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CHAPTER XI 



EQUIPMENT ENTRY PROSPECTS 



The cost of the equipinient of a Small Holding 

 depends not only upon the system which is 

 adopted by the occupier, but his capacity 

 to construct buildings for himself. The cow- 

 house should be a substantial structure, and 

 it will be essential to employ a skilled trades- 

 man to build it. There are few among the 

 tillers of land who are able to handle bricks 

 and mortar, although there are many who are 

 capable with carpenters' tools, and who are 

 consequently well fitted to construct their 

 own piggery, poultry-house, and tool-house 

 or implement shed. The whole question 

 of buildings, however, is one which must be 

 decided by each man for himself. On a new 

 holding the buildings should be erected by 

 the OAvner either to let to a tenant or for his 

 own use should he also be the occupier. In 

 view of the fact, however, that the occupier 

 of a Small Holding will find the whole of his 



