CHAPTER XXXVII 



GREAT BRITAIN 



AS HAS been indicated elsewhere, the senior 

 A\ author spent the season of 1910 in Europe 

 ^ ^ studying agriculture in general and pot-ato 

 methods in particular. 



In the various countries of Europe he found the 

 best growers using very advanced methods, while 

 as in this country the average grower could greatly 

 improve his operations to his own benefit and 

 that of the industry. 



In the ultimate analysis of the situation the 

 principles which are responsible for the high yields 

 are simple. They are the essentials of good farm- 

 ing everywhere in the world. 



The fundamental reasons for the successes of 

 the best growers of Europe may be all broadly 

 classed as soil culture, but may be classified as 

 follows: 



1. Drainage — good, careful, eflfective farm 

 drainage. 



2. The keeping of livestock and the use of 

 animal manures. 



3. The use of fertilizers of all forms to make 

 crops produce to the limit of fertility. 



4. Seed selection, breeding and adaptation. 



Preceding a description of impressions of British 

 agriculture and potato growing by the senior 



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