ITS LESSONS AND ITS WARNINGS 93 



in waste and economy, in the absence and presence of 

 control of national energy and in the subordination of 

 everything to the needs of the war." 



This is a striking comment on the difference 

 as regards food production, resulting from the 

 two systems of cultivation that of England 

 and of Germany. It illustrates in a homely way 

 the advantages which would accrue from the 

 reforms in the system and methods of cultivation 

 advocated in the foregoing pages. 



Whatever steps are taken should be taken 

 without delay, so as to be prepared for the situa- 

 tion at the end of the war. The " wait and see " 

 policy would be highly injurious if not disas- 

 trous, just as it has been injurious in matters 

 immediately connected with the conduct of the 

 war. 



