FARMING AND FOXHUNTING 



The evidence of this is still in existence, although 

 the old thatched barn we still see dotted about on 

 the landscape is fast decaying. 



It is not in my thoughts that we must expect or 

 desire this state of affairs to return in just the old 

 form, but surely there is no rhyme or reason why the 

 country should not visualize a state of affairs which 

 would continue to give each unit of our country life 

 a reasonable opportunity to live his life in peace and 

 plenty. 



The situation in which we find ourselves as a 

 nation to-day surely suggests we must look to a 

 system, modified perhaps, which will capitalize the 

 land, farm it for high production, and at the same 

 time maintain a happy and contented employee 

 population. 



The present ploughing-up programme is again 

 discounting the landlord's position, for Dora is no 

 respecter of persons. Many of these pastures which 

 are being broken will lose their capital value to 

 some extent, but I have yet to find an owner who 

 is not filled with patriotism, and who is against 

 putting his land to the best national purpose. 



When the day of reckoning comes, I seem to 

 visualize the landlord holding a very weak hand. 

 When he looks round his estate and finds his pasture 

 tenant muddling on in his effort to tackle a few 

 acres of arable land, he will be forced to the action 

 of again finding the grass seeds to save his land from 

 decay. 



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