Present Methods 



J." Pigs and Poultry. 



The head of pigs and poultry is lower in 

 the United Kingdom than in almost any- 

 country. Particularly in the case of poultry 

 our farmers do not keep the number that 

 they should. And more important still, 

 their methods of handling poultry, in general 

 terms, are not up to date or scientific. 



K. The Landowner. 



The foregoing criticisms more generally 

 concern the tenant farmer. Now let us come 

 to the landowner. Many estates, though 

 they may be models of neatness and a de- 

 light to the eye, are run on such extravagant 

 lines that, far from being examples of thrift 

 and economy, they foster a tendency to 

 extravagance in all living on and by the 

 estate. We are forced to recognize that in 

 the majority of cases, though there may be 

 magnificent prize pedigree stock, the land- 

 owner's home farm is carried on at a loss. 

 Nothing would help more to raise the whole 

 standard of agriculture than for landowners 

 to concentrate their attention on making 



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