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as most of the tenantry of England, and not one whit behind them 

 in intelligence and adaptability. 



Draining has proceeded on a great scale, and the water courses 

 and fences are generally first class." 



This volume of the Lancashire Journal contains also some useful 

 hints on "the availability and manurial value of purchased fertili- 

 sers," by the Consulting Analytical Chemist of the Society, Dr. A. 

 Smetham ; as well as a review on " the agricultural legislation of 

 1909" by T. C. Jackson. 



Reports are included on the Society Exhibition at Southport 

 and on the Dairy Show at Preston, as well as on the list of prizes 

 awarded. 



T. Me K. and MARY C. HUGHES. Cambridgeshire (Pp. XIII 271). 



T. A. COWARD. Cheshire (Pp. X, 207). 



Cambridge County Geographies. [Cambridge, University Press. 

 Maps and Illustrations, i s. 6 d. each]. (The Geographical 

 Journal, Vol. XXXV, n. 3. London, March 1910, p. 322). 



The authors, editor, and publishers of this series continue a 

 good work. These volumes bulk larger than earlier ones, and 

 maintain their standard, that on Cambridgeshire being especially 

 well done. Moreover, it possesses an index, an adjunct which 

 has not been regarded as necessary in other volumes, and this is 

 a move in the right direction . 



Lord R^ayleigh's Farm in Essex. Home Counties. (The 

 World's Work, April, 1910. Review of Reviews, April 1910, p. 365). 



On Lord Rayleigh's Farm at Terling, near Witham, in Essex, 

 fifteen years ago the men began receiving bonuses out of profits 

 paid on their wages. Even the boys received these bonuses, and 

 now as much as 500 has thus passed into the workers' pockets. 

 The bonus system has been succeeded by a system of copartner- 

 ship, which, the writer thinks, is unique, and by which the men 

 can, if they like, invest their money in the farm itself, at a rate 

 of interest much more liberal than that of the Post-Office Sav- 

 ings-Bank. 



