* * * The Urban Mind Is Probably The Greatest
danger of modern civilization ; but these London children are marvellously quick-witted, friendly, and even observant compared with the country children, who are for the most......
* * * * Plant Compasses.
Some botanist who has studied what is now called tropism will perhaps explain a habit common to two plants that I have observed lately. In one garden about 90 per cent. of the......
It Has Been Said That August Is The Least Interesting
of the months and that people fly to the sea because the inland air is hot and tired. Nature is still. Nothing grows and nothing decays. Some truth there often is in the......
Country Life
Toww v. COUNTRY. For racy comments on how to tell the accidental and essential differences between Town and Country you could not find a better source than the conversation of......
*
A CHILD . S INFERENCE. Some parties of small boys have been taken into the harvest fields, as all ought to be taken ; but it has to be confessed that all the information......
* * * * Food And Farmers.
One small change in the feeding habits of our population is beginning to bring about an equally small change in agri- culture. More people are eating rye, in biscuit form, if......
" Drink More Max."
The whole subject of the adaptation of the farmer to the demands of the consumer is curious and interesting. As I have often insisted, if we could induce our people to drink......
In Respect Of The Number Of Things That Eat You
in the country, there is certainly one plague. Earwigs so swarm that, according to one correspondent, they may seriously interfere with the pleasure of a country holiday. I am......
Previous page
