CHAPTER III 



I have attempted to show that the problem 



of increased production in England is largely 



a commercial one. And I have tried to 



explain to the reader that nothing but the 



highest science, which we have to our hand 



if we care to use it, can provide the true basis 



for the commercial effort. I should like now 



to give some rough indication of the machinery 



by which business man and scientific expert 



are to work together, and I will take an 



imaginary valley as an illustrative unit in 



the general scheme. I ought perhaps to 



choose one of our less famous valleys in order 



that the effect upon production may be more 



clearly seen. Where cheese-making has from 



the far past been a staple industry, commerce 



might prefer to collect and grade rather 



than manufacture in large bulk. And as 



it is the backward areas rather than the 



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