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agricultural labour for hire, and the tendency to give the new 

 settler too large an area of land. 



Therefore the British settler should not be given more land 

 than he and his family can handle effectively v^^ithout recourse 

 to outside labour, and it should be remembered that the 

 settler's economic position would be far sounder if he were 

 to concentrate his capital upon a smaller area, and so secure 

 a higher rate of working capital per acre than is customary 

 with the Anglo-Saxon small farmer. 



EDUCATION 



As a corollary it would be a good plan for the Imperial 

 authorities to organize an " educational " campaign amongst 

 prospective settlers, possibly sending lecturers on emigrant 

 ships as well. The object would be to give them some under- 

 standing of the unwisdom of taking up too much land, and 

 the advantage of having a comparatively high rate of working 

 capital per acre ; also the advantage of settling on improved 

 and partially improved land, even if they have to pay more 



for it. 



Further, the lecturer could discuss the different branches 

 of agriculture which the settler could most profitably go in 

 for, in the country of his selection. 



TRAINING 



The question of the training of the immigrant will have to 

 be carefully arranged for. In general terms the feeling in the 

 Dominions is that the English settler should do a year's work 

 on the land before taking up his holding. If the number of 

 settlers annually is large the training colleges would only have 

 room for a small proportion ; the remainder would have to 

 work for a wage on a farm. 



With the shortage of agricultural labour little difficulty will 

 be experienced in placing the men. The difficulty will be in 



