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the woodman's hut, or the small holding for 

 the man, we shall not get very far with the 

 recolonisation of England. 



The glamour of the town has forged fetters 

 which it will take a generation or two to break. 

 Trades where both men and women can, more 

 or less, work in association and live in village 

 communities will have to be established in the 

 countryside. 



It must be admitted, I think, that intensive 

 culture, except in favoured, early sites, or 

 where the fertility of the soil is great or the 

 facilities for marketing unusually good, will 

 not make very much headway. This highly 

 specialised occupation will remain speculative 

 while we live in a competitive age. The mixed 

 small holding is of a more stable character, 

 that is the holding on which food is largely 

 produced for the house, but this often requires 

 some other craft attached to it to attract the 

 young back to the land, or even to make them 

 stay on the land — a craft which brings in ready 

 money in winter and adds to the attractiveness 

 of rural work and life. 



At Winterslow we have seen how the 

 cottage girl can earn a little extra money at a 



pleasant craft by spinning wool on the wheel. 



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