Country Life
WHEAT IN riir: DEmis. In Basingstoke market on September 17th, wheat was sold at 14s. 6d. a quarter—the minimum price of the day ; and at £1—the maximum. The 14s. 6d. wheat was......
One Considerable Farm Is Worked By The Farmer And Exactly
one man. His crops, which include a good deal of wheat and much clover, are passably good; but the saving in labour means that the worst land consists of thorns and briars, and......
A Few Old, Foolish And Cruel Superstitions Still Survive In
these out-of-the-way districts. A recent sufferer from warts asked for no caustic chemical from the doctor, but dabbed the place with a black snail, which was then transfixed......
Auburn Revisited.
Every year I visit a Midland village that lurks in the deep, deep country, some nine miles from any effective railway station. The beauty of the place increases save that here......
It Is Possible, Perhaps Probable, That By Specializing...
use of machines, which accelerate the harvest and reduce the number of hands, it will become possible to grow grain more cheaply than in the days of low wages ; but however......
The Murdered Bittern.
What astonishing lengths of time country memories pre- serve ! I was in the depths of the Cambridgeshire Fens last wcelr, and heard a resident—he was round about four score......
• Such Examples Are Pitiable ; But It Is Often
difficult enough to know where superstition ends and science begins. An archi- tect of fame told me, this very day on which I write, that he habitually uses a water diviner......
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