Land Problems and National Welfare 



creases, amusements will be possible that are 

 now little dreamed of. 



Agriculture has been industrialized, and every 

 possible subsidiary industry encouraged; sugar 

 works, tar works, wood pulping mills, potato 

 spirit distilleries are giving employment to 

 thousands. 



Landowners and farmers benefiting by the 

 organisation of the agricultural industry are 

 willing to pay higher wages, especially to those 

 youths who have taken advanced courses of in- 

 struction and proved themselves of superior 

 intelligence. 



It is better understood that even in the agri- 

 cultural industry it is true economy to pay for 

 brains. These labourers will give the best of 

 their energy to the farmers for say lo, 15, or 20 

 years, working well and putting by every possible 

 penny to achieve the goal before them — a nice 

 small holding with cottage and buildings com- 

 plete. 



From about 40 or 50 years of age the 

 labourer will be working on his own account ; 

 perhaps finding it necessary to do a certain 

 number of days of outside work in the course of 

 the year, but preferably working entirely for 

 himself. In either case he would help to provide 

 labour for the farmer, in that he would be bring- 

 ing up sturdy sons under the most favourable 

 conditions for turning out efficient workmen. 



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