The latest leaflet—by Mr. F. J. Prewett—is one of the
more valuable, if farmers will accept figures that suggest the making of a profit. Now we all know the theory of the Danes and many other Scandinavians that arable land will support more animals, including rnilch-cows, than grass land. This was Mr. Christopher Turnor's first and most ardent thesis, and a Danish manager proved it by hard 'practice on a section of his Lincolnshire estate. Later the Government itself tried to test the theory in practice ; but the conditions proved too artificial as happens in official affairs, and finally Mr. Prewett was deputed to discover just how the semi-arable dairy farm flourished in a typical English dairying district. Did its productiveness and profit vary with the percentage of ploughland ? He chose Cheshire ; and now gives us the result of an inquiry very carefully and thoroughly carried out by this expert in costings.
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