PRODUCTION OF CEREALS 



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upon a large section of the people, nor that they 

 have maintained their hold to this day. 



There is hardly an occasion when I am not asked 

 when speaking on the subject of increasing the 



No. 4. Production of Cereals in the 

 United Kingdom and Germany 



Million 

 quarters 

 of cereals 

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In twenty years our production of cereals 

 has ^t'creased by 3 million quarters. 



Duringf the same period Germany's pro- 

 duction of cereals 1k;s zVicreased by 6j 

 million quarters. 



output of our soil — " But what about the Law of 

 Diminishing Returns ? " Of course, I will at once 

 admit that in theory there is a point at which the 

 law of diminishing returns becomes operative, but 



