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of the early works on agriculture of England, is of great 

 interest by way of comparison with the conditions prevailing 

 in India, the reason being that the mechanical appliances 

 adopted in the last fifty years by farmers in England, and 

 which attract so much of the attention of the public were 

 then wholly absent. We see how much improvement can be 

 effected merely by the intelligent use of the resources of the 

 locality. 



Estate Management. By C. E. CURTIS. (Horace 

 Cox, " The Field " Office. 1911.) 



This is a standard work on estate management and 

 gives an excellent idea of all the duties connected with the 

 management of landed property. Th principles must be 

 the same in India, though the particular trees and crops 

 are different and so also will be the design of the buildings. 

 The book has chapters on Letting and Leases, Farm 

 Valuations, the Management of Wood-lands ; the laying 

 out and management of the home farm, on repairs, and the 

 avoidance of pests on wheat and other crops. A Supple- 

 ment treats of the law relating to landlord-tenant and to 

 land agents. The book contains a typical agreement, and a 

 reprint of the Agricultural Holdings Act of 1908 with full 

 explanations. 



II 



The Bases of Agricultural Practice and Economics 

 in the United Provinces, India. By H. MARTIN LEAKE. 

 (Macmillan & Co., 1921.) 



This book is a very important contribution to the 

 agricultural economics of these Provinces. The ownership 

 of land and the relations of landlord, tenant and the State 

 are discussed, as well as the zamindars role in the develop- 

 ment of agricultural operations and the means of supplying 



