PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION. 



"THE few years since this book was first published in 

 1915, have seen a considerable increase in the interest 

 taken by the man in the street in Agriculture and 

 the production of grain, and the increased demand 

 for the present publication has necessitated a third 

 edition. Opportunity has been taken to revise and 

 correct it where possible, but the work has had to be 

 done intermittently and in my scanty leisure, and 

 I trust its users will pardon the many mistakes. 1 

 have not altered the figures for costing : all values are 

 shifting relatively and actually, and I have thought 

 it better to stick to the pre-war figures, which at any 

 rate represent a fairly well-defined standard. 



I am responsible for the arrangement of the 

 matter, but I need hardly say that without the 

 generous assistance of my colleagues on the staff of 

 this department the book could not have been com- 

 piled. I desire to express my thanks to Mr. Cecil 

 Fischer, of the Indian Forest Service, for the notes 

 •on the timber trees of the Presidency. I wish also 

 to express my thanks to the Government of Madras, 

 for the generous way in which they have recognized 

 my efforts. 



Madras, 

 ■January 1920. R. CECIL WOOD. 



