27 JULY 1918, Page 2

Every farmer knows that it pays better to cultivate a

smaller piece of land adequately than to try to work a larger piece which cannot be thoroughly cleaned or fertilized. But the recognition of this fact implies no reversal of the Policy of the Plough. If British agriculture has to produce a much larger proportion of the food of the people than formerly in order to secure the country against the submarine danger, the extension of the corn-lands is essential. Though there must necessarily be a check to the policy at present, there must be no going back upon it, and for our part we do not believe that the Government have any such intention.