AND INDUSTRY u 



In South Africa the annual admission 

 ratio for enteric fever was 130 per 1000, and 

 for enteric fever plus other continued fevers 

 204 per 1000. 



The figures speak eloquently of the tri- 

 umphs of Medicine, and the wonderful results 

 achieved by the devotion of doctors and 

 nurses. 



Many of those present have no doubt seen 

 the collection of essays called Science and 

 the Nation, recently issued from the Univer- 

 sity Press. Let me refer to Prof. T. B. 

 Wood's essay "An Agricultural War Prob- 

 lem/' or to that by Prof. Biff en "Systema- 

 tized Plant Breeding" to illustrate the work 

 which has recently been done here by scientific 

 men for agriculture and food production. 

 Professor Wood deals with a problem pre- 

 sented by the President of the Board of Agricul- 

 ture in 1915 "How to buy Feeding Stuffs for 



