220 SPALDING, LINCOLNSHIRE 



lived in Spalding or between that town and the farm, 

 many of them residing two and three miles distant. 

 In 1906, however, six houses with buildings were 

 built on the main road frontage by Lord Carrington 

 through the Association. These houses are built 

 in pairs, and cost 555 the pair ; a further sum of 

 70 for the two spent on drainage, water-supply, 

 and fencing brings the total cost up to 625, or 

 312 10s. per house. They are substantially built, 

 with six rooms, besides a scullery and dairy. The 

 Association pays Lord Carrington 5 per cent, on 

 the outlay, which makes the rental about 6s. a 

 week. 



Division of the Land. 



In the first instance the land was partitioned as 

 follows : The 80 acres of grass were divided up 

 with post and wire fencing into eighteen plots ; ten 

 of these were of 10 J acres, the rest of a size vary- 

 ing from 4 to 10 acres. The fencing was done by 

 the syndicate, the cost being gradually recovered in 

 the rent. The water question, which in so many 

 cases is a difficulty, appears to be solved here by the 

 dykes which run through the farm, the land being 

 so fenced as to allow one end of each plot to termi- 

 nate on the dyke. The arable land was staked out 

 in 1,2, and 3 acre lots ; and, besides the two tenants 

 occupying the farm-house, there are nine tenants 

 renting from 4 to 10 acres each, including some 

 pasture. 



Since the building of the cottages just mentioned, 



