... By Anthony Clarkson THE USE OF artificial heat for the hatching of eggs is not really a new ploy, though it's often so described. There are, perhaps fortunately, a few game rearers who are still reluctant to aban don the more natural, if old fashioned, processes connected with broody hens and open fields. There is, too, a compromise between the past and the present which is represented by ...

... Flashpoint, the new Yardley lip stick shade, is paler than most reds and deeper than most pinks-- a warm, attractive colour which will look well with all the summer fashion shades, including the blues, pinks and lemons. From France, Roger Crallet announce two new items in their range: Fougere soap, scented with subtle French fern, comes in hand- size at 5s. 3d., bath size 8s. 3d. Also new is ...

... 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. ...

... Baig in every Home --and Handy Sizes for Picnics, Parties, Travelling and Abroad Don't be vague ask for Baig v;v.,.-.,>.t-x-:,>x-x-x-x-x-x*xv!vx Baig ...

... Automatic closing shutter I with trickle feed. Accurate to 4 ozs. per cwt. I Hopper capacity 4 cwt. approximately. Quick release bagging attachment. Adjustable for all sack heights. t Weighs up to 80 sacks per hour. Clydebuilt PRE-CLEANER BASED ON N.I. A. E. DESIGN 4 TON CAPACITY t I 9 r BASIC L I AJ price 8 TON CAPACITY £197.10 price ...

... mmm the efficiency HE THE F4RIH By J. S. NIX In this article, the author of the De partment of Agricultural Economics, Wye College discusses the use of account analysis to measure the efficiency of the farm as a business; in a later article Mr. Nix will deal with improving the farm's efficiency. ONE FARM MAKES A PROFIT of £20 per acre, another-- with apparently the same system of farming and a ...

... 01 USD SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION! ESTATES By John L. Jones IN HIS STATEMENT on the Price Review the Minister of Agriculture said I have my eye very much on the Land Settlement Association and the results they have achieved in helping themselves. He might indeed feel happy at the results achieved during 1961 by the Land Settle ment Association Estates, for of the Associa tion's 699 tenants, 255 ...

... Sir, We seldom find mention in bird books of the semi-wild pigeons, which are found in our large cities in great numbers. The fact that they nest so readily on ledges of buildings and never in trees like wood- pigeons, is an indication of their descent from the rockdoves of our coasts. My picture shows one of the most famous pigeon places in England Trafal gar Square where they are found in ...

... n Sir, Readers may be interested to see a lotograph of farmers and farm-workers a hiring fair in Carlisle. This must have en one of the last hiring fairs to be held the British Isles. It shows a section of 'untry folk making labour contracts in e market square of the historic old Border ty, and was taken about ten years ago. For centuries the hiring fairs were the ghlights of country life. ...

... By Clive Procter I HAD THOUGHT of calling this Lettuce all the year round, because the basis of most salads can be seen growing out side on market gardens at any time of year. Then I realised that it might cause confusion because lettuce is only cut in the field for about seven months of the year. There is also a variety of lettuce, All the Year Round, still widely recommended for private ...

... HUNTER CHAMPION, MARKSMAN, owned by Mr. H. N. Haldin, of Court Lodge, Hinxhill, Kent, and ridden by Miss Ann Davy. It was Mr. Haldin's third champion ship at the show, having previously won it in 1954 and 1959. Marksman, winner of the Middleweight class in 1961, carried off the same award this year and also won the Ladies' class. Above left, the Duke of Beaufort presents the Middleweight ...

... TWO SPRIGHTLY FOREIGNERS Cars On Test By Pat Gregory TWO OF THE most significant develop ments in post-war motoring have been the advent of the baby mini-car and the transformation of the once despised into a sophisticated and socially estate car or station wagon, When these two apparently irreconcilable are successfully combined in the vehicle, it is obviously a conjuring ...