... The GREAT HORSE of ENGLAND has to begin life, like every other creature, as size one. None the less, Mr. A. J. Poyser's colt foal, Supreme Champion at the Derbyshire Foal Show, has the makings of an outsize stallion one day. Mr. W. J. Cumber, President of the Shire Horse Society (snapped with the Secretary, Mr. A. G. Holland), gave 200 guineas for the colt. The judges preferred him to the cham ...

... r&-,: An Oxfordshire At-Home Ycung Farmers' Annual Rally THE formation of an ever-increasing number of Young Farmer's Clubs in almost every i county augurs well for the future of agriculture in this island. No better way can be imagined of stimulating that interest inherent in so many of us in our oldest industry than by encouraging the development of such clubs. Also we are pleased to note ...

... THE Annual Ram Show and Sale of Kent--now perhaps better known as Romney Marsh--sheep is always a great event for flockmasters interested in the breed. This year it was held at Ashford, and there was a good attendance and brisk bidding. The show champion and the reserve both came from the class for yearling rams unshorn. The first and champion ram, entered by Exors. of J. E. Quested, realised ...

... THE Devon Catrle Breeders' Society had a very successful day at ihe 93rd show and sale of tuberculin-tested bulls at Exeter on October 4. The breed is so deservedly popular that high-class animals are always in demand, and the prices realised at the sale indicated an even standard of quality. The average for the hundred bulls sold was £94 1 8s. 7d. and the highest in dividual price was 305 ...

... Record Totals and Averages THE boom in bloodstock, or, more correctly, the considerable appreciation in prices, has been noted in England (at the New market Sales), in America (Keeneland), in Australia and now in Ireland. Conditions on the Irish stud farms, and the enthusiastic support given to racing by Irish racegoers during the war period, have been favourable to breeders, who, at Messrs. ...

... Lytham's Lesser-Known Course A Small Club's Fine Gesture WHEN one talks of golf at Lytham, one thinks immediately of the Royal Lytham and St. Annes Golf Club, whereas in reality there is a modest little inland course not far from Lytham railway station on which the average golfer is more at home. This club, called the Lytham Green Drive Golf Club, has a moderate length 18-hole course on flat, ...

... THE meteorologists, several years ago, evolved a definition to cover the expression a rainy day. A rain- day, they say, is one on which the rainfall is not less than 1/100th of an inch. What would not our generals, as well as our farmers, give to know when that 1/100th of an inch would fall! It is idle to reflect that, were the weather predictable more accurately than is at present possible, ...

... THE English Guernsey Society's Annual Show and Sale at Reading was once again extremely successful. It is quite evident that the demand for this famous breed is on the increase if the prices are any criterion at all. As at last year's sale, the highest-priced bull this time Mr. W. H. Harrison's Wychnor Moss-Trooper trebled the figure realised by the champion of his class, the Countess of ...

... The Hop Harvest in Kent Work in Progress at Spelmonden Farm, Goudhurst HOPS are grown in two main districts in England. One is the Kent-Sussex area and the other is near Worcester. Successful cultivation requires very special technical knowledge on the grower's part, and makes a heavy demand on labour. It is an expensive crop to produce, and returns, even with skill and care, are affected by ...

... f^cUHeSi. ow The Case for N.H. Sport Autumn Big Race Surprises AS I write, there is no official news regarding the prospects of a resumption of jumping in the New Year. There is however, a general air of confidence among owners and trainers, a good number of whom are prepared to support racing if permission is given. I only hope that the Stewards who are conducting the necessary negotiations ...

... From Our Parliamentary Correspondent.] Westminster, Monday October 9. IN the course of the Committee stage of the Town and Country Planning Bill in the House of Com mons, last week, there were two dis cussions of special interest. One of these arose on Clause 35 of the Bill which extends to farm buildings the provisions of planning schemes and makes it necessary for farmers to submit designs ...

... MILK TARGET 1,000,000 GALLONS PER DAY Average Yield for in 1943-44, as per ENGLISH MILK MARKETING BOARD REPORT, 7,031 lbs. If all the Dairy Cows in England were the TARGET would be reached without increasing the Dairy Cow Population. THEREFORE BUY ! The greater the number of the nearer the TARGET. Information from HUGH BONE, Secretary. Ayrthirt Cattle Herd Book Society. 58 Alloway Street. ...