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the Bulford and Ted worth camps. These men 

 with horses also plough their neighbours' ground. 

 I only found two men who hand-dug their acre ; 

 the others got theirs ploughed, and grew corn on a 

 large part of it. In many cases they seemed to 

 think that the cost of threshing small quantities of 

 corn (from lOd. to 2s. a sack) took away from the 

 profit, and that it would be better to buy a little 

 straw for litter and grow green-stuff and roots ; 

 and when they were at other employment they 

 could not spare the time to dig all the ground. 

 The largest holding is 16 acres, and is used by the 

 owner in connection with a small farm at a little 

 distance. 



The average size of the larger holdings is from 

 5 to 7 acres, and they are cultivated according 

 to the owner's calling. The men, such as the 

 carriers, coal dealers, builders, and bakers, who 

 have horses, grow corn and hay, and have a bit of 

 pasture. Not many keep stock besides pigs and 

 poultry ; but there are a few with one or two 

 milking cows and heifers, who rear calves and 

 make butter, or sell milk in the village. 



I only found one instance of a man who appeared 

 to live altogether on his holding. On about 6 acres 

 he kept three cows, two heifers, a young horse, pigs, 

 and poultry. He reared heifers, and sold them 

 with a calf, and made butter. He occasionally 

 bought hay, otherwise he grew all the food for his 

 stock on the land, and believed that the secret of 

 success was to consume everything he grew on the 



