The American Recession

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT WHEN President Eisenhower de- livers his 'State of the Union' / \ message to Congress he must be thanking God that he is .no longer saddled with Mr. George......

Wagtail's Visit

The grey wagtail is hardly a garden bird, belonging as it does to the stream and the wet stones; but we enjoy an almost daily visit from one that picks over the asphalt of the......

Company Notes

By CUSTOS THE resignation of Mr. Thorney- croft and his colleagues came as great shock to the gilt-edged market, • and the immediate response was a lowering of quotations all......

Big Bud

'Mites cause the swelling of blackcurrant buds at this time of year and give rise to what is commonly called Big Bud, a destructive thing resulting in a poor crops The remedy is......

Retrospective

Time makes incredible changes in one's outlook, I find. Not long ago I came upon a fragment of a note I made about standing waist-deep in water waiting for duck to flight across......

Chess

By PHILIDOR No. 135. Specially contributed by A. J. LEVETT (New South Wales) BLACK (6 men) WHITE (7 men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to......

Country Life

By IAN NIALL I DON'T think anyone has troubled to produce a collective noun for jackdaws or, if they have, it has ever become widely known. Sometimes it seems to me that an apt......