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reply ; or perhaps it is, " You can't work the 

 land and stop in the public-house as well " ; or, 

 " He likes the water better than the land this 

 hot weather." 



Then the agent will make a point of seeing 

 " Charlie," and if he finds in him a disheartened 

 man and quite unfit for the life of the market 

 gardener, he will advise him to give up the 

 holding before he loses more money, and offer 

 to find a new tenant for it who will pay him 

 the "ingoings." 



Whilst there are agents who act in this 

 human way, there are others who are merely 

 rent -takers; and on the whole those who 

 rent land from the County Councils get 

 better, though stricter, terms than those who 

 rent under private landlords. The desire to 

 make as much as possible out of an estate is, 

 I suppose, inherent in human nature, and I 

 could point to certain farms round Evesham 

 where the owner is charging the large farmer 

 on one side of the hedge 7s. 6d. an acre, while 

 on the other side he is charging 50s. an acre 

 to the small holder. 



Now the County Council demands only the 

 rent needed to cover the charges on the 

 capital borrowed and the cost of manage- 



