TYPICAL CASES 101 



men are kept regularly at work besides himself and 

 a partner. 



He had, besides, 20 acres of agricultural land on 

 which the crops of potatoes, oats, and mangolds 

 were all above the average, and a stack of at least 

 20 tons of well-harvested hay stood in the corner 

 of a 10-acre field. His crops afforded a great 

 contrast to those in the immediate vicinity, where 

 the land was occupied by large farmers with very 

 indifferent results. 



A purely agricultural holding of 39 acres which 

 I visited was rented by a man at l an acre who 

 had begun life as a farm servant. Subsequently 

 he worked in the mines at 18s. a week, and had 

 a small patch of land with a cow or two. He had 

 gradually added to his holding, and is now making 

 an entire living off the farm. 



He had nineteen head of cattle, of which nine 

 were dairy cows, Guernseys, and cross-bred Guern- 

 sey Devons. He was making butter at the rate of 

 1 pound a day per cow. He grew oats, cabbage, 

 potatoes, and mangolds, and had wonderfully good 

 crops considering the nature of the land, which was 

 very poor and stony. He went in largely for pigs 

 and poultry. Of the latter he had 200 head. He 

 spent over 40 on feeding-stuffs for the poultry 

 alone, and 100 on that used for cattle and pigs. 

 He made 20 a year clear profit on poultry. 



I made a note of him as the case of a man who, 

 by the industry of himself and his family, was not 

 only making a living, but seemed to be prosperous 



