... THE widespread national demand for an improved standard of life after the war can only be met by the proper training of school-children (and older people as well) in the art of successful home management. Indeed, the lack of prepara tion for the life-work of so many women is one of the causes of the malnutrition, ill-health and domestic discomforts of the present time. The adequate provision ...

... UNTIL quite recently the methods of preparing charcoal had not changed for many centuries. In the past, when charcoal was universally used as fuel, the woodland burner was an important personage and his produce was on sale in every market. Cord wood or poles were built into conical piles with a centre flue, and the heap covered with turf or soil. The charcoal-makers drew the fire through the ...

... THE ruthless power of the tank or bull dozer is not so much in the engines as in the ability of the track-layer to utilise every ounce of power that the engines can produce. It is the same with the track- laying tractor ploughing up the hillside with such ease that seemingly extra power comes more from the track than the engine. To overcome the wheel-slip of the ordinary tractor there are many ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent ALTHOUGH there is no botanical relationship between onions and peas they have this much in common-- to give good yields they require better conditions and a higher degree of cultural skill than the average run of vegetables. Especially do they both need a certain amount of time and attention during the present month. It is somewhat surprising that after four ...

... IT is rather puzzling to the layman to under stand the purport of a recent letter to the Press from so great an authority as Sir Albert Howard, on the so-called War in the Soil. It will be recollected that the Debate in the Lords on the condition of the soil in the relation to the health of man, animal and plant (initiated by Lord Teviot) was on very broad lines. The soil, said Lord Teviot ...

... THE English Aberdeen-Angus Associa tion Annual Spring Show and Sale was held at Reading this year after 20 years at Banbury. Female trade was the best ever experienced by the Society, the average being £18 a head higher figure than last year when entries were fewer by twenty. This year's figure was £70 8s. 2d. for 54 head, which compares very well with the great show at Perth just before, ...

... Looking to the Future Agricultural Education Help for the Small Man Post-War Control Westminster, Monday, February 28. ALTHOUGH since last we wrote Parlia ment has been mainly concerned with non-agricultural matters, the subject has been considered in relation to both the Education Bill, which is making slow progress through Committee, and also the question of work and employment after the war ...

... THE Devon Cattle Breeders' Society held their ninety-second show and sale of pure bred tuberculin-tested bulls at Exeter on February 23. There was a keen demand and Red Rubies shared in the general increase in stock values. The first prize and show champion Sandhill Tally Ho from Mr. W. A. King's well-known herd realised 580 guineas, which was a new record for a bull of this breed. Thirty- one ...

... PERTH was a veritable Stock Exchange on February 16, when, well within eight hours, owners of pedigree Shorthorns in Scot land, with two or three from England, shared £75.925 for 301 head 253 young bulls and 48 heifers. It was a remarkable show and sale. Sixty-seven herds were represented, so the average per herd was £1133 and the average for the bulls. was £269, or £19 per head more than last ...

... IN 1898 the Agricultural Society of the Berkeley one of the oldest English hunts and which -has a most romantic his tory instituted an annual examination in general agriculture for members of young fanners' clubs. Entries were restricted to farmers under twenty-five years of age and resident, or working, within the limits of the Hunt. The conditions stated that candidates must By an oral and ...

... A GREYHOUND minus several inches of the fine tail he arrived with at Liverpool last Tuesday week, made coursing history by winning the Waterloo Cup. Dutton Swordfish, owned by Mrs. J. A. Dewar, suffered this mishap due to his unfamiliarity with the spring-up seats of a taxi-cab. He jumped off too soon and paid the penalty by losing a portion of his rudder. In the Cup, however, Dutton Swordfish ...

... THE meeting of England and Scotland at Association Football is always a notable occasion, and this year's match will long be remembered by players and spectators. The King and Queen, Princess Elizabeth, King Haakon, General Montgomery, Cabinet Ministers and high-ranking British and American officers were at Wembley, with 80,000 people in the great stadium. England won by 6 goals to 2. The ...