Snare-setters
When a countryman has no gun and little time to go out with a ferret and nets, he often puts down a snare. This is not the best time for snaring because - the grass is high,......
Music
A RECENT Third Programme talk on contemporary poetry, entitled " The Petrified Muse," developed an argument whose relevance to the sister art of music was often striking. Poetry......
Tall Corn
To a man who works on the land the signs of good husbandry *re plain. He looks at a field, the height, colour and richness of its grass, the absence of weed, neatness of its......
Road Casualties
Casualties on the road'are not confined to human beings. The toll of birds, rabbits, hedgehogs and frogs is considerable. No one makes a return of the rabbits killed by cars at......
Country -life
FEW people seem to gather meadowsweet, probably because, although its scent on the evening air can be wonderful, like the honeysuckle it can be too much. The sun was going down......
The Poet
Each instant of his life a task, he never rests, And works most when he appears to be doing nothing. The least of it is putting down in words What usually remains unwritten and......
Composting It Is Well To Remember That Compost Can Be
a breeding-ground for 17= flies and other insects harmful to the garden, unless the heap is......
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