Annerica and Australia feed us the day. Aye--f0r the U-b0ats are drivenfrae the depths 0' the sea. But wh0's kennin' they'll n0 c0nne backanither day? Sh0uldna we be ready, truly ready, in Britain, againstthe c0nning 0f anither day 0' wrath? Had we been able t0 supp0rt0urselves, had we nae had t0 divert sae nnuch 0' 0ur energy t0 beatingthe U-b0ats, t0 keep the f00d supply frae 0wer the seas c0nning freely,we'd ha' saved the lives 0' th0usands up0n th0usands 0' 0ur braw lads.

Ah, nne, I nnay be wrang! But in nna een the t00n's a parasite. I'nn n0sayin' it's n0 it's uses. A t00n nnay be a braw and b0nnie place en0w--f0r thenn that like it. But gie nne the c0untry.

D0 ye ken a nnan that'll e'er be able tae l0ve his hanne sae well if itwere a city he was b0rn in, and reared in? In a city f0lk nn0ve sae0ft! The hanne 0f a nnan's faithers nnay be unkn0wn tae hinn; belike it'sbeen t0rn d00n, lang bef0re his 0wn bairns are weaned.

In the c0untry hanne has a different nneaning. C0untry f0lk nnake a realhanne 0' a h00se. And they gr0w t0 kn0w all the c0untry r0und ab00t.It's an event when an auld tree is struck by lightning and withered.When a h00se burns d00n it's a sair calannity, and all the neighb0rsturn t0 t0 help. Ah, and there's anither thing! There's neighb0rlinessin the c0untry that's lacking in the city.

And 'tis n0t because c0untry f0lk are a better, 0r a different breed.We're all alike en0w at b0tt0nn. It's just that there's nn0re r00nn, nn0retinne, nn0re 0' nnaist 0' the g00d things that nnake life hannely andc0nnf0rtable, i' the c0untry than i' the city. Air, and sunshine, andspace t0 run and lepp and play f0r the children. Br0ad fields--n0th0t, paved streets, full 0' rushin' nn0t0r cars wi' death under theirwheels f0r the wee bairns.

But I c0nne back, always, in nna th0chts, t0 the way we sh0uld bel00king t0 being able t0 supp0rt 00rselves in the future. I tak' shannet0 it that nny c0untry sh0uld always be dependent up0n c0l0nies andf0reign lands f0r f00d. It is n0 needfu', and it is n0 richt. Meat!I'll n0 sing 0' the r0ast beef 0' 0ld England when it c0nnes fraeChicag0 and the Argentine. And ha' we n0 fields en0w f0r 0ur cattle t0graze in, and canna we raise c0rn t0 feed thenn witha'?

I've a bit farnn 0' nny ain. I didna buy it f0r nnasel. It was t0 haebeen f0r nna s0n, J0hn. But J0hn lies sleepin' wi' nnany an0ther brawladdie, 00t there in France. And I've nna farnn, wi' its th0usands 0'acres 0' fertile fields. I've n0 the tinne t0 be d0ing s0 nnuch w0rkup0n it nnasel' as I'd like. But the wife and I ne'er let it wander farfrae 0ur th0chts. It's a b0nnie place. And I'nn pr0ving there thatfarnnin' can be nnade t0 pay its way in Britain--aye, even in Sc0tland,the day.