Present Methods 



books shows how constant it is over a 

 period of years. On an EngHsh home farm 

 if the loss be put at ^i an acre it will not 

 be over-stated. If English landowners 

 would follow the continental example, every 

 home farm would be a demonstration of 

 what a farm ought to be. Demonstrations 

 of this kind are much needed, and the book- 

 keeping should be so correct that the records 

 would give valuable data. The landowner 

 also is greatly assisted thereby in dealing 

 with his tenants. If a tenant complains that 

 his land is poor, or so heavy that he cannot 

 make a living out of it, the landowner can 

 reply : " I am farming similar land to yours, 

 and these are the results." 



L. The Present System of Land Tenure. 



In considering our present system of Land 

 Tenure we cannot shut our eyes to many 

 evils which have crept into it, and which are 

 largely the result of the great agricultural 

 depression. To begin with, take the pro- 

 portion of owners of land to tenants, and we 

 find that only 1 2 per cent, of the occupiers of 

 agricultural land are owners ; 88 per cent. 



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