d given evidence of their willingness to work； their amenity to discipline； and their ambition to improve themselves。 On arrival at the Farm they would be installed in a barracks； and at once told off to work。 In winter time there would be draining； and road…making； and fencing； and many other forms of industry which could go on when the days are short and the nights are long。 In Spring； Summertime and Autumn； some would be employed on the land； chiefly in spade husbandry； upon what is called the system of 〃intensive〃 agriculture； such as prevails in the suburbs of Paris； where the market gardeners literally create the soil； and which yields much greater results than when you merely scratch the surface with a plough。
Our Farm； I hope； would be as productive as a great market garden。 There would be a Superintendent on the Colony； who would be a practical gardener； familiar with the best methods of small agriculture； and everything that science and experience shows to be needful for the profitable treatment of the land。 Then there would be various other forms of industry continually in progress； so that employment could be furnished； adapted to the capacity and skill of every Colonist。 Where farm buildings are wanted； the Colonists must erect them themselves。 If they want glass houses； they must put them up。 Everything on the Estate must be the production of the Colonists。 Take； for instance； the building of cottages。 After the first detachment has settled down into its quarters and brought the fields somewhat into cultivation； there will arise a demand for houses。 These houses must be built； and the bricks made； by the Colonists themselves。 All the carpentering and the joinery will be done on the premises； and by this means a sustained demand for work will be created。 Then there would be furniture； clothing； and a great many other wants； the supply of the whole of which would create labour which the Colonists must perform。
For a long time to come the Salvation Army will be able to consume all the vegetables and crops which the Colonies will produce。 That is one advantage of being connected with so great and growing a concern； the right hand will help the left； and we shall be able to do many things which those who devote themselves exclusively to colonisation would find it impossible to accomplish。 We have seen the large quantities of provisions which are required to supply the Food Depots in their present dimensions； and with the coming extensions the consumption will be enormously augmented。 On this Farm I propose to carry on every description of 〃little agriculture。〃
I have not yet referred to the female side of our operations； but have reserved them for another chapter。 It is necessary； however； to bring them in here in order to explain that employment will be created for women as well as men。 Fruit farming affords a great opening for female labour； and it will indeed be a change as from Tophet to the Garden of Eden when the poor lost girls on the streets of London exchange the pavements of Piccadilly for the strawberry Beds of Essex or Kent。
Not only will vegetables and fruit of every description be raised； but I think that a great deal might be done in the smaller adjuncts of the Farm。
It is quite certain that amongst the mass of people with whom we have to deal there will be a residual remnant of persons to some extent mentally infirm or physically incapacitated from engaging in the harder toils。 For these people it is necessary to find work； and I think there would be a good field for their benumbed energies in looking after rabbits； feeding poultry； minding bees； and； in short doing all those little odd jobs about a place which must be attended to； but which will not repay the labour of able…bodied men。
One advantage of the cosmopolitan nature of the Army is that we have Officers in almost every country in the world。 When this Scheme is well on the way every Salvation Officer in every I and will have it imposed upon him as one of the duties of his calling to keep his eyes open for every useful notion and every conceivable contrivance for increasing the yield of the soil and utilising the employment of waste labour。 By this means I hope that there will not be an idea in the world which will not be made available for our Scheme。 If an Officer in Sweden can give us practical hints as to how they manage food kitchens for the people； or an Officer in the South of France can explain how the peasants are able to rear eggs and poultry not only for their own use； but so as to be able to export them by the million to England； if a Sergeant in Belgium understands how it is that the rabbit farmers there can feed and fatten and supply our market with millions of rabbits we shall have him over； tap his brains； and set him to work to benefit our people。
By the establishment of this Farm Colony we should create a great school of technical agricultural education。 It would be a Working Men's Agricultural University； training people for the life which they would have to lead in the new countries they will go forth to colonise and possess。
