... To Farmers and Farm Workers A New Year Message from the Minister of Agriculture \A/E enter the New Year with confidence and hope. But we are still at war no relaxation must postpone the day of victory. CORTUNATELY the war time tasks ahead will serve also the cause of agriculture in peace. These tasks are to improve and expand our livestock industry and to establish on every farm a proper ...

... THE Buckeye Trencher, although it has been in use for some time in this country, is probably new to many of our readers. It is 30 ft. long and is powered by a 72-h.p. 6-cylinder Diesel engine. A most interesting point is that it has twelve different gear speeds, five of which are used when the machine is travelling along roads and the other seven while digging. On the road it has a maxi mum ...

... Three Weil-Known Southern Packs DURING the penultimate week of the old year before the frost came down and put a much-resented stop to the time-honoured Boxing Day,.' meets, three celebrated and old established packs held important meets within a few days of each other in two adjacent counties. The Crawley and Horsham met at Swains, Partridge Green, Horsham, Sussex, the lovely home of Mr. J. ...

... VANTONA TEXTILES LTD.. V He's starting the right way and does he I enjoy the rub down I with those soft, I cosy Morning 1 Joy towels that I both mother and B dad always use Not easy to buy demands of the services must come first. V A NcjyO I A £/oio-e£d The range of VANTONA household Textiles also includes Court Bedcovers, Blansheets Down Quilts, Ticks and Tickings all bear the VANTONA Tab. ...

... MOSS BROS i CO.LTO. MOSS 8R0S 4 CO.tTO. Noto/, Military, R.A.F. Genera! Outfitters COVENT GARDEN Corner of King St. Bedford St., W.C.2. TEMple Bar 4477 (12 lines) And at Bristol Manchester Caniberley Bournemouth York, etc. ii id in a in War time People still ride, some as a change from riding in aircraft, tanks or jeeps others, both men j and women, in order j to keep fit to do their bit. And ...

... THE latest idea for a Prosperous Agriculture is rather 'fas cinating. No farms under 200-250 acres-- the minimum efficient unit according to The Economist, and over-backed by the Agricultural Economics Institute of Oxford to the tune of 450 acres. This is their considered opinion, they have found the magic numbers. ft is not stated whether it holds good for other things perhaps it does 250 ...

... By C. H. Eastop DURING the course of the war some 300,000 acres of land have been taken over for airfields and training camps to meet the requirements of the fighting Forces. Not all of this land was good and fertile of course; some of it was derelict, but even the best of it has not entirely been lost to agri culture, as with the acquisition of more land the R.A.F. also have acquired an added ...

... By Land Agent The poorest man in his cottage bids defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail its roof may shake, the wind may blow through it, the storms may enter, the rain may enter but the King of England may not enter, all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement. Speech on the Excise Bill. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1702-1778. IT is said that time ...

... By Marjory Hemphill THE author, who, with her husband, farms on a considerable scale in the Mau Summit area, 8322 ft. above sea-ievel, less than a day's journey from the great Lake Victoria, contributes a fascinating article relating to cattle-breeding in Kenya. Mrs. Hemphill, in an accompanying letter, writes that a recent visit from lions resulted in the loss of fifty head of cattle in the ...

... THE National Hunt meeting with which the season opened at Cheltenham was most enjoyable-- a tonic for all who were lucky enough to take part in it. The weather was unbelievably good, at any rate in the opinion of those who had endured the cold, frosty spell in London and other winter- bound areas-- Wetherby, alas! included-- and there was that atmosphere of gaiety which always seems to pervade ...

... Maple Sugar A North-American Industry EARLY spring, while the ground -is still covered with snow, is the time for the annual tapping of the Sugar Maple, both in the province of Quebec and the north-eastern part of the United States. Sugar harvest is also the time for picnics, dances and late suppers round open-air fires in the intervals between the strenuous work of sugar-making. A crude form ...

... fjan^ Tuii BEAUTY OF 1 IS ITS QUALITY Desire for lovely lace-trimmed Lingerie will be allowed expression when the world is at peace again. Meanwhile, the plain fashion of MADiitOMA war-time Lingerie in Celanese' is satisfying 'Cg|gnCS6 the fabric is still lovely, the quality excellent, utility fabric USE COOL IRON L.F.2I3 ...