CHAPTER VI 



Land Settlement for Ex-Service Men 



For the sake of clearness I have arranged 

 this chapter under five headings : — 

 (i) The importance of the problem. 



(2) The sufficiency of land in the United 



Kingdom. 



(3) The suitability of ex-service men as 



cultivators of the soil. 



(4) The conditions of settlement. 



(5) The machinery necessary for, and the 



cost of, the development of land 

 settlement. 



(i) The Importance of the Problem. 



Under this heading the chief points to 

 bear in mind are : — 



(a) If the necessary measures are not 

 taken, the bulk of ex-service men will 

 at the close of the war drift into our 

 already overcrowded towns. 

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