... B rvmni a (z-i Times photograph) THE Princess Elizabeth, who comes of age on her eighteenth birthday, on Friday, April 21, reaches her majority in an eventful year, and possibly in a month fateful in British ■V history. Greetings will come to her from s a every part of the Empire, but none perhaps will be more welcome than those from her friends and family retainers at Sandringham. There, on ...

... WILD Pigeons are plentiful, and because it is good to take advantage of any possible change in our diet we are giving some variations in pigeon cookery, prepared for us by the Savoy Hotel. Use the breasts for your main dish, the carcase for stock and a tasty cold savoury. Called Mousse de Ramier and served ice cold it is simply the small pieces cooked in red wine or Devonshire cider, which is ...

... Hasten Slowly The Seedaset Major and Minor TWO years ago we visited an experimental nursery at Amersham to see a new method of seed-growing. We were much impressed, by the claims of the inventor, backed, as they were, by the growing plants. But though we had seen with our own eyes we had not tried with our own hands, so we took a Seedaset Minor away for trial. On our own pottmg bench we were ...

... Veterinary Help for limals in Cairo THE People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, origin- ally started in Whitechapel, has now become an inter- national organisation. It gives free advice and treat- ment for the livestock or pets of poor people, de- stroys injured, sickly or unwanted animals, and pro- vides compensation in cases of hardship. The Cairo branch is of special interest in these days, ...

... THE North-Western British Friesian Club holds five shows and sales at Crewe every year, and as the district is largely concerned with milk and cheese, dairy cattle are of special interest. Entries come from North Wales and Scotland, as well as the North Midland counties, and the auctioneers, Messrs. Manley and Spens, Crewe, found a full day 's work with 206 entries 136 cows and heifers .with ...

... MANY claims have been made in the past by various clubs asserting that their courses are the highest in the world, or the highest in Europe, or the highest in Great Britain, and so on, but only recently did I hear of the one course being claimed as the lowest course in the world. This lowly-situated club is at Kallia, on the Dead Sea, due south of Jericho, and it is 1280 ft. below sea-level. ...

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... THE Jersey cow, much favoured by women breeders and keepers, was advertised in this respect by the number of successful women breeders and buyers at Reading. The occasion the English Jersey Cattle Society's Spring Show and Sale brought' to the fore seven prizewinning women exhibitors and numerous women buyers. Among the successful exhibitors were Mrs. Eardley-Wilmot, who had the best female, ...

... LAND drainage has been a serious problem during the war and many thousands of acres have been under- drained during the past four years. A number of elaborate mechanical implements have been designed to cut ditches and to carry out both mole and tile drainage with a minimum of man power and disturbance of land. But there are other points to be considered. The open ditches which carry away ...

... By Lt. -Commander B. J. Hurren OF the many peace time activities which were summarily guillotined at the outbreak of war, none has suffered such a setback as private light aeroplane flying. bcores of amateur aviators at more than 70 pre-war light aeroplane clubs throughout Britain found themselves deprived of some thing in which they had found a new thrill, and abiding pleasure. But theirs was ...

... THE newspapers, jealous guardians of our one remaining Freedom-- to do what we are told under the voluntary system-- have been given a good opportunity of girding against a new, though entirely imaginary, tyranny. This is to be invoked by the Ministry of Agriculture (in conjunction with the Home Office) under an Order concerning Gang Masters for labour and economic transport. The victims 'will ...

... W v '■UiHMrjrr JMUBHCHHKC! ./r _- Whereby it appeareth how great consequence good Husbandry is in a Common-wealth, viz., the very legges and pillars, thereof, without which it cannot stand, nor by any other device or policie whatsoever. _G ...