CHAPTER III 



New and Improved Methods 



Having stated the defects in our present 

 methods we can now turn to the construc- 

 tive side, and suggest certain new methods, 

 or aherations in our present methods, which 

 would tend to improve agricultural condi- 

 tions and to increase the yield per acre. If 

 the proper measures are adopted, and if the 

 proper conditions — conditions really favour- 

 able to the agricultural industry — are created, 

 there is no reason why we should not raise 

 our produce of ;^4 worth of food per acre to 

 nearly £'-] worth, as in Denmark. It really 

 should reach £Z per acre. If this figure is 

 reached, then the total production of the 

 land of the United Kingdom will stand at 

 ;^400,ooo,ooo worth. The total national 

 consumption of food grown in temperate 

 zones is ^400,000,000 worth, of which one 



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