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example of this, one man last year got 32 quarters 

 of oats on 3 acres, while his neighbour on the 

 adjoining 3 acres only got 6 quarters. 



Peas sold green as a standing crop fetch from 

 7 to 12 an acre, exclusive of the straw which is 

 harvested after picking. 



INDIVIDUAL CASES. 



A tenant of 17 acres, occupying one of the 

 cottages and sharing the farm buildings, had been 

 on a farm for twenty-one years as a labourer at 

 16s. a week. 



He began on his 17 acres with a cow and a pig, 

 and now has a brood mare, a cow, heifer, and three 

 yearlings, and pigs. He grew peas, beans, oats, 

 barley, wheat, and potatoes. He was able to do 

 all his own labour with the help of his wife, and 

 said he could make a living very comfortably, as all 

 his children were out. But he was of opinion that 

 a man bringing up a family could not do so on less 

 than 20 acres. 



One tenant of 5 acres rented another 4 from 

 the County Council, and was making his living 

 entirely off these 9 acres. He grew peas, beans, 

 potatoes, and corn crops. He had built a rough 

 wooden shed and yard in one corner of his County 

 Council holding, where he kept pigs or young stock. 

 He bought the latter in October to sell in the 

 spring, and fed them on his own produce. He 

 was of opinion that if a man worked hard, and 

 knew how to cultivate his land properly, he ought 



