... The Lords on Soil and Health By Our Parliamentary Correspondent WESTMINSTER, Monday, February 14TH. THE relation of the soil to health was the subject of an extremely interesting debate in the House of Lords. It took place on a motion by Lord Teviot, asking the Royal Commission on the birth rate, to consider the condition of the soil in relation to the health of man, animal and plant. There ...

... TO make a little occasion of Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas's birthday on December 23, King Farouk invited the Chief Marshal and other officers to a shoot over the Royal Preserves at Tel-el- Kebir in the Canal Zone. Sir Sholto Douglas has just recently been appointed Air Officer Commander-in-Chief Coastal Command. AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR SHOLTO DOUGLAS chatting with General Abrahim Atellah ...

... MANY thousands of pounds- worth of splendid pedi gree cattle change hands annually at the Aberdeen-Angus Show and Sale in Perth. Buyers in peacetime come from all over the world to select stock for breeding purposes, and even in wartime travel long distances in order to be present. The Duke of Norfolk, Joint-Parlia mentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, and the Earl of Rosebery, ...

... THE cultivation of the rabbit as a fur-bearing animal has long since grown to considerable dimensions. Since the war however, small breeders have begun to specialise in pelt production to such an extent that the National Rabbit Skin Show at the Hudson Bay Company's premises, attracted 500 pelt entries. THE SHOW was practical in nature illustrating the various uses to which rabbit skins can be ...

... Continued from page 82.) from South African units, and another of British and Dominion soldiers. The parties were com posed of men who, at home, are engaged in Agricultural work of some kind-- farmers, scientists and technical advisers. They very much appreciated the opportunity afforded them of seeing branches of agriculture with which they were unfamiliar and also of enjoying the King's ...

... A MEMBER of the Arundel Young Farmers' Club, Tony Beck, stood up at a meeting and volunteered to work during the holidays on the farm of Mrs. Kilian Konig, National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs, Hon. County Organiser. The farm is situated some 18 miles from Arundel. Mrs. Konig mentioned this distance. There is the train, answered Tony There is also the ticket, said Mrs. Konig. Oh, I ...

... By A. Croxton Smith DOGGY people will have read with more than usual interest Sir Henry Buckland's pro posals for the rebuilding of the Crystal Palace, a place looked upon by us as a kind of Mecca. Although the Kennel Club fixture was by far the most important of those using the old building, others went there in the course of the year. There was no place like it, with its long stretch of ...

... Browsing through some old golf books on my library- shelf recently, I came across the story of the Open Champion ship of 1898. To me it proved a fascinating tale, and I think lots of other golfers would like to read about it too. Golf in the ast century may seem very ancient listory, but many of the com petitors in the Open at Prestwick n 1898 are still alive,' and a number olayed in big golf ...

... LAND drainage in Great Britain is not a new discovery. In the days of the manor, the need for drainage was well understood although the system employed was the ditch or open drain carrying off water to the nearest stream. Walter, of Henley, writing on agriculture in the thirteenth century, stated that to free land from too much water, marshy ground should be ridged and the water made to run. ...

... Mr. Chase Mr. Gardener 77, The Grange, Chertsey. FEBRUARY. Dear Mr. GARDENER, If you live in the South I expect you did most of your sowing last month; northern gardeners should put in their carrots, peas, broad beans, onions, lettuce and brassica seeds under cloches as soon as the weather is favourable. If you mean to invest in more cloches, j do be wise and order at once, for not only is ...

... I 'HE new President of the National Farmers' J- Union, Mr. J. K. Knowles, was good enough to spare a few minutes to our photo grapher during the week-end following his elec tion. He succeeds Mr. J. Templeton at a critical moment in the Union's history. Mr. Knowles, who is forty, will be assisted by Mr. J. Turner as Vice-President, the Nottinghamshire dele gate Mr. Turner is thirty-six. All ...

... THIS is February 18, 1944. Before many more issues of this journal are published the invasion of Europe will have begun. Are we prepared to play our share in it, or are we to wait, like sheep, to see what are the Government's plans for feeding the people and for maintaining essential services ? It is recognised that plans are ready for looking after the big cities, the smaller towns, and even ...