TYPE OF HOLDING 399 



Soil and Cultivation of the District. The soil at 

 the southern end of the parish is a red clay and 

 marl ; at the northern end it is more of a gravelly 

 clay, and on the higher ground a stony brash. 

 Wheat and beans are the principal cultivated 

 crops. 



The smaller holdings are farmed in connection 

 with the common rights for turning out sheep and 

 cattle. The land is mostly under pasture, and 

 there is always a grass orchard of apple, pear, and 

 plum trees. The small bits of arable are used for 

 growing winter keep for the stock. As a rule one 

 or two milking-cows are kept, the calves being sold 

 as yearlings and the milk made into butter. Many 

 of the men buy Welsh colts in Hereford Fair for 

 turning out on the common. Poultry are very 

 largely gone in for, Malvern supplying a good 

 market. Nearly all the small people make cider, 

 supplementing their own apples with purchases in 

 Herefordshire. Unfortunately, the sale of cider 

 has been very much restricted since the introduction 

 of tied public-houses, 



The Parish Council Small Holdings. The Parish 

 Council has now 220 acres let out in small holdings 

 to seventy tenants. 



The land is taken in three lots of 100, 80, and 

 40 acres respectively, situated at different sides of 

 the parish. As the parish is exceedingly scattered 

 and is several miles in length, this is an extremely 

 satisfactory arrangement, as it enables the villagers 

 in the different parts to have the holdings near 

 their own homes. 



One lot of 100 acres is situated at the northern 



