no THE FARMER'S OUTLOOK 



It would be unjust to blame our agriculture 

 for these and other defects. The industry has 

 got along by the efforts of individuals, unassisted 

 by the use of new capital or by the State in 

 such matters as education, which has been 

 directed from the standpoint of the town dweller. 

 The criticism of British agricultural methods have 

 often been unwarranted. In spite of the losses of 

 capital, suffered both by landlords and tenants, 

 many proofs of the high excellence of our agricul- 

 ture can be brought forward. A comparison is 

 frequently made with the specialised industries 

 of such countries as Denmark and Holland, 

 forgetting that though the results obtained are 

 indeed remarkable, the small area of these 

 countries only serves to emphasise the high level 

 of British agriculture when compared to farming 

 practice in the Temperate Belt as a whole. In 

 fact, the total agricultural output obtained from 

 the limited area of the United Kingdom and 

 Ireland is often a matter of admiration to Overseas 

 producers. 



The absence of extreme climatic variations 

 is one advantage of our home producers : the 

 droughts occurring from time to time are incon- 

 siderable compared to those frequently experi- 

 enced in the interior of America and Europe, 

 remote from the equalising and rain-bringing 

 influence of the sea. Frost in such widely 



