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Contents: Part One: Agriculture in Context. 1) Agriculture and the Public Interest (J. Ashton). 2) The Desirable Level of Agriculture in the British Economy (E. A. G. Robinson). 3) Agriculture in the Irish Economy (E. A. Attwood). 4) Productivity in Agriculture (K. Dexter). Part Two: Agriculture in Trade. 5) Britain's Trade in Agricultural Products (T. K. Warley). 6) Trends in Consumption and Marketing (E. M. Carpenter). 7) Agriculture's Related Industries (J. H. Kirk). Part Three: Land and People. 8) The Pressures on Britain's Rural Land (G. P. Wibberley). 9) Forestry in Britain (A. J. Grayson). 10) Some Social Considerations (D. B. Wallace). Part Four: The Adaptation of Agriculture Abroad. 11) Trends and Policies of Agriculture in the USA (E. O. Heady). 12) The Problem of Adjusting Agriculture to National Economic Growth: Some Experiences from Sweden (L. Hjelm, U. Renborg). 13) Adaptation in European Agriculture and the Common Agricultural Policy (J. van Lierde). Part Five: Some Considerations for the Future. 14) Research, Education and Extension (A. J. Davies). 15) The Speculative Element in Economic Projections (G. Houston). 16) An NFU Appraisal of the Future Needs of British Agriculture (A. Winegarten). 17) From the Farmer's Standpoint (J. T. Beresford). 18) Future of Farming - an