... I f the canals of Holland present problems to our fighting forces, the roads may be said to affect immediate day-to-day tactics to an equal extent. The new roads are firmly based and constructed and will bear heavy traffic but the traffic on them is confined to the raised road surface and the slopes which give access to the lower roads. Although these new roads are in themselves so solid, the ...

... 44 Once again, as so often in Eighth Army history, the weather has come to the help of the enemy, writes one war correspondent from the Adriatic sector in Italy. The storms and floods of winter have already arrived almost before those of this country The valleys along the coast have been flooded by the heavy rains and consequent swollen rivers and this has caused a change of tactics on the ...

... Rheumatism is the most commonplace of all chronic complaints in these islands. The actual name, rheuma tism, covers many different types of the disease, including acute rheumatism, which is usually a child's or an old person's serious illness; muscular pains, and joint pains. We are not dealing with the acute type of rheumatism, or' attempting to tell you how to deal with joints that have ...

... MATERIALS 10 oz. Emu Unshrinkable 3-ply wool 6 button moulds No. 9 needles (and No. 11 for buttons). MEASUREMENTS Round bust, 35 ins. sleeve seam, 18 ins. length, 22 ins. TENSION 8 sts. and 10 rows to 1 in. 0 THE BACK Cast on 1 14 sts. Work the following pattern 1st row. K: 2, p. 2 rep. from to end, ending k. 2. 2nd row. P. 2, k. 2 rep. from to end, ending p. 2. Rep. these 2 rows until 6 are ...

... 2) r e 6 6 BY JEAN BURNUP Editor Women's Department Four photographs ex pressing the current styles in basic clothes. There is a gradual soften ing of the silhouette, a breakdown of the angular, civilian-uniform feeling of the past few years. Rounded collars and lapels occur on suits and top coats, tailored suits have casual, cardigan-line jackets, which look well with severe shirts or front- ...

... A Demonstration of Artificial Insemination By the Staff of the Kimble Station THE Kimble station was started in 1942 by Colonel W. C. Devereaux, who is well known as an engineer. Among other activities, he was Superin tendent of National Aircraft Factory No. 1, and has done much to assist research and production in aero nautical work. The Kimble station now firmly established as a ...

... THERE is only one kind of heavy horse in Scotland--the Clydesdale, bred and developed since the early part of the eighteenth century from the hardy native breed of Lanarkshire mares and graded up to weight by the use of the great Flemish stallions. The breed is very hardy, and is noted especially for its qualities of longevity, lightness of action and hard-wearing feet. In its modern guise it ...

... of the West Country is and valley scenery are fully Exmoor and the Cornish heaths- many out-of-the-way districts with show some views of the little agricu Lyd, north of Tavistock. Life in C in most other districts, the tide of v i to tourists, and the beauties of the hill ;ciated. The wilder districts Dartmoor, lso popular holiday resorts, but there are m and interest of their own. The ...

... October 27, 1944 TttpM^JL the safety glass fortnightly (jxj) ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS SPORT&COUNDnr a ...

... HORSE TEAMS AT WORK. The ploughman's skill is tested with the special form of plough used locally as there are many different types each restricted to its own district. The one shown is the single-furrow wheel-plough. TRACTOR PLOUGHING There is no limit to the power of the tractor, and four- or five-furrow ploughs are used. Here the winner of Class 5 Miss H. Claridge is drawing a two-furrow ...

... - THE Surrey W.A.E.C. arranged a compre hensive demoflstration of agricultural and horticultural machinery at Godalming, Surrey, on 'October n and 12. A large number of implements were on view, and frequent demonstrations were given of their working conditions and capacity. On the first day an address was given by the Rt. Hon. T. Williams, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of ...

... lEftM r *ppotsiM|NT ro II 11 S^^-- N= H.H. *INC GIOWGt I J MisSEYjr^pls |r APPOlMMtNT fO II II N== M.¥. MING G(0G( l. I u J __ MASS EG HARBIS Farmers Evervtvhere sav if it 's MASSEY ■7 its Riqht for the Job' SEASONAL MACHINES INCLUDE Tractors 2, 3 and 4 Furrow Self-Lift Tractor Ploughs; Standard and Combined Drills, II row to 28 row, Manual and Self Lift No. 2IA, Hammer Mills, No. 9, Ensilage ...