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Farms in Littleton are now being acquired by 

 the County Council for small holdings, and the 

 extremely busy agent for the County Council 

 informed me, that, instead of there being a 

 cessation in the demand for land, there is an 

 increased demand every time a fresh farm 

 is acquired. 



At the 1911 census the population of 

 Evesham chronicled 8341 persons, and as 

 Evesham is almost entirely inhabited by 

 gardeners and gardeners' labourers, we might 

 surely say that the rural district of Evesham 

 supports more than one person (man, woman, 

 or child) on every acre. And yet I notice 

 that the last report by the Worcester County 

 Council (1911) states that there are still 372 

 approved applicants waiting for 2000 acres. 



How came it that in manufacturing England, 

 that amidst a nation of shopkeepers, we have 

 actually one country town entirely existing 

 and growing in prosperity on the labour of 

 gardeners ? 



Besides the nature of the soil and the 

 forwardness of the district, there are two 

 economic factors in relation to land tenure 

 which are a great incentive to high culti- 

 vation. Evesham is fortunate enough to 



