22 MAY 1953, page 22

Strawberry Time

A friend who had a fine lot of strawberry-plants last season ° 15 , puzzled when he picked little fruit. Half-way through the ripe 011 ,; he put' down strawberry mats, and......

Barbaric Methods

A newspaper cutting that came to me from l3rechin described 1 10 a gamekeeper trapped and extracted two vixens and their cubs fro° one fox-hole, and 1 was interested in the fact......

Fighting Hares

Hares in March will fight their shadows. 1 am convinced of III although I have never seen them set about any but their own 1 0 °, and that in a somewhat half-hearted way. A few......

Minnows

In most of the lakes I visit there are tremendous numbers of minno 0 and in one in particular they are so numerous at the moment that " blacken the water of every little bight......

Country Life

I BELIEVE that there are two kinds of air, the air of the valley and the air of the mountain. My wind is sound because I do not smoke. but I like to go slowly through the trees,......