... Jeffrey Warhurst back from a recent visit to Holland, reports on developments in Dutch potato growing and harvesting techniques THE application of Dutch potato growing techniques cannot be com pletely adopted in the UK until con sumers of potatoes are prepared to accept firm textured, yellow fleshed varieties. With the yellow flesh of typical Dutch varieties are other character istics which ...

... Mrs. O. Fenwick, breeder of pedigree Sussex I believe we must produce polled cattle if we want to continue to make a profit from our stock MEMBERS OF THE Day family have farmed in Kent for generations and Mrs. O. Fen wick of Watstock Farm, Chiddingstone, Kent, is carrying on the family tradition. Her father, the late Mr. James Day, farmed several farms in the area as the tenant of Lord Astor ...

... More Gundogs than ever at Cruft's this year But in the canine world beauty and brains seldom go together by J. A. Taylor TO THE PRESENT GENERATION of dog fanciers, Cruft's is as British as the Derby or the Grand National, and yet it had its beginning in Paris in 1878. It was there that Charles Cruft staged his first dog show at the Paris Exhibition but it was not until 1891 that Cruft's-- the ...

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... Fruit and vegetable growing are increasingly becoming big business-- on large acreages. In this article, the first of a series of four, Ted Watson fills in the background to growing these crops and the market opportunities available BREAK CROPS are usually looked upon as alternatives to cereal grow ing that are not very profitable, but are grown to rest land, with the aim of going back into ...

... Focus on the big: tractor TRACTOR manufacturers, writes J. E. Cleveland, have become well aware that the demand for higher horse-power tractors will increase-- there were several new 100 hp plus machines at Smithfield-- as the man power shortage becomes more acute and farmers appreciate the value of getting a job done quickly and at the right time. The end result is the availa bility of a wide ...

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