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interest in, and to appreciate, the garden, the farm, and 

 the natural objects of the country-side. The manual 

 system adopted in the Lindsey Division of Lincolnshire 

 should be made general. The elementary school must 

 be followed by the continuation school and so on. And 

 scientific advice, both as to farming methods and pro- 

 cesses, and as to business methods, must always be 

 available. The farmer, as well as the small holder, 

 needs it. It is only thus that success in life can be 

 assured to the individual, and that the output per acre 

 of our land can gradually be raised to what it ought 

 to be. But there is a further aspect of education. One 

 of the cogent arguments for increasing our agricultural 

 populationis thatwe may be enabled thereby to increase 

 the annual stream of British emigrants to people the 

 empty lands of the Empire with British blood. If we 

 would fit these young men and women best for their 

 task we must give them the right kind of agricultural 

 education. 



E. — ^The Farmer's Position and the Interest 

 OF the State 



42. Assuming that by measures such as we have out- 

 lined above the State succeeds in inducing large 

 numbers of men discharged from the Forces to seek 

 employment on the land, we have further to consider 

 how such employment can be secured for them. After 

 filHng up the deficit in the supply of labour created by 

 the war, the farmer will only be willing to employ 

 additional men if there is work for them to do and 

 the profits of the industry permit it. 



