1 66 Rents, Wages, and Profits in Agriculture 



increase in the number of gardeners of all 

 kinds. 



It is also possible that in other things, 

 e.g., poultry, dairy -farming with co-opera- 

 tion, etc., there may be openings for the 

 small occupier of land. But under present 

 conditions, as regards the great staple 

 products of agriculture, any extensive 

 creation of small holdings seems unlikely 

 to succeed. There are the dangers of 

 climate and the dangers of mortgages ; 

 there are the absence of scientific know- 

 ledge, and all the other familiar drawbacks 

 to be considered. And whilst co-operation 

 may do something to get rid of some of 

 the common objections, as the case of 

 Ireland shows, the new age has brought 

 its own difficulties. The census shows 

 that in this country women have been 

 practically withdrawn from regular agri- 

 cultural occupations ; during the last 



