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Show iHtclrUe r Matlfani end the I ooj aariIr Tho doctrine of Mhlthus reganliug thrt future food supply of the wori lard the nltiraatuatatvatlotiof a portion of the race has been greatly mUrcpnwnted," but evui the tnotj favorably InterpretA tlou Is a gloomy one. Ilrlvtly atattd, the theory Is that population litcrem s tu a gcometrlcnt anafoo-Wiip1y luanmtth ineth al ritloi and htnee the timonuit comu when tlieru will not be food enough, l'rtlupe theihniltst and iut cwrntt rtpt) to this thtuty U thtt the asaump tlon that tho race lum ate and will oon tlntie to Increase In Rtuuetiioal ratio Is notliorsuout by observed ftclt. The theory that the food aupj ly Incroaiwi In onlyttrlthinetli.al ratio, and must uUI maloly reaiblllImlt,ldonbtlete nearer the truth. But while tliwn Is a limit to the powlblf production of food, It trau acinds all the IJeas that nvr occurred tu Slatthtia or to the tupl of hl time. It has always ln assumed that the rapacity of thi aotl lo produce planta tt measured by wh it Is popularly . tiled Its fertility that It to saj.the amount of j roduitlon I1U under ordinary tou tlltlona cf culture. The aclcnce of to tlay, however, shows thle measure to 1m Incorrect, and llw practice of Agriculture li already Winning to add Its testimony to tbe tame effect. And remarkable as Is the story told in market ganlvtitng in tho mclalmtag of the Uveal aud lu irn gallon, It Is only the first chapter of a tato the already a Its led Nronders of wbuh almost rlvnllboteof the" Yrebian Nights." Pruft ssor Atviotcrln tenlur |
