THE GREAT WAR 



ITS LESSONS AND ITS WARNINGS 



THE object of this little book is the same as 

 that of the previous publications by the same 

 author. It seeks to awaken the minds of the 

 people to the importance of Agriculture, and to 

 show that that great industry is the only safe 

 basis on which the economy of the nation can 

 rest. It is a difficult task, because during the 

 past two generations or more they have been 

 educated and nurtured on the idea that trade 

 and commerce were the corner-stones of national 

 wealth and prosperity. Agriculture has been 

 a neglected quantity. No serious thought has 

 been bestowed on it by the general public ; and 

 successive Governments, during these genera- 

 tions, have treated it as of small account. 



The events of the Great War now raging give 

 us many serious warnings, which it would be 

 unwise and may be fatal to leave unheeded. 



