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3. (a) Taking British agriculture as it was before 



the war, how many men will be wanted in it 

 after the war ? (b) What changes in the 

 industry are necessary to provide employ- 

 ment for the additional numbers who may 

 want it ? 



4. (a) Can agriculture afford the better condi- 



tions which are necessary to attract the men, 

 and also the changes which are necessary to 

 employ the additional men ? (6) If not, 

 what measures will make it possible ? 



Are such measures desirable in the in- 

 terest of the Nation and the Empire ? 



5. Can such measures be carried out in time to 



provide employment for the men on de- 

 mobilisation ? 



B. — Preliminary Survey of Conditions existing 



BEFORE THE WaR 



17. A short preliminary survey of the conditions of 

 agriculture in the years before the war is essential to 

 an understanding of the problem. It is convenient 

 for discussion to speak of the position which existed 

 just before the war as the present position, disregarding 

 the abnormal changes caused by the war. Where we 

 use the present tense, we would, therefore, be under- 

 stood as referring to the year 1913, unless the context 

 excludes such meaning. 



18. Of the conditions of agriculture in England and 

 Wales before the war, the decline of the agricultural 

 population is the most marked. Although, owing to 



