The Animal Population.
A permanent intelligence service concerning the population of a number of mammals and birds has been set up by the Bureau of Animal Population at the Museum, Oxford. A most......
Frosted Fens.
Those who know the Fen country Well can scarcely believe its neglect in time of frost. The water freezes hard very quickly, and the dykes become a real thoroughfare. In the......
A Rabbit Preserve.
A landowner in the South of England is this *Inter " putting down to rabbits " some three score acres. As Tbm Tulliver was " very fond of birds, that is of tlito — iViiig stones......
Would-be Farmers.
Continually, certainly as often as once a week, a letter reaches me from some correspondent, generally an unknown correspondent, asking for particulars about cheap land. The......
County Societies.
If " the county " us a social designation is happily vanishing, the county as a unit becomes prouder of itself and is doing not a little social service of a new sort. County......
Country Life
EXILED BIRDS. Did hard weather in England ever influence the movements of birds in so eccentric a manner ? We have seen in inland places all sorts of rarities scarcely known......
Is The Rabbit Valuable Game Or Vermin ? Are Those
who destroy it thieves and murderers or benefactors ? The most humane killers are the " long net " poachers, who work quickly and thoroughly. Next come the sportsmen who ferret......
The Price Is Attractive ; But It Does Not Follow
that a suitable area or a very small area can be acquired. Much less does it follow that a farm on it would pay, though in even the most barren districts you will find farmers......
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