20 SEPTEMBER 1957, page 26

Predators Compete

It is well known that every few acres of ground support so many seed-eaters, so many insectivorous birds and so many predators, according to the nature of the country. Battles......

Garnering

While the sun was shining, progress in the corn- field was steady. The tractor towing the wagon went along the lanes between the stooks, and the sheaves came sailing up to the......

The Stolen Cheese

`SO we stole it an' then didn't know what to ( le with it. We buried it for a while an' then we dug it up again an' rolled it over the cliff into the o ld quarry. We was......

Country Life

By IAN NIALL THE freshness of an egg is, according to some, an imponderable question, but I read the other day that a solution had been found by `experts' seeking to establish......

The .treasury's Strait-jacket

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT THE £ is never long out of the news and with next week's meeting in lie L Washington of the International Monetary Fund it will be back on the front pages.......