27 JANUARY 1956, page 33

Farm Fires

Farm fires advertise themselves across the surrounding countryside as a rule, and most of the cases get no more than a paragraph in the local paper, although they are nearly all......

Chess

By PHILIDOR No. 34. J. HARTONG WHITE (9 men) BLACK (11 men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to last week's problem by Promislo: Q-B 7. A superb......

Clematis Pruning

Clematis are things that seem to suffer from neglect in a lot of gardens. They are either badly pruned or left to themselves. New plants should be .cut back severely, but......

Country Life

By IAN NIALL WE had been told that there would be snow on high ground. The radio forecast said other things about other places. Down in the village where the stream goes under......

Hungry Cormorants

am always fascinated to see the cormorant making his way upriver. He is a wary bird and by no means stupid. Where the river is wide he takes care to keep right in the middle of......