Homeless Vermin_
Wide and fairly - level Space's without, interruption are necessary for this sort of farming ; and it is certainly true that the extinction of the hedge makes the control of......
Where Are The Pigeons 1
As to birds, it is generally agreed that the number of most resident species depends chiefly on the severity of the winter, but we have small means of discovering why......
Dykes And Pheasanti In That Attractive Part Of England Which
we call in Cam- bridge and Huntingdon the Fens andin South the marsh, there have never been hedges. t - heir place is taken . _ by wide dykes. One of the very best farmers on......
New Plants
The race of gardeners like the Athenians love some new thing, and this year they have found in their catalogues a greater than usual number of novelties ; not, of course, in......
Its Friends The Second View Is That The Hedge Provides
a natural shelter for all stock, serves to divide field from field without the necessity of artificial fencing, gives the small birds which are an undoubted boon to farmers a......
Vanishing Mice
The ingenious school of young biologists at Oxford continue their enquiries into the cyclical changes in the population of animals, especially the smaller mammals. A good deal......
Room For The Machine
For the moment the battle inclines in favour of the destroyers. A great many hedges are being grubbed, and close clipping that almost amounts to destruction is in evidence along......
- Country Life
l'he Hedge's Enemies A very large bonfire is burning on an East Anglian farm. It beacons the significant fact that, a good Fart ctf the winter work on the farm consists in the......
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