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enjoyable. We are earnest in this work, and hope to 

 incite earnestness in others, because we know it is 

 for the good of all. We wish to see mutual trust, 

 confidence, and goodwill prevail among all sections 

 of the community, for it is only by a linking to- 

 gether of the best efforts of all that the greatest 

 number of homes can be made happy and the nation 

 prosperous and strong. 



QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 



AMONG questions that have been asked and answered at the 

 close of the Lecture were the following, which elicited replies of 

 general interest : 



Q. Admitting the force of the argument, that men should 

 not be allowed to spoil land that does not belong to them, would 

 not a landlord soon get himself disliked if he ejected the "land 

 starvers " as you call them ? and would it not be a good thing 

 if the men themselves, or a certain number of them, should 

 decide when a plot was doing the holder no good while the land 

 was being wasted ? 



A. If a landowner desired to make himself popular with the 

 indolent as well as the industrious, even the former could not 

 blame him for any action advised by their fellow workmen. 

 The proposition is novel, but worthy of record and consideration. 



Q. Do you know if any difficulty arose in the case where 

 slight additions were made to the rent of ill-tilled or neglected 

 plots ? 



A. No ; the men, as a body, accepted the proposal in the 

 same pleasant manner in which it was made ; it induced them 

 to examine more closely the several plots, and their comments 

 had, perhaps, as much effect in leading to the improvement that 

 followed in many of them as had what may be termed the 

 operation of the sliding scale in rent. 



Q. Is the growing of a green crop of turnips or tares through 

 the winter for digging-in in the spring as good for heavy as for 

 light soil, and if not, why not ? 



A. Strong land is not equally benefited by the practice. It 

 needs aeration, and is often greatly improved by rough digging 

 in the autumn. Moreover, the retentiveness of heavy land 



