A Book On Fungi
The Publications Department of the Minis- try of Agriculture and Fisheries has kindly sent me Bulletin No. 43, a book on Edible and Poisonous Fungi which is illustrated by Miss......
Country Life When I Was A Child I Used To
wonder what word Mary used when she went to call the cattle home across the sands of Dee. Our own cows were encouraged to come up out of the pasture by shouting—as far as I......
Autumn Digging
A digging programme is essential in a well- planned garden, and the man who turns over as much as he can in autumn finds his work easier in the spring. Wet and heavy soil is......
Potato Storing
Potatoes have been a good crop in the kitchen garden where a good area of neglected ground needed cleaning and breaking up. Of the three varieties planted, Arran Banner has......
Cuckoo I Cuckoo !
The usual prizes were offered for the best eight-line poems entitled : " A Bedouin Birdwatcher on Seeing the First Cuckoo in Autumn." writes Mrs. V. R. Ormerod. " Having met the......
Spectator Competition No. 194 Set By Joyce Johnson
Competitors are asked to name and des- cribe the five or six contents of a Political or Literary Box of Fireworks. Instructions may also be given, if desired. Limit 150 words.......
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