Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
PREDICTS GREAT REVIVAL
OF AGRICULTURAL LIFE
Lord Selborne Says Farmer Can DO
rs Much for Country as
Soldier.
HE is LEADER OF CRUSADE

Number of Important Measures In
Guided In Plans for Reform Will
lie Put Into Effect at Earliest
Possible Moment.
LONDON. August 3.--Onc Of the eff
teets OF the war will be seen In II great
revival Of agricultural life in England
and the United Kingdom. The out
freak OF the ccu'iict caugh, the Brit
iSN 'S' dependent on foreign COM
hsrcc ion four-nfths Of their food sup
! hlt, barring meat Of which between
W ana 20 per cent is produced at home
me mott" Of a few years ago. Back
|" Tie land" thus has given way TO
| me slogan. England must feed her
S''i. Lord SclOorn". the leader of
n" crusade, declares that the attain
| Nrht or this object is the country's
sacred duty. and he emphasizes the
b"lht that the farmer can do as much
LOT tAe country as the soldier in the
trcncbeS
ilans for the great reform include
It number Of important measures that
arc I" be put into effect at the earliest
possible moment They include the
following
j. The rcpopulation OF til" rural dis
lHctS and amorcstatson. The War OF
"te mas just consented to tn" exchange
tf many Of the older men who. in the
earlier DAYS Of the war, lief; farm work
Tor The firing line, for men between
nineteen and thirty 10 take their places
! ~ the front. This exchange viii be-
aln immediately
: tn" setting aside Of thousands OF
acres FOR the settlement on the CO.
"rerauv" plan OF Englaud's soldiers
ana sailors after the war This OK
| nedl"ncy Is provided for by the Small
holding colonies act" now half-w
No. s.tr ~
provide for model villages. better
| housing. With q garden 10 cVerv cot
"se' reading rooms. libraries and good
schools. Conceived hy Lord Snlbornc.
Inc idea has aroused so much cntlusi-
as'n 'nat a wide demand has been made
!"F increasing the land 10 be devoted
l" ~ by almost ay much again AS is
. specified IN ~" bill
d. The Importation OF natives from
| south Africa for agricultural labor
turing the remainder OF the var.
lhpHIh 50 many objections have been
| raised TO THIS that there is little like
lhood Of its being adopted
" - believed that the plan for bring
ihE back soldiers from the front Will
nay" IN" effect OF providing sufficient
i"Tm labor practically immediately In
! announcing the War once consent to
! IN" transfers. ;n expert told tho Arri-
cultural society that in England and
scotland. as we'll ~ in Ireland the
| iarwS IN many districts had fallen far
b'low their minimum needs In the
matter of labor
EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE
OF DEINI: SEI.F-SIPPOitTINC
Perhaps - u" Individual as much as
20 the Earl Of Sclbornc is due the
-sroTtr n, hr;,,,,r, io,tn :, ~ ,,,',S
Of al! Glasses Tho imnor,nrcc az ,,itr,.
pronp. means OF MAKING ~. coun.,T
more una-l, ,.lf-supporiiul i'm food
s'p'fs IN all az his addresses in ~
'nar- +, practical fur,n.r ami ,,,,t,,
stost on his ls,ru. and fertile ,r,c, in
fainrshirc he has hnou ablo 10 moo,
'ao objections Of opponcnts OF .xrnr,
Ero,vlcdrc 10 ,hr ur,,, ,,lynr..,r 81
his crusade
Is undrrs. crctnry Of lin. colonies no
tween 1895 and laOo. - vol as during
ms term OF onlcc as nigh commissioner
oF South Africa immadiatclv after tho
war NJ had further opporjurity of.n.
lprciuc his kuoyvicdca as ~ arrlcul-
tire
BEFORE rcsiguing as president Of the
Board az Agriculture the other day as
a matter Of priucipl. due to his views
on tn" Irish question. lurd Sclbornc
consented 80 review briefly the Sitta-
ton as TO agriculture in an Interview
Press.
II have been highly crat'n.d by the
ready response Of the people generally
learly self-supporting fro 'nthc soil"
he said. - have mace by plea for the
cultivation Of the SOIL on the grounds of
patriotism; the farmers and lnhorHr*
came forward firSt 10 NEE; N" "mcr-
Geuc%, ana th"n inc IlrIS ana women
from tn villages ana even cltlcs-s"mc
az Inc ncSt type Oh women 'h'!u"ihS
m1nT OF lh"'P'i"chI means ans "cr'd
my can "ul OF pure uHaau!'cie" pa
tro'!Sm' .
iNHSc Women h"Ne '"hch 20 '"t son
outnuSlasi Ichll! an" WIN VIZ intent
gene" tha' seems |" cI"t acte'i ~. tNe'E-
thne 'n.N "rr "nu'' ''N'hE. ne ere
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markhp'H WI ~ - Wy ~ ~, ''""'
cfs N"rN "i,' ',,'
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rs ""'" We 80
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80 .o,nn w. riean 70 ,h.
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