... Paris Sliow-Jumping HORSES and riders representing Britain in the Inter national Jumping Competitions in Paris distinguished themselves, both individually and collectively. Not only did Mr. Harry Llewellyn, on Fox Hunter, give the best individual performance, as mentioned in oilr frontispiece, but the British team was also the highest on points. The riders and horses were Mr. Harry Llewellyn ...

... DEVON CIDER Air. J. A. Haywood, of the Devon A.E.C. gives a demonstration of some modern orchard-pruning methods at Caddaford Farm, Buckfastleigh, to a group of interested farmers, including the eighty-year-old Mr. John Petherick. THE METAL BOLT The Devon Branch of the N.F.U. brought in Air. Maurice Cross to examine one of Air. S. G. Higmans cows. The detector apparatus located a bolt in the ...

... The Goat Announced Her Kidding- time by Wireless A Simple Idea which Might Help Farmers and Stockbreeders By Fitzroy D. Maclean (Brig. Beta.) WE are goatkeepers at Purley, Surrey, and it is my belief that we have developed a device which stockbreeders would find helpful. We had a valuable high- milking goat in kid to an outstanding sire. She was due to kid any time. The weather suddenly turned ...

... Britain's State F or ests Conifers For Soft Wood THE timber demands during two World Wars resulted in the reduction of Britain's already inadequate acreage of woodland to such an extent that we were left without the necessary reserves of standing trees. The Forestry Commission is making great progress in establishing new forests throughout the length and breadth of the country to replace the ...

... F riendship Gesture Apple Trees from Sulgrave Manor for George Washington's Garden THE mansion, enlarged in 1759 and completed in 1786, looks across the park, in a south-easterly direction, to the mighty Potomac River, which is approximately 1¼ miles wide. It is approached from the north-west, so that the visitor, entering the gates, saw the bowling-green, and the small circular courtyard of ...

... 0 Qg v cKaP0 THE situation as regards the 1949 classics is so far normal. The pattern is being woven on lines to which we have become accustomed during the last few years. Candidates for the Two Thousand Guineas are having their preliminary races, avoiding one another whenever possible. Not more than two or three of them appear to be fancied. There is the usual speculation as to their capacitv ...

... ON Members' Day at East Malling Research Station, visitors were told of the research work on frost damage and its prevention which is now in progress there in collaboration with the Fuel Research Station at Greenwich. This joint work only began a little over a year ago, so as yet there are no new recom mendations to present on frost control, but just a glimpse of the important advances to be ...

... THE FIELD AT THE WATER JUMP The winner, Russian Hero, is on the far side, his rider's colours clearly seen. He is racing with Wot No Sun and San Michele (rider with belt). Ulster Monarch, with the prominent blaze, is jumping, half right, in front of Astra rider with hooped cap). Cloncarrig, riderless, has gone by: so, too, has Roimond. Pictures of the early stages of the race are on the ...

... BIG crowds, especially on the second day, attended this most popular function at Sandown Park. I The revived Grand Military Gold Cup attracted eleven runners, of which only six completed the course. Among the fallen was the hot favourite, Klaxton. Major J. W. Phillips, who rode the winner, Demon Vino, stated that he had been abroad for ten years and that this was the first occasion on which he ...

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... MISS ELIZABETH STEPHENSON, of Orpington, Kent, left England to work in Canada, where she stayed with her sister, married to a Canadian farmer, Mr. Sydney Smith, of Smith- ville, Ontario. These pictures, which she sent home with her own com ments in a letter, give a glimpse of life on a small farm in that vast country. A capacity for hard work as well as enthusiasm are necessary qualifications ...

... By H. Edwards Clarke THE Spring Sapling Sale held by Messrs. Aldridges may mark the end of one coursing season, but it just as cer- tainly ushers in another, inasmuch as many of the saplings that graced the bench will be the entries in the Puppy Stakes at Druid's Lodge and Altcar next October. While prices in general were below last year's average, the returns were proof enough that well-bred, ...