Among Some Delightfully "potted Biographies Are The...
or the sons of very poor farmers who have risen from poverty—to be precise, a wage of 12 a year !---to considerable wealth and position. The best of these successful climbers......
Parsons As Farmers.
The Commissioners are harder and better men of business than the clergy. The glebe is often much less profitable, as well as less usefully employed than it should be, because......
A Point Of Ownership.
Some curious legal points of ownership arise when trees fall ; and not all landowners appreciate their responsibility. One of the quaintest decisions as to rights in the timber......
Tue Old Village.
The difference between to-day and yesterday in country Villages is startling to all older countrymen who have any memory ; but I do not think I ever realized the contrast quite......
Country Life
ELMS AND THE GALE. Every other adult countryman has been comparing January, 1928, with March, 1916. While people in towns, especially in Town, hardly noticed the gale before the......
The Misused Glebes.
The Marquess of Lincolnshire, who will again bring in a Parliamentary Bill on the subject next year, discusses the use of glebe and other church lands for smallholdings in the......
The Monkey's Mind.
On the subject of animal associations, the Australians are racing greyhounds with monkey riders. The idea is not altogether pleasant, and the monkeys probably enjoy the sport......
Animal Affinities.
Trainers of animals for parlour tricks such as those we - see at Olympia say that dogs especially enjoy their associa- tion with horses. There seems to be some natural affinity......
So Far, So Good ; But In Doing This They
have brought the huge platform of the roots at right-angles to the road ; and those who know anything of the weight and solidity of the base of an elm with its roots will......
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