402 REASONS OF SUCCESS 



squatters, has been bred up, with the characteristic 

 hard-working and thrifty qualities associated with 

 this class, and enabled to survive as small people 

 by the advantages derived from the supplementing 

 of their holdings by common rights. The district 

 being purely agricultural, the descendants of these 

 men are brought up as agriculturists, and are 

 continually in want of the land, which they have 

 been trained to cultivate in the methods found 

 most suitable for their district. 



One result of this is that the competition for a 

 small holding is so great that the rents paid are 

 out of all proportion to the amount paid on the 

 larger farms. The small man, however, even when 

 paying 3 and 4 an acre for the same class of 

 land which a large man gets for under l, is able, 

 not only to live, but in many cases to save enough 

 to go on to a larger farm in course of time and 

 this also where he pays 7s. rates where the larger 

 man pays 2s. 



In view of these facts viz. : (1) that there is a 

 very great demand for small holdings ; (2) that the 

 men show that they are able to work them success- 

 fully at this high rent it can fairly be argued that 

 the cost of putting up and maintaining cottages 

 and buildings and fencing to meet this well- 

 established demand would be met by the increased 

 amount received in rent for the land. 



The extent of the demand at present existing in 

 this neighbourhood is shown by the fact that there 

 were sixteen applicants for 4 acres which the 

 Parish Council last had to let, and the tenant had 



