... aa/zd&mz IN a recent talk to the Rotary Club at the Connaught Rooms, Mr. Hudson gave an admirably clear account of the changed conditions of British agriculture and the necessity for maintaining home production of food. The Minister said that 150 years ago Britain was primarily an agricultural country producing most of its own food. To-day the nation was an industrial and manufacturing country ...

... j H0II5 luaW 5 Our Christmas Number is now on Sale price 2, 6d. i S The demand for grazing in certain districts is still acute. At Peterchurch Market, Here fordshire, areas of sheep keep at Bonnylands, Dorstone, some of which lie at an altitude of 1,400 ft., were recently offered for sale. They made from 45s. to 8cs. an acre. These prices are of some interest as the land was originallly shrub ...

... THE Sussex Herd Book Society's Autumn Show and Sale was held at Ashford on October 25, .when a repre sentative selection of pedigree bulls, cows and heifers, with 204 heifer and steer calves, were entered. The large num ber of young stock was a very healthy sign it provided evi dence of the popularity of the breed as beef animals, and the energetic secretary, Mr. A. G. Holland, may be con ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent THE planting of young fruit-trees is a job which may be confidently tackled by any able-bodied person without pre vious experience. If, therefore, you are one of the many who cannot find skilled labour to plant your new purchases this autumn, there is no need for serious concern. Careful attention to detail and the exercise of a little common sense are ...

... By a Land Agent FOR the last few years the Estate motto has had to be, make do or mend; but without being premature I think we may now alter our slogan to Make do or Re-new. Let us therefore start trying to de cide whether to repair or renew, the old familiar friends, stable, garage, potting sheds and greenhouses. Are the old buildings in the right place, and of the right size Having ...

... THIS competition, which before the war was one of the best golfing and social events in the whole calendar, has continued throughout the war without a break, and apart from maintaining golf interest, it has been used by the organisers as a means of collecting money for charities. Some £2,500 has been passed to various organisations since 1939. i lie wxiuie lucd lo d gUuu uiiCj gUiidj ui ...

... THE future of Chinese agriculture is really the future of China itself 80 per cent, of the total population are farmers. Theirs is a hard life so hard that tney have little time to think about world problems, let alone understand them. The almost universal primitiveness and illiteracy of the vast majority of the people are apt to be forgotten when Chinese culture is discussed and an equal ...

... MINSTED HENRIETTA, born May 1, 1.942, one of twin heifer calves, is a daughter of Auchenbrain Morning Glory, and ivas purchased for 360 guineas by Sir George Leon. MINSTED ROSEBUD 4TH, who was bought by- Mr. T. S. Bennett for 340 guineas, is a daughter of Minsted Footprint. His dam averaged 1170 gallons, with 3'73 per cent, bulterfals, for three lactations. MR. HUGH WYLLIE. C.OWGROVE BIG KATE ...

... t I 'HE demand for highly-bred Ayr- shires never seems to diminish, and every week one reads of fabulous prices being paid for pedigree animals. There was certainly no exception to the rule during Mr. Richard Barbour's .fourth draft sale at Bletchley, Bucks., when throughout the bidding was keen and prices ranged high. Of the females, Galley Lane Jessie 2nd fetched the highest price of 330 ...

... Dairy Shorthorns A Useful Breed Which Fully Merits Its Popularity LAST week, the Dairy Shorthorn Society held an important two-day Show and Sale in the Reading Cattle Market- A great number of entries were received over 200 in all which resulted in very keen competition in all the classes. Females were in very steady demand, while the bidding for bulls soared. The occasion of the second day ...

... WHEN the General Purposes Committee of the English Golf Union put forward recently a recommendation to the R. and A. that golf balls should in future be constructed so that they are never going to go farther than the 1939 balls, I am afraid I felt that another attempt was being made to interfere with the golf game. I spoke to one of the members of this committee, who was present at the meeting ...

... The 1944 Season in Review Next Year's Classic Outlook YET another wartime racing season is over-- the fifth of the series. All those kind people who are so good at adding up figures will by now have com- puted how many races everybody has won, how much they have raked in in stakes (carefully omitting how much it has cost them; racehorse owners are like car owners and persuade themselves, by ...