3 JULY 1941, Page 17

A FALSE IMPRESSION

Sta,—I would like to correct an impression given in my notes of June 27th on the Iceni estate at Surfleet. The sentence " its 1940 sugar-beet returns were 27 per cent. above the national average " should read " 27 cwt. above the national average." Nor does this figure in actuality refer to Surfleet, but to the other group of Fenland farms operated by Captain Wilson. This does not, of course, detract from the achievements at Surfleet, which are in every way as remark-