starve productive work of this kind. It ought to be held a disgrace for
a country landowner not to have some knowledge of agriculture and
interest in it.

2.--_Industrialised farms_, i.e., the organisation of large farms to be
managed as business enterprises under the control of a general manager.
If farming was thus carried on on a large scale machinery would be
employed to its full advantage, and there would be economy in buying and
selling wholesale and avoiding waste in preparing for and placing
commodities on the market. The most highly trained, skilled and
energetic management would be obtained for farms of this kind. It is to
be noticed that, although some commodities can equally well be produced
by small culture, it is generally only on a large scale that cereals can
be profitably cultivated.

3.--_Co-operative farming._--The subject is one of special interest, as
co-operative farming in some form was historically the basis of the
whole system of society in many countries. Experiments in co-operative
farming may be tried with advantage. They may take various forms. It
will, no doubt, be found that in certain branches of farming, such as
dairy farming in some districts, co-operative action is almost necessary
to success. The experience of Denmark has shown how much can be done to
keep up a definite standard in butter, for example, by sending milk to
some large, well-equipped and well-managed dairy. Such establishments
have also far better opportunities for dealing with transport and
distribution.

4.--_Colonies of Small Holdings._--It is to be hoped that when the
troops are demobilised, and the Small Holdings Acts are put into fuller
operation, the number of small holdings will be increased. A population