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... Dear home in England! safe and fast. If but in thee my lot be cast, The past shall seem a nothing past To thee, dear heme, if wen at last. Dear home in England, won at last. A. H. CLOUGH (l8l6-l86l) Picture by Eric Guy A ...

LIVERPOOL'S GREAT 3-DA HORSE SHOW AND GARDEN FÊTE

... LIVERPOOL'S GREAT 3-DA USE SHOW AND GARDEN FETE CROXTETH HALL, with its extensive and beautiful grounds, attracted thousands of Liverpool's citizens over August Bank Holiday week-end, when the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress (the Earl and Countess of Sefton) held an ambitious and well-organised horse show and garden fete in aid of charity. A wonderful selection of side-shows forming a suitable ...

The Calstone Herd

... BREEDERS from many of the western and south-western parts of the country assembled at Calstone Farm, Calne, Wiltshire, to inspect Messrs. Maundrell Brothers' herd, which, in the opinion of the chairman of the South-West Counties Shorthorn Breeders' Association,. Major G. F. Aldridge, is formed of the shorthorn par excellence. Summing-up the herd characteristics, he said the cows possess great ...

CORDONS FOR SMALL GARDENS

... BY OUR HORTICULTURAL CORRESPONDENT FRUIT may be grown in the smallest garden, not only soft fruit-- rasp berries, currants, gooseberries, straw berries, etc.-- but the larger tree fruits, such as apples and pears. It is obvious that in a very small plot of ground the larger fruits cannot be grown satisfactorily on standard or bush trees. Some of them would grow rapidly and very soon either ...

OCEAN SWELL TO GO TO STUD

... LORD ROSEBERY has decided to retire his Derby and Gold Cup winner, Ocean Swell, to the stud. Ocean Swell is to have one more race this season, either in the Jockey Club Cup or the Jockey Club Stakes, after which he will join his distinguished sire, Blue Peter, at Mentmore. Ocean Swell's reputation, as the winner of the Derby and the Ascot Gold Cup, is more than secure but it will, indeed, be ...

CHAMPIONS OUTSIDE THE RING

... MEMBERS of the Pewsey Vale, Marlborough and Oxenwood Young Farmers' Club had a great opportunity when Sir William Rootes invited them to Stype Grange, near Hungerford. Four prominent breeders from Scotland were among the many distinguished guests and Mr. Will Hogg in a talk on the Aberdeen-Angus breed stressed the importance of breeding beef cattle. Mr. Jack Sinclair, manager of the famous ...

RED POLLS

... It pays to keep I Because Being healthy cattle, They live long, Breed regularly and mill well into their teens. Red Poll steers pay to rear. Cows of this breed being accustomed to the open life do not drop in milk yields when winter comes. Red Poll Cattle Society's next shows and sales of attested, tuberculir and agglutination tested cattle at READING SEPTEMBER 12th IPSWICH a-d at- OCTOBER 4th ...

ALLIS-CHALMERS

... jxmwjmmrn rYfffr i i f f \h 1 HHBB A 1 1 i s Chalmers All crop Harvesters T r efficiently and profitably harvest every variety of crop including grain, seed and bean and all without expen sive special equipment or complicated changes. A.C. All-crop Harvesters stop waste inevitable with old-time methods, end hard work and enable you to do a bigger and better job in less time Culting and Thresh- ...

A Lincolnshire Agricultural Fête

... A Lincolnshire Agricultural Fete EVERY year the Long Sutton and District Red Cross Agricultural Fund organises a one-day Show, Sale and Fete, which is very popular and is invariably well attended. This year was no exception, for 5,000 people some from far afield attended. All the eleven classes were keenly contested, and a remarkable variety of side-shows including selections by the R.A.F. ...

GEO. W. KING LTD

... GEO. W. KING LTD COWSHED AND FARM EUILDING EQUIPMENT Illustration above shows range of King Cowstalls fitted with spring balance manger divisions. Note modern construction of cowshed with overhead runway for litter and feed carriers. King Cowstalls and Water Bowls are ranked amongst the best obtainable, and the demand for them is very great. It is now possible to buy King Water Bowls without ...