As The Result Of Recent Botanical And Soil Investigations It
is thought that fruitful results may ensue from the making of a dictionary of plant language, with the translation of the word (that is, colour, mien or gesture) into its proper......
The Discovery Has, As Usual, Stimulated Invention. I...
last year's harvest some crop-drying experi- ments on Major Lyon's farm in Cheshire. The system has been carried further at Oxford, and the I.C.I. are experimenting with two......
The Balance Of Evidence Is In Favour Of The Discovery
of a new fact. I have taken a good deal of trouble to collect the totals of labour employed on various types of farm ; and the evidence goes to show that the new sort of dairy......
Hay And Rain.
Brown lawns and fields tell clearly enough of the lack of rain-44- inches in place of a normal 11 inches—during the year. Some hayfields on the chalk and limestone will be left......
Village Craftsmen.
Rural industries are going ahead with a steadiness that confutes the logical pessimists who argue that the factory system has killed the craftsmen. The success of blacksmiths......
Country Life
THE CULT OF GRASS. The cult of grass—on lawn, green, pitch, but especially farm— is advancing rapidly, not least among men of science. How utterly our conception of grass as a......
More Portable Milk.
Invention is following discovery in another standard farm product. The peculiar value of pure milk for children of school age and beyond has been recently demonstrated with new......
The Language Of Flowers.
A new and scientific view of the language of plants is te be presently set forth in graphic form by the biologists ot Rothamsted. The idea is quaint, but likely to be fruitful:......
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