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sary elements of the process are set out. They are 

 threefold — the establishment of such a level of prices 

 as will render intensive farming possible ; the improve- 

 ment of the position of the labourer as regards wages, 

 housing, and the amenities of life ; and lastly the 

 recognition that the ownership of land carries with it 

 a duty to the Community. 



In the- proposals that follow this prime question 

 of the reconstruction of our rural life is approached 

 solely from the national standpoint. The object is not 

 to make farming more prosperous nor land more valu- 

 able, but to build up an agricultural system that will 

 ensure more food and more men. 



A. D. Hall. 



