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may be present in a particular locality. Any 

 demand must be carefully investigated as to 

 whether applicants desire to make a living from 

 their holdings and are willing to move their 

 homes a small distance for the purpose, or 

 whether a village is anxious to expand and the 

 members of the community desirous of merely 

 supplementing their earnings by the cultivation 

 of a small property. When the exact nature 

 of the demand is ascertained, it must be deter- 

 mined how much land will be wanted, whether 

 suitable land is in the district which can be 

 acquired, and how it is proposed it should be 

 subdivided. The question of a depot must 

 also be considered. On a small estate, when 

 the turnover will not be large, the capital out- 

 lay must be consequently less, and the organiza- 

 tion of the depot cannot be so ambitious as on 

 a large estate where the trade can be expected 

 to be proportionately big and an adequate 

 return on the capital easily earned. The future 

 cultivation will also effect the constitution of 

 the depot. If it is decided to put a scheme 

 into operation, the selection of appHcants, 

 which it is of the greatest importance should 

 be carefully made, is more easily accompHshed 



