7 NOVEMBER 1931, page 12

A Curiously Close Parallel To The Story Of The Lark

that sought refuge from a hawk between a yachtsman's feet is told me by a friend who is also a singularly accomplished naturalist. He says: "I remember—now, alas ! over forty......

A Dainty Midge.

A curious discovery, of real importance to a small and picturesque native industry, has been made and extended in a more palpable sphere of biology and botany. The best species......

The Friend's Enemy.

In all this branch of science the dangers of interference with the balance of nature are realized, and precautions are taken. For example, an insect that eats the young shoots......

Country Life

THE OSLO BREAKFAST. From the household of a distinguished Scandinavian, who owns an English farm, comes a letter suggesting that Norway at any rate is reaching the consummation......

Field Experiments Have Been Made, And Are Being Continued...

scientific control, in a number of counties.; and maps have been made out showing the steady expansion of districts. where lucerne will now grow, though it would not in the......

The Discoveries Go Deep Into Pure Science, And At The

same time that in particular details they concern practical pro- duction. This is wonderfully illustrated in the continuing experiments with lucerne or alfalfa the most......

The New Agriculture.

It is a liberal education—or, should I say ?—a National Government education to spend a day or half a day at Rothamsted, that world-famous agricultural station which is as new......

So Much For Applied Science, But The Matter Does Not

end here. Science never leaves Well alone, for it seeks the Better, and, if it may be, the Best. . A scientific station cannot do commercial work. As in the case of Adco, that......