" DRINK MORE Max."
The whole subject of the adaptation of the farmer to the demands of the consumer is curious and interesting. As I have often insisted, if we could induce our people to drink nearly as much milk as the Scandinavians, farming would flourish abundantly. It is a queer and unfortunate accident that in an island peculiarly suitable for grass and other fodder crops and famous the world over for the breeding of productive cows, the inhabitants should drink less milk by fifty per cent. or more than most other tribes. Why do we drink so little milk ? Has anyone a theory ? Are we not athletes ? and has not Nurmi proved that milk is the best training diet ? A present example of the influence of fashion on farming is the modern preference for small joints, which has much encouraged the breeding of Aberdeen-Angus cattle and of Welsh sheep. I am told that the large number of Americans, who come to England in late summer, opens quite a little industry in the growing of pumpkins ! Again, the order to " Eat More Fruit," which has been obeyed much more readily than anyone expected, has beyond question helped to extend the area under fruit, and perhaps reduce the area under hops.
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