6 FEBRUARY 1953, page 20

The Cadgers One Of The Most Ramshackle Old Lorries I

have ever seen turned into the road that goes up to R's farm. It stopped while one of the passengers got down to open the gate. He was a jaunty character with a black hat on the......

The Hotbed Seedlings Can Be Raised In Good Time By

use of a hotbed and frame. Use straw and horse-manure, and see that the mixture is thoroughly moistened. Spread the bed on rubble to cover an area slightly greater than that of......

Hedging

Among all the crafts of the countryside a fine bit of thatching or hedging pleases me most. A newly thatched rick, when the job is well done, is a most satisfying sight,......

Farmers' Debate Rain Streamed Down The Windows Of The Little

café in the Merioneth town, and I sat listening to an animated discussion between two groups of farmers. The subject I had thought to be Government and agricul- tural committees......

Country Life

A YEAR or two ago, when I last dared to look up one of the bedroom- chimneys usually selected by the jackdaws as a nesting-place, I brought down a quantity of debris that......