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comes into the market and is bought up at a higher 

 price than a working man can give. As an instance 

 he mentioned that a long time ago there had been an 

 exceptionally large number of small holdings in a 

 neighbouring agricultural district which had all 

 been bought up for the Duke of Bedford's estate. 

 The conditions at Upwey were very exceptional, 

 and therefore the holdings might survive. But he 

 was of opinion that the holdings on the farm bought 

 by Sir R. Edgcumbe at Hew would be in the hands 

 of one man in another fifty years ; the successful 

 holders were already buying the others out. 



If this is the tendency, it suggests the advisability 

 of local bodies acquiring and dividing the land and 

 letting it out on long leases. 



CONDITIONS OF SUCCESS. 



A general consideration of the local conditions 

 shows : 



1. A favourable situation on a good road. 



2. A very fertile soil. 



3. A forward climate. 



4. An excellent market for the type of produce. 

 These conditions created a natural demand for 



the acquisition of small bits of land, which was 

 taken advantage of when an estate in the very 

 centre of the village was put into the market in 

 small lots. And in spite of the prices paid being 

 apparently very high, they in all probability at the 

 time represented the true value of the land to those 



