20 APRIL 1934, page 16

The Happy Village England Is Being Preserved At Rothamsted ;

and the more general work proceeds with vigour in most counties. An event in the campaign that should concern all country- men will take place in the same quarter of England on......

Exchanging Seed Something Was Said Last Week Of The New

arrangements made by Flora's League for the purchase of wild flower seeds. The habit appears to be growing of reserving a bed or so for flowers of the wild. The idea was a......

The Wild Birds' Charter Two Dates Of Importance To English

bird-lovers are to be celebrated this summer. On May 17th comes into full force the Cage Birds Act. It is a thorough Act, for which the R.S.P.B. is to be thanked by us all. It......

When Do Birds Sing ?

Some of the critics have been expressing their distress at a statement, made by a bird lover, that the blackbird sings in winter. Now all of us must at one time or another have......

Country Life

Saved ! It is a pleasant thought that one of the most characteristic of Tudor houses, with its fine trees and grounds, is to come into the possession of the oldest of all......

Arrivals

This week is perhaps the fullest of the year. We expect swallow and cuckoo in the third week of April, as well as a host of warblers—and we have had them. The Home Counties were......

Birds And Farms It May Do Farmers All Over The

world good to know that this headquarters of agricultural science is a paradise for birds. I have seen there rare hawks, watched game birds, both pheas- ant and partridge, rise......

Less Litter The Counties Are Growing Beneficently Active...

to litter. Somerset and Devon have erected in many parts of their adorable counties salient signs with the inscription, " No Litter—Penalty £5." The crispness of the style is......