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smallholders appoint a committee of management to 

 work with the factory manager, in order to train for the 

 work. This applies not only to the factories and depots, 

 but to all stores and other agencies which do business 

 for the group of smallholders. 



Although it will be to the national advantage to see 

 a great development of dual occupation, with men 

 settled on holdings from which they do not draw' their 

 entire livelihood — still our main object should be to 

 see, not only that the bona fide smallholders do not 

 decrease, but that their numbers are increased where 

 and when possible. 



The present cost of building and equipment is so great 

 that it would be wise to check the creation of small 

 holdings for the next few years— not only in the interests 

 of economy, but of the holders themselves — for the 

 present cost overweights them in regard to capital. And 

 apart from the present cost, even before the war I always 

 felt that the expenditure on buildings was too great ; 

 a man starting upon a new small holding in England 

 should be willing to go through the same housing phases 

 as the settler in the new^ world, first the temporary 

 shack, and then the good cottage. And many men, 

 especially if unmarried, would be quite willing to do 

 this ; but our housing rules and regulations permit it not. 

 Too high a standard has been set, and this means too 

 great an initial capital expenditure ; which in the end 

 will prevent, or delay in any case, the smallholders' 

 upward progress. 



When circumstances again permit of the creation of 

 new small holdings, we should bear these points in 

 mind ; and meanwhile we can be organizing the business 

 side, putting t(jgether the framework for turning all our 

 existing smallholders into more efficient producers. 



