... 5USSEX HERD BOOK SOCIETY No Cattle are HARDIER sussex cow or more THRIFTY than the Farmer Stockbreeder Photograph SUSSEX Sussex Cattle by E. Walford Lloyd (10/6) tells you all about them BROADWAY EAST, DENHAM, near UXBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX ...

... By A. CROXTON-SMITH STALIN, whose picture appears on this page to-day, is claimed to be the only white Alsatian in Australia, and so in a way has a distinction that does not belong to the common run. He is owned by Mr. J. McCarthy, of Glebe in New South Wales, and is one of a Utter sired by a black-and-tan guard dog at an aerodrome. This colour, or rather absence of colour, would excite no ...

... . . 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. Breed Lincoln Reds and thereby Particulars of the breed from the conform with the Ministry's Policy. Secretary of the Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn Association, 184, High Street, Lincoln, England ...

... THE hay harvest, in many parts of the country is nearly finished, and it promises to provide a record crop. Early in the season it seemed that there would be little hay to cut, but the rains and warm weather of the past two months have brought the crops on amazingly and very heavy yields are recorded from most districts. So much land has been brought under cereal production and cropped for ...

... PBWc :V TWELVE years ago Mr. T. C. J. Manners made a bold experiment in dairy farming by starting an entirely new venture. He established a pedigree and attested herd of Jersey cattle at Tandderwen, a farm near Abergele, North Wales. This was the more competitive, as the local black cattle, although not heavy yielders, produce a very rich milk. In Drakeley and White's tables their average ...

... THE SAGA OF SAGAN golfers of stalag loft 3 SAGA, n. an old heroic Scandinavian tale-- so says my dictionary. I am sure when you hear the story of the Sagan Golf Club you will excuse the liberty I have taken in using this word-- though it nearly fits exactly if, perhaps, another word was substituted for Scandinavia. Ex-P.O.W. Fl./Lt. P. A. W. Thomas called on me a few days ago with the ...

... SAFEGUARD YOUR FOOD CROPS^ ■■■■I ■nwMi BULWARK VAVAVi' i ...

... y 6, 1945 ZrttmrM, pleJL muC be safe, fortnightly ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS ...

... A COLONY that has, for any reason, become queen less and has neither eggs nor young larvae from which to raise a queen will often produce laying workers. Their presence is detected by the irregular way in which their eggs are laid, several eggs being found in one cell quite often, and by the fact that only drones hatch out. Laying workers must be stamped out or the colony will perish. As they ...

... BY XLtwZ AFTER the Ascot Meeting, due to take place to-morrow, we need not expect any immediate excitements until September. The Fixture List at present takes us as far as the end of July. A new one is due at any moment and it is generally hoped that it will include the eagerly anticipated Autumn meeting at York with, perhaps, a real Yorkshire St. Leger on Knavesmire. Meanwhile, we are to have ...

... OFFICIALS of the various British Hunts have had a hard time during the war. Foodstuffs for the kennels have been difficult to obtain, and hounds require a great deal of highly skilled attention. But Masters, Hunt committees and Secretaries have done their best and carried on in spite of restrictions. Now, we may hope for a return of all forms of sport, including hunting and one of the great ...

... THE Government plans for the expansion of egg production should be facilitated by the work which has been done at the National Laying Test, at Milford, Surrey, during the war years, where a nucleus of pedigree breeding stock has been conserved by the expedient of encouraging breeders, by means of prize awards, to strive for a high commercial and economic ideal. It has been demonstrated that ...