Now when those smallholdings were made and equipped it was .
my fortune to go down again and again to see them and report on their nature and progress. The work was very well done by the Ministry of Agriculture and the architects built with much ingenuity very attractive houses and home- steads. What seemed to me -from the first to be the one serAous mistake in the administration was this; that no effort whatever was made to set on foot or encourage any co-operative Seheine for the Smallholder& . The criticism' was resented and perhaps the difficulties were considerable ; but co-Operators will rejoice that in this • new grnup..settleuient; at POtton eo:operation is to be made'an intrinsic part of the Organization ; and a warden or instructor will be at hand to' consult on marketing as well as on cultiVation. The smallholders (whose maximum holding will be abnut :five acres) will be enabled to ir and in some measure to sell without the handicap of IsolatibiL We have learnt by experienee:' '
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