Land Settlement for Ex-Service Men 



war, for the most part, will not be profes- 

 sional soldiers of many years' standing, but 

 men who before the war were thrifty, cap- 

 able and hard - working civilians. Un- 

 doubtedly ex-service men should be settled 

 in large groups, but it does not follow that 

 they should be kept in watertight compart- 

 ments. The wiser course would seem to 

 be, granted a considerable area of land, to 

 develop a part of it as a colony for skilled 

 agriculturists, and to have a demonstration 

 farm, say of lOo or 150 acres in the centre. 

 This farm would be the headquarters of the 

 agricultural organizing instructor. It would 

 give a permanent demonstration of the right 

 treatment of the land, and it would also be 

 a training centre for the ex-service men. 

 In this direction the example of the skilled 

 settlers would be of the greatest use. As 

 far as possible the ex-service men should 

 receive a certain amount of training before 

 entering upon their duties. If, for instance, 

 the cultivator enters upon his holding in 

 October he could receive during the winter 

 a certain amount of instruction in farm 

 processes, under guidance, and actually upon 



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