Agriculture and Its Needs 11 



over "gentlemen farmers", but remind 

 him that he ought not to begrudge them 

 the pleasure they get out of it, nor be un- 

 speakably cut up about the money they 

 spend in the country. I am with him in 

 his contempt for "scientific" farming 

 which will not work, but I remind him that 

 there is much scientific farming which 

 will work, with his practical help; and 

 that his practical experience will not 

 accomplish a great deal without scientific 

 help. 



The situation in general, doubtless, is 

 that agriculturally we are worse off than 

 thirty or more years ago, and a little better 

 off than ten or fifteen years ago. Relative- 

 ly we have lost much ground in many lines, 

 and gained ground in a few. The respon- 

 sibility for some of the losses is outside of 

 ourselves. But, while we could not avoid 

 some losses, we have developed new situ- 



