... Perfection in Seed-Sowing By J. C. Litterick, F.I.M.T. At the Evesham meeting, experts and critics made a great variety of suggestions as to what would be, in their opinion, required of the ideal drill of the future. Was a standard drill for the whole district wanted and not a number of drills for each par ticular crop Would a drill be de signed to handle every kind of seed from broad beans to ...

... Distingue's Chance in an Open 2,000 Guineas THOSE who are closely in touch with current racing events are at seven sixes and six sevens in respect of the classic form. This may be explained briefly by the fact that the first 10 two-year-olds of last season, selected by the senior handicapper to adorn the top of his list, have all been beaten as three-year-olds. The eleventh m tne list Tora ...

... By A. Croxton Smith A LETTER received recently was typical of many that are constantly reaching me. An officer who was expecting to go on foreign service enquired where he could put his dog during his absence. Presumably he was not a married man, for if he had been he would have wished to leave the dog as a friend to cheer his wife while he was away. The use of dogs as a means of preserving ...

... LOCUST belong to the order of insects known as the Orthoptera. It is a large and important group, as its members agree in possessing powerful chewing mouth parts and are voracious feeders. The several species of locust known are the worst enemies of agriculturists in hot climates and cause enormous losses of crops when they migrate, especially in the Middle East. Africa. Arabia. Russia and ...

... DRAWING WATER from an East African river to moisten the bait and make it palatable for use an important consideration in hot climates. *-_ /-.iSi -VH': PREPARED LOCUST BAIT in Africa stacked in readiness for use. The mixture is very poisonous, and the dump is carefully wired to keep animals away. ^lil i /JE ffiu AN INSTRUCTIONAL CLASS The chief locust officer gives an informal lecture to his ...

... Farm inday BRETHREN, I bid you to give thanks to God Almighty, for the blessings which we have received at His hands. For this good land of England and for the love of the countryside deep rooted in every English heart for our fair county of Worcestershire, for its folded hills and fruitful valleys, for its orchards, its gardens and its farms for the quiet wisdom of our fathers, for the dumb ...

... r The National Laying Tests at Milford How Egg Production Capacity is Assessed THE cult of poultry-keeping has found many followers during the last few years of war, especially among house holders who have solved th problem of egg supply by keeping their own hens. Few of these realise what they owe to pedigree breeders of laying stock, who in the last forty years have raised the productive ...

... ONCE again I am going back to making the pictures tell the story. I have taken the golf swing as the subject for a number of general tips, any one of which might easily be the one to remember for the next game you play. In fact, if you are able to see that your swing lacks in some way the advantage which one of the following tips might give it, the end of your major golf troubles might be in ...

... C/'iv A Notable Guineas Meeting THE fact that the Two Thousand Guineas, decided on the July Course at Newmarket on Wednesday, 17th, was won by a filly, is apt to obscure other issues of a particularly brilliant meeting. It is my firm opinion, in the first place, that we have at long last struck a real vintage year for two-year-olds, judging by those who competed on the two days. Secondly, the ...

... [By Our Parliamentary Correspondent] Westminster, LAST week three out of the four Parlia mentary days were occupied with measures affecting agriculture, and M.Ps. representing rural constituencies did not waste this unusual opportunity. Dis cussion ranged over a variety of subjects-- water supply, the new advisory service, boars, both mongrel and pedigree, finance, the inspec tion of dairy ...

... By John Radnor EMPIRE sport already has a long and readable history. What it seems to lack is a historian well primed and in- terested in games and sports as a whole. As for the pages yet to be written they ought to be the best of the lot. How interesting, how enjoyable, how valuable in relation to post-war reconstruction; how much will depend upon the imagination, energy and common-sense of ...

... THERE were three interesting innovation at the Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn Associa tion's Annual Show and Sale held on the Wes Common, Lincoln. To meet the ever-increasin inquiry for females, a Show and Sale of cov. and heifers was held on the afternoon precedin the Bull Sale. This proved a great success and provided an opportunity for numbers o new members to select animals to form tht nucleus ...