22 MARCH 1946, page 16

In My Garden

The expert fruit-growers become more and more insistent on the duty of -a full and free use of the lime-sulphur spray. Some growers now spray on four successive occasions, the......

"ancillary' Dentists "

SIR,—I was duly horrified by " X's" story of the dirty unqualified dentist, the young lady and the Portuguese , prisoners of war, but I , could not help wondering what......

Altruistic Pigs A Small-holder Of Whom I Have Cognizance Has

made his neighbour envious by his rare success in egg-production ; and has confessed to his secret. It is to keep the hens in a loft over the pigs. The ascending warmth seems to......

Effects Of A Belated Winter

What odd effects the dose of belated winter has produced! The cold has not prevented poultry from laying, but it has discouraged hens from wanting to sit. Seldom was such a......

Feeding Of Birds It Is My Experience That Birds Are

hungrier in early spring than at any date, and that then a well-provided bird-table earns the highest dividends. A good table should be portable, and, to my thinking, much the......

Commodities Limited : Profits Doubled

SIR,—The Government are continually being attacked for failing to release sufficient of everyday commodities for civilian use, but in spite of this the large stores are all......

Japanese Bonds

SIR, —Mr. Dalton has said that he cannot imagine why anyone in this country should hold Japanese Bonds. He should know that the financial wealth of the country is held in many......

Country Lifb A Considerable Authority On The Weather—that...

subject- ossures me that among rural beliefs one, at any rate, is corroborated by scientific statistics, to wit, that snow in March is wont to precede a dry summer. Well, we......