Show FARM AND GARDEN MATTCnO OP INTERCUT TO AGRICULTURISTS Aom IplnIlM IllnU In1 tnltlM lion of lh loll unit Vlll Thereof llnrlleullare lllullnr and rlel r ntlorw IHCtSHINO recently d recent-ly the relatlvo leant lea-nt of grain and gran In Cngland Ihe Lire Block Journal states ss u to fact that Iho land In quiitlon a part of Lord LHtmtora estate Is value at I an annual rental of I no inure than 7 shillings an acre tlllin free at Ihe present time Thin would br 1 only 1110 l an acre with loon taxes paid by Ohio lamllord If thin is l anything near a fair aamplo of English rents for averaging farming It oulil eem to leave a fair margin for Ihe renter It would bo considered avery very low rent for good land In this part of Ontario and our beat land well cultivated on shares will pay the owner own-er savers time that much One trouble with Bngllih farming is I that the method lire antiquated and Ih expenses loo great The reiuUii are good 10 far as yield i la concerned much better than tho average In On Urlobut the labor bill U proportionally propor-tionally higher While labor li I chhrap nr there the labor coot of n 1 bushel of wheat or a Ion of hay or a pound of butter li I more In Knrlaml than In this country We dont produce to much per acre but we produce mom probably two or three times II much per band l Here Is I whcro tho Kngllih farmer la handicapped much more than In the rent ho pay It I ti I a matter of regret that It Is I to ling Ilih farming ihould bo n 1 very attractive at-tractive builneiMi with ft 1 reasonable margin of profit It gives employment and support to a much larger population popula-tion proportionately than our and A helter support to or at least a more dignified and more leisurely life for the farmer himself than In any other country It will be n mutter of profound pro-found regret If he to I forced by competition com-petition to adopt the high preuuro Ylem of murk and the low irate of living which is I lOll common here Hut apparently ho mint do that or abandon aban-don Iho bu mesa at the present price of agricultural produce to pay tho present labor bill support Iho matin Rem or farmer In his present style of living and leave any liming nt all for rent Kami and Home |