THE PERPLEXED FARMER HOW IS HE TO MEET ALIEN COMPETITION? Three Lectures GIVEN AT BRUSSELS BEFORE THE BELGIAN ROYAL CENTRAL SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURE BY GEORGES VILLE TRANSLATED FROM THE FOURTH FRENCH EDITION with additional matter supplied by the Author BY WILLIAM CROOKES, F.R.S. V.P.C.S. &c. LONDON LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET 1891 All rights reserved PREFACE ΤΟ THE ENGLISH EDITION. In laying a version of M. Ville's last work before the British public the Editor wishes to point out that it resolves itself into two portions, interwoven with each other, but so distinct in their purport that the one may be accepted without approval of the lessons of the other. The purely technical, agricultural part of the work is an admirably clear and luminous summary of the teachings of M. Ville's larger work, Artificial Manures' (Longmans and Co.) It contains much additional practical evidence on the successful working of the author's system of artificial manuring. The theory of 'dominants' is enforced by actual experiments carried out not only in France but in other countries. The use |