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' credit ' and ' co-operation.' The study of foreign methods 

 is here invaluable ; and the suggestive account which 

 you give of the manner in which, without danger to the 

 State or undue interference with individual initiative, foreign 

 nations have helped the farmer to find the capital necessary 

 to raise, and the organisation necessary to market, the produce 

 of his farm, will be invaluable to all those who are seriously 

 considering the great problem of which you write. I am 

 sure they will be grateful." 



Whilst on the subject of land, it will be very interest- 

 ing to add to this chapter a table (pages 170, 171) 

 showing at a glance the total area of agricultural land 

 (not including mountain, heath land, or land permanently 

 covered by water) in the United Kingdom, comprising 

 Great Britain, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, and Ireland, 

 and its allocation, in 1910 that is to say, the respective 

 areas devoted to permanent grass and arable, and the 

 disposition of the arable over the respective crops. 



By arable is of course understood not fallow land, 

 but cultivated (that is, land occupied by crops other 

 than grass and fallow land). The unoccupied arable 

 will be indicated by the item described as " bare fallow." 

 It must be noted, however, that, whilst from the returns 

 obtained for Great Britain, the Isle of Man, Guernsey, 

 and Ireland, the acreage of mountain, heath land, and 

 water is very properly excluded as not being cultivable 

 land, the figures for Jersey include water. The fact, 

 however, is inappreciable, because the area of water is 

 in Jersey comparatively a very small one. Against the 

 item of " small fruit," it must also be noted that the 

 figures for Ireland include orchards. 



Broadly, the total agricultural area of the United 

 Kingdom extends to 76,646,803 acres ; the total acreage 

 under crops and grass in 1910 was 46,931,637 ; of which 

 19,603,821 was arable and 27,327,816 was grass. The 

 addition to the table of the number and distribution of 

 live stock in the United Kingdom will add another 

 feature of interest. Included in horses, in this return, 

 are mares kept for breeding. 



