Half bred and Cheviot with Leicester. The cattle were : Friesian, Dairy Shorthorn and Ayrshire all intercrossed with either Aberdeen Angus or Hereford. The ley on which the cattle fed contained 5 lbs. coxfoot, 6 lbs. perennial grass, 2 lbs. rye grass, 2 lbs. white clover, and 2 or 3 lbs. of red clover. Mr. Dixon said they also kept about 50 pigs which were mainly Wessex crossed with Large White. On the 9th February Mr. Mason, an agricultural adviser from Fison's Fertilizers, brought along two films. The first film was called "A.B.C. of N.P.K." (Nitrogen, Phosphates and Potash). This showed why plants needed these elements. The nitrogen was, as it were, the nucleus of the plant, phosphates made good, healthy roots and potash made the plant healthy and gave it good quality. The film also showed that six hundredweight of fertilizer was equivalent to 10 tons of manure. The second film was called "Grasslands". This film showed samples of well fertilized and badly fertilized fields. The main things to keep a check on were drainage, lime deficiency, stocking, cuttings and boundary fences. The last indoor meeting of the term was a talk given by Professor Bywater on "Careers in Agriculture". Farming was the management of land and the cultivation of food, whereas agriculture could be defined as the science of farming. Farming was one of most important industries and it employed about one million people. As regards income, farming was a very complex industry with farms differing greatly in size. A farmer just beginning would earn about £500 to £700, whereas the big and good farmers would earn a great deal more. If an outsider decided to start farming he would need at least £5,000 capital to buy his farm without mentioning livestock. To enter farming a person should get a university degree or college diploma or spend a year at some agricultural school. The last meeting of the term, on 18th March, was a visit to Mr. Potter's farms. As we were being shown round the farms Mr. Potter pointed out the facts he had mentioned during his talk earlier in the term. There were three farms all linked together, and covering about 700 acres. After we had looked round all the poultry and housing which was so impressively laid out, Mrs. Potter gave the party a very refreshing tea. C.B.M.G.
THOMAS CRANMER, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
(21st March, 1956, was the 400th anniversary of his death) It was the dull, drab morning of 21st March, 1556. An old, white-bearded figure, clad only in a long white shirt, stood firm as a rock, chained to the stake in the ditch opposite Balliol College, Oxford. He had recanted his protestant views; he had acknowledged the Pope, which to him amounted to a denial of Christ. Then on
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