2 MARCH 1934, page 17

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With the passing of the traditional locally made imple- ments, the countryman's habits and customs, too, have changed. Festivals, and embellishments to workmanship, have been......

Country Life

The Shire Show The Shire Horse Society held its annual show last week in the Agricultural Hall, Islington. It must be gratifying to every- one that the Shire Horse, which was......

Early Cuckoos The Cuckoo Arrives, Or At Least Announces...

earlier every year. During the third week of February it was heard in several widely distant parts of the country. Some people maintain that late-hatched cuckoos remain in the......

That The Englishman Has Been The Great Trader And Colonizer

is perhaps evidence that his home binds him less closely than their homes bind the Frenchman and German. Where the Englishman colonized,. as in Eastern Canada or Australia, he......

The Community Sense A German, Who Has Been Some Months

studying the evolu- tion of English country life, called a few days ago and said, " What strikes me most is, you people have no sense of com- munity." No sense of community ! We......

An Opportune Book

The countryman from being immemorially a user of tools has now become a user of machines. Many of his crafts, for example, spinning, weaving and straw plaiting, have left the......