... 1. Telia polyphemus is one of the native American silk-moths. The caterpillar is a gorgeous creature, coloured a light translucent green. The stripes are silver and the tubercles on the body surface arc tipped with gold. ■If disturbed, the caterpillar will raise the fore part of the body in a 44 terrifying attitude, swing its head back and forth, and audibly click its jaws together in an ...

... By A. Croxton Smith A DISTINGUISHED ally in the battle field, General Eisen hower, has now come out as an associate in our pleasures. Among the applications for new prefixes and affixes that have to be published in the Kennel Gazette before they are approved, or otherwise, by the General Committee of the Kennel Club, was the following in a recent issue General Dwight D. Eisen hower, Allied ...

... MOSS BROS CO. LTD. MOSS BROS CO. LTD. ChiUlren9s RIMNG Ou tints Start your children off in the true tradition of correct and perfect fitting Hiding Kit. Moss Bros, have for over 60 years litted and really fitted children as well as g r o wn u ps wi I h J od h p u i s, Breeches, Jackets, Mack intoshes, ready to wear, plus all the accessories of Riding. For Officers in the Ser vices we have ...

... AJ R. HUGH WYLLIE, of Rush Court, Wallingford, Berks, is ivl a breeder of pedigree Ayrshire cattle who has estab lished such a reputation that few, if any, of his co-breeders can afford to dispense with the valuable strains with which his name is associated. His third annual sale, conducted at Rush Court, afforded new opportunities to buyers large and small anxious to spcure some of the famous ...

... MM tmt/dbwz THE average elector, asked for his views on food, would probably say that the country must have food, that it must be cheap and that the farmer must be made to understand that it is his job to produce it, according to plan. For some unexplained reason, the man in the street, who would not presume to express a view about the woollen industry or the printing trade, or in fact, any ...

... For over 17 years Geo. W. King Ltd., have specialised in building and equipping farm buildings of all descriptions. Illustrated above is part of a range of bull boxes designed, equipped, and erected by King's. The future of Farm Building and Agricultural Building Development is receiving urgent consideration, and King's stand fore most amongst those prepared to offer helpful advice and ...

... ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS NOVEMBER 26, 1943 tUe Safety glass TripleX. FORTNIGHTLY Q^) ...

... THE Hans Crescent American Red Cross Club collected a team of American Servicemen to meet Cam bridge University at the Royal Mid- Surrey Club, Richmond, last Sunday. The Americans won the match by three games to none, with two halved. CHILL BUT. CHEERFUL American Red Cross collectors ivatch the rival captains drive off from the first tee. They must have thought longingly of Florida on such an ...

... Gwendoline finnimore, the fifteen-year-old daughter of an Exmoor farmer, is helping her father by looking after his flock of 300 sheep. The farm Sandy Way, near North Moltan, North Devon consists of a hundred acres, mostly of moorland, on which the flock grazes in the day. As the nights get colder the sheep are driven down to the shelter of the fields. The Exmoor sheep proper has existed from ...

... IN these days, game is a luxury only to be obtained occasion ally when a few birds appear in the shops or a friend in the country sends a brace as a much-appreciated present. In pre-war days, the housewife sent her birds to the nearest poul terer's to be dressed, but in wartime this is not practicable, and the work of plucking and cleaning must be carried out in the home. The pictures show how ...

... NOVEMBER 12, 1943 the Sutaiij cfUcss TriplcX FORTNIGHTLY ILLUSTRATED SPORTINC AND DRAMATIC NEWS SPOKfff, OQUNTKY ...

... A SPLENDID QUARTETTE Four of the herd's best milkers Minsted Buttercup, Minsted Brenda, Minsted Blunder and Minsted Beth. AUCHENBRAIN MORNING GLORY 38866, bred by Mr. D. Wallace and now one of the eight stock bulls at Rush Court. He was born on October 1, 1936, and has produced good stock, including Minsted Brown King. MINSTED BETH, one of the foundation cows, gave 800 gallons of milk, 3'94 ...