COUNTRY LIFE
THE golden age is doubtless a myth, though some rural critics continually wish us to return to it. However, the villager of that misty period was doubtless better off in one regard than his successor of today. He pro- vided himself with a good part of his food, especially bacon. Is that antique virtue being slowly recovered? I read in the annals of the Garden Produce Association that one single Gloucestershire village of 450 inhabi- tants produced within three years " enough bacon and eggs to provide a breakfast and dinner for the whole adult population of Gloucester." Apart from this little oddity of statistics this wholly unchangeable little village of Maismore produces, under a co-operative scheme, probably much more food than any of the villages of the golden age—in vegetable as well as animal food. The pigs are bred locally; food is bought in bulk and delivered. A good organiser could achieve such a desirable consummation in any sizable village. Let him consult the G.P.A. which works under the Ministry; and leadership is the first requirement.
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