... GALLOWAY cattle are well known for their hardiness and they will fatten well on poor exposed grazing land in the cold and wet climate of their native country. They are in great demand for crossing with other breeds for beef production, and the Galloway- Shorthorn cross is perhaps the best-known type. If white or light-roan Shorthorn bulls are used most of the progeny are polled and blue-grey. ...

... . By D. H. Watson-Wood COURSING par excellence. Such aptly describes the standard of the trials held at Druids Lodge on November 24, 25, and 26. Quite apart, however, from the meritorious tests provided by a succession of strong running hares, there were other features associated with the meeting which will render it memorable in the history of South of England coursing. Outstanding was the ...

... IN the autumn of 1942 the Lancashire W.A.E.C. undertook the reclamation of about 200 acres in the valley of Kirkby Pool a narrow stream situated between Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness. The whole area was covered with a thick mat of rushes with bent grass and all of it was liable to flood. The Upper Lonsdale Catchment Board has carried out a scheme for widening and cleaning the bed of the ...

... LONDON RUGBY UNION helped Guy's Hospital to bring their centenary cele brations to a proper conclusion at Honor Oak Park at the end of last month. London came into being some years before the last war with the laudable intention of enabling the four Rugby counties of Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and Eastern Counties to combine in one strong team against the might of touring sides from the Dominions ...

... By A. Croxton Smith SPORT is a great social equaliser. Indeed, one might say that it has played an important part in bringing all sections of the com munity together. Those of us who have been reared on the land know what fox-hunting means to the countryside. While reading a book on the chase, I came across a news paper cutting pasted on a page in the chapter on the Duke of Beaufort's pack. ...

... THE Earl of Radnor, whose country home is Longford Castle, Salisbury, is a well- known authority on agriculture and an enthusiastic worker in the many problems of war time food production. He is the chairman of the Agricultural Machinery Development Board which will play an important part in the future of British farming, and is also a liaison officer to the Minister of Agriculture, a member ...

... The Lesser Two-Year-Olds AS I am firmly convinced that none of the top-weights in the 1943 Free Handicaps for two-year-olds will count for any thing in the Derby of next year, it may be as well to set out a few particulars relating to those of more modest avoirdupois. The following notes will not, therefore, concern Orestes, Happy Landing, the filly Fair Fame, or Effervescence. I have nothing ...

... F'OLDING sheep has once again become a fairly common sight in the South of England, because the wartime policy of intensive cropping soon robs the soil of its fertility, and nothing keeps the land in good heart so well as a flock of folded sheep. Stock owners have increased their flocks and are looking forward to a busy lambing season. The increased number of sheep has led to a demand for ...

... THE COLLEGE DAIRY: This well-designed building is fitted with all the appliances for modern dairy ivork. On the steps the Principal confers with the instructress, Miss Chapman, N.D.D., C.D.D. I HE CHEESE-M AKTNG ROOM: Here students learn to make the different kinds of cheese. Cheddar is the main product, but all the chief varieties are made with special starters. Methods of manufacture differ ...

... &y Our Horticultural Correspondent AN amateur gardener whose knowledge is somewhat meagre recently asked What is there to do in the garden at this time of year. The season only starts in February or March? In answer to the query some of the hundred and one jobs which call for attention just now may be discussed in this issue of SPORT AND COUNTRY. The pruning of fruit trees comes first on the ...

... By John Radnor ONE of the features of wartime Rugger has been the arrange ment of two University matches in a season instead of only one. No longer has it been the single great affair at Twickenham, upon which all the hopes and fears of a whole year depended. Perhaps the match has lost something through be coming Home and Away this year at Cambridge, a month or so before Christmas at Oxford in ...

... A Great West-Country I Agricultural College THE Seale-Hayne Agricultural College is situated among typical South Devon scenery in an area of varied agricultural practice. It is about three miles from New ton Abbot and close to the sea. There is a College farm of about 400 acres, which allows ample scope for general farm work and teaching as well as specialised instruction in practical ...