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Avill do all in our power to urge that upon Parlia- 

 ment and the country ; but to say that we can 

 stem the tide of agricultural depression in Eng- 

 land by a wholesale adoption of the Danish 

 system and at the same time can keep up our 

 present absurd tariff arrangements (which are 

 all in favour of the foreigner), is about as 

 monstrous a proposition as any man or any Com- 

 mission could possibly propose. 



Look, however, a little further at Denmark. 

 We find that the acreage of Avheat has diminished 

 from 140,350 acres in 18TG to 32,171 in 1901. 

 Barley has also diminished in acreage, though 

 rye has increased considerably, Avhich latter fact 

 goes to show that some of the peojjle at any rate 

 may eat rye bread instead of wheat bread. "We 

 have seen Danish small holders eating brown or 

 black bread and fat of some sort (not butter 

 fat) which would be refused by a British 

 labourer. The acreage devoted to grass lands has 

 also considerably increased in the same period, 

 whilst the number of sheep has decreased by 

 nearly 700,000 head. On the other hand, cattle 

 (cows) have increased by some 400,000 head. 



A study of Danish agriculture during the last 

 t'venty-five years or so in the light of official 

 statistics, shows that there has been a diminution 

 or a standing-still in the cultivation of such 

 arable crops as wheat, barley, peas, beans, buck- 

 wheat ; a reasonable increase in oats and potatoes ; 

 a considerable increase in roots and grass ; a 

 satisfactory increase in horses; a big increase in 



