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at life through a pea -shooter, he may be 

 right. On the other hand, I can point to some 

 districts in England, such as in Lincolnshire, 

 Cambridgeshire, South Hampshire, and Wor- 

 cestershire, where an increasing number of 

 small holders have been a useful reserve force 

 of labour for farmers to call upon at harvesting 

 time. Furthermore, there are many large 

 farms of 2000 acres and upwards which are 

 too large for the individual farmer to work 

 economically. He would, in many such cases, 

 have less worry, less work, and a larger margin 

 of profit if he cultivated more thoroughly a 

 farm of less than half the size. 



