15 JANUARY 1943, Page 18

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Hannaboys Farm. By Marjorie Mack. (Faber. 8s. 6d.)

THIS book, which begins at the end and unrolls to the beginning, contains a lively description of the vicissitudes and pleasures of farming. In the early part of 1919 the author, and her recently demobilised husband, were looking for a farming job abroad, under Government auspices if possible. But by Michaelmas Day they found themselves installed at Hannaboys, a Surrey farm built during the reign of Henry VI. The previous tenants had been old- fashioned. The Wilsons altered all that and became extra-specialists in the production of tuberculin tested milk. The author's fascination for her subject makes a very agreeable book.