Abstract
Examination of past records as a guide to future changes is a time-honoured and valuable exercise that becomes more and more fashionable and profitable as data multiply. In agriculture it can mislead if novel factors obtrude. The chances of success are multiplied when the records cover a lengthy period, when the rate of advance is relatively slow, and when use can be made, as in the present case, of a comprehensive scientific parameter.
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