Land Settlement for Ex-Service Men 



agricultural organizing instructor, and 

 each holder of land should be charged 

 a fee for the services of the expert, so 

 that a considerable number of colonists 

 are necessary to reduce the cost to the 

 individual holder. 



(d) The establishing of subsidiary in- 

 dustries is thus made possible — such as 

 cheese, butter, jam, fruit bottling and 

 pulping factories. 



(e) Better social amenities can be pro- 

 vided. 



(/) And — most important — a system of 

 motor transport can be developed, en- 

 abling the colony to be placed at a 

 considerable distance from a railway 

 station. This would tend greatly to 

 reduce the purchase price of the land. 

 The guiding principle to bear in mind in 

 connection with the quality of the soil is that 

 the less good the land, the greater the need 

 for expert treatment. If, however, the poor 

 soils are scientifically treated, they will 

 respond to an astonishing degree. 



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