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which might lead to further reflection and inquiry from 

 those with whom lies the opportunity of giving practical 

 effect to ideas. The power which in these days lies in 

 effective combination is in many directions incalculable, 

 and if that power can be more strenuously employed for 

 helping the wagon of British agriculture out of the ruts 

 among which it has lately laboured, more immediate 

 benefit may result than from the most vigorous supplica- 

 tions for extraneous assistance. 



A.F, 



