If the great struggle in which the nations of the world are now involved has brought home one lesson with greater force and reality than another, it must surely be that the neglect hitherto accorded to the agricultural position and question of food supplies within the Empire, must be held, in part at least, accountable for the development of a condition fraught with grave danger, not only to the general life of the people, but also to the industrial and commercial situation, upon which the welfare of the national finally rests...