... 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 ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent FROM personal observation in south- midland and southern counties, and from reports from farther afield, it seems that the outlook for this year's fruit harvest is fairly promising. Early on there was good reason for anxiety, especially in regard to plums; a warm spell at the end of March-- the only one this spring!-- brought the early varieties into full ...

... A SPLENDID piece of organisation made it possible to crowd into one day at Norwich a show hardly less successful than that of 1936, when the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association last held its meeting there. There was an attendance of 25,053 visitors paying pre-war rates for admission. The secretary. Sir. H. E. Jeffery, at one stage had to commandeer two extra fields on the spur of the moment ...

... Gold Gup Day at Ascot ALTHOUGH racing was held at Ascot during the later war years, the Royal Meeting had lapsed since 1939. It lacked the splendour of its predecessors, but each of the four days was thoroughly enjoyed. Men no longer wore the grey silk hats associated with the occasion, but their women folk made amends by concentrating on their millinery equipment. French horses filled the ...

... Ascot Races Vase, Hunt Cup and Other Finishes ASCOT STAKES FINISH Sir John Jarvis's recently-bought Reynard Volant four years by Foxhunter Flying Shell), Eph Smith up. Star Lover (Elliot1), on the right, is second, with Wily Smirke a head away, third. A SMASHING TWO-YEAR-OLD: Mr. J. A. Dewars brown colt, Tudor Minstrel Owen Tudor Sansonnet) with Richards up, winning the Coventry. ifciTW -KM J ...