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957 acres at Sutton Bridge, Wingland, and 

 Walpole, as well as agent for Lord Carrington's 

 972 acres at Spalding, for Sir C. D. Rose's 

 917 acres of small holdings at Bur well, and 

 for the 337 acres at Swaffham, Carbrooke, 

 and Whissonsett in Norfolk. These latter 

 holdings, as well as the holdings at Spalding, 

 Walpole, and Wingland, are all grouped under 

 one association called the Lincolnshire and 

 Norfolk Small Holdings Association. 



This little record of duties to be performed 

 shows not only that Mr. Diggle is a fairly 

 active man, but also the extent of the small 

 holdings in South Lincolnshire. 



At Moulton, before setting out for the 

 Parish Council holdings, which lie some way 

 out of the village on that flat expanse which 

 stretches out towards the Wash, I witnessed 

 an instance of the national utility of taxing un- 

 developed land. A grass field owned by Mr. 

 Diggle, costing considerably over £100 an acre 

 — and I am sure he will not mind my saying 

 this — held up as a possible building site quite 

 close to the station, had a rental value as grazing 

 land of 30s. an acre. On the passing of the 

 memorable Budget, this was ploughed up and a 

 crop of mustard sown by the present occupier, 



