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(2) I am sorry to find that the really first-class 

 man with little or no capital is still left out in the 

 cold and has little chance of getting land. 



(3) The Committee lay far more stress on the im- 

 portance of good land (which means a high capital 

 value) than is warranted in view of the achievements 

 of Danish and Belgian husbandry on light and 

 poorish soils. 



(4) So far no provision has been made for pre- 

 liminary training on a large scale for those who 

 have not had previous experience in food produc- 

 tion ; and I am therefore afraid that many intelligent 

 men will be forced to emigrate to countries where 

 the unexperienced townsman is given better oppor- 

 tunities for equipping himself for a life on the land. 



(5) In spite of the fact that the proportion of 

 tenants to owners is already undesirably large, the 

 Departmental Committee recommends a still further 

 increase in the number of tenants. (See page 41, 

 diagram 13.) 



They are opposed to ownership on the following 

 grounds : — 



(1) They assert that if the occupier of the holding 

 is the owner there exists no means of ensuring 

 husbandlike cultivation or the upkeep of his build- 

 ings. But as a matter of common knowledge in 

 Denmark, Scandinavia, Holland nothing can exceed 

 the high state of cultivation of the small farms or 

 the splendid condition of the farm buildings. Appar- 

 ently the Committee have overlooked three factors 

 that tend to bring about this state of conditions : 



{a) Public Opinion, (b) The Credit Bank — which 

 is not likely to advance money to any man who 



