164 THE LAND AND ITS PROBLEMS 



be kept on the mixed arable farm than upon the grass 

 farm ; so that, if we handle our land properly and 

 effect changes somewhat on the lines suggested above, 

 we should produce a greatly increased amount of 

 farinaceous food without diminishing our live stock. 



The fundamental object is to obtain a higher yield 

 from the soil, and to see that it gives employment to the 

 largest possible number of cultivators living under good 

 conditions. If this cannot be done under our old methods 

 of cropping, these must be changed ; we cannot let a 

 fetish stand in the way of productive farming. 



On the business side we must : — 



{a) Create subsidiary and complementary industries. 



{b) Organize our markets. 



(c) Establish land banks to enable the tenant to purchase 

 farms to his best advantage. 



{d) Call credit societies into existence for short term 

 loans. 



(e) Organize and cheapen transport. 



(/) Cheapen the transfer of land. 



{g) Greatly increase the output of artificials and take 

 steps to have our own supply of potash, which before the 

 war came exclusively from Germany, 



These are matters which must not be overlooked, for 

 they all aid in securing increased production. 



THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE 



Even if the nation, as a result of practical experience 

 during the war, sets its face against the nationalization 

 of the land, it will in future insist upon the land being 

 put to better use than it has been in the past. It 



