WASTE Lands, i.e

uncultivated lands which cannot be cultivated profitably, are of very great extent, even in the acres—only British Isles. Of the total area—about 78,000,000 48,000,000 acres are arable or unproved pasture. The waste lands are generally mountains in Scotland, and bogs in Ireland, and chalk downs in England. A large area of waste land has been reclaimed in recent times, especially by the Duke ofSutherland, who between 1870 and 1880 spent nearly,£200,000 in reclaiming land in Sutherlandshire alone but at present agricultural science has not been taken; to such a pitch of perfection as to make Water ford, reclamation a financial succe . Drainage, irrigation, cultivation, etc., must all make great strides Defore succe can be even hoped for but progre has certainly been made, especially in; the choosing of appropriate seed.