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possible in the case of co-operative and other 

 associations which have sprung up spontaneously 

 amongst the people themselves who want land ; by 

 banding themselves together for this purpose they 

 have not only been able to obtain land which 

 would have been out of their reach as individuals, 

 but have obtained it at a reasonable figure, and are 

 able to conduct their holding subsequently under 

 more favourable conditions. 



It seems important, in an individualistic country 

 like England, where co-operative methods are so 

 hard to establish, that the working basis of any 

 scheme i.e., the system of tenure should be used 

 as one of the most effective means of inducing a 

 sense of communal interest from the very start. 

 Special attention is drawn to this point in the 

 present chapter, because of the excellent illustration 

 afforded by the contrast of the two colonies, Rew 

 and Winterslow. 



