A Foolish Gull When I Threw Out A Crust The

other day, a gull came sailing down for it and found himself with an escort of jackdaws as he, returned to the roof with his prize. One jackdaw brought up the rear, hopping......

Company Notes

By CUSTOS ry , HE stock markets remain easy and lack the I impetus for any fresh advance. The reduc- tion in Bank rate was discounted and the issue of • more 34- per cent.......

Super-rabbits

While on this subject of pests, I have been in- trigued to read of so-called super-rabbits that are bothering the farmer. There is nothing commonplace these days, and the......

Country Life

By IAN NIALL BEING neither a very expert shot nor an economist, I am not really in a position to say whether pigeon shooting pays or doesn't, but it gets certain results, and as......

Rockery Care One Of The Almost Imperceptible Things That...

pens to a rockery in winter is that the soil gets washed away and fined down. It is a good plan to re-dress the whole area with loam to which sand and leaf mould may be added.......

Chess

BY PHILIDOR No. 89. H. HERMANSON (1st Prize, B.O.E., 1953) BLACK (8 men) WHITE (8 men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to problem No. 88 by......