FARMING AND FOXHUNTING 



In the meantime why should this factor be the 

 medium to put the wheel of negotiation in motion ? 

 In our dealings with Russia, of course, this difficulty 

 does not exist, they have the gold from the Ural 

 Mountains at their back. 



A day at the Cologne Show gives one a good idea 

 of the horses. These are mostly of Percherons and 

 Suffolk type, and a good type they are. Government 

 inspection here again is doing good work in weeding 

 out all undesirables and only the best are allowed to 

 propagate. In the parade one saw many unique 

 features. Just fancy putting heavy horses into 

 sulkies and trotting them round the ring to show off 

 their good movements, and another, fastening ten 

 led horses into a line and dressing them by the crack 

 of the whip, and trotting them round the ring. I 

 thought, and later remarked to the Count, even the 

 horses in Germany keep step. 



The poor pig was having a thin time. There are, 

 of course, many in the country, but not so many 

 just in the area of my visit. We in England do 

 understand, do we not, that the pig is a very ex- 

 pensive animal to have about when foods are dear. 



I gathered in Germany he was waiting patiently 

 until Hitler had his four years to right the country, 

 which apparently is his objective, and then perhaps 

 the pig will again come into his own. In normal 

 times one can hardly imagine the country being 

 short in her pig population. 



I saw one old lady wheeling home a barrow-load 

 of thistles, and when I enquired their destination, I 

 was told that they were for the pig. I thought to 



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