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FORMATION OF SMALL HOLDINGS. 



It is mainly by the above methods that the small 

 holdings have been made. A certain number of 

 new cottages have been built by Mr. Harris, and 

 land has been added to them. Also, since the 

 advent of the railway, new cottages have been put 

 up for the railway men, who take small bits of 

 land. 



Four hundred and fifty acres are now held by 

 twenty-five tenants, in holdings varying from 3 

 to 40 acres. 



TYPE OF HOLDINGS. 



The holdings seem to fall naturally into two 

 classes : 



1. Cottage holdings with land up to 18 acres. 

 These are nearly all in pasture, with a culti- 

 vated strip for roots, etc. There is little work 

 attached to the place besides what can be done by 

 the women and children, so that the tenants work 

 regularly for wages. Many of them are employed 

 by Mr. Harris. A few milking- cows are kept for 

 butter and clotted cream. The calves are gener- 

 ally reared and sold as yearlings or two-year-olds. 

 Pigs are gone in for largely. The usual practice is 

 to buy them in at seven weeks, and sell them in 

 another six weeks or so. 



2. Small farm holdings up to 40 acres. None 

 of the tenants make an entire living on these hold- 

 ings. They hold them in connection with some 



