13 MAY 1911, Page 27

Prosperous Agriculture. By F. W. Wateridge. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co.

2s. 6d. net.) How are we to make agriculture prosperous ? To put the matter briefly, by putting a bounty on wheat (40s. per acre, if we understand the scheme set forth) and by relieving the land of all rates and taxes. Consols are to be unalterable at par, paying three per cent. interest : the present two-and-a-half per cents. are to be unalterable at £83 6s. 8d. Clearly Mr. Wateridge does not want courage ; let us hope that he has an equal stock of patience.