24 MARCH 1923, Page 22

The Maintenance of the Agricultural Labour Supply in England and

Wales during the War. By J. K. Mont- gomery. (Rome : The International Institute of Agricul- ture. 2s. 6d.) Here is tabulated the working of that process which, it is said, enabled farmers to carry on during the War. "Organi- zation " is a fashionable hobby to-day. Possibly some of those mysterious friends of agriculture who shepherded the industry through the War will enable it to survive the Peace. They may just manage it if they get to work at once, and then Mr. Montgomery will be able to compile another budget of statistics in 1926. He should select his illustrations with more care however : the fair thatchers on page 64 are making a terrible mess of their job.