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... CROP PROTECTION A Review of the Latest Weedkillers, Fungicides and Insecticides By E. J. Baker ALTHOUGH 1962 did not produce any new discoveries comparable with that of MCPA or MCPB, there have been several interesting developments. More has happened in the field of weedkillers than in insecticides and fungicides. Last year was the first full season for the new broad-spectrum weedkillers, and ...
... THE ALICE HOLT TIME DRAWBAR IN THE extraction of small-sized timber, the work of collecting logs in order to form a tractor load can be much reduced by means of the simple device illustrated. Designed by the Forestry Commission's mechanical engineering staff at Alice Holt, the drawbar consists of a frame-- the cross-members of which are provided with slots into which the links of chain slings ...
... I IIGEF SHORTHORN SHOW AND SALE AT PERTH t THE SUPREME CHAMPION, Baldowrie Neptune, born August 1961, by Ballathie Autocrat out of Baldowrie Nonpareil, and shown by a past President of the breed society, Capt. Gideon Rutherford, of Baldowrie, Coupar Angus. Neptune was also senior champion and the best two year old and was bought for 650 gns. by the well-known dealer Mr. James Schofield. MR. ...
... Sir, I enclose a photograph of a subject that may be of interest to your readers. It shows an original 18th century notice board on the wall of a farm building, a timber framed one of Tudor days, with the original lettering which has been kept in excellent condition by the owners of the farm. It illustrates the quaint charac teristic of spelling the s inside a word as we do with an The farm is ...
... i SPECIALIST II BROWN EGO PRODUCTION Mrs I. G. Nurse's poultry farm at Shopwyke Hall near Chichester IT IS NOW nearly five years since Mrs. I. G. Nurse began poultry farming at her home, Shopwyke Hall, Nr. Chichester, Sussex as a means of utilising the 16 acres of land adjoining Shopwyke Hall, given to her by her husband, the late Mr. S. F. H. Nurse. Mrs. Nurse had no previous experience of ...
... Bv Clive Procter IN MY LAST article I discussed some of the things the breeder is looking for in developing the tomato of the future. Generally the public wants fairly small round, well shaped fruit, but this does not always go with highest yield. The heaviest weight of fruit per plant tends to come from plants with large fruit. Up to now some compromise nas usually to be made. A point in ...
... (HINDOO CH4MPI0NS IT CRUFTS And The Terrier Who Beat Them All GAMEKEEPERS' CLASS: Mr. and Mrs. J. Johnson's Labrador, Reanacre Mallardhurn Thunder, winner of the Gamekeepers' Association open class. THE SUPREME CHAMPION was, once again, a terrier; the highest award went to the Lakeland, Rogerholm Recruit, shown by Mr. W. Rogers. CLUMBER SPANIEL: Best of breed was Anchorfield Bonus, owned by Mr ...
... ONE OF THE MAIN differences between the top golfers, and those in the second division-- and the rabbits-- is golfing experience, plus, of course, the talent to make use of it. The great players can size up the possibilities in any given situation; they can see at a glance what is on, and not on. Few really gamble, they play for the percentage. They have found out the hard way by making ...
... THE &4Kg) Company Limited warranty and PMC jervice The shape isn't just for fun. it gives you space you can double THAT MAKES SENSE It's a distinctive shape, the A 40. But not just to be not all. With the back seat up, you get a normal- different. That shape was designed for the best and sized boot that's inside the car. Perfect for carrycot, simplest of reasons: it makes sense! Look inside. ...
... LAMBING IN SUR-ZERO TEMPERATURES THE SEVERE WEATHER conditions have made life difficult enough for all farmers but sheep-breeders have had a particularly worrying time. When we visited Earl St. Aldwyn's estates at Coin St. Aldwyns, near Bibury, in Glou cestershire, the lambing down of 400 Oxford Down and Suffolk ewes was in full swing, and although this year, for the first time, the sheep ...
... Mrs HUGH I II I! B'S CMSWELL HERD OF JERSEYS Is Celebrating Its Fiftieth Anniversary THIS IS A CELEBRATION YEAR for the Carswell pedigree Jerseys owned by Mrs. Hugh Ford of Great Bramshot Farm, Fleet, Hampshire, for the herd is now fifty years old. It was founded by Mrs. Ford's parents, the late Captain and Mrs. F. M. Butler at Carswell Manor Faringdon, Berkshire, in 1913 and there are a ...