FEATHER-BEDDING. By A.G. Street.

1954 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 189mm). Pp200. Not illustrated. Light tan cloth, spine titled in red.

"Not being tied to any political party or organisation of any kind, Mr. Street can and does say what he likes without fear or favour, as the many thousands of listeners to the programme 'Any Questions' know full well. ...The result [in this book is] ...a glorious mixture of commonsense, humour, sentiment, and prejudice, written by a man who has farmed all his life and is still farming, but somehow has always managed to see a little farther than the fences of his own holding. ...Here at last is a born and bred British farmer attempting to hold the scales of justice with equal poise between Town and Country - in a book that will annoy and please almost every reader". Chapters include: Feather-bedding; Town and country; State control of agriculture; The drift from the land; The Little Man; Tied cottages; The man who worked; Recruits to farming; Change in the countryside; Change in the village; the cost of living; Farming in the air; Lock, stock, and barrel; Pests; The lure of electricity; Accidents and diseases; Co-operation amongst farmers; Waking up.