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GOLDEN SUN. It is not well to exaggerate the gloom of farming prospects. The advertisement of persistent gloom has done much harm ; has driven money out of the business and......
Country Life
DELAYED HARVEST. THE rains amount almost to a catastrophe, as "depressions" become chronic and August pours out, to its own cheek, a quarter of the year's rainfall. August, we......
A Partridge Trick.
A sportsman, walking the other day over his acres to discover whether partridges were many or few, put up one young .bird—apparently the only chick, and close by three old......
Grass Enthusiasts.
One of the most intensive campaigns in farming education ever undertaken is in full swing. It is commercial in origin, but should be altruistic in effect. Lecturers and......
The Sham Amateur.
Every athletic association in Britain is agog over the decision of the Olympic Council to allow amateur players at next year's Olympic meeting at Amsterdam to receive money for......
Domestic Zebras.
A charming addition to the London Zoo has arrived in the birth of a young zebra. The colts of this race look even more equine than their parents, and set one wondering why the......
Spring-like Autumn.
We are promised an autumn of a sweetness long drawn out much beyond the normal. You may still find that belated marvel, occasional sprigs of apple and plum blossom and odd briar......