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members of the Committee — both local farmers 

 — had, however, known the farm under better 

 conditions, and on their recommendation the 

 Committee decided to take it over. The tenant 

 was allowed to remain in occupation of the 

 farmhouse and to act as foreman under the 

 instructions of a member of the Committee. 



"The farm was inspected in August 19 18. 

 The cropping of the arable land which had 

 been cleaned and well cultivated was as 

 follows : Wheat (47 acres) looking well and 

 promising, 5 quarters per acre; Oats (15 

 acres) a good crop, expected to yield 6 quarters 

 per acre ; etc." Here, again, the inspector's 

 Report spoke of the " marvellous transforma- 

 tion " which had taken place. 



Case No. 7 (Leicestershire) gives an in- 

 teresting instance of a field of 20 acres which 

 was mostly under gorse when the Committee 

 took possession, yet was made to yield a crop 

 estimated at 7 quarters per acre. 



Another instance of an owner-occupier found 

 guilty of bad farming is cited in Case No. 

 8 (Norfolk). This was a farm of 350 acres, 

 which seems to have been given over chiefly 

 to the cultivation of weeds. As requests to 

 clean the land and grow corn were ignored, 

 the Committee stepped in and took possession ; 

 and as the owner-occupier was not short of 

 capital it was arranged that the Committee 

 should farm the land with his money. Essential 



