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... Why Not Farm i The Sea? FZ By Warren Armstrong A FADED hat shielded his eyes from the sun; his back leaned comfortably against an upturned fishing-boat, his long legs were stretched on the shingle beach; he might well have been Canute indulging in Second Thoughts-- or a yeoman surveying his farmstead. There was that look in his eyes and, like the average farmer, he was eating bread and ...

... yv /www A WELSH SHIRLEY-- GWYN THOMAS is a novelist who writes with the poetic lilt of the Welsh voice in his style. Alan Leigh, the S vagrant harpist, played to drag the hearts of those who heard me out into the shadowed orbit of my own thought- fulness, to tempt their voices into a dusk-softness of melan- s choiy sound. A grandfather clock kept dusting the (j silence. Alan leaned ...

... The Cardigan MATERIALS: 10 oz. Copleys' Clarion, 4-ply; 5 buttons; I pair of No. II knitting needles; I pair No. 8 knitting needles; MEASUREMENTS: From top of shoulder to lower edge, 22 ins; sleeve underarm, 18 ins.; to fit a 34-in. bust. TENSION: 8 sts. to I in. THE BACK With No. 11 needles, cast on 100 sts. Rib in k. 1, p. 1 for 4 ins. Change to No. 8 needles and the following patt. Cast ...

... Stockmen for long have looked ti Britain to renew the quality of thi herds in the great beef-prod ucin{- centres of the world. Restriction* on international trade and the very high cost and delays in shipping are at present curtailing sales of British pedigree stock, though all animals would be welcomed in almost every part of the world to-day. THE beef section was appropriately headed by the ...

... THE grass-drying competition, the first of its kind to be held, was suggested to the Royal Show authorities by the National Farmers' Union. Entries numbered 131, an indication of the great interest taken in the event, for approximately one-third of the grass-drying community in the United Kingdom competed, there being a few from Scotland and Wales. The aim was to encourage the production of ...

... ONLY quite early in the morning was it possible to appreciate the whole beauty of the Flower Show. After 10 a.m. the crowds were so dense that visi bility was frequently nil! With one exception this show was non-competitive, medals being awarded to exhibits of special excellence. The exception was a perpetual challenge cup for the best collection of tree carnations, won by Messrs. Allwood Bros ...

... By A. CROXTON -SMITH EVERY generation has its stan dards of canine beauty, most of which become more ex acting as the eye grows habituated to the improvements that are made by successive generations. Had the handsome St. Bernard on this page been introduced newly from abroad we might have felt some thing like stout Cortez as-- He stared at the Pacific-- and all his men Look'd at each other ...

... C^OMBINED with the Royal Counties Show this year was the 59th Show of the Hackney Horse Society. It might be thought that in modern con ditions this smart breed was scarcely surviving, for hackney driving is little more than a hobby to-day. Yet the Society, instead of losing ground, has increased its membership from the wartime total of 700 to over 1,000, and the enthusiasm of the owners and ...

... THE Royal Norfolk Agricultural Associa tion's Show was held for the third year at Keswick Park by permission of Lieut.-Col. Quinton E. Gurney and the Norwich Training College. The Show was again favoured with fine weather conditions and about 60,000 people visited it during the two days, June 29 and 30. In spite of the sultry weather, there were no serious casualties, although seventy minor ...