21 JANUARY 1928, page 14

Does Any Countryman Remember To Have Seen The Scenery Of

Britain so altered by weather in a short time ? Whole lines of trees vanished in the gale ; and the floods that followed have turned land into lake and marsh. The Thames has......

Country Life

BErrEa Fewnwa. Amid the gloom persistently sprayed over the industry of farming in Britain, it is refreshing to find that our scientific bodies are outside the area of utter......

Most Of The Ringing In Europe Is Done On Nestlings.

In the U.S.A. most elaborate and ingenious methods have been devised for catching adult birds ; and it is claimed that the nets and traps entail no cruelty. This perhaps is hard......

The Way Of A Bird.

One of Solomon's four cardinal mysteries—if we may consider " eagle " as a picturesque word for bird—is being marvellously illustrated if not probed by modern investi- gators.......

Short-lived Birds.

Birds' lives are short on the average, largely because the physical dangers are great. Though a parrot is said to have lived so long—on a Pacific island—that it became the only......

A Word For Corn.

What is more surprising is that the Economists quote examples of considerable profits from corn-growing. One of the most practical of all our educational farms is Wye College ;......

The Extent Of America Gives Canadians And Citizens Of The

U.S.A. in association a rare opportunity of studying migra- tion ; but even more romantic possibilities are open to biologists of England and South 'Africa, if they would co-......

Money In Hens.

Poultry-keeping is, of course, a scientific business ; but it has never yet been taken in hand scientifically by the general farmer. He has kept hens and bought grain for them,......