Small Holdinsfs 



The Act of 1908 also made provision for 

 creating agricultural credit societies, and, in 

 conjunction with the Agricultural Develop- 

 ment Act, for the starting of demonstration 

 farms. But nothing has been done so far to 

 bring these into existence. Yet access to 

 capital is as important as access to the land 

 itself. There have been many advocates of 

 the policy of "back to the land," and many 

 who urge that the land ought to produce 

 more, but the very people who have cried 

 the loudest have not taken the trouble to 

 consider, in the first place, what are the 

 necessary conditions of successful settlement 

 and development, let alone to see that these 

 conditions are created. 



In the next chapter the specific case of 

 land settlement for ex-service men will be 

 considered, but it is to be hoped that the 

 system devised will be so sound that it will 

 form a basis for all land settlement in this 

 country. 



