New and Improved Methods 



Denmark, where they both work together in 

 a highly industriahzed agricuhure. 



M. The Government. 



The Government should see that the 

 Board of Agriculture possesses sufficient 

 revenue wherewith to play its part in the 

 development of the land. A yearly revenue 

 of at least ^1,000,000 is needed by our 

 Ministry of Agriculture if it is to be of the 

 same standard as those of other countries, 

 and if it is to have a staff, in numbers and 

 efficiency, equal to the work of building up 

 the agricultural industry of the United 

 Kingdom. The Government should give 

 facilities to tenants to purchase their holdings. 

 They would also do well to encourage the 

 landowner to sell some of his settled estate 

 by allowing him to retain under his own 

 control, and for the purposes of developing 

 the remaining portions of his land, 10 or 

 15 per cent, of the capital realized. This 

 policy has been followed in Denmark with 

 o-reat success. But in Denmark they are 

 very wise, and the Government and the 

 landowners have worked together for the 



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