upon the Wilton House Home Farm ought to encourage the 

 tenant-farmer of the present day. 



There is, however, that little word "if" to be faced, and it 

 says to both landlord and tenant : " If you use sufficient capital 

 in farming, you will be able to compete with low prices, and 

 stand safely against a series of bad seasons." 



The common question, " Can corn be profitably grown in 

 England at the present low prices ? " is herewith answered in 

 the affirmative. The only way to encourage capital to flow into 

 agriculture is to prove that farming is a profitable occupation. 



This is shown to be so in the case of the Wilton House 

 Home Farm, and it is on this fact alone I claim that I have 

 solved, so far as agriculture is concerned, " The Land Question." 



With a judicious application of capital in farming, the 

 old couplet, somewhat altered to the circumstances of the case, 

 remains true, namely : — 



" There's food, and uo doubt ou't, 

 As much iu the land 

 As ever came out on't." 



THOS. J. ELLIOT. 



SouTHWiCK, Fareham, Hants. 

 188i. 



