G. F. KEATINGE compulsory expropriation is anthorised when th6 land can. not 1? obtained otherwise. The lemd is not ha. ded over to the pe.?sants in its rough sta?e, bat drainage or irriga- tion works are provie.sly andert.?ken. Roads are made and great care is taken to fix the area of the holdings wi?h regard to their productivity, and to give each holdi.g a good
w,tiio?,t sc?ter,ng the
assortment of var,on.? q?i:t]lty:S O[ sail ' ? ' ' fields. E?,deavor is n,nd? t.o place the homeste;?ds snfiiciently far apart to give each homeste:td plenty of elbow room and t? sita,?te it with reference to its land so as to effect economy of time a.d labo. r, b?t not so f?xr apm't as tb check the developeneat of the collective spirit or of co-operative action. In go?thern Germm?y where tl?e holdings are already mmdl o.,id frag,,lent?d, as noted above, t, he method l,y which the C, om- missions proceed is m?inly restripment, i.e., the rendj?,stmeut "TI?e lands acres belonging separate plots. of fr.?mented holdings .into eo?nlmet and conveniently sithated blocks. The following examples of this work may he given: of Hohenh:d&? in S.?xony consisted of 1,374 to 35 proprietors. I t consisted o! 774 Restripment redneed the nnmher of plots to 60 most of which were served hy a single. central lead. l?,,e .?ork v?.?s execued ?.t a cost of 3,126 francs (Rs. 1,953), ?.e., at a cost of (abou?) 2? fames (Rs. 1-9-0)?er nero. By tl, e saving of area oecnp[ed by roads and fe,.ces 21 acres were gai?,ed, tl?at is to s.?y, ,n?ro than the cost of tim operation. 1,1 eo,,seqaenee bf the. ro.,?trip,ne.t it h.? l,eon necessary to increase tt?o size of the harns to provide for the ]a,'ger ont. t. ar,, of the farms." I. a?,otl,er ease from Ostheim, in IIsnau, i? is stated': ... "After first ?'ising ia revo]? ,?g?i.s? the propo?d readj.st- me?,t of their ?oldlugs, sto?ii,?g the s?rveyo,'? ?,,,d e!,r?sh, g them sway, the people of thi? comusuric ended hy snbmitt.[ng to the proposal, m,d ]roving seen the a,lva,,t,,ges ?'hich resulted, showed thdr appreciation in the w:?y that they received the ?t?n?s.er for A?ricnt?.re. The was received bv almost ?]] the ?aate popuh?t?on on o.?tsk?rts of the ville. ge, ?d the chief of the who four years before ?ml lodged the protest i? Berti?, ?dv:meed and thanked the Minister for the re?diustment lands whi?:h h?d been carrie?t out og?inst tt:o wi?;hes og the inhabit?nts? stating that tt?ev hml not .riderstoed the mattel but now they qa?te apprecmted t?e ?dv?ntages of the operation wh;.ch the land affected." e,?rried o;?t under mgjority of h,?d in m,?nv e?sos trebled the v,?lt, e of In the alcove cases restripme,,? w? tt?e l?w upon the application of a the landholders affected, t Balletin issued by the Ministry of Agriculture i., 1@8t a?l quated on p.xges 355-355 of M. Jouzier's ?Eco,w;r:ie ruraZ?.
