... THE TRAINING methods des cribed in Gundogs by Michael Brander (A. & C. Black, 21s.), based on discussions with Mr. John Forbes and Mr. John Brown, will commend themselves to any one with experience of gundogs and the photographs clearly illus trate many of the methods recom mended, but the weakness of the book, in this reviewer's opinion, is that it is difficult to find out what sort of dog is ...

... A new edition of Life of the Wayside and Woodland (Warne, 30s.) by Dr. T. R. E. Southwood, brings up to date the popular seasonal guide to the natural history of the British Isles which, written by the late T. A. Coward, first appeared in 1923. As Dr. Southwood points out in his preface, scientific research since the original book appeared has made it necessary for him to provide an almost ...

... ALTHOUGH IT IS ONLY two and a half years since the first edition of Farm Organisation and Management (Crosby Lockwood and Son, Ltd.; 25s.) made its appearance, the author, Gordon Hayes, has carried out a full-scale revision for the second edition which is now on sale. Designed chiefly for the student and those who will be farming for a living, and for those who help and advise farmers, the ...

... FOR MAM TASTES I Russia For Beginners (Perpetua Books; 21s.) is one of those rare books which one can be sure will appeal even to our more difficult-to-please friends. Anyone with any sense of humour at all is certain to chuckle from the first to the last page. Who can fail to find amusing such passages as: I found most Muscovites charming, friendly people, with sharp teeth and un usual cuff ...

... Veterinary Notes For Horse Owners (Stanley Paul; 84s.), was first published in 1877, and in this edition extensive revision of Captain Horace Hayes's original work has been undertaken by Mr. J. F. D. Tutt, F.R.C.V.S. It is a book which no doubt many people interested in horses would like to have, though the price of 4 guineas seems very high for the uneasy blend of nineteenth and twentieth ...

... IF MESSRS. CROSBY LOCKWOOD and Son Ltd. publish a farming book it can be taken almost as a foregone conclusion that it will be a book worth having. I have yet to find an exception to this rule. Their most recently published book. Fertilisers and Profitable Farming (15s.). by G. W. Cooke, lives up to the standard, even though the scope of its subject- matter makes it so hard for the author to ...

... Effective Horsemanship (David Rendel, 4 gns.) is an impressive book, whether one looks at it from the point of view of arrangement, illustration, or the advice it gives. Highly practical, it has broad scope, covering dressage, three-day event training, jumping and polo. The author, G. N. Jackson, CMG, OBE, hunted in Leicestershire at the age of eight on an inadequately schooled pony, went ...

... ERIC ENNION, whose Countryman' s Log articles are such a popular feature of Farm & Country, has a practical, although kindly (as distinct from sentimental) approach to ornithology. This is, of course, the hallmark of the true naturalist as opposed to what may reasonably be described as the bird worrier-- the person with a little learning who stamps about with the best of intentions and the ...

... IT IS POSSIBLE to have a book on plant pests and yet find it extremely difficult to relate par ticular plant damage to any of them- A great feature of Horticul tural Pests (Crosby Lockwood; 25s.) is that it is divided into chapters corresponding with the main parts of plants, e.g. bulbs, stems, etc., so that the grower encountering signs of damage on one of them can quickly ger on the track of ...

... ll'E live in an age of techniques II technique mode of artistic dtcuhon in music, painting, etc., Wording to the Concise Oxford Dictionary) and so it is natural tnough that the art of casting the y or the bait or what-have-you should be studied, as it has been by Captain T. L. Edwards and E. Hors- hi! Turner, in The Angler's Cast W. Jenkins; 35s.), with care and attention For fishing demands ...

... SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL farmers in my district rarely ask for advice, and I know that if they do call me in for a second opinion, I will probably gain far more than they do from the meeting. I relish such visits because it is impos sible to know too many ways of tackling contemporary problems. On the other hand, I get little pleasure and no satisfaction from visiting those farmers who seek ...

... MANY NEW machines have recently come on to the market. Pre-eminent among them is the Vicon-Lely Sprintmaster, introduced by Vicon Agricultural Machinery Ltd., of Ipswich. This is a trailed machine with six fingerwheels giving a raking width of 10 ft. The tines have a different shape from any previous type used by the company and the tine wheels are linked in groups of threes. The whole rake is ...