... One of the most interesting of the post war developments in boat-building was tried out on the Thames recently. It was one of the new Y.R.A. 12-foot National One-design class, but it was built on a com pletely new principle. Instead of following the normal boat construction of mahogany strakes on a foundation of ribs and stringers, it was made of moulded ply. The boat was built by Fairey ...

... irMWiiiia GEO. W. KING LTD H I T C H I N 960 (10 lines) HARTFORD WORKS HITCHIN HERTS NORTHERN OFFICE: 22, PARLIAMENT STREET, YORK. 'PHONE 3593 A scientific approach to the problem of watering your cows will ensure an appreciable increase in the milk yield. The King Automatic Water Bowl, illustrated on right, is specially designed to give constant supply of fresh drinking water. King Water ...

... I?URTHER pictures of the former Minister of Agriculture's cattle are given on this and the following page. Above is a view of his pleasant homestead, Fy field Manor, Pewsey, set among shady trees and fronted by lawns which are beginning to recover from enforced wartime neglect. QUICK MILKING Milking trol leys are in use On the farm, with towels and milking sheets, buckets of Chloros for ...

... A TYPICAL GROUP Left to right are Dalton Perfectus, Dalton Brigettus Dalton Beeches, Dalton Melporus, Dalton Agathus and Dalton Bellus. Five of them are daughters of Terling Coloradus R.M. DALTON BEECHES, now ten years old, gave 1104 gallons as a heifer and has averaged 1500 gallons for her first five calves. She has already, in her sixth lactation, given 1558 gallons in 193 days. FOR WINTER ...

... SEPTEMBER 27, 1946 ...

... THESE three men, Sir John Black (left), Mr. Harry Ferguson and Mr. Roger Keyes (right), are men of great belief and great determination. They believe that they have in the machine behind them, the solution to the world's major problem-- they are determined to produce that machine in enormous quantities so that the problem will be solved. They believe that only through the most basic industry ...

... HEREFORD bull, San Juan's Quoit, was awarded the Grand Champion ship at the International Livestock Show at Palermo, Argentina. The sales total, after an unsensational start, was con siderably higher than the pre-war figure. Good prices were obtained for Herefords and Shorthorns. Aberdeen-Angus cattle were also in much demand, the top price for beef bulls being achieved by a repre sentative of ...

... By Afi/Wt THE important thing about the St. Leger is that Mr. Ferguson's grey colt. Airborne, won it. This matters very much more than the fact that not more than a few hundred people saw the race; but it was very hard lines on the hundreds of thousands who didn't even get a glimpse of it. The conditions were plain awful. I thought I was inured to the primitive con ditions in which we race in ...

... (Bif Owi dfxfduzulJtuAal (foViSL&ponjdsLni AFTER our brief excursion into the realm of floral beauty a fortnight ago, we gardeners must face reality again and think of growing some more eatables. Those who are fortunate enough to possess one or more greenhouses are in a position to translate those thoughts into immediate action for, assuming that fuel can be spared for the boiler, several very ...

... LIVESTOCK ITEMS FROM AMERICA FATSTOCK SHOWS FROM PLOUGHBOY TO PRESIDENT Missouri Shorthorn Breeder, Son of a Livestock Trader, now at White House. (By courtesy Breeders' Gazette Chicago MANY know that the President of the United States of America, Mr. Harry S. Truman, has a sound knowledge of livestock and agriculture, but it is probably not known to all that he acquired that knowledge by ...

... IF you would seek an area in our beautifuH homeland that must appeal to every bod'H to whom the meaning of a green and pleasanH land is a countryside containing dwellings ut surpassed in character and design, whether the. f be mansion or cottage, set in a rich landscapi of entrancing beauty, the whole preserved witl intricate care and attention so as to harmonise with nature and give pleasure ...

... THE GARTH AT HOLY- PORT This Berkshire pack, seen at a meet near Maiden head, has no Master this season, the Hon. Secretary, Mr. R. H. R. Palmer, and Mr. V. P. Simonds acting on behalf of the Committee. CHILDREN WITH THE GARTH (L. to r.) Brian Wheeler, Pat Welton, Maureen Butcher, Betty Baker, Christina Moore and Patricia Cottingham at the meet at Holyport, home of that very well- known dealer ...