258 LANDOWNERS 



land questions, and live actually in touch with 

 local agricultural conditions. The landowners of 

 England have had so far the whip-hand ; they 

 have the land, and they have the opportunities for 

 first-hand knowledge. In only too many cases, it 

 is true, any knowledge they possess comes to them 

 second-hand, through their agents, whose traditional 

 platitudes about the cost of buildings and the 

 likelihood of being left with the worst land on 

 their hands are accepted with unquestioned faith. 

 A new type of landlord is also rapidly springing 

 up in England who regards his estate solely from 

 the point of view of the amenities afforded by the 

 possession of land, and without any of the personal 

 sense of responsibility which, in spite of the 

 abuse poured on them, does certainly exist almost 

 universally amongst the older type. 



In this chapter I propose to give some examples 

 of what actually has been done by some landowners 

 who have given their personal attention to this 

 question. I would point out that holdings created 

 in this way on private estates approximate nearest 

 to that type, described in the first chapter, of 

 holdings ' of natural occurrence.' In each case the 

 schemes have been carried out on an economic 

 basis, and these economic results have been arrived 

 at by merely supplying small men on the lines 

 dictated by the requirements which were an out- 

 come of local agricultural conditions. 



Fortunately there are many landowners in 

 England who, though averse to any form of 



