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left on their hands; they would feel more inclined 

 to go in for heavy milk yielders instead of light, 

 and the head of cows would steadily increase, — 

 and the more cows, the more manure. Cows 

 kept on grass land do not help to increase the 

 yield of rotation crops to so great an extent, but 

 when they are kept entirely on arable land the 

 yields of all crops go up, so that we have more 

 cows, more pigs, more manure, more corn, man- 

 golds and seeds to the acre. 



Turnips would be the crop which would have 

 to be most materially reduced under the new 

 system, and signs are not wanting that these are 

 already beginning to decline in favour. 



I am glad to think that it will not be necessary 

 for us to emulate the overworked Belgian, who 

 indeed wins a prodigious return from the soil, 

 but at too great a personal cost. 



The development I am advocating is one 

 that is quite possible ; one, moreover, that will 

 not run counter to the character of English 

 agriculturists when once they are organised. 



I am not for one moment claiming that every 

 individual farm now yielding, say, ^^3 per acre 

 gross return, could be made to yield double 

 that amount with economic advantage ; but I 

 do claim that by paying special attention to the 

 development of the production of those articles 

 of food for which the demand largely exceeds 

 the supply, and by generally adopting intensive 



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