COUNTRY LIFE
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It is a pleasant thought that one of the most characteristic of Tudor houses, with its fine trees and grounds, is to come into the possession of the oldest of all agricultural Research stations. Though some £7,000 has yet to be raised—and the Director, Rothamsted, Herts., is waiting to receive more subscriptions, big or small—we may consider Rothamsteders saved from the speculative builder (though some of its trees and surrounding fields are probably doomed) and ensured indefinitely for the purpose of research into the greatest of all industries. The work at Rothamsted steadily widens. Among the later additions are a very wholesale experiment in mechanization and the use of electricity on the farm ; and an admirable little apiary where already discoveries have been made into the life-history of the bee. For example, a recent correspondence in The Times on the question whether a young bee was a consumer or producer would have been quite un- necessary if the Rothamsted experiments had been followed. The young bee is housemaid before she becomes caterer.
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