INTRODUCTION 



THE matter contained in the present volume 

 represents a substantial expansion of a series 

 of four articles on " The Organization of Agri- 

 culture," published in The Times at Easter, 1904. 

 The information then given as to conditions in 

 Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, 

 Holland, Finland, and England and Wales has 

 been considerably amplified, while the details 

 contained in the chapters headed "A Dissertation 

 on Eggs," "Hungary," "Austria," "Switzerland," 

 " Sweden and Norway," " Siberia," " Servia," 

 "Poland," "Luxemburg," "The United States," 

 "Argentina," "Canada," "Australasia," "Ire- 

 land," and " A German View of English Agri- 

 culture " are now presented for the first time. 



How the work came to be undertaken is 

 sufficiently explained in the opening chapter. 

 The inquiry instituted covered so much ground 

 that the task to be accomplished seemed to be 



