February, 1909.] 



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.level 4 



of capitalist agriculture 



Provision of land, &c. 



irrigation 

 ______drainage 



crops 



transport 



capital 

 education 



of existing peasant agri 

 culture in Europe. 



level 2 



below which real "agri- 

 cultural " progress is 

 impossible. 



.level 1 



of existing peasant agri« 

 culture in Ceylon. 



B 



Careful study of crops— new or improved— on Experiment Stations, with a view to 

 making out their suitability to Ceylon, profitableness, &c. 

 Ditto tools, to gradually improve native implements. 



Ditto methods, to gradually improve native methods of cultiva- 



tion, manuring, harvesting, preparation, prevention of 

 disease, &c. 



Ditto cattle, to gradually improve native breeds. 



. Improved and more agricultural education, 

 Agricultural teaching by field demonstration. 



And so on. 



Given all of A, coming in at level 1, it may be raised to 2, at which the others 

 will begin to come in as shown. 



All A should go together, similarly all B. 



