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were strips of oats, mangolds, swedes, potatoes, and 

 cabbage. The man possessed his own hay-mower, 

 tedder, and American hay-rake. 



On another holding of 8 acres, all in pasture, 

 I saw eighty head of sheep and four cows. The 

 man was a sheep-dealer and slaughterer, and used 

 his land chiefly for running the sheep between 

 buying and selling. He had a very large stack of 

 well-harvested hay in the corner of one field, and 

 the pasture was in excellent condition. He paid 

 19 rent, which included a very good house, worth 

 9 or 10 per annum. 



There seem to be two points of particular interest 

 in the history of the development of small holdings 

 on this estate. 



First, it is to be noticed what a very little capital 

 outlay has been needed in a case like this to create 

 a sufficient number of holdings, not only to stem 

 the rural exodus which seemed inevitable, but 

 actually to increase the population. 



By being guided in his adaptation of the land 

 and buildings entirely by the local demand, 

 Mr. Harris has succeeded in establishing that type 

 of small holding which is an outcome of the natural 

 agricultural conditions of the country. 



This brings us to the second point : how, in an 

 essentially pastoral district devoted principally to 

 the rearing of cattle, far from large towns or any 

 markets suitable for the ordinary produce of small 

 holdings, on indifferent land at 600 feet above the 

 sea-level, the whole thing is a success. 



