Cost and Machinery 



but in Great Britain it is doubtful whether 

 a man could be settled on the land at so low 

 a sum. If the land has to be purchased, and 

 the practice of providing each man with a 

 fully and expensively equipped holding is 

 followed, then the cost will be approximately 

 ;^iooo per settler. This sounds a large sum, 

 but not for one moment should it be forgotten 

 that it is not a case of the spending of ;^iooo, 

 but the wisest possible investment of it. 

 That ^looo will bear good interest and it 

 will be repaid. That ^looo will place on 

 the land a cultivator who will produce up to 

 ;!^500 worth of food annually for the nation. 



The two schemes just given show that, in 

 a colony in which the five-acre holding domi- 

 nates, the average cost of placing a cultivator 

 on the land works out at ^500, but when the 

 twenty-five-acre holding is the chief feature 

 of the scheme then the cost rises to ;^iooo 

 per man. 



There are, however, four ways in which 

 the total expenditure can be reduced : 



(i) By using Crown lands as far as possible 

 and so avoiding cash payment for the 

 purchase of land. 

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