Every man who goes to our Farm Colony does so； not to acquire his fortune； but to obtain a knowledge of an occupation and that mastery of his tools which will enable him to play his part in the battle of life。 He will be provided with a cheap uniform； which we shall find no difficulty in rigging up from the old clothes of London； and it will go hardly with us； and we shall have worse luck than the ordinary market gardener； if we do not succeed in making sufficient profit to pay all the expenses of the concern； and leave something over for the maintenance of the hopelessly incompetent； and those who； to put it roughly； are not worth their keep。
Every person in the Farm Colony will be taught the elementary lesson of obedience； and will be instructed in the needful arts of husbandry； or some other method of earning his bread。 The Agricultural Section will learn the lesson of the seasons and of the best kind of seeds and plants。 Those belonging to this Section will learn how to hedge and ditch； how to make roads and build bridges； and generally to subdue the earth and make it yield to him the riches which it never withholds from the industrious and skilful workman。 But the Farm Colony； any more than the City Colony； although an abiding institution； will not provide permanently for those with whom we have to deal。 It is a Training School for Emigrants； a place where those indispensably practical lessons are given which will enable the Colonists to know their way about and to feel themselves at home wherever there is land to till； stock to rear； and harvests to reap。 We shall rely greatly for the peace and prosperity of the Colony upon the sense of brotherhood which will be universal in it from the highest to the lowest。 While there will be no systematic wage…paying there will be some sort of rewards and remuneration for honest industry； which will be stored up； for his benefit； as afterwards explained。 They will in the main work each for all； and； therefore； the needs of all will be supplied； and any overplus will go to make the bridge over which any poor fellow may escape from the horrible pit and the miry clay from which they themselves have been rescued。
The dulness and deadness of country life； especially in the Colonies； leads many men to prefer a life of hardship and privation in a City slum。 But in our Colony they would be near to each other； and would enjoy the advantages of country life and the association and companionship of life in town。
SECTION 2。THE INDUSTRIAL VILLAGE。
In describing the operations of the Household Salvage Brigade I have referred to the enormous quantities of good sound food which would be collected from door to door every day of the year。 Much of this food would be suitable for human consumption； its waste being next door to sinful。 Imagine； for instance； the quantities of soup which might be made from boiling the good fresh meaty bones of the great City！ Think of the dainty dishes which a French cook would be able to serve up from the scraps and odds and ends of a single West End kitchen。 Good cookery is not an extravagance but an economy； and many a tasty dish is made by our Continental friends out of materials which would be discarded indignantly by the poorest tramp in Whitechapel。
But after all that is done there will remain a mass of food which cannot be eaten by man； but can be converted into food for him by the simple process of passing it through another digestive apparatus。 The old bread of London； the soiled； stale crusts can be used in foddering the horses which are employed in collecting the waste。 It will help to feed the rabbits； whose hutches will be close by every cottage on the estate； and the hens of the Colony will flourish on the crumbs which fall from the table of Dives。 But after the horses and the rabbits and poultry have been served； there will remain a residuum of eatable matter； which can only be profitably disposed of to the voracious and necessary pig。 I foresee the rise of a piggery in connection with the new Social Scheme； which will dwarf into insignificance all that exist in Great Britain and Ireland。 We have the advantage of the experience of the whole world as to the choice of breeds； the construction of sties； and the rearing of stock。 We shall have the major part of our food practically for the cost of collection； and be able to adopt all the latest methods of Chicago for the killing； curing； and disposing of our pork； ham； and bacon。
There are few animals more useful than the pig。 He will eat anything； live anywhere； and almost every particle of him； from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail； is capable of being converted into a saleable commodity。 Your pig also is a great producer of manure； and agriculture is after all largely a matter of manure。 Treat the land well and it will treat you well。 With our piggery in connection with our Farm Colony there would be no lack of manure。
With the piggery there would grow up a great bacon factory for curing； and that again would make more work。 Then as for sausages they would be produced literally by the mile； and all made of th