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of interest, and are knitted together in one 

 society, they stand to achieve a greater success 

 than that obtained at Cudworth, where there 

 is a marked difference in class, in education, 

 and in ethical aims. 



In yet another Home County, Essex, it was 

 again men and women tired of town life 

 who were attracted to Mr. Fels's colony at 

 Mayland, and it is not surprising that this 

 colony, so far as a settlement of town small 

 holders is concerned, has not been a success. 

 The large French garden — the largest, I believe, 

 in England — has hardly been a success either ; 

 but then who could expect to find a French 

 garden situated four and a half miles from 

 a railway station a commercial success ? It 

 has been an experimental garden from which 

 others have learned lessons, and that is about 

 all that one could have expected from it ; 

 though its manager, Mr. Smith, still looks for 

 financial success. There is one portion of the 

 colony, however, which is likely to succeed, and 

 that is the large farm ; and the Mayland farm 

 is instructive in that it shows how those parts 

 of England that lie away from the beaten 

 track of trade, and are on heavy soil, are more 

 likely to succeed when farmed extensively 



