... LEE BROTHERS (OVERWEAR) LTD, Simply lovely Styled and made by the manufacturers of the famous Motoluxe coats, this informally stylish WESTBUitY is in a deep rich all- wool pile, and you have a choice of White, Off- white, Honey, Light I iiatt I ir*nr I itnnn I n iim wiccu, JL cx\y u or Shrimp. It is priced at about 7 J gns. (or in Nylon at about £14.) Ask your retailer to let you see the ...

... \Ltyaieth Wen^ ^y of loiidorvt E lizafef/i Wenty of londond; MEMBERS OF THE LONDON MODEL HOUSE GROUP. Our short lacc dress is available from leading fashion houses. For the name of your nearest stockist, please write to Elizabeth Henry Ltd., 24-30 Great Titchfield St., London, W. i. ...

... PRESENTATION PARTY WEEK Qti na/^Mmd Jemdl RETURNING to London on the eve of the first Royal presentation party at -Buckingham Palace, one felt it might be a week in the middle of the season, so much private entertaining had been arranged. At the first party about five hundred debutantes made their curtsy to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, who sat on chairs of state in the vast gold and ...

... i Many debutantes who had made their bow were the centre of supper parties in the West End. Here at the Savoy were Lady Ropner, Sir Leonard Ropner, M.P., Miss Margaret Schofield, Mr. Torquil Norman, Miss Susan Ropner. Mr. William Ropner, Miss Rosemary Haggie and Capt. Allan Findlay Miss Gillian Duckworth and Miss Jennifer Russell-Parsons, who had both been presented that day, were here ...

... By ASHLEY COURTENAY I IN the February 16 issue of this journal, a list was published of the principal Agricultural Shows for 1955. These annual events invariably revive that horny problem of where to stay, especially among competitors who must, with their entries, be within easy reach of the respective Show grounds. The position is considerably aggravated in the holiday season, for hotels in ...

... SCOTTISH sheep and Wild White clover seed have featured for over forty years in the stock and cropping of Hasleton Priory Farm, north of Cirencester. The first flock was a Cheviot brought to the farm before the First World War by the present occupier's father. As the farm grew in fertility it was changed for a Halfbred flock, and this was taken over by the present Mr. George wood in 1942 xor ...

... By Sydney Moorhouse RHUBARB, we are told, was known to the ancient Chinese in 3000 B.C., when its roots were cultivated mainly for medicinal purposes; like so many plants of eastern origin, it spread slowly westward to reach this country via India, Persia and Russia. Before it reached these islands in the first part of the seventeenth century, large quantities of roots were being imported, and ...

... Histon Large Whites Make Good Prices Top Bid of Three Hundred Guineas LARGE WHITE pigs met a ready demand at the annual draft sale from the famous Histon herd of Messrs. Chivers and Sons, Ltd., Cambridge, when prices up to 300 gns. and averages well up to last year's high figures were realised. The top bid of the day was made by Mr. Arthur S. Rickwood. of Chatteris, for Histon Blackberry 211th ...

... Northern Ireland Breeders Do Well at Dnblin Eager Buyers For a Fine Display of Herefords A SWEEPING victory by Northern Ireland breeders, whose entries gained most of the principal awards, was a feature of the Royal Dublin Society's 1955 bull show. There were far ,>4* fewer Herefords, but last year's tail had been eliminated and a high standard was maintained by the breed entries as a whole. ...

... THE MORRIS OXFORD TRAVELLER IN one sense the name given to this vehicle might not convey quite what it is intended to be. No doubt Morris Motors, when christening it, had a good reason for the choice, but the fact remains that it is an honest-to-goodness station wagon, nor does its appear ance pretend anything else. In otner words, it is not a disguised saloon. Let us then discuss the body ...

... The Senlac Herds of Sussex Cattle and Large White Pigs From Tragedy to Triumph in Two Years MR. E. M. COOPER -KEY, M.P. for Hastings, started his Senlac herds of pedigree attested Sussex cattle and Large White pigs at Miller's Farm, Battle, in 1950. In May 1952, the dreaded foot-and-mouth disease struck and nearly 60 head of cattle and 120 pigs were destroyed. He decided to start afresh as, ...

... By Sydney Moorhouse DEAR old Farmer Giles is dead. This legendary figure of the English countryside, with his slow drawl, his plodding gait and his delightful habit of leaning over the farm gate, puffing his pipe and watching the crops growing of their own accord, was buried, somewhat callously, I am afraid, and perhaps without due respect, at the fifth National Power Farming Con ference at ...