12 SEPTEMBER 1941, page 11

The Number Of Books Devoted To The Land, The Farmer

and the general regeneration of the countryside shows no sign of lessening. Sometimes one wonders what audience is being addressed by them. We have pleas for almost every kind......

Harvest (almost) Home The Countryside Has Been Grateful...

pieces of red-tape cutting. The first made it possible for schoolboy harvest-camps to be con- tinued after the original closing date had expired; the second released troops for......

The Cinema E Reluctant Dragon," At The Gaumont And The

Marble Arch P a vilion.--German Newsreels. General release. is with some relief that we watch the safe descent of Walt ney from Mount Olympus with only a few scratches to mark......

To Be A Farmer A Sign That Someone Else Thinks

there is room for educating farmers, or rather potential farmers, is the appearance of an admirably prac- tical little book, To Be a Farmer, by J. Gunston (Methuen, 75. 6d.). I......

In The Garden Spring-sown Onions Should Be Up And Harvested.

Days of sun- baking, until skins are crisp as charred paper, are essential. Big onions keep prettily in ropes; small onions keep better and longer in sacks or boxes. Many......