... THE Toadsmoor herd was founded by Mr. G. R. Cobb at Steep ways, Nether Lypiatt, Glos., in 1932. A start was made by the purchase of three heifers at the dispersal sale of the late Lord Fitz- walter's herd, and selected animals were added from the island of Guernsey. Mr. Cobb did not pay ex ceptional prices for his stock-- the range was be tween 45 and 90 guineas but this represented much more ...

... THE United States Depart ment of Agriculture is recruiting labour for farms in the highly productive areas from districts where there is a surplus of manpower. Some of the 50,000 workers required will be transferred from Ken tucky to New Jersey. The eastern States produce large quantities of essential food stuffs for the cities on the Atlantic seaboard and also supply many of the require ments ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent THE present stringency of fuel supplies has limited the use of greenhouses for the raising of early vegetables. Early production, for its own sake, is no longer justifiable if it leads to fuel extravagance. To maintain high temperatures for the sole purpose of providing a few luxury dishes of dwarf beans or early potatoes before Easter is not good wartime ...

... SO successful was a week-end course in agriculture, arranged by the University of Reading for members of the U.S. Army last September (reported in our issue of September 17), that it was decided to repeat the experiment. In association with the British Council, the University conducted a similar course last month and the lectures were given by members of the staff of the Faculty of Agriculture ...

... Described and Shown by Mr. John Fleming, President of the English Society AS the name implies, the Jersey had its origin in the Island of Jersey, and, for reason of the island regulations prohibiting the importation of live cattle, it has been bred pure for generations. Indeed, it is perhaps one of the few breeds of cattle in which there is no foreign blood. Thus the Jerseys can be relied ...

... By A. Croxton Smith THE Food Controller, acting under the advice of experts, can fix a fair price for the sale of an egg or a pound of butter, making due allowances for the costs of production and distribution, but it would take a jury of Solomons to decide upon what was reasonable for a dog. Almost every breed has its own range of values, which are not always determined by the outlay on ...

... DELAYS at the start occur at the best regulated race meetings. They are not uncommon in the most important races in the Calendar, especially when the starter has to dispatch big fields. On such occasions, little knots of people cluster anxiously around tape machines, wondering what may have happened. Even at the meeting itself, scarcely a fraction of the crowd knows what is happening. Here are ...

... lnuary 7, 1944 iUe Safety qLass TrijpIcX. fortnightly (J'fe) ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS SPORT COUNTRY ...

... FOR many years botanists have known that new and improved strains of plants, including some of our market garden crops, can be obtained by inducing an increase in the number of chromosomes in the plant cells. The chromosomes are intimately connected with plant or animal growth and the number is constant in each species. If they can be doubled or trebled in number, larger varieties may result ...

... COMPANION OF HONOUR Tile Right Hon. R. S. Hudson, M.P., has been Minister of Agriculture since 1940, but had held several important Government appoint ments prior to that date. He represented the Whitehaven Division of Cumberland from 1924 to 1929, and since 1931 has been the Unionist Member for Southport. A large-scale farmer in Wiltshire he comes of a family of noted breeders of stock. Mr. ...

... By W. R. Campbell, N.D.H. Curator Kew Gardens) THE Minister of Food has stated that 30,000 tons of seed potatoes for the British Isles had been sent just before Christmas to the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Rhodesia and West and South Africa. A further 30,000 tons is to follow shortly. At Kew Gardens last year they found that about 72 lb. of dried seed, that is potato chips cut from the ...

... THE pictures show an interesting example of commensalism where two different animals live in association and share some interests in their lives. The anemone allows a small fish known as the anemone fish to swim fearlessly among its tentacles and even to take refuge in its gullet when any external danger threatens. But if any other species of fish approaches (and it is sug gested that the ...