Home Development 



used in developing our own land instead of 

 the land of foreign countries. 



It is a serious fact that we have now to pay 

 in actual cash for a large proportion of the 

 food we import, and if the war continues for 

 any length of time, this payment in cash will 

 become an increasingly serious drain upon 

 our national resources. For this reason it is 

 incumbent upon every family in the United 

 Kingdom to practise rigid economy, and to 

 reduce to a minimum the consumption of 

 imported food. Another lesson that the war 

 is teaching us is that, though we may retain 

 complete command of the sea, the Govern- 

 ment has to requisition so large a number of 

 ships that the carrying trade is seriously 

 hampered, and the cost of carrying is con- 

 sequently raised. 



It is strange that English capitalists have 

 not yet realized what an excellent investment 

 our agricultural industry affords ; though 

 they are quite ready to put up money for 

 agricultural developments in other coun- 

 tries. Although it would be undesirable to 

 see too much land in the hands of agri- 

 cultural development companies, a few such 



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