Country Life
LAMMAS LAND. A considerable area in "our parish" is known as Lammas land. It belongs to the parishioners from August to February ; and to the fanner for the other six months.......
A November Flower Census.
A neighbour of mine, who is wont to make a tour of her garden every first of November with a census paper, is astonished to find that this year's tally is only short by one of......
A 111nal Era.
The popularizing of fruit had originally less likelihood of success than the popularizing of milk. Indeed, it seemed almost certain that the British people would fall into line......
Gentleman Farmers.
A succession of advertisements have caught my eye this week, all offering for sale "A Gentleman's Farm." What does the pernicious phrase mean ? My fear is that a great many......
Fruit And Failmers.
It is not often that people quite refuse to spend money given freely on the understanding that it shall be spent ; but such perverse economy was practised by the Overseas......
An Emigrant's Plea.
There emigrated lately from England to New South Wales the retired house master of one of our big Public Schools. He and his family went straight to a farm. Six weeks ago he saw......
Reviving Crafts.
On behalf of the country—Kentish and Hertfordshire villages as well as Welsh mining areas—it would be well if Londoners (in the phrase of a famous head master) "would embalm in......
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