23 JUNE 1928, page 12

Britain Is The Retention Of The Local Breeds That Have

lost their special utility. Utterly to lose a pure-bred race is a thing no one would gladly face ; but there is no question at all that the jealous pride of the breed societies,......

Scented Roses.

Rosarians of the world are assembling in London to discuss the rose ; and some preliminary critics are saying that though the development of the rose is scarcely credible, scent......

Country Life

PRESERVING ENGLAND. " A French fanner once said to me in reference to certain hedgerows : " Everything in England is for beauty, not use." We may accept the criticism as, at......

A Pheasant-eating Owl.

' The other immigrant of evil name is the little Spanish owl. Official inquiry indicated that (like almost every biid that flies) it did rather more good than harm, was fonder......

The Pink Villa.

It was very well said by the Ministry of Health in a preamble to the Housing (Rural Workers) Act that " the beauty of the English countryside depends very largely on the general......

An Angry Squirrel.

New instances of the outrageous conduct of two immigrants into England have just been put before me and duly docu- mented. The culprits were caught red-handed. The first and......

All Anour Grass.

It should be generally known among farmers all over the Empire that the Ministry . of Agriculture have responded to the new and general interest in cultivation of grass by......

Industry Is Dead. Is It ? Take The Artistic Work

of the black- smith. Since the revival four years ago, in which Kent and Hertfordshire took the lead, there is a record of sales to the aggregate value of £2,000 within one......