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manure ; also early potatoes, celery, cabbage, or 

 peas and beans to sell for cash. In some cases 

 horse labour is hired, or some of the men keep 

 horses and add to their earnings by working for 

 others. 



The rent of the smaller holdings runs from 2 to 

 5 at Spalding, according to its proximity to the 

 town, situation, and type of soil ; near Boston the 

 rent is from 2 to 3, and on the ' toft land ' as 

 much as 5 and 6 an acre. 



The rent, therefore, at which the County Council 

 has been able to let their land compares very favour- 

 ably with that of other holdings in the district. 



It is specially to be noted that, without any 

 charge whatsoever on the ratepayers, the County 

 Council, at the end of forty years, will be the 

 owner of these estates, producing a rental of 433 

 a year. 



Attention is also drawn to the fact that the 

 County Council has been wise enough not to insist 

 on the resale of the land to would-be small holders, 

 a condition which would certainly have prevented 

 a very large number of the men from taking advan- 

 tage of the undertaking. 



SMALL HOLDINGS OF THE NORFOLK COUNTY 

 COUNCIL AT NORDELPH. 



In 1904 the County Council acquired a farm at 

 Nordelph, a small village six miles from Downham 

 Market, in response to a petition sent in by a 

 number of working men. 



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