SIZE OF HOLDINGS TENURE 241 



of grass land and a piece of arable. The committee 

 will not let a large portion of grass without arable 

 land being taken with it. 



The average size of the grass holdings is 4 acres, 

 the biggest being 10 acres, and the smallest 1 acre. 

 The latter is rented for 2 5s. by a coal-hawker for 

 turning out his horse. The average size of the 

 arable holding is 6 acres ; one man, however, holds 

 as much as 17 acres. 



One of the arable fields was originally cut up 

 into 75 rood lots. This was not found to be a 

 success, and at the present time only two men hold 

 single roods, two hold 2 roods, and the rest of the 

 field is held in lots from 1 to 3^ acres. The failure 

 of the smaller allotments is attributed to the fact 

 that Wing was already very well supplied with 

 allotments close to the village, this field being at 

 the further end of the farm and some distance from 

 the men's homes. 



The land is held on a yearly tenancy with six 

 months' notice, terminating at Michaelmas. 



The tenants have short agreements, the chief 

 terms being that there is to be no subletting, the 

 land is to be kept clean, and the grass land must 

 not be mowed two years running. 



The tenants are responsible for the wooden 

 fencing, and the hedges and ditches on the pasture 

 land. The committee undertakes the hedging of 

 the arable land. 



The rent paid to the vicar is 290. The receipts 

 f/om the tenants amount to 349 4s. 5d. The 



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