Country Life
ELECTRICITY AND PLANTS. SOME queer and interesting byways of production from the land have been explored recrzntly by the Intelligence officers of the Ministry of Agriculture.......
Gardeners And Tar Sprays.
This year has been conspicuous for a notable advance, on the Continent as well as in England, of a rural art not mentioned by the Ministry's Intelligence—the art; or science, of......
I Am Disposed To Prophesy A Good Partridge Year In
many districts. Evil though the weather has been, the rain has not been of long enough duration to drown nests, and what kills young birds is rain plus cold. More than this,......
A Shrewish Mystery.
An inquiry about an old mystery reaches me from a York- shire rector : " How is it that I find so many dead shrews on my garden paths, not worried or disfigured in any way, and,......
Grouse And Partridges.
It has been noticeable in recent years that the preliminary estimates of grouse, as of partridges, on particular moors and farms have been singularly inaccurate. This year the......
Our Loveliest Village ?
We-are just returning to Australia,- but should like to set' before we go some of the most characteriStic English villages: Which. would you select ? ". Comparisons, we know,......
Artichokes Or Lavender ?
From time to time a violent plea is raised for the growing of some new farm-plant ; and in the past new introductions have actually and in fact revived farming over a continent.......
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