CHAPTER XVII

THE EMPTY COUNTRY

The migration from the country to the towns 234 The decrease in agricultural employment and its causes 240 Agriculture must be an increasingly limited field for employment 240 The cheap land outside the towns 243 Is control of area worth half a year's income? 243 The community can acquire cheap land and make it valuable 244 Rising food prices 247 Neglected afforestation 248 Imperial questions must be treated on an Imperial scale 249