234 WATTON 



The three cottages are let separately from the 

 land. All the above tenants, with the exception 

 of the one occupying the farm-house, live in the 

 neighbourhood a mile or so from the land. 



No fencing-out has been necessary, the tenants 

 occupying the different fields as they stood. 



The largest farmer occupies 58 acres and the 

 farm-house. He grows in rotation wheat, barley, 

 roots, seeds. He buys bullocks at Michaelmas and 

 sells them fat in the spring ; he also keeps sheep, 

 buying lambs in July and selling them fat in the 

 spring. 



He kept a brood mare, and had a three-year-old, 

 a two-year-old, and a yearling colt from her on the 

 place, which he hoped to sell after breaking them 

 in and getting his work done on the land. 



He went in largely for duck-dealing. There 

 were hundreds of ducklings on the place, which he 

 bought up all round Carbrooke and resold to 

 dealers. 



He employed one man regularly all the year 

 round, his family all being too young to work. 



The land looked remarkably clean and well 

 farmed, though I was informed that he had received 

 it in a foul condition. There was no doubt but 

 that he would get on well and make a success of 

 his business. 



He was of opinion that the smaller holders of 

 8 to 10 acres had to farm at a disadvantage, living 

 at some distance, with no buildings to keep stock 

 for manure and for the consumption of their 



