COUNTRY LIFE
Pioneer Farmers Nothing more remarkable or suggestive in the history of British husbandry has been published than the latest pamphlet Progress in English Farming ,Methods," a series issued by the Oxford research workers in general and Mr. C. S. Orwin in particular. Pioneers in. British Farming is pub- lished at ls. 6d. by the Agricultural Research Institute, Oxford. It chiefly concerns the, family of Bomfords, from 1823 to the present day: have more than once made some mention on this page of .their latest experiments in machinery, from funnel silo's to motor-car hay-scoops ; but this historical summary of the family's achievement will astonish even those familiar with the wonderful Worcestershire farms where most of the pioneer, work has been done. If anyone wishes to understand the present transition in agriculture, he can learn almost all there is to learn on Mr. Hosier's extensive farms at and - about. Wexcombe in Wiltshire and at the various intensive farms of the Bomfords in and about South Worcestershire.
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