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grown fiiiaiiciiil and industrial system, and from our «iuitt; unscientific 

 melhod ot" (listrihuting goods and wealtli and holding propcrtv. It is true 

 that the world has a lixed area, and that tiie nunihcr ni' mankind, despite 

 the ten)porary destruction wrought hy the Great War, is increasing very 

 rapidly ; hut while the area is stationary and the male.iial in tUa world is 

 constant in ([uantity, the usable resources are also rapidly increasing. A 

 resource is sometiiing which may be turned into or made to produce a 

 useful commodity. Science every day enables us to have some new 

 conmiodity, where before there was waste. Because of this creation, 

 there is good reason for the belief that the available resources of the 

 world are increasing quite as rapidly as the population, and that they will 

 continue to do so for a number of generations, if man devotes himself to 

 science and industry rather than to war." 

 The book may be eonnnended as a comprehensive and well-informed world 

 survey of the subject with which it deals, to all who take a serious interest in 

 food supplies. Re,v. 



The Small Farm and its Management. — (James Long. London : John 

 ^Murray, l*.t20. 7s. 6d. net). — The revised edition of this volume by James 

 Long will prove a useful guide to the ever growing l)ody of men and women 

 engaged in or contemplating the business of small farming. The attractions 

 and difficulties of tlie life are set out clearly and impartially. To be 

 successful, the small farmer must be prudent and industrious ; he must be 

 equipped with the necessary capital and experience ; and he must pursue the 

 methods of husbandry best adapted to the cultivation of a few acres. The 

 road to success and the pitfalls to avoid by the way are indicated in sinq^le 

 and intelligible language that inspires confidence and interest. 



In general, the author would pin his faith to milk and its products, to 

 pig meat, poultry and eggs, to such crops as are necessary for feeding 

 j)urposes, and to a selection of other crops for direct sale to the consumers. 

 He believes in the plough policy for tiie small farmer, with a strong leaning 

 towards arable dairying through the medium of soihng crops. 



Excellent advice is given in regard to the choice of land. Heavy land, 

 though cheap, requires men of much experience and large capital. What is 

 wanted is sound, clean, medium land. The small farmer has neither the time 

 nor the capital to make poor land fertile, and to a beginner land-cleaning is a 

 heart-breaking j(d). 



In the section dealing with crops the large as well as the small farmer will 

 lind much to interest and stimulate; the note on sainfoin is specially 

 ai)propriate at the present time. 



Implements, general eipiipment, and marketing in the light of modern 

 requirements, likewise receive due attention, and the entire volume may be 

 described as at once simple, comprehensive, practical and ex})lanatory. 



J. G. S. 



The Electrification of Seeds by the Wolfryn Process— A Repoit of 

 the Experiments carried out at lieadim;- in IDl'.). (Martin il. F. Sutton, F.L.S. 

 Reading : Sutton & Sons. '2s. (jd. net.). — A lunnbor of experiments have been 

 conducted during the last few years with seeds electrified under the Wolfryn 

 process, in order to test the possibilities of obtaining increased yields from 

 seeds treated by this method. The W<»lt"ryn treatment, whieh was described 



