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applications in response. It did not, however, 

 like the above Councils, let the matter rest there, 

 and its further action has been amply justified by 

 results. 



But even in these cases where the Council have 

 circulated knowledge of the Act the effect is not 

 very far-reaching. Amongst the agricultural popu- 

 lation, not many go out of their way to read the 

 single notice on the police-station, and where it 

 is simply sent to the smaller Local Authorities 

 especially Boards of Guardians the matter is not 

 likely to get any further. 



Apart, however, from want of knowledge, there 

 are the other reasons already indicated which make 

 it unlikely that the agricultural man will do any- 

 thing on his own initiative. These are : The pub- 

 licity necessary in the nature of the application ; 

 the want of encouragement from the result of 

 applications already made ; the general lack of 

 combination amongst the labourers, resulting in 

 the feeling that it is next to impossible for one 

 man to move in the matter. 



In this connection it is interesting to contrast 

 the methods and results of the Lincolnshire Small 

 Holdings Association. 



This Association leases 650 acres of land from 

 Lord Carrington, and sublets it to 202 persons. 

 It has been working eleven years (in providing 

 small holdings as distinguished from allotments). 

 In that time, it will be observed, it has acquired 

 land amounting to just the same acreage as that 



