CHAPTER V 



THE CREATION OF SMALL HOLDINGS 

 THROUGH THE PURCHASE AND RE- 

 SALE OF LAND BY INDIVIDUALS 



We have so far considered the creation of small 

 holdings on the theoretical lines of idealists and 

 the commercial lines of speculators ; we have also 

 studied the results of undertakings where a com- 

 bination of the two principles was attempted with 

 no very striking results. If our investigations were 

 to stop at this point, we should not have received 

 any very great encouragement towards a belief in 

 the possibility of extending a system of small 

 cultivating ownership in England amongst the 

 agricultural class. There have, however, been 

 successful cases of private enterprise in this direc- 

 tion, where individuals have attempted to supply 

 small holdings to the bona fide rural labourer by 

 the purchase of estates and resale in small lots. 

 In this chapter I propose to deal with three 

 instances of this kind viz., at Winterslow, in 

 Wiltshire ; at Rew, in Dorset ; and at Twyford, 

 in Leicestershire. 



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