... AS in former years, the attention of dairy farmers and breeders was largely focussed at the 1949 Dairy Show on the struggle between Ayrshires and Friesians for the supreme honours. Last year the black-and- white cattle won both the big individual and group events, and this year Ayrshire supporters hoped that they would see a reversal of the situation. Their hopes were half-realised, for ...

... Two-and-a-half centuries ago, the prevailing westerly winds blowing across the dunes beside the River Findhorn, buried sixteen farms and the manor-house at Culbin, Moray. It was not until the end of the eighteenth century that attempts were made to deal with the sand, and in the ensuing fifty years the local landowners made progress with afforestation schemes, but most of the trees they ...

... Health and Vigour iii Soft Fruits The Research Worker Needs the Gardener's Co-Operation By Our Horticultural Correspondent ONE of the most encouraging features of post-war horticultural activity is the rapidity with which stocks of reliable plants of the soft fruits are being built up and made available for distribution to the gardening public. Just before the last war the majority of ...

... At The National Farmers Union Animal Dinner BY acclamation, Mr. James Turner, who will receive his accolade of Knighthood from the King in March, was elected to his fifth term of Presidency of the N.F.U. The gathering of important visitors at the annual dinner constituted not only a compliment to our great farming organisation, but was a tribute to British farmers. The country's most ...

... MANOR FARM ESTATE, Whitsbury, Hants, the property of Whitsbury Farm and Stud, Ltd., is one of the largest estates in Hampshire, covering some 1,400 acres. Pur chased by Mr. William Hill in 1943, the land was handicapped from the production' point of view by a lack of adequate buildings, the only ones existing being situated most inconveniently at the southern end of the estate, which runs ...

... Herefords in Demand For Australia and Uruguay PRICES at the Hereford Herd Book Society's February Show and Sale of pedigree bulls at Hereford were a clear indication that despite the temporary closing of one of the largest overseas markets, Argentina, owing to the present trade difficulties, this great breed has plenty of other enthusiastic buyers. The day's highest price was achieved by a ...

... A KEEN American handicap golfer has, in a pamphlet he has made for his own personal satisfaction and that of a few friends, set out the essentials of the golf swing as he has learned them from various leading golf instructors. His second essential reads: Swing the club-head with the hands, understanding what a swing is. I have paid a tribute to Ernest Jones (formerly from Chislehurst, Kent), ...

... Solving Transport Problems on the Farm with Ferguson YOU SAVE HAULING TIME with a new, improved Ferguson 3-ton hydraulic tipping trailer. £127 ex works. Outstanding features include automatic hitching by one man in 20 seconds, more traction over soft ground, and lower loading level (2 feet, 7 inches). Trailer body is tipped a maximum of 40 in less than a minute by finger-tip hydraulic control ...

... By A. CROXTON -SMITH A FINNISH gentleman has written to the Dog World intimating his desire to pur chase a Newfoundland dog, one of a breed that they are trying to establish in his country. He adds that some good specimens have already been introduced from Sweden. Several obstacles are in the way of the fulfilment of this desire, one that seems to be almost insuperable being that the numbers ...

... ONE result of allowing the daily news papers all the paper they want for circulation has encouraged trouble between farm worker and farmer over wages. The Daily Express, desperately anxious to increase their country circu lation, suddenly comes out with a leader demanding increased pay for farm hands in the hope, one presumes, that one good turn will deserve another. We do not want to go into ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent PRUDENCE and patience are virtues which always stand the gardener in good stead, but never more so than during the month of January. With the first sign of lengthening hours of daylight, he feels chat it should be possible to take the first steps towards the production of those delectable first dishes of peas, carrots, broad beans, cauliflowers and all the ...

... BADGERS are more plentiful and more widely distributed in Britain than is generally sup posed, but because they are largely nocturnal, they often live unde tected and undisturbed even within a short distance of human habita tions. Most naturalists agree that badgers do far less harm than the majority of our wild animals and, indeed, there is much to be said in their favour, for their ...