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... THE ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS FIRST PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 28, 1 874 FARM COUNTRY INGRAM HOUSE, 1 3- 1 5, JOHN ADAM STREET, LONDON, W.C.2 Telephone: TRAfalgar 7020 Postage Rates: Inland 6d.; Foreign 6id. Second-class postage paid at New York, N.Y. 1 963. The Sporting and Dramatic Publishing Co. Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Vol. 2I6 No. 4 1 08 SEPTEMBER II, I963 PRICE 2/- PUBLISHED ...

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... Principal Contents FARMING Page Maize Silage for Beef 416-418 Leaning on the Gate, by Peter Fraser 419 Home-made Farm Buildings, 420--421 The American Approach to Farm Buildings, by J. A. Brown 424-425 Other People's Farms Lt.-Col. H. L. Dewhurst's Dungarthill Estate, Dunkeld, Perthshire 426-429 Women in Farming Miss M. Unthank of Intwood Hall, Norfolk 432-434 Field Contest for Junior ...

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... PRINCIPAL CONTENTS FARMING Grain Drying: Present Trends and Future Develop ments, by P. H. Bailey 520-522 A Comparison of Methods, by W. R. Prince-Smith 523-525 Staying at the Top: Mr. W. R. Jackson, Chancellors Farm, Redhill, Bristol. 526-528 Royal Smithfield Show Machinery 529-531 Other People's Farms: J. Cossins Sons Ltd., Tarrant Rawston, near Blandford Forum, Dorset 532-536 Over the Farm ...

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... Principal CONTENTS FARMING Page Money From Draft Upland Ewes 10-12 Vegetable Production As Big Business 13-15 Prefabricated Farm Buildings, by J. A. Brown 16-18 Over the Farm Gate, by James McGeorge 19 Other People's Farms Mr. R. T. Cole's Hayne Barton Farm, Cullompton, Devon 20-23 Women in Farming Mrs. M. E. Anthony of Berden, nr. Bishop Stortford, Herts 26-28 Traditional Devonshire Cider 30 ...

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... CONTENTS Machinery features 24-25 Machinery syndicates 32-35 Fertiliser spreaders, by John lllingworth 36-37 The national grassland demonstration 38-39 The national sugar beet demonstration 44-45 New machinery at the Royal 46-48 Russian farm machinery Other farming features 19 Comment 21 Can ourfarms be planned by computer by I. G.Simpson 22-23 Work study, by N. W. Diike 26-27 French farmers ...

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... Principal Contents FARMING Page Nitrogen Made All the Difference 436-438 50 Years of Stilton Cheese- making 439-441 Women in Farming Mrs. R. A. Comins, Codding- ton Moor, Newark-on- Trent, Notts. 442-444 Over the Farm Gate, by James McGeorge 445 Other People's Farms Mr. M. Reid's Maplesden Sussex Herd, Stonegate, Wadhurst, Sussex 446-449 SPORT Gundog Trials, by J. A. Taylor 458-459 Quorn Hunt ...

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... CONTENTS Politics and farming 231-232 Sir Miles Thomas 233-235 Party policies: Conservative James Scott-Hopkins, M.P. Labour- Fred Peart, M.P. Liberal -Richard Lamb 236-237 Farming M.P.s: John Mackie Labour Tim Kitson- Conservative 238-239 Borh sides of the Channel Other farming features 229 C nment 240-243 1' 700 gallons from 45 acres 244-246 L' Tour-saving accommodation for 141 cows 247 A ...

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... Principal CONTENTS FARMING The Right Seed for 1963, by F. R. Home 61-63 Eire's Agricultural Revival, by Austin Jenkins 64-65 Oxford Farming Conference 68-69 Women In Farming Miss B. Bennett and Miss J. Hicks of Whetcombe Barton, Trusham, Devon 70-73 Pig Breeding on Twelve Acres 76-78 Over the Farm Gate, by James McGeorge 79 SPORT Hunting To-day, by Ralph Greaves 81 Gundog Trials ...

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... CONTENTS Grassland features 1 246^247 Makir hay with flail mowers, by George Wardrop I 248-250 The clue of slurry -a tape-recorded discussion I 251 Rex stetson on silage making 252-254 80 cows on 66 acres I 258-262 Oth people's farms: W. E. and D. T. Cave Ltd.'s Cor farms Oth farming features I 239 Coi ;nt 242-245 NFL fonest broker or sacred cow? 255 Far g personality: Maurice Passmore, O.B.E. ...

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... CONTENTS Page Letters to the Editor 875 ON THE FARM with Jerry Wiggin 878 FOUR-WHEEL-- OR TWO-WHEEL DRIVE? by Herman Simper 883 THE GROWING MARKET FOR IMPORTED TRACTORS by Sidney Francis 891 FARM, OR FACTORY, FOR PRO CESSING? by Ted Watson. 895 TA! GET FOR MILK: 1 MILLION GAi LONS 901 WHEN CONTROLLED ENVIRON MENT PAYS by N. H. Noton 909 BEEF ON RECLAIMED PARK LAND 914 ACCENT ON MULTI-ROW HAR ...

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... CONTENTS Sheep features 377 A case for fresh thinking, by H. R. Fell 178-379 Breeds and cross-breeding 180-381 Lamb production profitable schemes in Yorkshire 182-384 Housing sheep in Iceland 385 Flock health, by Forceps Other farming features 375 Comment 186-387 Concrete work on the farm 388 Marketing weaner groups, by Claude Hill 189-391 Brain drying discussion 192-395 lachinery at the Royal ...

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... Principal Contents FARMING Page Cheaper Farm Milk Tanks 358-359 How the Dairy Show Began, by John Simmons 360-361 Yard and Parlour, Fancy and Fact, by N. E. B. Elgar, F.L.A.S 363-365 Forceps on Breakdowns and Crushes 366 Leaning on the Gate, by Peter Fraser 367 Other People's Farms Mr. H. Chandler, of Pepsal End Farm, near Luton, Beds 368-371 Women in Farming Mrs. H. M. R. Pembroke, of ...