... i; r HPHE aeroplane has provided personnel of the anti-locust campaign with an extremely effective means of combating a serious menace to African and Asian agri culture. The formation of an R.A.F. Anti- locust Flight, assisted by detachments of the East African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps, has done much to reduce the locust menace. The general method is to locate a settled swarm of the pests and ...

... THE shapes of our traditional farm implements form a history of their de velopment, each implement being perfected during long years of use in the workshop. The first farm-carts were clumsy structures on solid wheels, heavy, cumbersome and unreliable. From them have grown the many types in use to-day, from the two- wheeled dung-cart, which must jolt its way over the uneven fields, to the ...

... THE Commonwealth of Australia has high hopes that her rapidly-growing wine industry will become one of her greatest post-war assets, for much money and research have been devoted to its development over the past twenty years. In actual fact, the industry can be said to have started from scratch during the years immediately following the last war, when vast sums -of money were earmarked by the ...

... OUR good friends in America seem to be rather worried over the publication by some of their Government Depart ments of statistics concerning their war effort. The wonderful-- almost fantastic-- contribution made by the U.S.A. has been pardy obscured, in American eyes, by some of the unfortunate figures in the official reports. It is possible, too, that those American citizens who had studied ...

... EVANS SONS LESCHER WEBB LTD VANS SONS LESCHER WEBB LTD Liverpool and London Tarmer and Stockbreeder Photograph Protect your flocks with EVANS LAMB DYSENTERY SERUM Once any lamb in your flock is already affected with Lamb Dysentery no known treatment can save it. The seasonal spread of the disease, however, can be controlled by the adoption of protective measures at lambing time, the danger ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent GRAPE vines now need winter pruning and a general overhaul. When fuel was plentiful and an early crop required, it was usual to complete the work during December and start the vines into growth in January. Although artificial heat cannot be used to any great extent in war-time, yet it is an advantage to prune as soon as possible after leaf-fall, as this ...

... By D. H. Watson-Wood HAROLD WRIGHT'S kennel staged a highly successful come back, after sickness which had held up its active par ticipation in the field sport since October, when representatives from the Preston Brook establishment shared in the division of every stake at the meeting at Bryn-y-Pys on December 19. This is the fixture held over Major Hugh Peel s estate at Royton, and it was ...

... Association, 184, High Street, Lincoln, England. The beginning of all good things Lincoln Reds' are spreading throughout the British Isles. Why Because they have achieved a reputation as THE dual-purpose Cattle. The Ideal Breed for every need. Breed Lincoln Reds and thereby Particulars of the breed from the conform with the Ministry's Policy. ...

... By a Land Agent In the year 1582, Peter Morris, a Dutchman, made a Most Artificial Forcier,' by which water was carried into the houses. London (C. Knight, 18AI.I THIS feat of Peter Morris was a great achievement, and pointed the way to what could be done; but I fancy that the ingenious Mr. Morris would be both gratified and surprised, could he learn that the and Sewerage Act, 1944, has ...

... By A. Croxton Smith IT is strange how, out of the hundreds of puppies I have bred, some live more vividly in the memory than others; the rest have left no lasting impression. Those that had sufficient merit to become champions were bound to be remem bered as well as those that had an individuality that made them notice able or gave them the closer intimacy of the house. Methuselah sained his ...

... 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 ...