50 THE AGRICULTURAL CLUB. 



with regard to most crops that the point at which the maxi- 

 mum of profitable production is reached is much below the 

 point of possible production. Similarly the economic 

 interest of the farmer is not to employ the largest possible 

 amount of manual labour, but, on the contrary, to obtain 

 the largest output at the least expenditure both of capital 

 and labour. 



