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of an agricultural labourer he had not the time to 

 spend on more intense cultivation. Once he could 

 get his land ploughed and sown it was practically 

 done with till harvest, as he could manage to do the 

 bit of hoeing at nights. Then the other men with 

 pigs or a horse found it most profitable to use their 

 land for growing corn and litter and winter keep 

 for the animals, and said that it paid them better to 

 consume the stuff they grew with their own labour 

 at odd times than to buy. 



SUCCESS OF HOLDINGS WHERE THERE ARE 

 NO PARTICULARLY FAVOURABLE CIRCUM- 

 STANCES. 



In a general survey of the three farms leased by 

 the Norfolk Association the following facts are 

 noticeable : That whereas the holdings of the Lin- 

 colnshire Association are situated on good land, in 

 districts where small holdings are already established 

 naturally, and the inhabitants have a knowledge 

 of suitable cultivation, the holdings of the Norfolk 

 Association have none of these predisposing advan- 

 tages. They are 



1. On poor land. 



2. Situated in districts where the land is not 

 adapted to any special crops, such as early potatoes, 

 celery, crops for seed, etc. The cultivation is 

 simply ordinary four-course farming. 



3. There are no special industries in conjunction 

 with the holdings. 



