FIFTY YEARS 



OF 



AGRICULTURAL POLITICS, 



BEING 



THE HISTORY 



OF THE 



CENTRAL CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE, 

 18651913. 



BY 



A. H. H. MATTHEWS, 



Secretary since igoi. 



Book i s dedicated io the memory of one of England's Worthiest 

 sons and Agriculture's staunchest friend the late 



CLARE SEWELL READ. 



" Theoretical work brings more to pass in the world than practical ; reality 

 can make no stand against a revolution in the world of ideas." Hegel. 



" History may be thought to prove that of all human infirmities there is 

 none productive of more extensive mischief to society than fanaticism." 

 Prescott. 



London :" 



P. S. KING & SON, Ltd., 



ORCHARD HOUSE. WESTMINSTER, S.W. 

 1915. 



