22 NOVEMBER 1957, page 65

A Scrub Pheasant The Scrub, A Mass Of Blackberry, Dog-rose,

gorse, and stunted and wind-bowed larch, is a feeding ground for all sorts of bird both large and small. The hawthorn attracts berry-eaters but tits find insects, eggs and......

Country Life

By IAN NIALL THE county roadman, with his two red warning flags fastened to sticks, has a comparatively uneventful life, working his way along his stretch of highway, trimming......

Polar Northcliffe

Sha ckleton. By Margery and James Fisher. (Barrie, 30s.) IN spite of sputniks, polar exploration is still o0 0 n hng. Shackleton Base, occupied by the " 3111 tIlonWealth......

Heeling Broccoli

The unsightliness of run - to - seed broccoli doesn ' t apparently bother some gardeners, but it is wasteful and may be avoided to an extent by heeling' plants to the north and......

Catching A Duck

Some years ago I gathered what knowledge I had on poaching and wrote a book about it, discovering, on publication, what a vast field the subject really covers and how......

Chess

By PHILIDOR No. 128 Specially contributed by J. HARING (The HaguC) at.AcK (5 men) WHITE (10 men) WHITE to play and mate in 2 moves solution next week. Solution to last week's......