30 AUGUST 1940, Page 11

Allied Farmers Persecution abroad brought to our island great access

of wealth and skill through the agency of the Huguenots who found asylum here. Persecution abroad has brought us during the present year many people of many nationalities skilled in various forms of industry. Among those of whom little or nothing has been heard are Czech farmers. It was once suggested that English farming could best be revived by the establishment of small farms, scattered about the country under the direction of Danes or Swedes. Our farmers, who after all know their own land best, were not a little scornful. They are not at all scornful of the Czech farmers who have done this very thing. Farms now being worked and organised by Czecns in England are locally acknowledged as masterpieces worthy of imitation.