... Britain's Loss Africa's Gain THE breaking-up of a well-known herd is always a sad occasion, and the recent dispersal of Mr. Horace Hale's famous Kingswood Friesians brought to a close one of this country's greatest success stories of the development and maintenance of a strong breeding policy. The news that Mr. Hale and his wife and sons were leaving the country and taking with them some of ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent FOR every garden which is equipped with a greenhouse there may be ten or more without such a valuable acces sory, and my recent remarks on the produc tion of early vegetables may have brought cold comfort to a number of my readers. But there is one consolation-- If you cannot take your plants to a glasshouse, you can quite easily take a glasshouse to your ...

... THINKING of the strange joints the butcher has to make of the carcass meat, a ration of corned beef is not unwelcome. It is better value for the customer's money, and at least there is no confusion over carving. What is confusing is that the Ministry of Food seems able to get all the corned meat it wants, yet some- where and at some time corned beef must have started as a carcass, and we ...

... The Young Entry And Others i THE GARTH HUNT arranged a children's meet at Bramshill Park, Lord Brocket's seal near Hartley Witney, Hants. The house is one of the best-preserved seventeenth-century residences in the country, and (inset) has a hound gale on the ground floor to prevent hounds wandering about indoors. A roller on the top revolves when they place their paws on it. SUGAR PLUM, ...

... By H. Edwards Garke THE recent South of England Club meeting on Mr. J. V. Rank's estate at Druids' Lodge was all the more interesting and entertaining because, in addition to some grand sport, it also afforded us a final opportunity before the Waterloo Cup, of running an eye over this season's puppies and of attempting to gauge the merit of other would-be aspirants to Altcar honours. On ...

... FROM 1949 back to 1937, just twelve years and just this time it is since an American Ryder Cup team visited the Old Country. Since the last exciting match over the Southport and Ainsdale course (which I always found to be a most fascinating golf links to play over, although so far from the actual sea), there has only been one Ryder Cup encounter. This was in 1947 at Portland, Oregon a golfing ...

... . . C IJJJJTi ^TTTTitliA 1 IESTC0LD CHURN IMMERSION Milk Coolers WILL owe YOU QUICKER cooling 1 SIMPLER COOLING CHEAPER COOLING Built by Britons in Europe's greatest refrigerator factory at Cowley, Oxford, these new Prestcold milk coolers are outstanding news for Britain's farmers. Already they have become the talk of every agricultural show at which they have been exhibited. What makes them ...

... By A. CROXTON-SMITH Enthusiasts who are in search of novelty may be reminded that several breeds exist in various parts of the king dom that are little known to the general public and might very well be developed. One of them is the Bearded Collie of Scotland, several of which I remember were ex hibited by a lady in the years between the two wars, but they failed to attract admirers. At a ...

... sailed off in their wooden shoe rather earlier than usual, following an afternoon of excite ment at the children's party given at the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor (Sir George Aylwen) and Lady Mayoress. Snugly ensconced in the Lord Mayor's chair they are seven-year-old Angela Wadlow, six-year-old Joan Brough Scott and, just dropping off, ten-year-old Anne Hockley ...

... II WEST SISSEX Followers of the Crawley an( Hors: n at Their Hunt Ball Guests at the Hunt Ball gather on arrival in the lounge of the J Vest Sussex Country Club, at Coolhurst, near Horsham. The event was excellently organised, and it was generally agreed to have been one of the most successful held for many years. The Crawley and Horsham can trace its history back for well over a century Mr. ...

... THE rCIELEY HIT BALL A? HTHAIIPH' L an>: the Hon. Mrs. R. N. Macdonald-Buchanan Entertain 300 Guests at Cottesbrooke Hall Mr. E. A. Weatherby Mrs. R. Collins, Mrs. Weatherby and Capt. P. Brooke, nephew of Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, former Rajah of Sarawak Mrs. P. W. Cripps, who organised the ball, with Col. R. L. Findlay, chairman of the Hunt Committee Mr. G. Brudenall and the Hon. Brig ...

... A group of supporters at the Hibernian Hotel. They are Mr. Rob Elwes, Mrs. Elwes, Mrs Hughes-Gibbs and Major Hughes-Gibbs, Mrs. Baggally and Capt. Baggally Two couples who sat out in comfort Mr. V. Swale, Mrs. Dermot Tyson, Mr. D. Tyson and Mrs. Swale Also relaxing between dances were Col. J. Cleary, Mrs. Andrew Levins Moore, wife of the Joint-Master of this famous stag hunt, Major Johnston ...