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Much work of this nature has been accomplished, and it is 

 recorded that " wherever restriping has been carried out it 

 has realised the results expected from it, increased the yield 

 of the land and reduced the cost of production ".* 



F. Spain. — The work t undertaken by the Government 

 with a view to the economic regeneration of farms in Spain 

 falls under three heads : — 



1. Splitting up big estates. 



2. Uniting scattered parcels into economic holdings. 



3. Bringing waste and unreclaimed land under cultiva- 



tion. 



Expropriation is permitted in the case of splitting up big 

 holdings, and also in the case of restriping when it is 

 necessary for the sake of providing each farm with an area 

 sufficient for economical farming. 



Specially aided Co-operative Institutions are brought into 

 existence to aid these colonies of homestead farms. 



G. Denmark. — In Denmark there is in each Department 

 a Commission for the creation of small economic holdings. 

 Between 3909 and 1914 the State has advanced sums 

 amounting to the equivalent of lis. If crores for this purpose. 

 The economic holdings so created cannot be subdivided nor 

 united with other land. \ 



H. Sweden. — In Sweden the work of reconstituting peasants' 

 farms was commenced a century ago. The objects of the 

 operations were — , 



(a) To create compact holdings out of scattered lots. 



(6) To enlarge farms which were too small to an area that 

 would admit of economical farming. 



The first law was passed in 1807, and an amended law 



* " Bulletin of Economic and Social Intelligence" for April, 1912, 

 and May, 1913, published by the International Institute of Agri- 

 culture, Rome. 



flbid., December, 1912. 



Xlbid., March, 1912. 



