A Sot.-rim Devon.
It is continually happening in Britain that breeds of stock which seemed to be on the point of vanishing are discovered to possess some essential merit, previously neglected or......
Such H.q's Exist. If Anyone Wants To Buy The Product
of any rural industry—a quilt, a fire " dog," an iron gate, a wicker wheelbarrow, a rustic chair, a self-coloured cloth, or what not he can apply to the Rural Industries Bureau......
Voles And Squirrels.
The group of young biologists in Oxford who are studying the " periodicity " of certain animals are anxious for informa- tion about red and grey squirrels and field voles (or......
Unpurchasable Apples.
Not one but many householders have already begun to complain this year of the difficulty of buying good English eating apples. Now it is a good apple year, and professional......
On The Subject Of The Factory Farm—the Most Highly Capital-
ized farm in England, and in many of its details the most efficient, belongs to an owner who also possesses a factory associated with the farm. Any lover of England must be......
Country Life
THE FACTORY FARM. A very suggestive letter reaches me from Mr. Carrington on the subject that has been set on foot by Mr. Orwin in his latest book on the economics of farming.......
The Organizer Of A Really Magnificent Farm, On Which I
spent two days last week, was paying well over 40s. a week to many of his men ; and the bonus on profit due to one stockman amounted to £50 for the year. The farmer's trouble......
The Answers Are Of National Concern. First, As To Facts.
There is, I think, no doubt that the new Minister of Agri- culture intends to make an experiment on behalf of the Ministry ; and though mechanized farms are in being, on which......