Page 12 The Guardian. Monday, May 16

-Revisiis United Kingdom

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il-'ulluiving is the first of a ser- t-s uf excerpts from letters re- cently received by Mr. J. Lincoln Dcuar. secretary of the Feder- ation of Agriculture. from Flyiiiz ()tlictii' Archie J. Jtihnsttui. of Biirliiigztun. nuw travelling in tlu- United Kinittlttiii on a Nut- ttcltl Scholarship which entitlcs linii to six months study a:ricultui'al conditions in the Old t'uiintry. Flying Officer Jolinstoiie. iiliu is on the reserve force. R. t,'.Al”.. served overseas as a hoiiiber-tzuniier in the Second tturld War lie is a son of ('ulonel I-I ti”. Juluistoiie and ftlrs .loliiisttiiic. Burlington. and a tit-piiew of City Councillor Etlnin (' .lulinslutie. The excerpts given lit-loii are dated from Yorksliire,

iilirrc he Has stationed dtirini: part of ill: iiurtitiie seriirci Y0lllx'SlllfiE. Ell,L'.. April 16.

The line tiCi'lillCl' continues over tlit- British isles ivith liardl) a lirmtk With uiily one day's rain lll iirzirly three weeks the soil li:i- ttiitlcr;.:uiit: several cliaiiges. I-'i.-t it uas ttio iict, then the Ill'll(T liilld dried and was suit- Etilit' to hcuiii uork on. later the tuner and ivetter soils were ready anti iiuiv it is all almost too dry aiiil there may be some snil drift- lit ii.'irticiilarly among the liizhter stil'.

l iii;itli- st-icital rounds on the Lllillll drill in a thirty twti acre field on Tiiesday morning. By

eiciiiiig the sowing in the field was complete and the men were in aiiotlier Ilt"Ifi Work starts on the fariiis this time at year early in the iiioriiing and contin- ues until dark if necessary. The farmer pays extra for overtime and double for Sundays and holi- days. Of course there is a mini- nittin of operation of Sundays and liolidays 'but during seeding and listrvesting if the weather is good, ilicre can he no let up. because

of the uncertain climate. Last year was the worst in some forty odd yaarii and doubtful

optimism is expressed for this SPJISOII

Seed potatoes are in scaroa sup- ply this spring. Because of an tiniiizually hard winter, large quantities were frozen la stor- HEP. avert on Government Ex- perimental Stations. The situation has been somewhat alleviated at Farr Hausa. with a large trtick- load direct from Dundee. which aI"rtved Thursday evening. The father north the seed comaa from, the better it is thought to be and the higher the certain. the more rlelightnd the farmer ta, because no feels he is getting better qual-

y.

Sixteen acres of peas were sown here one afternoon recently and l was interested to sea some

fertilizer placement experiments carried on in the drilling of the

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: WARTIMH MEMORIES 1

Every airman during the war. within lIill('S of York knew Betty's asked the barman if he

had any souvenirs that he could let me have to send back to my ,tild crew. He was sorry but he hadn't. We then fell to reminisc- ing about the War years. when Betty's Bar was filled to capacity oath and every evening that were were no cam on .-Ayev Flying Officer Johnstonc

those iiere grea; days." he smil- T7 . 7. 7

ed quieux remembering" They but a glance through the furcmirtl VHe.dt:at' dmrlhmebplacen was and dedication of Guy (libsoii's itfcuevivcas ailsater cuntileetrhe tgblis wok -Enem-V CO3” Ahcad'” PM; me mad to at an mm? where he names his creiis of the xI:”,lim on v3le1.ellp5n Sac?! air-' iarious Squadrons illl((iJ iilliat hast-

." , ' - pened to cacti iiitlivi tta. iiiig

Tzimilidlliugozt "f:x1f:Y;icah"d 32:3: change this lady's illllltl. It Illl'.EIlt. carry him back to his squadron. End the" agali? ”("?lV”'l:gt";:,l' inc”: he Yould awake the next gl)tguxId'0I:l?u?Iltl?yIJ8l'lI:l3:::' lttal i5113331151501?mtfradggi.hebiilmfzgii is difficult to iisualize iiieii 'I3kCl')'t)lle else knew, that as sooddymg 1" mm b1u0d' as the iie.xi stand came down, thelA-r sT()NEGATE jperiorinani-e would be repeated. lYes they uere great nights, but the days iiere days of reckoning

York Minster of course dom- inates the York scene. but apart from a t.-ursury inspection. most of its preferred to admire it from a distance. exhibiting a much more marked deference for the

i DeGrey Rooms, with its ball room and restaurant. Next to Bettyia Bar, I think this was the service- man's idea of Valhalla. . I Hitler's jets were just begin- ning to harrau the Allied alr- craft about that time, particular- ply the minute size Me. 163 which would only stay in the air a few Iniinutea under power. then glide lback to base. I got a first hand account of what it in lika to be under attack from one of the air- crew. Our guns it seems were designed for defence against the slower powered pllton type fight- er. ao were the hydraulics of the turrata. which lolt our bombers lunabl. to cope with the new war- fare. The gunners tried manfully to award off the attacks. but the jets had often made a pass before they could bring their guns to bear. As these jets wera known to he mass produced. it was a sobering thought. In went on to tell his personal experiences, as only one --niiceman will tall an- other, because he knows the world in general will not understand.

