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in the cheapest possible way viz., by a profitable 

 use of time and horse labour which might otherwise 

 be idle. 



That there is a genuine local demand for land, 

 which is always one of the necessary points for 

 success, is shown by the fact that there are seven- 

 teen applications for land when it should be 

 available. 



An important point to be noticed in connection 

 with this undertaking is the fact that thirty of the 

 tenants were originally farm labourers, or are still 

 jobbing labourers. The farming of the district is 

 largely dairy, much milk being sent to London. 

 There has been a considerable amount of land put 

 down to grass, the proportion being now about 

 three to one of arable land. In all probability 

 these men, if they had had no opportunity beyond 

 farm work, would have been lost to the district. 

 As it is a number of them are available at harvest 

 time, and their children are being brought up with 

 agricultural knowledge. 



It might be noted that this place is not naturally 

 a district of small farming. There are no small 

 holdings in the immediate district where entire 

 livings are being made out of farming alone. The 

 place, however, seems to have always been well 

 supplied with allotments, which has no doubt 

 contributed to keeping men who are at other 

 occupations in touch with cultivation of the land. 



