ITS LESSONS AND ITS WARNINGS 41 

 The Hon. Edward Strutt is a practical 

 farmer, and one of the small number of farmers 

 who keep strict accounts. In his address at the 

 Surveyors' Institution, on November llth, 1912, 

 he gave the results of the working of two farms 

 which he cultivates, representing 2000 acres. 

 He shows that in six years, 1906-11, an average 

 annual net profit was made of 3 17s. an acre 

 on wheat, 2 7s. 9d. on barley and 3 Os. Id. on 

 oats. The average yearly net profit on the arable 

 land of the two farms during the six years named 

 was 2 14s. 9d. per acre ; while the average 

 yearly profit on the grass land was only 6s. 6d. 

 an acre. If this can be done with wheat under 

 30s. a quarter, how much easier would it be to 

 do when the price is nearer 60s. a quarter, with 

 no prospect of it being lower but every prob- 

 ability of its being higher for several years to 

 come ? There is not the remotest doubt that 

 were we to adopt the Continental land system, 

 cultivate our uncultivated soil, and reclaim our 

 waste lands as suggested later on, we could 

 raise all the food necessary for man and beast 

 in this country. 



With a country naturally far more productive 

 than that of Denmark, Germany or France, it 



