... THE Meynell Hunt gave their annual ball at Elvaston Castle, near Derby, seat of the Earl of Harrington. It was attended by many members of the hunt, guests from all over the Midlands and from London, who numbered about 400. Dancing went on until nearly 4 a.m. in the great Gothic hall designed by Sir Christopher Wren Miss Caroline Wilson and Mr. Peter Sitwell had been looking at a fine orange ...

... J. L. CLUCAS LTD g£K£E°Sg J. L. CLUCAS LTD and The CLUCAS BLATCHFORD Stand at a recent SMITHFIELD SHOW By Appointment To Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Seedsmen J. L. Clucas Ltd. In 1956-- GROW 'CLUSEED' STRAINS The name Cluseed is our Registered Trade Mark and is applied to our out standing varieties which can only be sup plied by us, or our appointed agents, in our sealed packages Our 1956 ...

... ABERDEEN-ANGUS 1956 ABERDEEN-ANGUS for 1956 THE ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE SOCIETY 91 Union Street, Aberdeen LONDON OFFICE: 94 Jermyn Street, S.W.I Si SMITHFIELD 1891-1955 S ince 1891 when Aberdeen- Angus classes were first held at the Smithfield Show the following percentages of the champion ships have been won by ABERDEEN- ABERDEEN- OTHER ANGUS ANGUS CROSSES BREEDS TOTAL 47-5% 32-0% 20-5% SUPREME ...

... THE Supreme Championship and three other principal awards at the Smithfield Show at Earls Court went to an Aberdeen- Angus heifer, Even Girl 3rd of Cobairdy, shown by Major J. B. Gordon-Duff, of Cobairdy Home Farm, Huntly, Aberdeenshire. Major Gordon-Duff won the Reserve Supreme Championship last year. This year's winner was born in December 1953, and is by Phylial of Cobairdy out of Even Girl ...

... SHORTHORN breeders had particular reason to be pleased with the results at this year's Smithfield Show, for not only did they have their Birmingham champion, Mr. M. D. Holloway's Lavington Sceptre, in reserve place to the Aberdeen-Angus for the supreme award, but also carried off the Duke of Norfolk Cup for the best three pure-bred steers. Lavington Sceptre was an impressive entry, weighing n ...

... Grain Drying and Conveying Harvesters and Slashers A RADIO commentator recently declared that the techniques of grain storage and drying had fallen behind the striking advances made in field mechanisa tion. Certainly, at the Smithfield Show there was no lack of grain-handling equipment. In addition to that illustrated here, Geo. W. King had plant on view likewise the Edward Curran Engineering ...

... The Carcase Competitions Could Meat Be Much Leaner WELSH Bred and shown by Mr. W. Murray, and Mrs. W. Murray, Pembroke, born 8-7-'55, weight 362 lb. TAM WORTHS Bred and shown by Messrs. T. R. and T. W. Wilson, Rufforth, Yorks, born 1 8-7-'55, weight 302 lb. LONG WHITE LOP-EARED Bred and shown by Mr. W. A. Whidden, Brampford Speke, Exeter, born 3-7-'55, weight 418 lb. LANDRACES Winners of the ...

... ih cwul cltfwvi ttCt JmlL mi /^vNCE again on Christmas afternoon the life of a whole nation will be stilled and millions more overseas will pause in their activities to listen to a voice the voice of the Queen talking to her peoples. To-day more subjects than ever before have seen their Queen in person, but for many of the younger children that great moment has yet to come. For them we present ...

... MR. and MRS. TOM PARKER were the hosts to the Hambledon Foxhounds at Stokewood House, Drox- ford, when we visited them on the morning after the hunt ball. Mr. Parker farms 23,000 acres in Hampshire and, as was mentioned in an article on his farms in a recent issue of Sport and Country, is an enthusiastic fox hunting man as well as a keen and successful amateur coachman. Although this has so ...

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... Ford Zodiac LOOKING at the speedometer this morning I found that I had reached 16,000 miles and I decided to have a close look at my tyres, which are Goodyear Whitewall. Much of this mileage has been, of necessity, at fairly high speed, so that the tyres have been put to a good deal of wear and tear. It was pleasant to note that they look like being good for many thousands of miles more. I am ...