... By Our Horticultural Correspondent WHEN it is remembered that the tomato is a native of South America, it is not surprising that the cultivation of this tender and rather fastidious plant gives rise to more difficulties than the average run of food crops. As far as this year's crop is concerned, it is now too late to correct any mistakes which have resulted in casualties to plants in the ...

... Making Tliem Welcome British Hospitality for Dominion Troops in Transit CpVERY effort is being made to give repa- J-*' triated prisoners of war a good time when they arrive in England from the Continent en route for their homes, and trips of all kinds are organised by the three Services. South Africans, Australians and New Zealanders recently repatriated from Germany have visited factories ...

... 44 The Forty-fiveJ||lj| Bicentenary of the Invasion of Bonnie Prince CI JUST two hundred years ago on July 19, 1745, to be exact there arrived at Loch nan Uamh, a wild and inaccessible sea-loch on the west coast of Inverness-shire, the French frigate La Doutelle, bearing Prince Charles Edward and a number of his adherents who, since the rout of the Jacobites at Sheriffmuir, thirty years ...

... Henley in Sunshine if and Splendour WHEN, in sunshine, Henley's Royal Regatta was reborn on Saturday, J uly 7, every wheel of the old Regatta machine turned smoothly and each cog dropped cleanly back into place. Huts, marquees, grandstands, and even the bandstand, had, in a few days, been salvaged from the limbo or recaptured after being on war service. Stewards' and crews' enclosures, the old ...

... THE GOLD CUP L-ord Rosebery's Derby winner, Ocean Swell (Eph Smith), winning from the Aga Khans Tehran and Sir Hugo Cunliffe -Owen's Abbots hell. Colonel J. H. Whitney's John Peel was fourth in a field of ten runners. THE WINNER: Ocean Swell is the first Derby winner to have brought off the great double since Persimmon (1896-97). Persimmon, however, won the Epsom Derby: Ocean Swell won at ...

... AFTER five years we can now get un censored news from Switzerland and learn something of what has been happening to that pleasure-ground where so many of our readers spent happy holidays in summer or winter. The Swiss are fully conscious as to what it has meant to them to be spared the major hardships of war, and they are looking forward to resuming their business of service and accommodation ...

... I For the protection of Hilkmg Cows and Other Stock y against Jj*' ■^PExr^ CATTLE FLY SPRAY THE intense irritation caused by flies results in a definite drop in the milk yield. They also act as 'carriers' of dangerous diseases such as Mastitis. Pex sprayed directly on cows and other farm stock, and sprayed regularly about cowsheds and farm buildings will destroy all flies. This will ...

... AUSTINS are making cars again Production of the Austin Eight and the Austin Ten de luxe four-door sliding-head saloons is being resumed for supply through Austin distri-. butors and dealers to holders of Ministry of War Transport licences issued to persons engaged on work of vital national importance. PRICES EIGHT SALOON £255 Plus approx. £71 Purchase Tax TEN SALOON £310 Plus approx. £87 ...

... EVANS SONS LESCHER WEBB LTD EVANS SONS LESCHER WEBB LTD II Farmer Stockbreeder photograph. ft Protect your Pigs with EVANS SWINE ERYSIPELAS SERUM You cannot afford today to let a single pig be lost through the ravages of Swine Erysipelas. This disease, both in its mild and serious forms, can be prevented and even cured by early inoculation and treatment. Evans Swine Erysipelas Serum provides a ...

... Mr. Churchill We shall fight on the beaches we shall fight in the fields and in the streets we shall never surrender. June, 1940 For King and Country for dear life, and for the freedom of mankind. March, 1945 291 Sport Country, 11 5 45 ...

... From Our Parliamentary Correspondent Westminster, Monday, May 7. MEMBERS of Parliament left West minster on Friday confidently ex pecting that this week would bring the news of the end of the war in Europe. Last week's business, which in the Commons was devoted mostly to land matters, was carried through in an atmosphere of sup pressed excitement with rumours of peace thick in the air. On ...

... i nPHE third of the great red-breeds (a deep blood-red, though the tip of the tail and the udder may be white) is the Red Poll, a blend of the Old Red J Norfolk Horned and the Polled Suffolk Duns. To-day the are well known as medium- sized dual-purpose cattle. Their cost of upkeep is small as dairy animals they are heavy yielders, with a good percent age of butterfats as steers they fatten ...