5 SEPTEMBER 1952, page 18

Drying Onions Onions Are Best Lifted On A Warm Day

when the topsoil is free from moisture. Use a fork for the job and treat them gently, however firm they seem. Dry them out on a concrete path or lay them on a corru- gated roof.......

Freak Birds A Year Ago We Had A Number Of

freak birds in our vicinity, but now they seem to have gone. One of the most frequently seen was a mealy-coloured house sparrow that flew with a large flock of other sparrows......

Bee Behaviour A Particularly Interesting Item In The 1951...

of the Rothamsted Experimental Station at Harpenden covers the findings of Dr. C. G. Butler, of the Bee Department, working on the importance of perfume in the discovery of food......

A Wasp Entangled When The Wasp Came Too Close To

my head I swung my arm and drove him away and as he evaded the blow he went into the spider's web. The tension caused by his struggles sent messages along every support of the......

Country Life

RECENTLY I was invited to take part in a badger " hunt." The sport in this locality takes the form of perching in a tree with a gun loaded with number four or heavier shot and......