown in a very small plot with every prospect of ...

... SOME years ago Dr. H. A. C. Gregory decided to purchase a country house with a large farm attached, and so provide himself with an interest outside London. He thought it would form a pleasant hobby, but, as in many similar cases, the hobby developed into an en grossing occupation, for Dr. Gregory does not do things by halves. He started with pedigree pigs, but at the outbreak of war the owner ...

... By A. Croxton Smith INTEREST has been excited by the announcement that enough bull-terrier miniatures have been registered at the Kennel Club to entitle them to a separate classification and the consequent receipt of chal lenge certificates when championship shows are resumed. This will give much satisfaction to the enthusiasts who for some years have been trying to breed little ones that will ...

... SOME thirty years ago Mr. A. Pullen Burry, a nursery man at Sompting, in Sussex, had the idea of a movable greenhouse. Not hand-lights, but a full-sized glasshouse, which, after starting one crop could be moved on to bring on others, and, if required, brought back to protect any crop at a vital stage in its development. He designed several houses, and during the past thirty years j these ...