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turn 76 stone, or nearly half a ton. This was actually 0.76 St., 

 or io J / 2 It), each. 



With reference to the cleanness of the land it is pronounced 

 ' absolute, ' and it is further related that one inspector did succeed 

 in finding a string of couch, and this he held up in triumph and 

 asked * What is this ? ' To which Mr. Hutchinson asked him to 

 find another and he would tell him!" 



JAMES S. MACDONALD. Is the British Farmer content? No; 

 but he has good cause to be. (Frfs Magazine, June 1910; 

 Review of Reviews, June 1910, p. 538). 



Great recent progress has been made in the improvement of 

 live-stock. 



Three years ago a flock of Lincoln sheep was sold for export- 

 ation to the Argentine Republic for 4000 (equal to 101 ooo francs). 



The greatest herd of milk-cows in England belongs to Lord 

 Rayleigh, in Essex. It is composed of upwards of a thousand 

 cows. The highest yield of milk obtained from one cow during 

 10 V a months was i 674 gallons (7 600 litres). 



The head cow-herd gets a bonus of 3 if the average milk 

 yield of the cows under his care reaches 650 gals, per year. The 

 bonus is increased to 4 los. if the average attains 700 gals, and 

 to 6 2s. 6d. and 10 for 750 and 800 gals, respectively. A pro- 

 duction of 800 gallons is equivalent to 3632 litres par year. 



Notwithstanding all the progress in the motor-car industry it is 

 worthy of note that the breeding of heavy draught horses for agri- 

 cultural purposes is becoming always more and more profitable. 

 " Heavy draught horses are not bred fast enough to meet the de- 

 mand for them; as for carriage and saddle horses the demand has 

 no limit." 



A. D. HALL, Agriculture and the Development Grant. (The 



English Review, April 1910. London Chapman and Harr Ltd., 



p. 117). 



The following are some extracts from an article of Professor 

 A. D. Hall, Director of the Rothamsted Experiment Station, at pre- 

 sent one of the Development Commissioners: 



" As a manufacturing country doing a great export trade, as a 

 rich country constantly investing capital in new territories, the 



