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THE STATE AS FARMER 



OR THE 



FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE IN ENGLAND 

 CHAPTER I 



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The result of the great war upon England as 

 a food-producing area has been remarkable 



3 in its insignificance. Farming has caused a 

 feeling of irritation rather than anxiety, and 



if attention has been directed to labour much 



i more than to volume of supply. Efforts 

 have been made to apply more female labour 

 to agriculture ; and attempts, much less 



: legitimate, to divert boys from school to 

 the fields have been by some vociferously 

 applauded and by others denounced. The 

 really important question of the national food 

 supply as affected by our home products 

 has been almost ignored by Cabinet, Parlia- 

 ment, and newspaper alike. It is a time- 



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