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position amongst the nations of the world. It is not 

 suggested that the present condition of land-holding 

 in India is in all respects similar to the old system 

 which blocked progress so effectually in England, still 

 less is it suggested that identical remedial measures 

 could or should be introduced in India ; but the paral- 

 lel is sufficiently close to be very instructive and to 

 indicate the nature of some of the disabilities from 

 which India suffers. 



United States of Ameeica. — It is not proposed 

 here to consider the effect of the scientific research 

 conducted by the well-staffed and organised branches 

 of the Federal Department of Agriculture, nor yet the 

 more localised experimental and demonstration work 

 of the Agricultural Departments of the various States, 

 but merely to refer to the results claimed for a par- 

 ticular campaign of agricultural demonstration under- 

 taken with the help of trust funds. The account of 

 this campaign is given in a publication entitled " The 

 General Education Board, 1902-14".* The object 

 of the Board was to improve the educational facilities 

 of the southern States, and after inquiry it was de- 

 cided that more favourable economic conditions must 

 be obtained before comprehensive school systems 

 could be supported by taxation. It was no use giving 

 the people a school system which they were not pros- 

 perous enough to support ; so it was decided to make 

 an effort to enlarge the available resources of the 



* Published by General Education Board, 61 Broadway, New 

 York, 1916. 



