22 THE GREAT WAR 



interests of landlord and tenant are from the 

 nature of things opposed to one another. How- 

 ever good his landlord, the tenant has not the 

 same freedom, independence, or, it may be 

 added, the same social status as the yeoman who 

 is his own landlord. 



Our Continental neighbours rely mainly on 

 smaller farms and intensive cultivation, all 

 based on " ownership " (which is the true secret 

 of their success), instead of on large farms and 

 the tenancy system (of which they know little 

 or nothing) prevalent in our country. 



Mr. Christopher Tumor in his valuable book 1 

 refers to the immense loss of food and money 

 caused by our system of cultivation, and he 

 contrasts the system with that of Continental 

 countries. He shows that in Denmark with an 

 area of above 7 million acres of poorer land than 

 that of this country, the Danish farmer raises 

 food-stuffs to the value of 6 an acre. 



In Belgium the value of food-stuffs grown on 

 holdings mostly small is on an average no less 

 than 20 an acre. 



In France the total production of food-stuffs 



1 " Land Problems and National Welfare " (John 

 Lane). 



