... THE Prime Minister's prophecy, made at the Guildhall on June 30, 1943, when the Freedom of the City of London was conferred on him, was in the following terms Very probably there will be heavy fighting in the Mediterranean and elsewhere before the leaves of autumn fall. B The fight in Italy is now on. The leaves are falling with the autumn rains. In London they are fluttering down to the ...

... THE military side of war operations is so vital and important that there is every excuse for the public to overlook the many essential duties carried out by the Army authorities behind the lines. One of the first and most important considerations is to ensure that the civilian populations in occupied areas are properly fed and that food hoarders and speculators are not allowed to hold up ...

... ALTHOUGH the Shropshire is an important sheep in the western counties, it is not as generally well known as the high quality of the breed warrants. There are a number of first-class flocks distributed over this country, but it is as an export type that the Shropshire is best known. The breed is very popular in the United States, where there are a great number of pedigree flocks as well as ...

... A CONTEMPORARY publishes some astonishing figures illustrating the development of artificial insemination in Russia. In 1940, it is alleged, 1,950,000 cows, 15,180,000 ewes and 447,000 mares were fertilised in this manner. If to achieve this 3,000,000 cows and 21,000,000 ewes (we will throw in the brood mares) were inseminated, the resources of our great ally in skilled man power become even ...

... B7977C>2 fou get MORE from EVERY ACRE by using 4ARVESAN DRESSED SEED Last season's crops showed time and time again that Harvesan dressed seed produced extra sacks to the acre. Harvesan is the seed dressing which gives lib tin 2/6 71b. tin 15/3 1 41b. tin 28 561b. drum 102/8 seed gram an earlv start, promotes strong root growth and 1 1 ,w orf 1121b. drum 196/- fy* 86 SOLD AND STORED prevents ...

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... DURING the last four years a relentless war has been waged on wild rabbits, and on most farms their numbers have been greatly reduced. The farmers' problem to-day is how best to keep the rabbit population under control. It is not economical to use an elaborate poison gas plant to destroy an occasional rabbit, and there has been a return to the use of ferrets and nets to keep down the pests. It ...

... THE old time dignity and ceremonial of the country horse fairs have been sadly reduced in recent years as the auction mart and the veterinary surgeon have standardised the conditions of sale. In the days when farmers made most of their stock purchases at the fair the deal was a serious adventure, complicated with problems of Market overt, Caveat emptor, and other legal pitfalls. But in spite ...

... A Hundred Per Cent Natsopa's Field Day at Peterborough MR. J. MATTHEWS, farm bailiff at the Natsopa Memorial Homes, Wellsboro', achieved the great distinction at Peter borough on October 12, of winning seven prizes with seven entries. These included some of the plums of the Show, including the Supreme Championship the seven lots sold later for 893 guineas. The Show and Sale, arranged by the ...

... cm, A Grave Set-back to Breeders of Stayers THE racing season was successfully concluded at Newmarket on Wed nesday the 20th, at which meeting Mrs. Hartigan's excellent grey colt, Efferves cence, won the Dewhurst Stakes and Mr. Allnatt's Shahpoor the Jockey Club Cup. The Cambridgeshire was won by Mr. L. Lipton's eight-year-old gelding, Quartier- Maître. Incidentally, while Quartier-Maitre was ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent ABOUT three months ago some hints were given in these columns on selecting fruit trees and they emphasised three important points: (1) The desirability of early ordering; (2) choosing trees of the shape best suited to their future surroundings; (3) correct interplanting of varieties to ensure cross-pollination. Some readers have no doubt already dis covered ...

... Cub- Hunting THE cub-hunting season has started, not so much to train cubs for the more serious work of the winter, as to reduce their predatory activities. The campaign against rabbits has diminished their numbers and en couraged foxes to visit farm buildings, so that vigorous cubbing is important. Here are pic tures of the opening day of the cubbing season. The Hertfordshire Fox hounds, with ...