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private roads, and they should represent 

 the whole body where cases of appeal are 

 essential against local rates, and in such 

 instances as may occur in which the well- 

 being of the colony is threatened. Little 

 difficulties which may cause personal incon- 

 venience and disagreement should be referred 

 to this committee. Co-operation, which has 

 raised Denmark to the position of one of the 

 richest countries in the world for its size, 

 is the lever which is employed by peasant 

 owners in every country but England. The 

 position of Co-operation with us is owing to 

 the small numbers of the men for whom it 

 was primarily designed, and in consequence 

 there are very few village banks, mutual 

 insurance societies, local cattle-breeding clubs, 

 and other organisations such as the Swiss, 

 the Danes, the Germans, and even the Luxem- 

 bergers have established for national utili- 

 tarian purposes. 



We have no doubt that some of the many 

 who are constantly asserting that small 

 farming will not pay have commenced to 

 believe their assertions to be true, they have 

 made them so often; but we would point out 

 that the profits of the soil depend chiefly 

 upon labour and skill, and both are usually 



