. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec 6, 1917. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 385. The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken o} anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give then real names and addresses, not necessarily for publicatioyi, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. RE BRITISH AND GERMAN CORN PRODUCTION PER ACRE. [9586] May I,
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec 6, 1917. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 385. The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken o} anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give then real names and addresses, not necessarily for publicatioyi, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. RE BRITISH AND GERMAN CORN PRODUCTION PER ACRE. [9586] May I, in all courtesy, ask Mr. Kettle the name and the publishers of the Year Books he quotes from. I am sure that he, like myself, is anxious for a facing squarely of all facts upon matters vitally of national concern, even if they appear to surprise and discomfit old pre- possessions. On my part, I did not quote from " books," but, as I said, from a Report (Cd. 8305, price 4d.) in pamphlet form, compiled by the Assistant-Secretary of the English Board of Agriculture, at the orders of the then President of the Board, the Earl of Selborne, who was, as Presi dent at the time, a member of the Im perial Government. Perhaps as Mr. Kettle, in an unusual accession of tartness asserts, these gentlemen are inferior to himself in the measure of esteem they have for their country, and yet I hesitate to credit such a fault to either bim or them. May I say that the pamphlet in ques- tion, on page 7, gives a " Comparison of yield of certain crops in two periods " per acre in both countries :— YIELD PER ACRE. England & Wales Germany. 1885-9 1909-13 32 7 1883-7 1909-13 Wliett, bushels ... Barley Oats, „ Potatoes, tons ... Meadow hay,tons 32 4 So in default of other facts it woidd appear that the opinions were correct ones, and flattering to our patriotism which Mr. Kettle and I held whe
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