A Most Suggestive Survey Of A District In The Midlands
covering about seven parishes has been made by the agricultural economists of Oxford. The chief motive was the belief that planners will go wrong if they do not plan for the......
In My Garden The Need Of Aeration For The Roots
of plants big or small is being stressed by some authorities in very different departments of the garden. Ashes, for example, which of course are not in themselves suppliers of......
Eire And Spain
SIR,—Your correspondent Margery Whitehorn makes a commendable effort to be fair and objective in judging Eire's neutrality. But her argu- ment, like the High Commissioner's......
Sir,—your Correspondent Julia Green, Whose Letter...
on November 24th, is evidently unaware of the experiments already carried out in certain centres to extend the education period beyond the present school-leaving age of 1 4. The......
War Effort And Trade
Sus,—The recent revival of interest in the post-war overseas trade position of Great Britain should be considered against the background of the White Paper on Britain's War......
Late Songs
For the first time within my experience the blackbirds have been in song. The bird has not a long period of song, which is surprising, since its very near cousin, the thrush,......
Justified Weather Signs It Is Recorded In The Latest Issue
of The Countryman that an old farmer has been testing for a score of years the truth of one of the oldest weather prognostics embalmed in verses, best known being the popular......
Vanished Streams
A letter reached me last week—from a great authority on country life— asking how the floods were in my district. The query synchronised with a visit paid by a member of my......
Your Christmas Gift To Members Of The Forces. Why Not
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