Letters: Rural pong

Sir: I don't for one moment believe that "the pong in the countryside" has been around for as long as farming has existed, as Charles Honey of the National Farmers Union suggests ("Farmers asked to spread a little sweetness". 1 October). It is the result of agri-business and intensive farming, and is anything but natural, or a thing to be accepted as part of country life.

JAMES R HUGHES

London N8