49 



make use of the many advantages which a command of capital 

 gives." . . . 



" I hold, then, that the new economy will mean a more scientific 

 mastery of the technical side of farming, when farmers will make 

 a much larger use of the advice, instruction and help which the 

 Nation and the States offer them through the Department of 

 Agriculture and the Colleges. It is equally certain that there will 

 arise a more human social life in the rural districts, based upon 

 the greater share of the products of the farmer's industry, which 

 the new business organisation will enable him to retain ; stimulated 

 by the closer business relations with his fellows which that organi- 

 sation will bring about, and fostered by the closer neighbourhood 

 which is implied in a more intensive cultivation." . . . 



"In the more intelligent scheme of the new country life, the 

 economic position of woman is likely to be one of high importance. 

 She enters largely into all three parts of our programme, better 

 farming, better business, better living. In the development of higher 

 farming, for instance, she is better fitted than the more muscular 

 but less patient animal, man, to carry on with care that work of 

 milk records, egg records, etc., which underlies the selection on 

 scientific lines of the more productive strains of cattle and poultry. 

 And this kind of work is wanted in the study not only of animal, 

 but also of plant life. 



"Again, in the sphere of better business, the housekeeping faculty 

 of woman is an important asset, since a good system of farm 

 accounts is one of the most valuable aids to successful farming." 



JAMES S. MACDONALD (Editor of the "Farmer and Stockbreeder"). 

 A Bird's-Eye View of English Agriculture. (Fry's Maga- 

 zine, London, May 1910, pag. 127). Illustrated with an intere- 

 sting map. 



The following are some extracts from this important article on 

 English agriculture : 



" The oldest and the largest of all our industries, no country 

 can be truly prosperous that neglects the soil. There are 77 ooo ooo 

 acres of land and water in Great Britain and Ireland, and nearly 

 47 ooo ooo are under corn and grass. At the last decennial census 

 i ooo 225 males and females over ten years of age in England and 

 Wales were engaged in or directly connected with agriculture, and 

 if we add to this the huge village population of the country practi- 



