WATER-SUPPLY 283 



WATER-SUPPLY. 



On each farm Mr. Bligh has erected a windeftill 

 for supplying water, but this has not been done for 

 the purpose of the small holdings. Only one small 

 holding on Cwymdylan gets water in this way, and 

 not one at all on Cefn-y-bedd. 



At Cefn-y-bedd the windmill pumps out of a 

 storage-tank fed by a spring into a supply-tank of 

 5,000 gallons. The tanks are brick, cemented over. 



This mill cost 190 15s. 5d. It supplies the 

 laundry and fourteen houses, which are charged a 

 total of 6 2s. 6d. per annum for the water. 



At Cwymdylan 240 was spent on the water- 

 supply. The charge for water in dwellings owned 

 by Mr. Bligh is included in the rent, and others are 

 charged at the rate of 7s. 6d. for cottages up to 2 

 for houses. The charge is at the same rate at 

 Cefn-y-bedd. 



Mr. Bligh's undertaking is particularly interest- 

 ing as representing a certain aspect of this question 

 viz., what can be done for his own benefit, in an 

 apparently hopeless country for small holdings, by 

 a landlord who gives his mind to the question and 

 considers it on an economic basis only. 



The district at first sight would seem most un- 

 favourable for any undertaking of this kind : the 

 climate is backward, the land poor and exposed ; 

 there are no special local industries, etc., which 

 would make a small holding valuable as an adjunct 

 to fall back upon. The type of farming of the 



