3 AUGUST 1944, page 11

The Cinema

Going My Way." At the Plaza.—" English Without Tears." At the Odeon. N quarters both predictable and unexpected, from the mouths of ishops and bankers there is much talk of the......

Country Life

WE hear perpetually from this part of Europe and that—as indeed from remoter lands—of the rain and storm and dust that arrest even the best equipped armies. Now a record of......

Wasteful Excess

May I apologise to a certain valuable mineral, to wit nitrogen. In recording the fact that an experimental crop "lodged " badly after a heavy dose of nitrogen I omitted to point......

In My Garden

It is a disputed question how far out-of-door tomatoes should be stripped of their leaves. Now the worst trouble with this crop is lateness in ripening. We are generally left......

Saxon Farming

" Out of the mouths . . . " An elementary schoolmaster asked his class for the meaning of the word " agriculture." One small boy offered this explanation: " Please, Sir, it is......

Birds And Farmers

The views of the Ministry of Agriculture on ornithology have been severely criticised; and rightly, if some of the county War Agricultural Committees have been acting and......