204 AGRICULTUBB ON THE RHINE. 



est with which the observer studies it. The disposition 

 to treat every farm and even every field individually as 

 regards rotation, crops, and manure, is nowhere more 

 strikingly evident than in the two Grand Duchies of 

 Hesse and Baden. If clearer views of the advantage 

 that might be drawn from this disposition on the part of 

 the small landowners could be formed and spread abroad , 

 the agricultural wealth of these districts would be great. 

 But here, as elsewhere, too much labour, capital, and 

 time are spent in procuring the necessaries of life ; and 

 both the government and the governed turn their atten- 

 tion too little to the fact that soil and climate here are 

 adapted to luxurious cultivation of the soil. To secure 

 the means of prosecuting the luxurious agriculture suited 

 to small allotments and a dense agricultural population, 

 in which the vineyard would find its place as a pro- 

 minent feature, means must be devised for cheapening 

 the cost of the food, the fuel, and the forage indispens- 

 able for the daily consumption of the people. 



