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a large number held under the Parish Council. 

 The men use them chiefly for growing vegetables 

 for Cambridge Market, one of their number, with 

 a horse and cart, acting as carrier for the others. 



The smaller County Council plots are cultivated 

 in the same way, and by hand. There is one 

 regular market-gardener who holds 2 acres. One 

 or two have planted apples and greengages and 

 some bush fruit. The larger holdings are, however, 

 under ordinary farm crops, chiefly wheat, potatoes, 

 beans, and barley. The latter is ground for pig- 

 feeding. Many of the men fatten pigs, and about 

 six wooden sheds, or pigsties, have been put up on 

 the land. 



With the exception of the market - gardener 

 mentioned above, all the men have other occupa- 

 tions or use the land in connection with other 

 holdings. 



On the face of it, the demand for land seems to 

 be apparently satisfied here. If the old tenants 

 had not taken up the plots which had been relin- 

 quished, it seems likely that these would have been 

 on the Council's hands. 



On the other hand, if the Council had not been 

 more or less obliged by the terms of the Act to 

 purchase this land, but had been able to hire 

 and sublet it to the tenants, it is probable 

 that the demand for these holdings would be far 

 greater. It will be observed that the expenses 

 subsequent to purchase are 25 per cent, on the cost 

 of purchase, and of this over 8 per cent, are for 



