Country Life
NOT long ago one of the locals fishing in the estuary for flounders found something weighty on his line. He began to haul in and discovered that he had hooked a salmon. Rumour......
Damning Self-praise
Nothing is more damning than self-praise which goes wrong: 'Yes, we're going to be married. He's been so patient, I feel he deserves his reward,' or ' In my household everyone......
A Flight Of Doves The Rock-dove Is Not Exactly Common
or well-known, for it is selective in its haunts and breeding places. Certain coasts and cliffs have colonies of the birds, but in other places the rock-dove is unknown. Whether......
Chemical Wonders The Young Farmer Spoke Of The Price Of
feeding hens and remarked that he had 500 birds on deep litter, a method he considered superior to others. His one trouble, he informed me, JAW been when the rat popula- tion......
Spectator Competition No. 251 Set By A.m.o.s.
This week's prize is offered for a charm against the pains of indigestion after Christ- mas dinner, in not more than eight lines of English verse. The charm is to be pronounced......
Care Of Potatoes
Potatoes stored indoors sometimes go wrong, for one or two watery tubers quickly congeal by their weight into a foul pulp that takes in a good part of 'h barrel or a box. Damage......
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