SMALL FARMS SCHEME
In the course o£ a lengthy criticism of the small farms scheme for the unemployed, E. E. Martin holds that the plan cannot be successful. "Here weihave the Government admitting that the bulk of the Dominion's farmers are in an unsound financial position. Yet these men have in most cases been born to the }and and have received numerous concessions. Now comes this glorified scheme to place upon small farms people whose nearest acquaintance with a farm has been the milk in their tea. When the country has spent thousands of pounds to train its farmers, how can it expect men without capital or experience to succeed?'.' The correspondent holds that there is a further danger of unemployment funds being used to enable the farmer with idle land to settle upon it by subdivision his sons, friends, or other persons he may desire.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 63, 16 March 1933, Page 10
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146SMALL FARMS SCHEME Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 63, 16 March 1933, Page 10
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