Contents. xxv. 



CONTENTS. 



A eopiom Index will he fotmd at the end of the book. 



CHAPTBE I. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



FAG£ 



Author's opportunities for forming sound conclusions as to the 



changes required by the times 1 



EemodeUing our agricultural system .2 



The -writings of Arthur Young 3 



The importance of local experience 3 



New system of farming suitable to the habits of gentlemen ... 3 

 NeTv system of farming provides deeply-tilled, humu^-fed boU, 



ensuring good crops 4 



British agriculture ■will revive if suitable changes of system are 



- made .5 



Proposed changes are to the mutual advantage of landlords and 



tenants 6 



Similar principles laid down by M. Porcius Cato 2,000 years ago ... 6 



Whj farmers oppose agricultural changes 7 



Falsity \)f the old saw as to " makiug a pasture breaking a man "... 8 



Agricultural changes adopted in La Manche 9 



Agricultural schools and experimental farms aid the Normandy 



farmers 9 



Great Britain requires Government agricultural schools and experi- 

 mental farms 10 



CHAPTER II. 



GENERAl PRINCIPLES. 



The dominating principle as regards the change of system ... 11 

 The cheap production of a good turf — the solution of aU our agri- 

 cultural difficulties ... , 11 



■Worthlessness of Bi-metallism and Protection as remedies for 



agricultural depression 12 



Land legislation no cure for our agricultural difficulties 13 



Farming was more profitable when rents were higher 13 



Turf is the best manurial agent 14 



A mixture of deep-rooting plants will at once till, manure, and 



clean the land 15 



Crops less liable to disease, and weeds abolished 15 



