14 AUGUST 1920, page 14

The Policy Of The Plough.

(To THE EDITOR OFT= "Sirscreron."l SIR, — While not dissenting from your contention that ordinary land under the plough will yield more produce than the same land under grass, I......

(to Mu Editor Or The " 8pecsrraa.".1 Sie, — In Your...

article on the above in your issue of August 7th I am in -entire agreement with the policy advocated and so forcibly and clearly expressed, but, "in proof of what ordinary farm......

(to The Editor Of The "spectator.") Sra, — I Am A Subscriber

to the Spectator and a firm believer in the Policy of the Plough. I am also a farmer, and keep careful farm accounts of my trading each year. May I there- fore suggest that the......

The Gordon Riots And The Amritsar Rebellion. [to The Editor

Or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Colonel Reid asks where I got my figures from. The "30,000 rebels at Amritsar " refers to the number of the insurgents on the days preceding the......

The Plumage Bill.

rro THE EDITOR OF THE " - SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Quite by chance a few minutes ago I happened to read Mr. Sydney Brooks' letter in the Spectator of Tune 5th on the Plumage Bill. I......

(to Tee Editor Or The " Spectator.")

Sni,—In your article under this heading in last week's issue you set out to show " what ordinary farm land will produce under the plough," and as evidence in support of your......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator.") Sin,—with Respect I Beg

to say that the balance-sheet published on p. 165 of last - week's issue is incomplete in that no allowance is made for depreciated fertility of the ninety sores by one year's......