4 MARCH 1922, Page 24

English Farming Past and Present. By Lord Ernle (Long- mans.

12s. 6d. net.)—To the third edition of his valuable and well-known book Lord Ernle has added a short chapter on " The War and State Control," summarizing clearly the good work done by the farmers in increasing the supply of home- grown food. He warns his readers, however, that " the efficacy of State control was tried under such special conditions as render the experiment comparatively valueless," and that an agricultural policy is more than ever needed. He has revised his appendices on prices and wages, so as to include the figures for 1920, when wheat stood at 80s. 10d. a quarter and the labourer's average wages were 48s. 8d. a week.