18 JANUARY 1957, page 30

Missing Moles A Friend Who Fauns Told Me The Other

day about a field which used to shelter a lar g e number of moles but is now clear of the pests. A mole-catcher was to have been employed after a season when the binder......

Chess

By PHILIDOR No. 85 A. S1MAY-MOLNAR (1st Pr:ze, 'Good Companions,' 1922) BLACK tS merd Wil Ill' r nun WHITE to play and mate in two moves; solution next week Solution to last......

The Shallot Bed

Very early shallots are inclined to be at the mercy of the weather, in q uisitive birds and scratchin g cats. It is, however, timely to plant them in the next four or five......

Country Life

By IAN NIALL TIME to stand and stare isn't g uaranteed by travellin g at top speed, but when one has been doin g thin g s with moderate haste there is pleasure to be had in idly......