... By Our Horticultural Correspondent HERE is a record of achieve- ment in food production which is surely unique. It is the story of a very busy man who has converted a one and a quarter acre flower and pleasure garden into an intensely cultivated and highly productive vegetable plot. That, you may say, is nothing out of the ordinary in war time. But in this particular instance the idea was to ...

... WAR TIME VEGE ill [A Mr. A. G. bymmons, of 'atform Show this year. The getabla I 0 VCTION The picture shows the great display of vegetables grown by pi rrjngta by him as an honorary exhibitor at the Watford Horticultural Ire presented by Mr. Symmons to the lied Cross Agricultural Fund. ...

... FOREST LODGE, BLAIR ATHOLL Venison for the dishes shown below came from this most famous of all Scotland's deer forests. The hind season is from the middle of November till the end of March about the same number of hinds should be shot as stags each season. HANGING THE VENISON: By dusting with powdered ginger or pepper and keeping dry, it will be good for a fortnight. Here we have haunch, neck ...

... Ey A. Croxton Smith SOME little time ago a photo- graph was published of smooth fox terriers belonging to a lady who proclaimed her dislike of show dogs. Everyone is entitled to his, or her, opinion, but in this case it was evident that the lady's terriers were uncommonly well bred, there being nothing common or mean about them. They had a quality and style that marked them out as coming from ...

... AS part of the centenary cele brations of Guy's Hospital Rugby Club, the Hospital were invited to a match on Rugby School Close, where the Rugby game originated in 1823. Guy's won the game against the School Past and Present by 4 tries (12 points) to 2 tries (6 points). P. E. Dunkley (Harlequins, Warwickshire and England) refereed the match. The Teams: Guy's Hospital (in striped shirts) G. ...

... By Professor J. Basil Buxton, M.A., F.R.C.V.S., D.V.H. THE Royal Veterinary College, like many other teaching institutions in London, decided in 1938 that in the event of war the teaching departments of the College should be moved to the country. As events have shown, this was a wise precaution, for although serious structural damage has not been sustained by the handsome buildings at Camden ...

... MANY years ago Lord Avebury con- ducted an elaborate set of experiments to ascertain whether insects (and some vertebrate animals as well) had any sense of colour. He came to the conclusion that not only did insects distinguish colours, but that they liked some and avoided others. Since Lord Avebury's time a great deal of experimental work has been carried out on the psychology of insects, ...

... THE Northants W.A.E.C. has held a demonstration on live- stock at Mr. H. R. Overman's farm at Brampton Ash, near Ketter- ing. An interesting series of animals was shown and there was a good attendance of local agriculturists. Visitors from London included Mrs. Hudson, Mr. Tom Williams (Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Minis- try of Agriculture) and others. With them were Mr. Steuart ...

... THE National Fire Service has from its in auguration striven to beat Hitler, not only by putting out fires, but by turning areas he has devastated into productive gardens, rabbitries or pig geries. Its exhibition on the bombed site at Lewis', New Oxford Street, held in con junction with the South London Federation of Pig Clubs made even experienced Londone s open their eyes. Gre t credit is ...

... YET more Rugby history was made at Richmond Athletic Ground, the wartime Twickenham, when the R.A.F. met a Dominions team drawn from the Royal New Zealand and Royal Australian Air Forces. With twelve Internationals, including Rugby League stars, in their side, the R.A.F. were expected to win fairly comfortably. As it was, the R.A.F. were lucky to win by 8 o, both tries being scored in the ...

... fessionals still buy them. It is a rare occasion indeed when a professional has a customer who comes in and asks to see a selection of No. I irons. I am going back for the time and place of my story to the Waterloo Golf Club it would be about nine years ago, during my second year at this fine club just outside the Belgian capital. A Mr. Van Wezel, a member of the club for some time, suddenly ...

... J DIXON, of Billingham-on-Tees, comes of a family which holds 200 prizes for ploughing. His most recent success, in the North of England Ploughing Champion ship at Penrith, was the more creditable as the ground was hard with twodays of frost. A. W.Pearceisthe proud and successful exhibitor of the best decorated pair of horses Winston and Wavell. He also won a prize as the oldest ploughman. The ...