... NATURE NOTE Spick and Span FARMERS are busy breaking up the roll, one of the oldest activities the world of work. It (or another harvest they toll, and the smell of newly.turoed earth Is sweet Indeed. There murb clranlng.up and trimming about the gelds; ...

... NATURE NOTE “White-Sunday” VERS arc It catered for at Whitsuntide; there much lo delltht the eye and charm the ear. This floral holiday, associated with blossom and (rowlnit plants. It Is thousht that was at one time known as W hite-Sunday.” derived from ...

... NATURE NOTE Dun Diver wayfarer interested In the bird life on the lakes la the north of winter frequently glimpses a species of duck with a red bill and rich glossy green bead—« male goosander. Most winters there are some of these visitors present thereabouts ...

... NATURE NOTE Rook Revelry EVERY evening during the winter rooks assemble in their thousands In the last hour day. preparatory to seeking their roosting places. A favourite assembly point Just now between Eppersloae and Gonalston. with Lowdtiam Vicarage ...

... NATURE NOTE Holiday with nature HIT-WEEK Ends the coantry*lde looking very lovely, wltli a glorious wealth of flowers to chum the eye of holiday-maker, and all the birds. Including the summer visitors. In fall song to delight the ear. These Joys are among ...

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... NATURE NOTE Cuckoo OF all the snaper ralcranU that arrive here In April the cuckoo is the bird of the most cartons haMts. DWereat thonch the habits of other fealheted visitors mar be, ther nererthelra prorl«A some idad of home for their jemnf, and show ...

... NATURE NOTE Daddy longlegs IN autumn we may see swarms of Daddy Longlegs (Craae-Ues) on rough, marshy grassland and In meadows. They lit around, alighting on the ground and rising again to skip a little further on. The females are engaged In laying their ...

... NATURE NOTE Earwigs are good mothers TUK earwig one of the j.irrt.n Insects that arouses somcilnns akin to fear In many people, chiefly on account of the un&dppnrted .mil absurd stories that it will cre»i ...

... NATURE NOTE ‘Guests’ of the oak PROBABLY no Brltisft Has more guests living lt« bounty than tbe common oak Tlio cockchafer or May-bug is one, this may be found beneath the oak leaven In May, (doggish enough In the day-time, hot coming forth In the evening ...

... NATURE NOTE Wasps AT part of summer those detested Insects, the yellowand-black (landed wasps are much In evidence. Few people love them most fear them; everybody *w'*ts them. They arc destroyed wholesale, hnt some naturalists and gardeners ask: “Should ...

... NATURE NOTE Nightingales the put few weeks WrA-lover* la various parts of NottißJjuuasklre have had the plcaaare at bcarlaf the nidiUerale, always a treat la district not to as more soalbern Oenerally, the alchllacale's soar erases after the appear. Perhaps ...