CHAPTEE V. 



TECHNIQUE. 



There are three prominent factors in crop production, 

 and it is upon his skill in dealing with them that the 

 success of a farmer largely depends. The matters 

 referred to are cultivation, manure and seed. Each 

 particular tract will have its own problems, but these 

 three factors are of vital importance everywhere. 

 The general facts regarding the progress which has 

 been made with reference to such matters in advanced 

 agricultural countries are too well known to need 

 repetition here. It may, however, be of interest to 

 summarise the replies that were made a few years 

 ago by competent authorities to inquiries as to how 

 far the agricultural progress in various countries was 

 due to each of the three factors mentioned above. 

 Statistics appear to show that during the past century 

 in Europe the outturn of wheat and other cereals 

 has been doubled, and experts in various countries 

 were asked to indicate the proportion of this 100 per 

 cent, increase that could be ascribed to each of the 

 following factors, viz. : — 



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