PRACTICAL PAGE (Readers are invited to send in contributions to this page.) I have been at pains to find uses for the " residue" from strained nut miJk, for this must be too nourishing to discard and yet only " sinks " in tea, etc. But stirred into some fresh, grated horseradish it makes a pleasant addition to any salad or savoury dish. ANON. Some years ago a letter from a correspondent in The Vegan stated tlhat adequate Vitamin D could be assured by a brisk friction rub first thing every day. I tried it and have kept it up, not so much because it helps create the sunshine vitamin (I am not sure about this anyway), but because I find it an excellent " wakerupper," and in winter a good " warmer-upper " also ! Recently the rather expensive raw-linen towel has been replaced by a couple of pads which can be bought from the chemist for about three or four shillings and seem to last indefinitely. These are made of foam plastic and are covered with a loosely knitted nylon material. Similar to the popular pot-scourer, but not quite so aggressive ! E. BATT. For some time now I have taken a small bottle of nut milk in my pocket when likely to be out for a meal. Now I have found an excellent use for the empty 3^-oz. Barmene container. It just holds enough Alfonal or nut butter for a week-end away from home! ANON. H p s for Veganic Compost Making In common with other unwanted green growth, vegetable thinnings and weeds, short cut grass mowings should be put on the compost heap straight away, whilst they are at their greenest and luslhest. The mowings should be kept in a proportion of 2 or 3 inches of a 9-inoh layer of green material, preferably mixed with i t ; freshly out comfrey leaves (roughSy chopped), also vetdh, are likewise included in this way. The heap should never be allowed to dry out during assembly. Keep it sufficiently moist by watering occasionally; it is seldom that the materials included are moist enough for long enough. Also during the making and after completion keep a cover on. Undue rain is undesirable, and in any case the heat that will generate should be kept in as much as possible as the heap matures. R.D.O.
On performing animals:— " I'd rather see a man on four legs than a dog on two." —Samuel Johnson. Quoted by U.F.A.W. in "The Neighbours." 10