16 JULY 1954, page 17

Country Life

THEY tell me that B. died this mornin',' said old S. when I met him. I nodded, for I had heard the news. ' Poor fellow,' said S., who was himself very near death a year or so......

Lawn Mowings Are Never Wasted By Anyone Who Looks After

things in a garden. They have so many uses that one can hardly ever get enough of them, for they make good manure, serve to keep heat in a marrow or cucumber bed and are......

Spectator Commition No. 228 Report By Allan M. Laing The

approach of picnic weather recalls an alphabet about the discomforts of this type of alfresco party which Miss H. Pearl Adam once began. She got as far as: A was the Anthill we......

Rooks And Hay Travelling About The Country Last Week And

covering something well over a thousand miles by train in four days, I was struck with the frequency with which I passed fields where rooks and pigeons were feeding on freshly......

Spectator Competition No. 231 Set By D. R. Peddy The

BBC recently broadcast a series of programmes under the title ' Schooling 1954.' Competitors are to suppose that the series included a discussion between the headmasters of......