... 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 ...

... THE Red Poll Society report increasing interest in their Reading Shows. The recent Spring Show attracted many buyers and sellers from the West and South, where the Red Poll is popular because of its suitability for the bail system of milking. One hundred and two head (76 females and 26 bulls) of attested cattle averaged £152 3s. 4d. Vendors included Lady Palmer, whose husband, the late Sir ...

... I Lakeland a! i Eastertide THE majority of holiday-makers are obliged to wait until summer for their annual vacations. The fells in spring are very lovely for those mostly from the North and Midlands who are able to walk through the hills and dales of this unspoiled corner of England. It is a wonderful country for young people, and happy indeed are those groups, such as our young Austrian ...

... Oil Long Hitting EVERY golfer, whatever his actual standing in the world of golf, would be untruthful if he did not admit that he gets a real kick out of hitting an extra good one one off the meat, or, as they say in America, one on the nose. How far it goes depends on one's own timing, limited directly by the amount of speed one can impart to the club-head, and that is dependent on the ...

... BY keeping pigs in harness. Brigadier E. G. Warren, C.B.E., of the Northampton- shire Regiment (retired), plans on his eleven-acre County Limerick holding to show how more bacon can be produced. Pigs, he says, do not gain enough weight when they wander where they like they damage fences and time is lost rounding them up. The remedv A harness. This is made of two straps. One fits over the pig ...

... 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 ...