... 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 ...

... BY OUR HORTICULTURAL CORRESPONDENT IT is not often nowadays that the food grower fails to pay attention to the essentials of garden craft; after six years of advice and guidance from all quarters, -everyone who gives gardening a serious thought knows that he must dig deeply, manure adequately, prepare seed beds thoroughly, sow thinly, keep the hoe going, etc. But after doing all these things ...

... V7ACHTIXG on Windermere has been happily resumed, under the auspices of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club. The Susan Crossley Trophy attracted only five competitors, owing to the blustering wind. The winner was Mr. W. B. Smith's Caprice (No. 15) No. 27 is Mr. C. W. R. Carey's Musetta. Below is a picture in a typical North Lancashire setting, taken near Grange-over-Sands. ...

... LADIES1 DAY AT EPSOM Her Majesty the Queen with the Duchess of Norfolk, stood at the jockeys' gate awaiting the return from the course of the Oaks runners. The Princess Elizabeth is next to the King, who is talking to Lord Rosebery the Duke of Norfolk is on the extreme right of the party. THE OAKS WINNER, Sir Alfred E Smith). Major Holliday's Nelia) on the rails. Iona ivas in the lead i. the ...

... Given By Maj.-Gen. and Mrs. Laycock Committee Meeting for the Commando Ball A committee meeting was held recently for the Commando Ball which is to take place at the Dorchester on June 12th. Among those present ivere Col. Newman V.C. Mrs. Robert Laycock deputy chairman of the ball Kathleen Marchioness of Ilartington, the chairman and Captain John Birbeck M.C. Major and Mrs. Franks Lt.-Col. ...

... Vapets TELL A AMA.L WAVE IF IT ISN'T A JAMAL VAPET IT ISN'T A JAMAL WAVE Look for the name Jama I on each yellow and silver chequered Vapet and refuse substitutes ONLY JAMALOTIONS MUST BE USED T\ J PI Don't gamble Ucnt accept a fraud Only genuine Jamal are specially prepared for the Jamalotions can provide a real scientifically precise Jamal Wave, giving deep luxuri- jamal process. ous waves ...

... AIR EDDIES By Oliver Stewart Car Parks AVIATION is dependent upon motoring for its terminal communications; motoring is depen dent upon parking space. We are beginning to remember that there is little or no parking space anywhere in the big cities. So the opportunity for the planner occurs. He draws wonderful pictures in which cars are parked by thousands in vertical parks a mile high, or in ...

... A Grey Outsider No. 13 Wins First Post-War Epsom Derby T^HE picture of the first posl-wur Epsom Derby finish shows H.Wragg on Lord Derby's Gulf Slreum, apparently passing the post substantially in front of the grey winner, Airborne. From the Press Stand, however, it was clear, some 50 yards from home, that Airborne's brilliant run would secure the verdict. Airborne, ridden hv Tom Lowrcy, and ...

... Monday The Birkdale course is now assuming real championship status, spoilt only by the too many elevated teeing grounds, particularly on the short holes; a point I criticised some years ago. The course is dry but the greens have been saved by watering and are easily the best on this section of the coast. The course is efficiently stewarded and roped off ready for big crowds. Frank Stranahan, ...

... rpHE National Hackney Sliow, revived at -L Crewe after a lapse of six years, proved that these grand horses had not been for gotten during their enforced wartime absence from public view. Nearly 150 entries travelled from all parts of Britain to show their paces in the ring and the majority of them were fine representatives of the breed. XJany per sonalities familiar in the hackney classes at ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent THE secrets of nature are not easily fathomed, and when failure or only partial success occurs in vegetable and fruit production the most experienced cultivator, let alone the untrained amateur, is often at a loss to account for it. The havoc caused by bad weather is usually unmistakable, but cultural errors are more difficult to assess. They are sometimes ...