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... J FOR generations the earth's green mantle was taken for granted by farmers-- the gift of a beneficent Nature and a humid climate which was provided for the exclusive use of livestock. It is true that the best farmers paid considerable attention to maintaining their grassland in first-class con dition, and periodical dressings of basic slag-- or other phosphates-- together with lime, and ...
... A Demonstration on I Dairy Shorthorns I THE Cambridgeshire War Agricultural Executive Committee organised a live stock demonstration for dairy farmers and their stockmen at the River and Cantelupe farms of Messrs. Chivers and Sons, Hasling- field, on February 8th, when about 500 persons attended. Proceedings started with some opening remarks by Mr. S. Owen Webb; chairman of the Cambs. W.A.E.C. ...
... The 107th Running of the Waterloo Cup Bryn Tritoma a 200 to I Winner TRANSPORT zvas scarce and for the vast majority the Waterloo Cup meant a long zvalk to and from the coursing grounds at Altcar but there were big crowds none the less. THE EARL OF SEFTON, Major Cuthbert Blundell, and the Countess of Sefton, awaiting the first hare to come to hand at Lydiate on the opening day. Unfor tunately ...
... Astonishing Upset in Form at Altcar Eookmakers' £1,000 Thanks Offering By D. H. Watson-Wood NEVER has a Waterloo Cup provided quite such a crop of surprises as that decided at Altcar last week. Of those to reach the last four, Noted Sceptre was quoted at 500 to 1 at the call- over: and the winner, Bryn Tritoma. at 200 to 1. A factor which con tributed to a great degree to some astonishing ...
... By A. Croxton Smith OF all the problems associated with dog breeding that of the mating of relatives probably gives rise to more loose thinking and misunderstanding than all the rest put together. The criticisms that are so common are, I am satisfied, made under a genuine misapprehension of the effects of inbreeding, but that is no justification for them. I am sure the critics really believe ...
... Mr. Hudson Rings the Bell Farming and Industry are Equal Partners I happen to be passionately concerned about the fate of this country and of our own people. These words were spoken by Mr. R. S, Hudson, Minister of Agriculture, to a mass meeting at Manchester last week, Because we believe that his views reflect a large body of sensible opinion in this country we publish his speech almost in ...
... at Chelmsford and York WITHIN the space of a week, the Essex Pig Society held two im portant shows one at the home-town, Chelmsford, the other, breaking new ground, at York. Both were unquali fied successes, with the York show demonstrating afresh the growing popularity of the breed in all parts of the country under all conditions. Boars were in greater de mand than gilts at Chelms ford, where ...
... By Major G. W. G. Baillie IT is not surprising that the public thinks of the Army as an organisation for destruction. This is only natural, for destruction is inevitable in war. There is another side, however. This is the part played by Army formations or individuals by giving relief, assisting, civil authority or creating new civil organisations. The policy of the British Government is always ...
... By Land Agent If you have a good tenant, you don't want an agreement if you have a bad one, it does not matter what agreement you have got. (Farming maxim.) IF one could but foretell the future, doubtless this old adage might be taken literally; but as things are, contracts of tenancy tend to resemble contracts of marriage, in that the partners rarely know one another until the partnership is ...
... By A. Croxton SmitP THERE is much in the present state of affairs in the kennel world to cause uneasiness among those of us who are con- cerned about the advancement of pedigree dogs, or perhaps it would be more correct to say that we are worried about the position of the crowds who have come into the game in the last three or four years. I am optimist enough to have every con fidence in the ...
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... THERE has been a tendency to associate the Anglo-Franco- American talks with Switzerland in the main with stopping the Germans pickling away loot in that neutral country, and with the dis continuance of freight-in-transit. to Kesselring over the St. Gothard. But, surely, just in the background is a new and more direct proposition? Surely the situation of Switzerland vis-a-vis the war begins ...