74 AGRICULTURE 



degree which is never found amongst a rural 

 population. Close intercourse with nature 

 cannot fail to have an ennobling influence, 

 helping men and women to strive to lead 

 more honourable and useful lives. Therefore, 

 seeing what a matter of necessity is a pros- 

 perous country life to a country, both from 

 a moral and a physical standpoint, it is the 

 bounden duty of those in authority on matters 

 agricultural to spare no pains to promote 

 " the safety, honour, and welfare " of the 

 rural population of Great Britain. 

 Suitable Many are the influences at work in the 



localities 



evolution of a successful Dairy farm. Butter 

 and cheese depend largely for their quality 

 on the skilful handling and the cleanliness of 

 the dairymaid after the milk has been de- 

 livered into the dairy, but the finished product 

 is enormously affected by various conditions 

 long before the milk arrives at that stage. 

 Climate, locality, soil, different breeds of 

 cattle, and the manner in which they are fed 

 and housed, have an important bearing on 



