Slag, due to one large firm cutting away from the system 

 of stating the analysis in a roundabout way which few 

 people understood, and stating outright the percentage of 

 citric soluble Phosphate in their Basic Slag. 



So may it be with the simplification of our system of 

 weights and measures. We shall no doubt, have one of our 

 big firms delighting the country, by making it known to their 

 customers, " That on account of their Staff consisting largely 

 of women-workers and men of low medical category, all grain 

 cake, meals or manure, as the case may be, will in future be sold 

 in bags weighing 100 K>s.. This will be found a much more 

 convenient weight to handle, and further it will be much easier 

 to check the weight of the consignment. What an enormous 

 advance this would be towards uniformity in place of the 

 " hundred and one " weights in existence ! 



The chief* modifications then required to make a Decimal 

 system out of our existing system of measures and coinage, 

 would be to make our pint one-tenth of an Imperial gallon, 

 and our penny one-tenth of a shilling. These small modifi- 

 cations in our system could be made with practically no 

 inconvenience to anyone. Thousands of British Soldiers 

 are using the decimal system every day in France, and it is 

 more than likely they will not take quite so kindly to the 

 British system on their return. 



WASTE OF CAPITAL. 



Much capital is often frittered away on Farm Buildings, 

 since many of these appear to be put up on the principle 

 of maximum expense and minimum utility. A glaring 

 example is the common type of Piggery, where Pigs are 

 scorched in summer and starved in winter. The Pigs are 

 generally very dirty and the Piggery is of little use for any- 

 thing else. A small horse boxf is infinitely better and can 

 be used for many other purposes. 



In all Farm Buildings, the emphasis needs to be laid 

 on utility and economy, otherwise the Landlord's capital is 

 wasted and the burden on the Tenant in creased unnecessarily, 

 The modern hay barn is a good example of utility and 

 economy combined. 



* See also Appendix, pages 30 and 31. 



f See Mr. Bruce's Article in the 1917 Transactions of the Highland and 

 Agricultural Society, for a very good type of Figgery, pp. 93 and 95. 



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