... A beef breeder who thinks there should be more progeny classes at shows MRS. R. C. MARCH, of Whittington Grange, Worcester, and owner of the Whittington herd of pedigree Aberdeen Angus, would like to see many more progeny classes for the beef breeds at both large and small shows. A bull entered on his own can only be judged on appearance, she says, but if entered, for example, with three of ...

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... In the scientific melting-pot Outdoor early weaning of pigs shows improvements by Jake Saan I HAVE HEARD it said that the progressive farmer should always try to keep one jump ahead of the agricultural scientist. In this way, he can cash in on new develop ments before the average farmer has become aware of their existence; or he can burn his fingers. No doubt the first of the few who jumped on ...

... by Anthony Clarkson THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY there is a shortage of water, a shortage that becomes acute enough to cause anxiety at different times in different places. The situation is surprising when a week's rain could easily provide all we want for many months-- if only we could store it. It is no less surprising that there still seems to be no satisfactory solution to the problem of turning ...

... For modern nomads The growing popularity of caravanning by Pat Gregory IN A STATEMENT that is often sadly mangled, Stevenson wrote I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. Like the snail, who has his house upon his back, R.L.S. sensed the urge for mobility as he coaxed his recalcitrant donkey across the Cevennes. Perhaps it is a similar desire to search for fresh woods, and ...

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... k COUNTRY 'W4 feL. A Dorset shepherd with his collie, leading Hampshire Down ewes to new pastures near Blandford. Photographed by John Tarlton. OUR COVER PICTURE: ...

... Sir, The valley of the River Wylye, in Wiltshire, extends for 18 miles from Warminster down to Wilton, and in this distance there are twenty-four parishes. These are parcelled out in long, narrow strips their length running at right- angles to the river. This ensured that each parish had access to a water-supply from the river a most important factor in farming in a chalk-stream valley such as ...

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... JOHN THORNTON GO. I will conduct the following Sales by Auction: MAY 24. LANDRACE PIGS. Messrs. A. J. and G. J. Stephens' annual sale at Heathfield Lodge, Tavistock, Devon. 29. ABERDEEN ANGUS. Collective sale (pure and cross- breds) at Reading (including Sir Thomas Buxton's entire herd). JUNE 5. GUERNSEYS and JERSEYS. Collective sale at Reading. 26.-- WESSEX SADDLEBACK PIGS. Lt.-Col. P. S. ...

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