by Virgil Fox
From the Royal Festival Hall. London
Plant Breeding for the Farmer by G. D. H. Bell, Ph.D. of the Plant Breeding Institute,
Cambridge
One way, and a potent one, of raising standards of agricultural production is by breeding improved varieties. Research in this country is being carried out on all our important food crops, and farmers are cultivating better varieties that have been introduced by plant breeders. Dr. Bell describes how this work is carried out.
For those interested in French life and language
12-French Wit and Humour
Presented by Jacques Brunius
Devised and produced by Elsie Ferguson
Last programme in this series
Introduced by John Lade
Charles Cudworth in ' Building a Library' compares recordings of Corelli's Christmas ' Concerto
Noël Goodwin suggests recent records for your Christmas party also
A short quiz
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