1 62 A NEW AGRICULTURAL POLICY 



who wore wool, bought at a reasonable price, 

 realised that it was due to the world's clippings 

 being bought by a civil servant named Mr. 

 U. F. Wintour? 



Instead of having to pay a horde of in- 

 spectors, which farming by inspectorship 

 means — visiting, at great cost of administra- 

 tion to the community, segregated units where 

 only a few men are employed in order to see 

 that other men are doing their duty — we should 

 get officials engaged in helping to produce food 

 for the nation. If farming under private 

 enterprise has been a ship adrift without a 

 rudder, farming under inspectors is merely 

 shouting directions from the shore to the 

 storm-tossed vessel. 



No longer will men be appointed bailiffs or 

 foremen because they have shown a capacity 

 to be mean, to spy, or to bully, but because 

 they have shown skill at creative work, and 

 know how to inspire their fellow-workers with 

 lofty ideals. 



It will be interesting to watch the difference 

 between the selfish spirit displayed by men 

 labouring on small holdings, and that displayed 

 by the Comrades of the Great Farm. 



The work of the small holder, and of the 

 small holder's wife, is never finished. He and 

 she are always busy, and, despite all their 

 labours, there is always something more to be 

 done. And for the children, when they come 



