New and Improved Methods 



can take it over, work it profitably, and 

 improve its condition. That this can be 

 done is demonstrated conclusively by Mr. 

 Edward Strutt's balance sheets, which cover 

 a range of twenty-one years. 

 To sum up : — 



(i) Landowners should make their home 

 farms demonstrations of profitable 

 farming. 



(2) Landowners should in every way en- 

 courage their tenants to adopt modern 

 methods and remove any hampering 

 restrictions contained in their leases. 

 It is particularly important during this 

 present war for farmers to be given 

 every encouragement to increase the 

 yield of the land they farm. If the 

 Government does not see fit to give 

 the needed encouragement, then land- 

 owners should take the initiative as far 

 as possible, 



(3) Landowners should be much more 

 severe with bad farmers than in the 

 past. It is easy to dismiss farmers for 

 reasons of good estate management. 

 Although unpleasant it is the right 



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