Country Life

IT was a bright morning, and, as I went down the valley, I overtook a man on foot who walked with the aid of a stick and had a collie at his heel. Farther on, I passed two men......

Cat " Nests " Writing About The Hostility Of Birds

towards cats, which was the subject of a note a fortnight ago, a correspondent from Devon writes: " It is not unusual for small birds to behave as your correspondent, Canon......

Battle Honours

SIR, —Abler pens than mine will undoubtedly be put to paper on Strix's paragraph in your issue of July 10th, headed " Battle Honours." In the Fourteenth Army we grew accustomed......

Fertilisers

I have been asked for a prescription for feeding onions and have recommended the reader to buy a propriotory fertiliser. Expert gardeners feed their own crops with a home-made......

Calling In The New World

SIR,—Representatives of India and Pakistan have been chosen to assist in the. difficult task of planning the future of the Sudan. An Indian presides over the Commission to......

Village Queens

On the road through the village I came face to face with a procession of children, about seven or eight of them dressed in various colours, wearing scarves on their heads,......

The Bat's Flight

Superstition about vampires and the very oddness of a winged mouse makes most people dislike a bat, although few have handled them and discovered for themselves what wonderful......

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Pioneering In The Fells

SIR,—Of the area of five and a half million acres of rough grazing land in England and Wales, we can deduct about one half as unsuitable for agriculture, and of great value for......