16 FEBRUARY 1929, page 15

A Detail Of Hibernation.

In the observation of animals no detail is harder to test than the -date at which this creature or that retires into winter. quarters. You may-consult a score of text-books.and......

A Novelist On Traps.

Allusive but very powerful protests against the trapping of rabbits are to be fqund in a recent novel that has more of the true atmosphere of the country, especially the West......

The Reward Of Greed.

A tragic and fantastic example of the abnormal appetite of the species, as of the genus, has astonished the fishermen at Brightlingsea. Enormous quantities of sprats had been......

Dwellers In The More Central Parts Of England Have Been

surprised this February to see a number of gulls following the ploughs as they do on the East coast. There can be no doubt that our gulls, at any rate, the black-headed, are......

Forgotten Lammas Land.

On February 12th "Lammas Land" in some of the Home Counties becomes available for the use of the parish in general, and remains open for six months. But this once precious......

The Conversion Of Tips.

On the subject of afforestation and Aberdare and the valuable experiments made a generation ago to clothe the barren and ugly coal tips, I find that by far the most useful of......

A Leghorn Record.

Not-many farmers realize how valuable a- harvest eggs may be. I know one who made a profit of almost exactly £1,000 in one- year, though at a date when eggs were dearer than......

Country Life

Tin Bernardi r•GG. St. David's Day may be claimed as the festival of the British egg. From March 1st, 1929, it will be an offence to sell any preservedegg without printing the......