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ALTHOUGH Great Britain is a small country, it presents a surprising diversity of soils, a wide range of altitude and rainfall, and extreme variations in density of population. These factors have resulted in a large number of farming systems which only have one thing in common, namely, a very close suitability to the environment in which they have grown up. A good general knowledge of the type of agriculture carried on in the more important natural divisions of the country should be part of the equipment of all students and teachers of agriculture, and for the increasing numbers of those who, while not actually in the farming industry, are interested in its development in relation to national policy.
Regional Types of British Agriculture
By Fifteen Authors. Edited by J. P. Maxton. Pp. 318. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1936.) 12s. 6d. net.
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G., H. Regional Types of British Agriculture. Nature 139, 488 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139488a0
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