... A Famous Herd In Its New Home Young Men With A Great ResDonsibility UNTIL twenty years ago the Duke of Marlborough owned, and success fully farmed, Elmwood Farm, at Black Bourton, about sixteen miles west of Oxford. The farm was then purchased by Mr. W. J. Craddock, a hunting man, who remained there until his death in 1936, when Mr. R. E. Jenkinson, a successful fruit and market gardener, ...

... WHILE fog rolled in from the Straits of Dover, the Fells round Westmorland had their first real covering of snow this winter. To the relief of farmers and shepherds, but to the disappoint ment of children and winter sports enthusiasts, the snow was disap pearing rapidly, as our photographer took these lovely pictures in the bright winter sunshine. The sheep are rounded up on Howgill Fells, ...

... The Romance of Sister Clara THE extremely modest scale on which breeding and racing are carried on in this country was emphasised by the con trast between the attitudes of those actually engaged in the business of buying and selling at Newmarket, and that of the general public. Bloodstock breeders, after four years of anxiety and loss, now moved about in a sort of dream. Could it really be ...

... LokSidmuflH MILK TARGET 1,000,000 GALLONS PER DAY Average Yield for AYRSHIRES in 1943-44, as per ENGLISH MILK MARKETING BOARD REPORT, 7,031 lbs. If all the Dairy Cows in England were AYRSHIRES the TARGET would be reached without increasing the Dairy Cow Population. THEREFORE BUY AYRSHIRES! The greater the number of AYRSHIRES the nearer the TARGET. Information from HUGH BONE, Secretary, ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent THE clearance of early vegetables, such as peas, Spring cabbage, broad beans, etc., will free a number of plots in the kitchen garden for further cropping, and the maintenance of ample and varied winter vegetable supplies will depend to a large extent, on a judicious use of these plots. Provision should be made for plenty of autumn and winter greenstuffs for ...

... INFORMATION, illustrating the difficul ties under which German farmers are working--shortage of labour, fertilisers, machinery, etc.--is periodically released by the Ministry of Information. This, we are sorry to see, is often seized on by the daily Press (aided and abetted, one suspects, by the Ministry of Agriculture) with an air of rather smug satisfaction. There is presumably no great harm ...

... THE large sheep-farms in the mountainous part of the South Island, where half-bred flocks graze on the sparse vegetation of the bush slopes, provide a healthy but strenuous life during the mustering, dipping and shearing seasons. Extra labour is engaged and youngsters from the towns come up to help in the less skilled farmwork. Sheep are driven from the hill-slopes and mustered at the farm. ...

... England v. Australia One-Day Holiday Test Match at Lord's A RECORD crowd of over 25,000 enjoyed every minute of Whit Monday at Lord's, for the one-day test against Australia was a great success. England won with wickets to spare sbi of them but only ten minutes in time. THE ONE-DAY TEST: Whit Monday at Lord's was grand holiday weather, holiday crowds and a match played to a finish, England ...

... BY the time this is read, Parliament will have returned to work after the brief Whitsun recess and, all being well, the House of Commons will have passed the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Bill which will now go to the Lords. There was also arranged for this week a debate on loca tion of industry, the regulation of which is of great importance to agriculture. This was the subject of the ...

... THE Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Hudson, has made the discovery that there are many jobs on the farm that horses can carry out better (and, presumably, more economically) than the tractor. Sport and Country has always maintained that the horse has a definite place in farm economics and has published many photographs showing some of the farm activities that can best be done by horse labour. ...

... Experiment in Education A 200-Acre Farm Run by Public Schoolboys in their Spare Time ST. COLUMBA'S COLLEGE, situated on the foothills of the Dublin mountains and facing Dublin Bay, is one of the smallest of the public schools, with just over 150 boys from all parts of Ireland-- rather more than half from the country, the remainder from the cities of the north and south. The founder, Dr. ...

... MESSRS RYMAN held their twenty- ninth sale of Large White pigs from their well-known herd at Manor Farm, Wall, on February 24. A few Tamworths were included, but the main interest was centred on the Large Whites, and high prices were obtained. There was a large at tendance, including breeders from Scotland and from overseas. Several of the animals were purchased for Canada or the Scottish ...