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The usual difficulty is, however, encountered : the 

 tenants dislike having to find sureties and the 

 publicity involved in an application for a loan to 

 a committee. 



With regard to co-operation for purchase, the 

 matter has been discussed, and it is expected that a 

 Co-operative Society affiliated to the Agricultural 

 Organization Society will in due course be es- 

 tablished. 



General Considerations. 



The facts we have before us are these : 



That 200 people have been given access to the 

 land without having cost anybody else a halfpenny. 

 (In 1905 the whole rent, above 1,300, was duly 

 received; in 1906 there was only 3 6s. outstanding.) 



That, taken as a whole, they are cultivating it 

 with profit to themselves. 



That small men, with little capital but their 

 own labour, can make the land more profitable 

 than larger men with not enough capital to 

 cultivate the land properly or employ sufficient 

 labour on it. 



Conditions of Success. 



The main causes which seem to have induced 

 these satisfactory results are as follows : 



The fundamental point is the profitable character 

 of the soil, both as regards working and natural 

 fertility. Its adaptability to certain crops speci- 

 ally suitable for cultivation by small holders has 



