10 AUGUST 1934, page 15

Chelsea Hornets

It has been said—and my experience coincides—that the hornet is becoming a rarity ; but it appears to have migrated to the towns. The following is the authentic experience of a......

The Way Of A Woodcock The Cult Of Birds In

Britain has produced a Trust for Ornithology ; and the latest object of research is the wood- cock. A questionnaire is being sent forth on behalf of the Trust from the......

Vanishing Coveys Investigations Made This Week Into The...

the partridge coveys indicate that the cause is starvation and not thirst. The drought is a secondary cause. The primary is the astonishing paucity of insect food. It is not at......

Country Life

Defence of the Lakes The Lake district of England is a national playing ground, a scenic reserve, glorious in itself and its associations. It is the English Banff, that most......

Which Process ?

In Germany and Denmark, where similar conclusions have been reached, the grass is dried on what is known as the Rema- Rosin process, which has peculiar virtues in uniformity of......

Multiplying Rabbits Some Curious Facts Of Biology Have...

the enquiry undertaken by the Animal Welfare Society of London Univer- sity. A questionnaire was sent out containing a number of queries about local methods of trapping rabbits.......

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The New Haysel A considerable advance in the art of drying crops has been made in the South of England, under the lead of the agricul- tural colleges at Wye, East Malting and......