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AGRICULTURE 



important point was realised, and a Scheme 

 of Agricultural Settlements was outlined, as 

 the logical sequence of the Training at what 

 was originally called her College, for those 

 students who did not marry, or who had 

 not homes to which to return, or who might 

 desire otherwise. 



As the main principles appear to be suitable 

 for adoption now, five years later, I give the 

 plan in full, and criticise what strikes me as 

 unnecessary. 



" It is proposed to establish Women's Agri- 

 cultural Settlements in different parts of the 

 country, within easy distance of a certain 

 market; e.g., either: 



The large manufacturing towns in 



the Midlands. 

 2. Near a railway station in direct 



communication with London. 

 A Women's Agricultural Settlement shall 

 consist of a certain number of holdings or 

 cottages (from six or ten to twenty), standing 

 in a certain specified amount of ground (from 



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