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played in bringing British agriculture through the depression, 
and of the work done by such men as Townshend and Coke, 
he believes landowners might yet prove capable of meeting the 
new demands of the time. In particular he would have them 
exercise some authority in bringing up the standard of farming 
from the low level to which it has fallen under many tenants. 
He sees no necessary evil in the emigration of labourers from 
the villages, one highly paid man with machinery being better 
than several low paid and inefficient. But in economics as in 
other sciences there have been rapid developments, and men 
seem afraid to express their views, lest, in Mr. Hall’s own words 
on another subject, “ they may at any time require remodelling 
until they are hardly recognisable.” The remarks twice repeated 
on the necessity and advantage of a good general education for 
farmers are very fine. The common-sense and enthusiasm 
which mark the treatment of every practical problem have 
once more a fitting expression in this final appeal for an open 
and susceptible mental attitude on the part of farmers. 
J. 0. 
“ Farm Management.”— By G. F. Warren.— Mr. Warren is 
Professor of Farm Management in the New York State College 
of Agriculture, Cornell University. The subjects of which he 
treats would be classed under agricultural economics in this 
country. “ Farm management,” he says, “ is the study of the 
business principles in farming. It may be defined as the science 
of the organisation and management of a farm enterprise for 
the purpose of securing the greatest continuous profit. 
The best way to find out what methods of farm organisation 
and management are most successful is to study the methods 
now used and the profits secured on large numbers of farms, 
and determine how the more successful ones differ from the 
less successful, and find to which of the differences the success 
is due.” 
In the United States, investigations into these matters have 
been carried on for a number of years, and there is now a large 
body of evidence from which to draw conclusions, evidence 
collected from inquiry among farmers, from cost accounts, 
census data, travel and study in different parts of the United 
States and experience in farming. Some results of this activity 
are set forth here. It has been found that “ most farmers have 
a hobby that is overdone while other things are neglected. 
It requires good judgment to keep the farm development 
properly balanced. ... A careful farmer may hope for 
crop yields a fifth better than the average, and production per 
animal a half better than the average.” Some people are 
inclined to argue that success altogether depends on the man, 