I have heard a neighbor say af- ter witnessing a film taken on "Operations." "I didn't like that show. because it couldn't possibly be true. No one could go through what those boys were supposed to

hlvi loan through." Perhaps not,

And now tti mute on to Stutte- gate, which is York's aiisiicr to an antique hunter's prayer. Here you will find old brass and nurtu- ing pans. coach horns.

rest in an amazing zit: it-. Each year the Americans thousands of these items off home.

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h””'3 years ago and was hrasses, old lanterns and all the spend pan of my next leave at

season of skilled craftsmen. Who is tak-

ing who.

Clifford's Tower is worth a visit and most certainly York Castle Museum. I shall leave the descriptions of these to the guide books.. There is one thing that I would like to mention. however. and that is the Gallery of Agricul-

eum. While here you will see a

when pressed is alone worth the Ishilling which you pay topsec 'li" lwhnle museum. On pressing this button a disc is set in motion and la recording of the several York-

." shire dialects is played. It is

amazini: what differences you can detect in, say. the dialect of jthe Di-iffield area in the east com- pared iiith the Leeds dialect as ispoken in the more heavily in- dustrialized West Riding.

p Now having had a quick look at liinrhanging York. I would like to return to Agriculture for a short time. Tuesday afternoon Mr. Archie Smart. Senior Lecturer IAgrit.-uliiiret. West of Scotland Uiiiversity. Glasgow. came to call ,on me. in America and Canada. he ivoiild be knoiin as Professor Sui;-irt. but here in Britian as just plain Mister. with a large Capital "MK lie is married to a local girl ziiid is vacationing in Yorkshire

lat present. in the course of our

conversatloii I asked him if he knew Andrew ilamiltun. the only British farmer that I had met. when here during the War. He. assured me that he not only knew Aiitirew was 8 very great person- al friciitl of his family.

I liatl met Andrew at a party Eatzlesliaiii one night about ten invited to

his home. He told me if I came

93" he would take me over to see Sir

llarry Lauder, who lived nearby

.0Ia wonders in this land

ture in the above mentioned Mus-l

small button on the wall. which.

now. out i spent my next leave ln Edinburgh. thinking that I would go to East Kilbi-' la the -i--xi time. but as the WM ended 3

month later. there it as no next Vtinie. - - .ltist another 1' o i it t- id c ii is c

iwilliam Cairns stayed over niizht with Andrew. iilien over here two years ago. and was surprised to find lliat I had met him. Andrew tby the way. was a Nuffleld Stu- dent in America and Canada about three years ago and I am looking forward to seeing this young Bri- tish farmer again.

FARM PRODUCTION

Mr. Smart is arranging for Fred land me to see the West of Scot- land University Farms, when we go up there, also some of the bet- ter certified seed potato producers. This is an excellent time of year to zirrive in Britain as we can follow the pattern of farm produc- tion froni planting to harvest. As we would like to see how these potato men work in Scotland I hope we can arrange a visit soon. I had a note from my old land- lady in Edinburgh this morning and shall call her by phone this evening. Let us hope that she is still taking overnight guests. This brings its tip to yesterday. ivlien I went to the market in Malton again to see some of Mr. Niitt's buttocks sold by auction. They "were biggish beasts and coonied very near topping the market. did yon bullocks." From Malton it was only a few minutes

to York with the heavy Jaguar topping eighty-five for a time. "She'll do better you know?" as-

atisureil my host.

Over our lunch in the best it-estaurant in York. Mr. Niitt be- ing in better than usual mood, possibly because of -the uppish prices received for the beasts at Malton. launched into a short

but still there are more for the and was a personal friend of the aumbiogmphvp new crop of tourists the ensuing faintly. I regret not having gone L l

(To be Continued)

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DITHANE loads botli timt copper '

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An extensive. 9-year series of teen. aoinparlng Dirimaa with fixed copper and Bordeaux for the treatment of potato blight oonfii-ins the superl- ority of DITHANE. All fungicides were used as standard ratu. Early blight was present every year: late bliiht ranged from madame no serious.

lfhc increase in bushels per acre with DITHANI was over double that with fixed copper, almost twice tiiatwitli Bordeaux. The percentage increase

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