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MR. LUPTON in a single cold-weather tour through the Indian Empire has tried to solve a series of economic problems, which have long engaged the attention of administrators and men of science. He is impressed, as all thoughtful observers of Indian life must be, with the general poverty of the people, their exhaustion by malaria, and their inability to resist periodical scarcity. The soil is ineffectually cultivated by weak plough cattle, the produce is extremely low when compared with that of other more fortunate countries, and much of the scanty manure is used as fuel. Here is the chance of science. Why not have a chemical examina-tion of the soils of each district to find out what con-, stituents are lacking? Why riot establish a fuel reserve in each village? Why not lay down at every peasant's door wood from the Himalayas or coal from Bengal? Why not use electricity to pump water from the wells? Why not fill every puddle and so abolish malaria?
Happy India as it Might Be if Guided by Modern Science.
By A. Lupton. Pp. 188. (London: G. Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 1922.) 6s. net.
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Happy India as it Might Be if Guided by Modern Science . Nature 111, 180 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111180b0
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