26 APRIL 1957, page 24

Company Notes

By CUSTOS THE stock markets were much quieter but still very firm after the • :* \ Easter holidays. The outstanding feature was the recovery in the gilt- edged market following......

Paper And Twine

Most birds have young ones now, but some arc still nest-making, and the other day, while I was watching a jackdaw gathering paper from the road— they set great store by paper......

Hare Vision

We were driving up the rough track into the hills, and travelling slowly over the large boulders and loose stones exposed last winter, when I saw two hares directly ahead of us.......

The New Bull Market

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT THE average investor is incorrigibly lazy but I hope that he took time in his Easter holiday to look at his portfolio and review the changing investment......

Protecting Seedlings

Small seedlings and other plants sensitive to the effects of late frost can easily be protected overnight by a sheet of glass, polythene tacked on a frame, or even stout paper......