PEEFACE 



THE EIGHTH EDITION 



By gracious permission the First Edition of this work was 

 dedicated to His Majesty King Edward VII. — at that time 

 His Royal Highness The Pkince of Wales. I take this 

 renewed opportunity of recording my deep sense of gratitude 

 for the great kindness then extended to me. 



To meet a continuous demand six other editions have 

 since been published. 



For the present issue the text has been revised through- 

 out and brought up to date, including the latest available 

 statistics concerning the area under grass. 



The importance of Temporary Pastures is increasingly 

 recognised, and I am firmly convinced that the future 

 prosperity of farming is intimately bound up with an extension 

 of the system of Leys, varying from one to four years in 

 duration. 



Reading: February 1911- 



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