1st XI Cricket Team, 1964 Facing

The second visit was to Hedley Hall, the Leeds University experimental farm, near Tadcaster. This is run as a commercial farm, though the activities are governed to a certain extent by the demands of the University's research students. Apart from the crops and animals, the main points of interest were a 1914-18 war aircraft hanger used for storing the farm's implements including a corn dryer, and a new £12,000 piggery which has just been completed.

We next visited the farms of Mr. Swiers, at Helperby and Stillington. As we only had an afternoon available we were not able to see the farms in great detail, but saw a wide variety of soil type and land use. Mrs. Swiers provided us with an excellent tea and we should like to thank her and Mr. Swiers for entertaining us.

Our final visit was to the Ministry of Agriculture experimental husbandry farm at High Mowthorpe. This farm is on the Wolds, and a large range of experiments are being carried out. Interesting experiments that we saw included the growing of potatoes on thin chalk soils and intensive growing of barley without using rotation. The crops of barley we saw were the eleventh to be sown in the same ground •in successive years.

The final meeting of the term was held to elect new members of the Committee. C. J. Swiers became Club Secretary, E. P. Alton became Vice-Chairman and Minutes Secretary, while C. S. Martinson became a Committee member. On Friday, 17th July, the Club Committee and Advisory Committee met to discuss arrangements for the next two terms. As always the Advisory Committee was of great assistance to us, and we entertained them to supper after the meeting.

E.P.A.

C.C.F. NOTES

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Contingent, which was formed as an Officers' Training Corps in 1914. It was fortunate that Mr. K. G. Chilman, who was a cadet on the first parade of the Corps in 1914, and who is now a master at St. Olave's, was able to take the salute at a special Anniversary March-past.

Our efforts to make more use of the river have been furthered by the first use of the Enterprise dinghy, and we now have one canoe built and a second on the way. On the other hand, the hopes we had from the acquisition of the Torpedo Recovery Launch "STEN" have been much reduced by the estimate of nearly two thousand pounds for the repair, not of damage inflicted by us, but of wear caused by age and exposure. It remains to be seen if the Ministry of Defence will authorise this repair.

At Commemoration, a high standard was achieved by the Band under Drum Major Dronfield, and by the Guard under S.S.M. P. M. Emsley, the whole parade being commanded by C.S.M. N. G. Pace. This display has become a traditional part of Commemoration, and can only continue if sufficient cadets volunteer to undertake Guard duty. For their work in the Guard, Lance Corporals Darley and Pawson were promoted Corporal. This subject would not be complete without mention of the excellent leading of the buglers, particularly in the Last Post, by Lance Sergeant J. F. Brown.