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for either purchase of manures or sale of produce ; each 

 man carted his own produce to the station, and there 

 was no combination either in transit or marketing. 

 The industry has been built up from below, and is 

 still in the hands of uneducated men hardened by 

 bitter competition. 



In spite of our admiration of the way the poor 

 land is being utilized, and the sterling, if rough, popu- 

 lation it carries, it was somewhat of a relief to 

 reach once more the chalk land with its broad fields 

 and its sober, uneventful farming. Let us record in 

 conclusion that on October 8 we saw a field of wheat, 

 still grass green and being cut, a remarkable illustra- 

 tion of the abnormal weather that marked the year 

 1912. 



