... From Our Parliamentary Correspondent AS briefly reported in our last issue, Mr. Tom Williams, the Minister of Agriculture, is considering the question of allowing farmers to appeal against decisions to dis possess them of their lands and farms. The emergency powers which sanction dis possession remain in force and the emergency --desperate need for full production, which called them into being ...

... ALFA-LAVAL C O M P A N Y, L I M I T E D ALFA-LAVAL C O M P A N Y, L I M I T E D MASSEY-HARRIS LIMITED. OFFICES: MASSEY HOUSE BROOKLANDS ROAD SALE MANCHESTER has 'for many years been a valuable fo making paper, ropes, baskets and mats. It ^jBk£M0£>r needs great care and attention to raise Alfa grass from seed; in fact it cannot be harvested until twelve to fifteen years after sowing. ALFA-LAVAL ...

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... THE well-known charac teristics of this valuable old breed of sheep, which is quite unequalled in wool- producing qualities and most popular for crossing, were maintained at the Society's recent show and sale. Average prices varied little with those of last year. The five pictures, on the left looking from top to bottom are of A general view of the Judging Ring Mr. E. W. Barker's shearling ram ...

... A CHOICE BEEF BREED Aberdeen-Angus Sale at Reading THE English Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Association's Show and Sale at Reading resulted in an overall average of £64 12s. 9d. for the 73 lots of pure-bred tuberculin- tested animals catalogued. Upon analysis the individual class averages were Cows and heifers (14 head), 60 15s. in-calf heifers (14 head), £94 13s. empty heifers (23 head), £63 3s. and ...

... THE Suffolk Horse Society's third Show and Sale of the season, at Ipswich, attracted an even larger crowd than usual. Features of the Sale were the strong demand for geldings, yearling fillies and, on the second day, colt and filly foals. The Society's premium scheme continues to operate favourably, as shown by the quality of the colt foals, ten of which are selected at the Autumn Sale, with ...

... By A. CROXTOH SMITH IN these days pedigree, like the blessed word Mesopotamia, has a significance attached to it altogether without justification. Used in its proper sense it is an invaluable guide to the knowledgeable, to those who are capable of estimating the importance of the combination of individuals who figure in it. They can judge from it if a particular cham pion dog has the ...

... THE St. Lcgcr, last of the season's classic races, attracted a huge crowd, variously estimated from 200,000 to 250,000, to the famous Knavesmire at York. The race was won by Squadron-Leader Stanhope Joel's colt, Chamossaire (next the rails), from His Majesty's Rising Light (left) and Stirling Castle (centre). Black Peter (with star) was fourth. The lower picture, in which Lord Astor's High ...

... BRISK business and high prices were the keynotes of the Essex Pig Society's Autumn Show and Sale held as usual in the Cattle Market, Chelmsford, early this month. With such excellent stock on show, the officials may have experienced some difficulty in placing them, but the Sale afterwards tended to reaffirm their judgment, as the champion boar a magnificent specimen from Mr. A. J. Bird's herd ...

... Town and Country Meet Citizens of Newcastle See How We Produce Our Food NEWCASTLE'S Town Moor for seven days provided all the exhibits its name suggested liaison between town and country. On the opening day nearly 14,000 people had been admitted before the official open ing. The Lord Mayor and the Duchess of Northumberland formally declared the exhibition open, expressing a desire for ploughs ...

... HERE are the pictures of the first public demonstration of a new tractor The Atom Mark V ready to go intc mass production very shortly. Prime mover in Mechanical Horticultural Implements, Ltd., is Mr. G. H. F. Knight, whose idea it has been to produce a small tractor or power-unit, that would enable the ex-Serviceman (even if suffering from a major disability) to take up smallholding with a ...

... Part Farmer Part Fisherman Life in the Shetland Islands THE climate is dour. That favourite English remark, Last year we had our summer on a Tuesday, really does apply. Perpetual north-east gales unseat cyclists and bring pedestrians to a standstill; rowing boats have been blown across to Norway. Trees cannot survive except in dwarfed and stunted form. It is not surprising, therefore, that ...