XX. 



Preface, to the Fourth Edition. 



PREFACE 



TO THE 



Fourili Edition of ^* Agricultural Changes." 



AS the 3rcl Edition of 1000 copies of " Agricul- 

 tural Changes" is nearly exhausted I offer 

 the p:^esent new and enlarged Edition to 

 those interested in land, and to all those who are 

 interested in the welfare of the Kingdom. As 

 writers in the agricultural world have generally 

 alluded to my system as the Clifton Park System 

 of Agriculture I have adopted this description of 

 it in the new title which I have given to my book. 

 Those outside of the agricultural world are particu- 

 larly asked to peruse Chapter VIII., which has 

 been added to this edition, by which they will 

 perceive that agriculture is certain to become a 

 matter of far greater national importance than it 

 is now. If it is of importance as being our biggest 

 industry, what will its importance be when it one 

 day becomes — as it must for the reasons given 

 in the chapter alluded to — the sole big industry 

 in the Kingdom ? After a careful study of the 



