. Vanishing England . roofing material will soon have alto-gether vanished with other features of vanishing councils in their by-laws usually insert regula-tions prohibiting thatch to be used for roofing. This isone of the mysteries of the legislation of district , suitable enough for towns, are applied to the countryvillages, where they are altogether unsuitable or unneces-sary. The danger of fire makes it inadvisable to havethatched roofs in towns, or even in some villages wherethe houses are close together, but that does not apply toisolated cottages in the co
. Vanishing England . roofing material will soon have alto-gether vanished with other features of vanishing councils in their by-laws usually insert regula-tions prohibiting thatch to be used for roofing. This isone of the mysteries of the legislation of district , suitable enough for towns, are applied to the countryvillages, where they are altogether unsuitable or unneces-sary. The danger of fire makes it inadvisable to havethatched roofs in towns, or even in some villages wherethe houses are close together, but that does not apply toisolated cottages in the country. The district councilsdo not compel the removal of thatch, but prohibit newcottages from being roofed with that material. There is,however, another cause for the disappearance of thatchedroofs, which form such a beautiful feature in the Englishlandscape. Since mowing-machines came into generaluse in the harvest fields the straw is so bruised that it isnot fit for thatching, at least it is not so suitable as the. m ^jLJJJvV M-A rift ft .•? ill; w N^i Is • -? « » h 7 in wis fitt^fe= >|y-fi /
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