OWNERSHIP OR TENANCY 



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tenancy, was one of the factors in the presence 

 of which land settlement proved successful. 



A common objection raised by the opponents of 

 ownership is that "it is bad business for a man to 

 sink the bulk of his capital in the purchase of land 

 and to leave himself without sufficient working 

 capital to develop or even to carry on his farm." 



No. 20. Diagram showing Number of PIGS per iooo 



OF Population in the United Kingdom and 



Seven other Countries^ 



See also Diagrams Nos. ly and 21. 



Of course it is. That is why in all foreign countries 

 where land settlement is based upon ownership, 

 and in all our Dominions, and in all the Land 

 Purchase Bills promoted in this country, provision 

 has been made to enable the would-be owner to 

 purchase his land by means of annual instalments 

 which include interest and sinking fund, and will 

 secure for him the freehold of his farm for the pay- 



* Board of Agriculture Statistics, 1912. 



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