... NO farmer or farm worker has ever looked forward to the tksk of liming. It has meant days of laborious work in a choking dust, either the men spreading the lime, by hand or by an ordinary manure distributor. Now it looks as though the farmers will be given a mechanical spreader which will do this dirty job quickly and efficiently. This was the impression gained from a private demonstration in ...

... Bogy of Cheap Imported Food Disappointment in the Government's Land Plan In Parliament From Our Parliamentary Correspondent. Westminster, Monday, July 3. ONE of the knottiest problems facing this or any future Government which aims at promoting a prosperous agricul ture is how to achieve a reasonable balance between imported and home produced food stuffs. It is the fear of a flood of cheap ...

... Wanted-- 200,000 Volunteers For the Harvest THE bulk of the voluntary workers required for the harvest-tide must inevitably be found from among those already fully employed this class, especially in the present war period, is largely working in big offices and factories, and we feel that it is the duty of all employers to take a hand from the top. Employers who are anxious to encourage staffs ...

... .cm. The Camera in U.S. Racing AT a meeting of the Jockey Club held at Newmarket on June 16, it was decided, as a result of a proposal by Lord Rosebery, seconded by the Duke of Norfolk, to set up a small committee of the Club to go into the question of photographing the finishes of races. jno reason nas oeen given ior mis decision, and it may fairly be assumed that it has come about as a ...

... COUNDED 15 years ago by Mr. John A. fHirst, the Sezincote stud is among the most up-to-date establishments of its kind in the country. It stands 875 ft. above sea level and comprises about too acres (including war time plough-land), to which are now being added 130 acres of farmland. Sezincote stands on a ridge or plateau in the Cotswolds, not far from picturesque Broad way and adjacent to ...

... By A. Croxton Smith IF we are going to stay at home for our holidays, as we are being asked to do once more, it is just as well to make the most of them. Civic authorities throughout the country are rising to the occasion by organising all sorts of amuse ments, in which dog shows are playing an important part. One of the phenomena ot wartime is the way people have gone to the dogs. No one ...

... THE British Games organ ised by the News of the World were held at the White City on Whit Monday in blazing sunshine. A gate of some 10,000 people and a collection gave valuable aid to the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Fund. Three features of the meeting were the remarkably fine form shown by the veteran C. S.M.I. Holmes a Jamaica pilot officer, S. Wint and a young sprinter, A. ...

... IT was like the old days to tee-off before a crowd again, and I thoroughly enjoyed my first Red Cross match for nine months. This was at Budleigh Salterton, on the East Devon coast. The club put on a match in which the young local assistant, 18-year-old Arnold Stickley, son of Fred Stickley the professional, partnered Lt.-Col. C. S. Cutler, R.M., a former Deal back- marker, against Capt. Frank ...

... MR. HUDSON, Minister of Agriculture, is credited with having expressed his conviction that fully-mechanised farming will be unnecessary and that it may be impossible after the war. Realising now that there are a score of jobs at which the horse can beat the tractor, he advocates (the report says) a return to the use of more horse labour on the average farm B This is good news for breeders of ...

... Continued from previous pages) HISTON-BRED Messrs. Chivers and Sons Ltd., won a First with their yearling stallion, Histon Emperor. His sire, Napoleon B734 (imp.) his dam, B1160 Aldenham Beautiful, by Histon Drayman 4th. MR. R. S. HUDSON, whose efforts have provided the country with an abundant supply of straw, sat, with Mr. Mansfield (hands clasped), by the ring side. Straw bales in the ...

... AT SCOTSTOUN, a rising six-year-old horse, Eggerness Pioneer, shown by Messrs. J. and G. Mcllwraith, of Eggerness, Garlieston, won the Glasgow Premium. CHAPELTON COLLEEN, shown by Messrs. W. and J. Kean, Chapelton Farm, won the Fleming Memorial and Cawdor Cups. THE KILPATRICK TROPHY was awarded, after a keen struggle, to Reunion, shown by Air. Hugh McGregor, of Ballionton, ThornhiU. WAS THE ...

... THE BEGINNING OF ALL GOOD THINGS Collective Sales of these popular' dual-purpose Cattle will be held at LINCOLN. Females April 26th. Bulls April 27th. All Tuberculin Tested. The ideal breed for every need. Catalogues from the Secretary of the 184, HIGH STREET, LINCOLN. ...