... AN experimental farm of 50 acres, which seven years ago was a sun burned waste of Sahara sand not far from Cairo, is yielding fine crops for its owner, His Excellency A. Seddik Pasha, an Egyptian business man and Government official. Using mud from the banks of the Nile and irrigating the farm by water from a canal, he obtained good results during the war and considers that by 1949 the total ...

... Russia's Agricultural Problems The Peasant and his Roubles THE real surprise from Russia is not the ending of rationing, but the blow the Government has dealt the agricultural workers by the devaluation of the rouble. With the enormous number of good farms and vast area of first-class farmland taken by Russia and Poland from Germany, with the consequent displacement of the population into the ...

... , , Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. Phone: Ealing 0116 (7 lines) i/,) -fa- f/H-. Minute MILKING PARLOURS I DIRECT RESULTS I The Alfa-Lava! Combine-Recorder takes the milk from the cow and conveys it direct to the dairy. Milk is not exposed to hands or any other sources of contamination. Almost surgery-standards of cleanliness are possible in the Milking Parlour. Consistent production of ...

... H ITCHI N 960 (10 lines) FARM BUILDINGS COWSTALLS WATER BOWLS ELEVATORS CHAFFCUTTERS BINDER CANVASES PNEUMATIC GRAIN CONVEYING STORAGE EQUIPMENT HARTFORD WORKS HITCHIN HERTS KING COWSTALLS AND WATER BOWLS MR m U.W't. V ^MM >1 ^.ULWUHLHJ WL IIH1-- HMBBBg For years, King have specialised in building and equipping farm buildings of all descriptions. Above photograph shows part of a range of King ...

... V.I. P. FOR A V.I. P. Y7*ERY Important People for a Very Im- portant Plan. Above Mr. George Marshall, 44 father of the Marshall Plan to bring aid to Europe, told Senators of the Foreign Relations Committee at Wash ington 44 Either undertake to meet the requirements of the problem, or don't under take it at all. He took a bold, firm line with his hearers, saying that the Plan in its entirety ...

... PlfMOOIG TOE LET- DOW m The lower hemline is the Must of the Moment, but how to achieve it In the transitional stage between the existing wardrobe and the new, progress is necessarily limited and marriages of the old and new are inevitable. The models pictured typify the new line and present practical proposi tions for renovating. The coat on the left has a hem which would look equally well in ...

... GIVEN the manner in which people in certain quarters more than look askance at the Marshall Plan, alleging it to be a cleverly-staged piece of camouflage masking an American policy of self- interest first and last, it soothes the soul to observe some of the tuggings that have been going on in Washington, aimed at diverting dollars earmarked for Europe to other points of the American defence ...

... f eneral Ivlarkos and his Lreek guerillas lost the battle for Konitza, of that there is no doubt, but they made good their retreat, many units seeking sanctuary in Albania, and the guerilla army of the far north lives to fight another day. General Markos claims to have established a Greek Govern ment on northern soil, and there is evidence that he has a sphere of influence in Macedonia. His ...

... REVISING THE CANON LAWS OF THE CHURCH-- the archbishop of canterbury (left, centre) addressing the special convocation of canterbury SUMMONED EXPRESSLY TO CONSIDER THE AMENDING OF THE RULES OF ECCLESIASTICAL GOVERNMENT The Primate of All England made a full statement regarding the 300 proposed amendments. In completing this heavy task he said they would be overtaking the arrears of nearly 300 ...

... Iii Praise of Kerry Cattle KERRY cattle have existed in Ireland as a distinct breed from a very remote period of history. They are one of the oldest breeds of cattle in the world, being a branch of the survivors of the ancient black cattle of Western Europe, and prior to the eighth and ninth centuries they were the only breed of cattle in Ireland. A well-conditioned Kerry has an alert bearing, ...

... 4 South American Equestrian Sport PATO as it is called in Argentina, combines some of the characteristics of polo and basketball, and is immensely popular in a country where activities on horseback arc always to the fore. It is a modem version of a gaucho sport and is played by two teams, using a leather ball with four handles. The horsemen snatch the ball from the ground and gallop to the ...

... 33, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.2 Barnyke Queen ytb. 1947 Dairy Show Winner. Under 3 years old she gained the most for MILK BUTTERFAT and SOLIDS not FAT against ALL BREEDS National Milk Records show BRITISH FRIESIANS lead consistently in the 3 years HERD AVERAGE HERD AVERAGE decides the MILK CHEQUE ...