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ing, but it is apparent from several instances 

 cited in these Reports that this by no means 

 follows. They give two instances in the county 

 of Kent. One was of a farm of 216 acres, " in 

 a deplorable condition, having been occupied by 

 a tenant with no knowledge of farming." Yet, 

 curiously enough, this tenant was allowed to 

 remain on the farm as foreman (!) under the in- 

 structions of a supervisor appointed by the 

 Committee, and the Board's technical expert 

 reported in August 19 18, that a "marvellous 

 transformation " had taken place in the cultiva- 

 tion in spite of the handicap of an inefficient 

 foreman. The tenancy was subsequently de- 

 termined, and the farm is still in the hands of 

 the Committee. The other, Case No. 6 (Kent), 

 was a farm of 230 acres which " had been occu- 

 pied for four years by a man who had formerly 

 been a coachman, and who possessed neither 

 the capital, experience, nor ability to make a 

 successful foreman. He seemed to have kept 

 few stock of any kind, and to have regarded 

 much of the land as uncultivable. About half 

 the Down land affords useful grazing, but no use 

 whatever was made of it. Hedges were over- 

 grown and neglected, and fences and gates were 

 allowed to fall to pieces. Some idea of the 

 neglected state of the farm may be gathered 

 from the fact that a well-known valuer, appointed 

 by the Committee to make an inspection, re- 

 ported that it was not worth cultivating. Two 



