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Treasure In Cheddar Cheddar Caves, After About A Century Of

exploration, still yield up their treasure in ornaments of gold, but chiefly, judging by the number of hikers, motor-cars and charabanes, in coin of this present realm. The......

Country Life

The Country Mill Time was when every largish parish had its mill. The mills are still there, derelict or used as store-houses or turned into residences. Only a few are working......

Sometimes, Pending Gardening, Dung-spreading And Hoeing,...

his employer and set up on his own as a small capitalist, purchasing an acre or so of underwoods fit for cutting. Here he will work all day long, with bill-hook and slasher. He......

* * * * The Fruit Crop The Ministry Of

Agriculture reports for orchard and for small fruit an increase in acreage of 1 per cent. in 1933 over 1932. The increases in orchards were confined to Kent and to the......

* * * * Underwood Industries A Sparse Untidy Patch

of woodland with a tangled under- growth of oak, spindle wood, guelder, ash and hazel, perhaps with thorn and elm among the edges of it, presents little prospect of profit to......

At The Present Moment, Unexpectedly, The Country Mill...

of renewed vitality. There is a dispersion of population going on which raises the distribution costs of the port miller. Government assistance has brought the wheat acreage......

* * * One Feels That This Book Is The

real Cobbett. In his own elaborate explanations and excuses he condemns himself. But he reveals, too, his essential honesty, his courage and his large devotion to the......

Another Cobbett Book

William Cobbett was aware of his greatness and intended to publish his autobiography. He had got together a good deal of material, and selected the title, The Progress of a......