... HPHE Hereford Herd Book Society, which held its customary Show and Sale in Hereford Cattle Market on the first of the month, has every reason to be proud of its wartime record. Far from having suffered from war conditions, the bulls which came into the ring appeared to be of splendid quality and had been brought to excellent condition. At least one experienced buyer expressed the view WINNERS ...

... THE DEMONSTRATION VAN of the Holland (Lines.) W.A.E.C. Fitted up to provide those interested with information and advice. The exhibits include sets of pipes ana implements for manual drainage work. FROM AMERICA The Buckeye trenching machine has a large rotating wheel which scrapes out the soil to a depth of A ft. It progresses at a speed of 2 ft. per minute. THE SAPPER TRENCHER at the Holland ...

... By D. H. Watson-Wood WILL Countryman follow in the foot steps of Swinging Light by winning the Waterloo Cup for the second con secutive year ? On the best form shown this season by those who are likely to oppose him next week, I consider the chance of this son of Chancellor and Constellation to be exceed- ingly bright. Although .nuntrvman has nnf been given an outing in public since his ...

... Tomato Preliminaries Little Points Which Make or Mar By Our Horticultural Correspondent SOME remarkably good crops of tomatoes have been produced by amateur growers during the war years, but in spite of the high standard reached by the majority, it is not unusual to find isolated cases where success has been missed by a very narrow margin. In view of the exacting requirements of the rather ...

... GUARD-DOG Trials, conducted by an R.A.F. unit in the south, were comprehensive and included various tests. Points were awarded for general condition, condition of coat and skin, teeth, toe-nails, cleanli ness of ears and eyes and absence of lameness. There were two field tests (a) for Escort and Control, and (6) for Obedience each had its essential features. The conditions laid down were very ...

... /ry THERE is for sale in London an oil- painting, about 6 ft. by 3 ft., of the famous little grey racehorse Gimcrack. The artist is George Stubbs, A.R.A. (1724- 1806). A glance at the illustration on this page shows, however, that this is no ordinary horse portrait. It is a great work of art (with the possible qualifying phrase that it is a specialised form of art) by a great master of his ...

... By John Radnor THE time is coming, as the Walrus almost certainly will be heard to I say, when it will be advisable to talk of many things concerned with the recon- struction of Rugby football. Reconstruction 1 is a horrid-sounding official word, but let it serve. At least it includes a necessary study of the Young Idea as it presents itself from time to time upon the war time playing-fields. ...

... THE water buffalo supplies milk to the inhabitants of many hot countries. The cows are large, clumsy animals with long narrow heads, but they are docile, placid creatures and free from nervousness. The pictures show what can be done with a buffalo dairy herd in North Africa. The farmer--Mr. Landert-- is a Swiss agriculturist who, in addition to 250 buffaloes, keeps a herd of about 50 cows of ...

... Out to Dinner Snapshots Taken at Two London Restaurants Major and Mrs. Ian Menzies and W/Cdr. Peter Kooch de Gooreynd were a threesome at Ciros one night Sir Robert Renwick, of the Ministry of Aircraft Production, was dining at the Bagatelle with Lady Renwick and AirlCdre.and Mrs. R. B. Jordan Lady Caroline Spencer-Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough's second daughter was at Ciros with the ...

... Britain's First Woman Diplomat Miss Mary Craig McGeachy Canadian-bom Miss Mary Agnes Craig McGeachy, first British woman to receive diplomatic status, has now taken up her new duties as Chief of the Welfare Division of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. She has resigned her post of First Secretary at the British Embassy in the United States, to which she was appointed ...

... Uct Cu A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country The Army Says Good-bye Mr. IRVING BERLIN'S spectacular, success ful, all-soldier musical has ended its tour of this country with a special performance at His Majesty's Theatre. The show has been seen in all parts of the country by more than a quarter of a million people, and British Service charities will benefit by Mr. Berlin's great generosity ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Late Starter WE have to be thankful, in these days, that austerity and utility have not laid their chilly hands too com pletely on book production. They have, it is true, touched it, but they have damaged it less than one might expect. Books have slimmed, though their content, in point of actual numbers of words, is not less than before the war. One must take off one's ...