... The 1947 46 Lincoln Field JOCKEY TREBLE, a ioo-to-i chance, ridden by an eighteen- year-old apprentice and owned by Mr. S. H. Oxenham, the Don- caster bookmaker whose Squadron Castle won the race in 1939, led a field of forty-six at the finish of the Lincolnshire Handicap. The large field necessitated the start being made in two lines, and nearly a quarter of a mile from the post the race ...

... DAZED Oxonians are still wondering how their eight, although starting favourites for the Boat Race of 1947, received such a trouncing from the oarsmen of the Cam. Various factors combine to give the answer. In their last ten days of practice at Putney the Dark Blues lost their form and their drive. It vanished overnight and they were beaten before they even set foot in their boat for the race. ...

... By LAND AGENT WRITING in this page on November 22 last, I remarked that many of us were thinking longingly of the day when Canadian wooden tiles or shingles should once more become available. And now I am delighted to say that the awaited day has returned more speedily than I had dared to hope, for I have recently learnt from Messrs. Colt, of Surbiton, Surrey, the importers of this admirable ...

... THE Government's appeal for an additional 100,000 workers on the land would probably be more effective if exhortation was backed by explanation. Why should agriculture suddenly need so much more labour? And, why, particularly when there are so many more machines than before the war? To that question the answer must be that much of the machinery is not in full working order owing to the lack of ...

... By LAND AGENT WE don't get any real summer these days, and when I was a boy we always counted on a real white Christmas; the seasons seem to have changed. And if the venerable speaker happens to be an old countryman, he will doubtess add that farming to-day is not what it was. One has heard remarks of this kind so often that the facts have almost come to be taken for granted; and save for ...

... Farming in Denmark The Land of Intensive Agriculture VISITORS to Denmark have been increas ing steadily recently. The reason is easy to detect--particularly if you have ex perienced the gastronomic thrills, for Denmark has lots of good food and is a refreshing oasis in the European desert, but I wonder how many people understand the reasons for such a well- stocked Danish larder. I have just ...

... HOWEVER expensive it may yet become, the turkey will retain its assured place among Xmas fare. Why? Because not only is its flesh tender and tasty but the bird is relatively easily cooked and stuffed and, moreover, it shows a favourable proportion of meat to bone; one need only compare the relative meat on the wing of a turkey and goose. From the standpoint of poultry husbandry, it can be said ...

... By A Special Correspondent THE Newport (Mon.) Show, a new venture, held on the Caerleon racecourse for three days, was most disappointingly attended, the numbers passing through the gates, even on the Saturday, being well below the figure anticipated. The explana tion given by some of the farmers and herds men was that there were too many shows held in that area within a short space of time. ...

... YORK'S famous autumn fixture was extended this year, for the first time, to four days, on each of which there were large attendances. The main features were the races for the Ebor Handicap, won by the Yorkshire-trained Procne the Nunthorpe Stakes, also won by a Yorkshire- trained horse and the Gimcrack Stakes, won by the American-owned, American-bred Black Tarquin, trained at Newmarket. The ...

... LIKE all other teachers of the game, I have often arrived at a point in the instruction of a pupil when we have to admit we are stuck. Nothing I know has not been tried, and all other methods other than my own, have also been experi mented with. What happens now? Do we quit or resign ourselves to sticking to the standard already reached, however mediocre? 1 his experience usually Happens ...

... AARPOURS OA TAA WORLD BUtnOS fllRAS Seat of Government and principal harbour of the Argentine Republic, where large numbers of Lister-Blackstone Marine Engines are in constant use. A service organisation is established at the Port. ...

... Reconditioning Rural Cottages III By LAND AGENT IN the last two issues I have been discussing the ways and means of combating some of the chief defects likely to be met with in reconditioning rural cottages, and to-day I hope to complete the task as far as the more important features are concerned. So, having left off with the floors, let us now follow onwards and upwards to the walls. as t ...