Plants As Compasses
Many plants act the part of compasses, and point to a particular aspect ; it may be East, North or South. I fancy that I have discovered a strong tendency in that popular hedge......
Country Life
Ordering a Barrow A charming essay was written by Mr. Richard Church on the subject of ordering a spade, and it gives the title to his latest book. His experience was much in my......
Ford's First Love
In the spring of 1918 I went over to the United States, and in company with one of our representatives arranging for the import of tractors, spent a day with Mr. Henry Ford. He......
Tractor V. Horse
While the horses are returning to the roads they are being displaced on the fields. I watched a fine pair of Polish horses (which grow popular on English farms) begin to plough......
A Bird Of The Year
This year's Christmas card of that pioneer body, the Nor- folk Naturalists' Trust, is in some sort a memorial to the founder, Dr. Sidney Long, the most efficient bird-preserver......
A New Sanctuary
The Trust adds the following details : This bird has been chosen because it was a favourite of the late Dr. S. H. Long, the founder of the Trust, and its honorary secretary for......
In The Garden
Now that it is too late to grow any vegetable in the open for this year (with the possible exception of colewort) one thinks of the system of the French gardener or maraicher.......
The Shire
The farmer is of the opinion that the day of the old English shire-horse (descendant of the war horses that Henry VIII bred in Cambridgeshire) is coming to an end—at least on......