"talk 'about The Land"
SIR, —In writing a brief reply to Mr. Bates's remarks on my sym- posium, England and the Farmer, I am concerned as editor, not contributor. It is not the first time that Mr.......
The. Journeyings Of Eggs
ut,--Mr. Bates in " Country Life " is right. Our rationed eggs now e from Maidstone, and behind Maidstone from America. Heath- d is the leading market for East Sussex poultry. I......
Country Life
Potato Loss Kent, though a southern county, has only a comparatively small acreage devoted to early potatoes ; Ayrshire, hundreds of miles farther north, produces an earlier and......
In The Garden
It is a trick of old professional gardeners to display a very large plant, covered with an enormous number of flowers, in a very small pot. The secret is mainly liquid feeding ;......
The Colour-bar
Sot,—I am not satisfied that Professor Macmillan, in his letter uncle " South Africa and Africa," answers those of us who fear colcau. prejudice, as practised in South Africa,......
The Plimsoll Line"
Sm,—One views with alarm the outcome of a rise in the " Plimsoll," as recorded in your issue of July r8th. I have seen steamers still " down to the mark " on arrival at their......
More Fruit The Shortage Of Fruit Has Probably Set Many
gardeners speculating on the possibilities of growing more of their own. August is cer- tainly not too early to begin catalogue-dreaming ; September not too early to think of......
Sitt,—the Only Question That Matters About " Lord...
" is whether the " 85 per cent. wholemeal " does or does not contain the germ of the wheat. The germ is only about 2 per cent. of the wheat. The official instructions to millers......
Preserving Beans Fellow-sufferers Of The Salted Bean Have...
many sugges- tions. Unfortunately few improve on the methods I already knew. The secret for one is very large quantities of salt ; for another a jar per day, tied down......
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