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2. The necessary outlay on buildings was very 

 small. In each case the original farm buildings 

 have accommodated two tenants. The tenant of 

 one holding at Cefn-y-bedd, as already mentioned, 

 has put up his own house and buildings on an 

 adjoining plot which the landlord has sold him. In 

 some cases sufficient buildings already existed or 

 were built on the man's own premises, or the 

 premises occupied by him. 



3. There was very little fencing required, the 

 land for the most part being let in already existing 

 fields. 



4. As regards water-supply, the interest on the 

 capital spent in erecting windmills was paid for by 

 outsiders using the water. On the two farms only 

 one field was supplied by a windmill ; the other fields 

 were naturally watered or had no water. 



It may be argued by some that this is not the 

 creation of small holdings proper, and that it is 

 merely a case of letting accommodation land. It 

 is, however, immaterial what it is called. The 

 point is that small people wanting land for economic 

 reasons have been supplied with it on an economic 

 basis viz., with profit to the landlord. 



It will probably also be argued that this is not 

 supplying the bona fide agriculturist with land, and 

 that it is merely helping village tradespeople who 

 were getting along all right before. The answer 

 to this is that the acquisition of a small piece of 

 land in every case greatly increases their prosperity, 

 which must react on the prosperity of the district. 



