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more students of Agriculture in our colleges to-day than ever, 

 and many of these will be the farmers of the future. They 

 must remember that their knowledge will be much more advan- 

 tageous if the labourer is doing the best of which he is capable. 

 In conclusion, ... I have indicated a view of the agricultural 

 industry as the organised Labour movement desire it to be. We 

 all desire to see the largest agricultural population possible, 

 and we desire the greatest production of food possible. If once 

 we get Agriculture established on a sound basis, this desire will 

 be achieved. There will also be great avenues for employment 

 in rural life, and the prosperity of the country-side will be assured. 



The subject of Land Nationalisation, which was the pivot 

 of Mr. Smith's paper, although it was not aggressively 

 obtruded, lies, of course, at the root of Agrarian politics 

 and comes properly under that heading. It may be con- 

 venient to deal with it in a separate chapter. 



