Country Life A PERFECT FARbf.
I spent a good part of two days last week on a Berkshire farm, which is to my mind one of the best examples in Britain 'of the recovery of half derelict land to high farming. A few years ago the land was foul and worthless. It is now producing the very best of potatoes, strawberries, hops—a new crop for Berkshire—bush and tree fruit as well as more extensive farm crops. The bare fact that barren land has been made highly productive is, of course, of the highest importance locally and to the nation. Such a spacious experiment as this—the farm is over 2,000 acres in extent—is invaluable for the student of Earming. But at the moment I would call attention not so much to the general enterprise as to the economic results of certain special crops.
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