Two Crucial Things Have Happened, Are Happening In...
motor-car has penetrated the isolation of the country. Ras in tube has a new meaning : the country is part of the town. Our roads are the best in the world: but they become......
As To The Birds, I Have Been At Sonic Pains
to discover which species are the delinquents. The following must be condemned on direct evidence as offenderS, at certain times and seasons, and the list is more or less in......
A Neighbour Of Mine Has This Year Lost Most Of
his tulip bulbs to mice or field voles ; and all of us have found the attacks of birds on fruit-tree buds extensive beyond recollec- tion. To begin with the birds, spraying with......
On The Subject Of Remedies A Number Of Inquiries Continue
to reach me about chlorate of soda as a cure for nettles. The efficacy of the treatment is emphasized by the "Farm Adviser" of the Country Gentlemen's Association. Ills......
Most People Have Noticed The Multitude Of Rats That Flour-
ished after the wet summer ; but the ways of the beasts have been as unsatisfactory as their numbers ; and strangely enough, mice and birds have been conspicuous for similar......
Country Life
A RURAL CRISIS. A crisis has-been reached in the battle for the preservation of rural England. It is not only that a Bill for town and regional planning is in debate. The......
What Do These Two Events Mean ? They Mean That
the tridest and most sudden threat of violent change coincides with the demise of the only preserver. It is, therefore, imperative that a successor be found with the will and......
Now I Write After Hearing Private Talk Between Those Who
helped to frame the Bill and those who are opposing it. Both sides take as an accepted fact the need of a successor to the landowner. Both sides desire a wide, comprehensive......
The Vogue Ou Susswx.
How quickly and solidly the cult of country life has grown in England, even at a time when we are urbanizing and ugh- . fying many rural scenes ! - That simple, almost......
The Bill Seems To Me To Have Divided The Powers
discreetly and well between the Ministry, the County Councils and the District Councils. But this is not written for the purpose of taking sides, but to suggest how much may be......