Derelict Farms
In the course of many excursions over the moors and into the moun- tains I have been struck with the number of derelict farms there are among the hills of Wales. Some of these......
The Dead Wood
W. H. Hudson, in his Book of a Naturalist, says how dead he found a pine wood, and what he says is right enough. A conifer wood dies as it grows, and the ground beneath the......
Country Life
JACKDAWS are about in large numbers at the moment, and before many days have passed they will be taking over their nesting places once more—the chimney-pots of many houses in my......
Manure For The Garden
Jim, who is employed by the farmer up the road, does a trade in manure when supplies are plentiful, as they are when cattle have been standing in. He buys a cartload from his......
An Old Groom
A life-time spent in a particular occupation gives a man a character- istic way of handling the tools of his trade. The way old W. handled a hammer convinced me that he had been......
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