CONTENTS 



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PREFACE ....... vii 



FIRST JOURNEY, 1910 



I. CHALK FARMING IN WILTSHIRE i 



II. PEDIGREE CORN AND STOCK . .8 



III. THE BLACKMOOR VALE . . . 15 



IV. SOMERSET BARLEY GROWING . . .21 

 V. THE DORSET DOWNS. . . . .27 



VI. THE SUSSEX CORN BELT . . . .33 



VII. THE SOUTH DOWNS . . . . .40 



VIII. SPECIALIST FARMING : HOPS AND FRUIT . . 47 



IX. ESSEX SEED CORN . . . . .62 



X. THE FENLAND . . . . .70 



XI. NORFOLK BULLOCK FATTENING . . .78 



XII. SPECIALIST FARMING: POTATOES . . .86 



XIII. LINCOLN HEATH AND WOLD . . .94 



XIV. THE ISLE OF AXHOLME . . . . 101 

 XV. THE MAKING OF NEW LAND . . .108 



XVI. YORKSHIRE ARABLE FARMING . . .115 



XVII. HIGH FARMING IN NORTHUMBRIA . . .123 



XVIII. THE SUPREMACY OF THE LOTHIANS . . 131 



XIX. NORTHERN FRUIT-GROWING . . .138 



XX. GENERAL IMPRESSIONS IN 1910 . . .145 



