28 PEOGEESS IN OTHEE COUNTRIES 



people. In the tract selected it was found that 85 

 per cent, of the population was rural in character, that 

 the soil, climate and other physical conditions were 

 favourable to rural prosperity, and it was decided that 

 what the farmer suffered from was a lack of know- 

 ledge of the principles of scientific agriculture. To 

 cure this, a campaign to inculcate the fundamental 

 principles of scientific agriculture was undertaken by 

 a band of itinerant instructors. The principles to be 

 inculcated were laid down in the form of ten agri- 

 cultural commandments : — 



1. The removal of all surplus water on and in the 

 soil. 



2. Deep fall ploughing, with a winter cover crop. 



3. The best seed. 



4. The proper spacing of plants. 



5. Intensive cultivation and systematic rotation. 



6. The judicious use of farm-yard manure, legumes 

 and commercial fertilisers. 



7. The home production of food required for the 

 family and for the stock. 



8. The use of more horse power and better 

 machinery. 



9. The raising of more and better stock, including 

 the cultivation of grasses and forage plants. 



10. Keeping an accurate account of the cost of 

 farm operations. 



The method adopted was to select intelligent 

 farmers and induce them to carry out the practices 

 indicated above, and when these practices had been 



