Types of Settlement.

The placing of more men on the land can be achieved in three ways:—

(1) By farmers actually increasing the number of employees.

(2) By the establishment of families on large areas;

(3) By the establishment of families on small holdings from which they can at least earn their livelihood.

Actual records show that even in prosperous times farmers do not increase their employees materially. It therefore appears that the only way to raise effectively the rural population is by the establishment of families on land which they work themselves.

Where the State has to find the finance, individual settlement on an extensive scale on large areas cannot be considered at present. Settlement is therefore thrown back to the establishment of families on small areas.