... By A. CROXTON-SMITH THE terrier family occupies a distinguished place among the sections into which dogs are classified by the Kennel Club, and no one will be disposed to quarrel with the eminence to which it has attained. For many centuries the little earth does have played their part in British country life. They were here long before it was thought to be necessary to have them running in ...

... Electrically Controlled Grazing A Simple Method of Confining Cattle to Their Essential Feeding Requirements CONTROLLED grazing is being widely discussed among farmers as a means of overcoming the present feeding-stuff shortage. It is generally realised that this is not a short- term question, for who can say at present when the import supply position will improve The logical way to tackle the ...

... By H. Howes (Assistant Director National Institute of Poultry Husbandry IN my previous article of March 23, I briefly alluded to two systems of housing farm poultry-- free range and the fold system. Regarding the latter, there is evidence to prove that poultry kept on these lines are capable of giving an average of 180-200 eggs per bird in the twelve months. It is also realised how poor ...

... II AUBURN, ALABAMA The U.S. Department of Agriculture Tillage Machinery Laboratory. The soil 44 bins separated by railst can be seen in the foreground. At the left is the power car, and right is the utility car. THE UTILITY CAR is equipped with a flat roller, used to smooth the soil. It is self-propelled and is also equipped with sub-soilers, a levelling blade disc and sprinkling units. The ...

... Orchids From Microscopic Seed to Beautiful Hybrids THE British orchid-growing industry, long recognised as the best of its kind in the world, is constantly receiving demands from new overseas markets. Since the end of the war not only has the American interest increased, but Australia, South Africa, the Straits Settlements, Burma, South America, the West Indies and Scandinavia have also been ...

... Sliire Pride MORE than 5,000 people, the largest attendance at the Shire Horse Show for twenty years, saw Mr. Richard Sutton's eight-year-old brown stallion, The Bomber, win the Stallion Championship at Derby. A Although his owner has exhibited for some years, it was the first time he had won the trophy. The other pictures are of the judging of the single-horse commercial- class entries and ...

... IN the lamentations over our shortage of dollars it must not be forgotten that lack of dollars outside the United States some times makes our tasks easier. This is particularly true in Australia and New Zealand. Till recent months, there has been a prejudice against British tractors. This prejudice had no foundation in criticism of British machines, for there were none there to evoke comment, ...

... Our Enemy The Warble -fly By Forceps ALMOST every stock-owner is familiar with the sight of frightened cattle, careering round a field in an attempt to avoid the warble-fly; but it is not generally realised that horses may suffer from warbles also. Last year many hunters, hacks and racehorses developed these painful swellings, training and racing being interfered with during the steeplechasing ...

... HEIFERS sold particularly well at the annual Spring Show and Sale of Dairy Shorthorns organised by the Shorthorn Society, thirty-three of them averaging £232 us, 9d. Seventy-one pedigree females averaged £185 is. 6d., and seven grading register females, £118 10s. Two bulls reached four figures, the average for eighty-seven attested bulls being £184 3s. 2d., and for three supervised animals, 1 ...

... IN long-distance boat races, as in horse races, the winner by a length might well, if driven to the uttermost, have won by a greater distance. But if after four-and-a-quarter miles one can only finish a canvas or a neck ahead, then it has indeed been a race that will be long remembered. The Boat Race of 1949 will go down to history as one of the greatest of all time, Cambridge winning in the ...

... THE CENTENARY of the famous Spring handicap resulted in a popular victory for the favourite Mr. C. W. Gordon s four -year -old, Fair Judgement, ridden by Eph Smith and trained by Jack Jarvis at Netcmarket. The top picture shows the field of forty-three runners, two furlongs from the winning-post. Fair Judgement beat Goldsborough, ivho had made nearly all the running, by two lengths. 1 eUow ...

... THE fiat-racing season opened in good style at Lincoln and was continued in an equally promising fashion at Liver- pool. A large section of the racing public had been waiting almost breathlessly for the opening of the Flat; yet this most im- portant event was completely overshadowed, once again, by the countryman's sport and the great race which, for all intents, is its climax. I must begin ...