16 AUGUST 1940, Page 14

Many people are, I believe, trying to store vegetables in

newly re- commended ways against the winter; and one of the more popular new devices is to bury green peas in a well-corked bottle. Now Peas are kink cattle, full of vitality even when boiled and bottled in the old way. I have just dug up the first buried bottle, which was well stoppered and deeply sepulchred. The peas had fermented with vijour enough to expel the cork; and the bottle smelt like a brewery. The peas were not wholly wasted. They were greedily consumed by the poultry, especially a Rhode Island cock which seemed less afraid of intoxication than the Light Sussex hens. The moral is that everyone who attempts to preserve peas in any way should follow instructioas with scientific punctilio. W. BEACH THOWS.