Abstract
IT may be claimed for the present post-war period that it has a substantial fund of good counsel available for newcomers to the land. Three of the books under review aim at providing trustworthy advice to smallholders, actual and potential, and in this they succeed.
Smallholdings for Pleasure and Profit Quarter-acre Part-time Holding to Smallholding and Farm.
By W. V. Ball. Pp. 124. (Worcester: Littlebury and Co., Ltd., n.d.) 10s. 6d. net.
Your Smallholding
Edited by Alan Thompson. (Penguin Handbook PH.13.) Pp. 192+8 plates. (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, Ltd., 1947.) 1s.
Smallholder Broadcasts
Vol. 3. From the Series of Broadcast Talks "Backs to the Land". Pp. 95+8 plates. (Worcester: Littlebury and Co., Ltd., n.d.) 10s. 6d. net.
Flowers, Shrubs and Fruit for the Small Garden
By G. A. Carter. Pp. 86+12 plates. (Worcester: Littlebury and Co., Ltd., n.d.) 9s. 6d. net.
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Smallholdings for Pleasure and Profit Quarter-acre Part-time Holding to Smallholding and Farm Your Smallholding Smallholder Broadcasts Flowers, Shrubs and Fruit for the Small Garden. Nature 162, 757 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162757a0
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