November Pruning November Is One Of The Pruning Months...
suitable for both apples and pears. Use the sharpest possible knife or secateurs and always cut back to sound wood, making a clean cut that will leave no possibility of......
The Poultry-keeper
They were talking of poultry and Christmas When the little man joined the group, and his dejection was most evident. 'I've 'ad it,' he said, shaking his head and taking it for......
Mouse In The Wall
There was something scuttling among the !ayes at the foot of the wall, so I disturbed the debris with a stick. Two field mice bolted. °he went along the side of the wall and I......
Gons Of The North, By Brian Branston• (thames And Hudson,
25s.) Gons OF THE NORTH, By Brian Branston• (Thames and Hudson, 25s.) IT is true that we know next to nothing of the Norse gods before the writing of the pros! Edda, in......
Country Life
BY IAN NIALL A FRIEND says that he has heard that the story that yew leaves are poisonous is a legend, and that cattle that die from eating them are not Poisoned but succumb......
Chess
BLACK, 6 mon. WHITE, 7 men. WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to last week's problem by Allison: R—R 5, threat Q x Kt. Against 'random' moves of......