4 JUNE 1942, page 14

Food Wastage

Snt,—The arguments put forward by Sir Wm. Beach Thomas and Lord Northbrook are not borne out by the facts. There are practically no unthreshed stacks left, whereas in peace-time......

Country Life Emergency Rations For Both German And Balkan...

have provided in the shape of soya bean products, which are highly conden The chemical value of this bean is beyond question. A correspond (writing from as far off as the......

The Re-education Of Germany

Sitt,—In your May 22nd issue, the reviewer of Mr. Wiener's book, German With Tears, showed an understandable reluctance to accept Mr. Wiener's statement that education in......

Vulgar Milk A London Boy Of About Thirteen Went On

Whit Monday to see milked in a model cowshed. After watching for some while, he to the land girl who was milkmaid: " Can one drink that sort of after it's been properly......

Albino Birds For A Year Or Two I Have Seen

at intervals in a neighbour's garde very friendly blackbird, distinguished by a white head. It nested year in , some thick ivy growing against the house. The young are n at......

Our Russian Ally Sirs As A Regular Reader Of Your

admirable journal, and being particu- larly interested in Mr. Harold Nicolson's " Marginal Comment," I feel moved to write on a recent note concerning the admiration felt by the......

Soya And Cucumbers Everyone At The Moment Is Interested In

foods. (Did not a fam newspaper proprietor lay it down that food, money and women were three most popular themes?) One correspondent complains of Government's attitude towards......

Telephone Conversations

Sts,—" Janus " is unreasonable in objecting to criticism of telephone conversations by exchange operators. A telephone conversation is no more entitled to privacy than a......

In The Garden In A Late Year The Irisei Have

flowered before their normal date and best is over. By the best I mean Dalmatica Pallida, because of incomparable sweetness of its smell, suggestive of muscat. How m better are......

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