21 NOVEMBER 1952, page 34

Timidity Of Sheep .

Writing about the stoat I mentioned recently, a friend in the south suggests that it may have been emboldened to attack because it was a female with young close at hand, and the......

Village Feuds

Relationships in the village and round about are involved. So maol l cousins, twice and three times removed, complicate matters greatly when it comes to conversation that takes......

Country Life

IN his seventy-fourth year W., who used to be a blacksmith and now retired to do all kinds of odd jobs from helping at harvest tO laying out gardens, is as strong as the......

After The Gale It

A .gale changes the countryside. The hedges give most of thelf leaves to the rushing wind at this time of year; the seeds of weeds are hammered out and scattered, and in the......

Tidying Up

These early winter afternoons are ideal for tidying up in the garden' Loosen the soil of borders. Trim perennials such as Michaelmas daisie s which are beginning to brown.......