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On 4th December Mr. J. W. W. Wood, from the British Oil and Cake Mills, brought a film called "Cowmanship". The film, made in conjunction with the Royal College of Agriculture, Cirencester, stressed the need for helping the small farmer to obtain a high yield at a low cost per cow. The film showed two new ideas, namely "premilking", milking before the cow calves, and "steaming up", by which a cow is heavily fed with proteins. On 1 1 th December the Club held a Quiz on Farming when a team captained by D. C. Holmes beat a team captained by R. D. Wheatley D.C.H. by 29 points to 251.
A TRIP TO CANADA (The writer, Ft./Sgt. J. B. Weightman, R.A.F. Section, C.C.F., was one of the first cadets to gain his Flying Badge and obtain a Civil Flying Licence. He was selected as a representative of this country in exchange flights with Canada in the Summer of 195:2. The following is an account of his experiences.) A sight-seeing tour of over 12,000 miles to Canada leaves much to write about. As it all took place in 19 days, my impressions of that great country may be, perhaps, some way from the truth. However, no one can dispute my first one : Canada is a mighty big place. I am not unique in this, as they say that that is everyone's first impression on visiting the Dominion. We were flown to Canada by the R.C.A.F. in a North Star aircraft, crossing the Atlantic on the Great Circle route via Iceland and Goose Bay, Labrador. For those who like facts and figures, it took 18k hours flying time from Northolt, London, to Dorval, Montreal, making 24-k hours altogether, counting stops. We arrived at Goose Bay in the early hours of the morning and landed with the aid of a flare path. During our stay there of three hours we had our introduction to the most numerous inhabitants of Canada—mosquitoes. As it was just beginning to get light, our attackers were unseen, and I thought that my feeling of a lack of comfort was due to nothing more than tiredn.:ss and travel. When there was enough light to see what it was we all fled away from the huts and on to the tarmac where we stood in defensive groups, keeping the insects away with handkerchiefs. After leaving Goose Bay the terrain over which we flew was the same for three hours. Labrador is a country of lake and forest. From the air there appears to be just as much water as land, all arranged in almost parallel lines. In some time past the land must have suffered considerable glacial action, as the lakes are scooped out of the rock, 39
