7 NOVEMBER 1952, page 17

A Stoat Legend Has A Stoat Ever Attacked Man ?

In the legends about such attacks one often hears that the stoats were hunting in a pack. J., who is a carpenter, is the only man I have ever met who swears he was attacked, and......

Farm Fire

My friend R. has lost some of the hay and corn he harvested so carefully a few months ago. His Dutch barn caught fire and made a beacon for the countryside around. People went......

Rat-hunt While I Stood Looking Into The Old Man's...

I saw a rat. It was a very large grey rat, and it came out of some stones at one end of the run, and scurried along to a coop where it vanished. The old man came along, beating......

Country Life

THERE is nothing so beautiful as a wooded valley in the Welsh mountains at this time of year. The rivers are rising again, and the deciduous trees are shedding leaves that strew......

Tulips And Chrysanthemums

Put in tulips after dressing the soil with basic slag. The bulbs should be four inches down and the site should be sunny but not too exposed. Move chrysanthemums into the......