The Young Farmers' Club

The first, from the Petroleum Board, with the rather silly title of "Song of the Clouds", proved to be stirring propaganda for air travel. Brilliantly edited and with a forcibly spoken commentary, it swiftly introduced one to the aeroplanes and airports of the world, and by its judicious admixture of aero-engineering, travelogue, and personal story can hardly have failed to inspire many of the young people present with the possibilities of travel in the new age of jet-propulsion. The second film, "The Red Balloon", was so charming because it so faithfully reflected the country of its origin, perhaps even the city where it was made. Only the French could possibly have devised so light a soufflé and executed it with so deft a touch. For those with no taste for fantasy there was always the background of Parisian streets—not the well-known ones that are now more international than French. This half-hour film was a model programme-filler for the discerning manager of a commercial cinema who prefers quality to quantity. It is the job of Film Societies to provide him with an audience that will make it worth his while. F.J.W.

THE YOUNG FARMER'S CLUB

Leader: K. G. COULTHARD, ESQ.

Vice-Chairman: W. I. MACDONALD

Chairman: T. M. JENKINsoN. Secretary: J. S. Barnum'.

7 'scourer: R. W. PEACOCK. Librarians: D. P. CoLEs, R. R. BALDWIN.

The first meeting of the term was an open meeting at which it was hoped to interest new boys in the Club. At this meeting, D. P. Coles showed three films from Perkin's Diesels on "The Red Poll", "Tractor Ploughing", and "The Diesel Tractor". There was a great number of new boys present who hoped to join the Club.

At the second meeting, on 17th October, our speaker was unable to attend and an improvised quiz was held, a team from the Committee beating a team from the rest of the Club.

The third meeting, on 7th November, was another internal meeting at which R. W. Peacock spoke on "Farm Machinery", illustrating his talk by use of the epidiascope. T. J. Pick then spoke on "Dairy Farming" and passed round leaflets about the Friesian dairy cow.

At the fourth meeting, on 21st November, Dr. and Mrs. Scott spoke on "Chemical Warefare in Agriculture"; Dr. Scott dealing with Herbicides and Mrs. Scott with Fungicides. Unfortunately these talks had to be cut short because of lack of time. This was followed by a meeting of the Advisory Committee.

The final meeting of the term was held on Thursday, 12th December, when Dr. Taylor, a technical director of the I.C.I., showed some films relating to the I.C.I. and other industries in North East Yorkshire.