CULTIVATION OF LAND BY PUBLIC-SCHOOL BOYS. [To THE EDITOR Or
THE " SPECTATOR:"] Sin,—Arrangements have been made through the Head-Masters of certain of the Public Schools whereby either areas of land in the neighbourhood of the school or portions of the school playing-fields are being cultivated for the Army. The management of these cultivated areas is left in the hands of a local Committee appointed by the Head-Master, with practical advice from local farmers, and where necessary any initial capital required can be supplied under certain conditions. This is a most practical and useful method of increasing food production in the country, and may be of special interest to schools which possess an Army side. As the necessary , preparation of the land is a matter of some urgency, I shall be glad if you will allow me to state that offers addressed to me from the Head-Master of any Public School in the country will be very carefully considered, and that details of the system already working in the instances referred to may be obtained on applica- tion. I might add as a rough guide that an approximate minimum acreage for a scheme of this sort would be five acres.—I am, Sir,
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