... SHOULD the proposed form of bread rationing by weight not prove such a saving of wheat as expected, would it not be possible to ration all cereals on a price basis? That is, to follow the meat plan, an allotment of, say, 38. a week per head which could be spent as wished on bread alone, or bread and buns, cake, biscuits, oatmeal or other breakfast foods? This would overcome the fundamental ...

... , as had been anticipated, drew a large number of interested spec tators and 50,000 people had visited the grounds several days before it ended. It was not an agricultural show, but a demonstration of agri culture designed to tell non- farming people the story of life in the countryside and the problems which face those who are concerned with food production. Thirteen breeds of cattle as well ...

... ALTHOUGH entries in many classes at the Lincoln County Show the first since before the war were below the 1939 figures, the standard was generally high, notably so in the classes for Lincoln Reds and Lincoln Longwool sheep. The Show Championship for all cattle went to a Lincoln Red bull. Shire horses had some excellent representatives present, the Championship going to a filly with an unbeaten ...

... FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT Westminster, Monday, July I. THE debate in the House of Lords on Thursday on the cut in feeding stuffs and the future of agriculture, and its predecessor in the Commons, served the useful secondary purpose of examining the Government's record in their first year of office, for it is just twelve months ago that the country gave them such a decisive majority. ...

... MRS. MacDONALD, the young wife of Cap tain K. B. D. MacDonald, who served with the King's African Rifles in Burma during the war and is at present with the regiment in j East Africa, bought the farm of her dreams in March last year. She had worked on the land during the war and it was a particular thrill to find herself the owner of attractive Flowers Farm, at Redbourn, Herts, which her ...

... ALTHOUGH the fodder situation had made it necessary for a National Horse Show to replace the international event of pre-war years, there was something of the Olympia atmosphere at the White City Stadium, and several old hands among riders and horses made a welcome reappearance in the show ring. The standard of most of the classes was high and entries for one jumping event totalled over seventy ...

... IF one major professional golf event can be said to be more exciting than another, I should say that the Brand-Lochryn £1,500 Tournament (Brand stands for R. A. Brand & Co., Lochryn for the firm's water mark paper) on the North Manchester Golf Club's course was the season's most thrilling event to date. As a final prelude to the Open Championship it was felt that some idea of the latest form ...

... C YCf rounds in the jumping competitions at the National Horse Show at the White City were not as common as one would have wished, but there were one or two out- starting performers. Chief of these was Marina, a bay mare entered by S. W. Woodhall, and Son of Shropshire, and ridden by Mr. W. Woodhall. She won two of the events, gaining the cup presented by Horse Gf Hound after a jump-off in ...

... By Land Agent THIS ancient form of barricade, known variously as wattle wreath or hurdle fencing, has come down to us from the very earliest times; indeed the walls of many a charming old half-timbered house were of ''wattle and daub'' construction and may be seen to-day in an excellent state of preservation. In these times, unfortunately, this simple but efficient type of fencing is rare, ...

... HAMPSHIRE DO WAS HAMPSHIRE DO WAS THE WORLD'S OPAL-PURPOSE SHEEP OR PASTURE LAND FOR ARABLE LAND tCMXvSf MHHHI MDBHHHnKMMM V'WW THE FINEST WOOL AND MUTTON Official Sale and Letting of Ram Lambs, Weyhill Fair, Friday, July 26, 1946 FOR INFORMATION .--SECRETARY, 49, CANAL, SALISBURY ...

... By A. CROXTON SMITH BULL terriers have found their way into all parts of the globe, and their virtues are par- ticularly appreciated in India and the Far East generally. Their short coats make them peculiarly fitted for hot countries because they can be easily de-ticked, and the climate seems to suit them very well. As com panions and guards they are in comparable, being afraid of neither man ...

... 1 1 HE notable Fernhill Herd of Guernsey 1 cattle, founded in 1924, was disposed of by Messrs. John Thornton Hobson and Co. at figures which constituted the highest average ever reached for a single herd of dairy cattle. Thirty-eight lots realised ,£40,057 and averaged £io54 3s- 7d- fbe breaking-up of the herd was necessitated by the ill health of its founder, Mr. Walter Dunkels. Colonel ...