242 WING, BUCKS 



surplus of 59 4s. 5d. goes in rates and taxes 

 (the poor rate amounts to 30), and a small fee to 

 the secretary. There is usually a sum of about 

 10 in hand for hedging, draining tiles, etc. 



The arable land is let at from l Is. to l 5s. an 

 acre, and the grass land at from 2 to 2 10s. 



Character of Tenants. 



With the exception of six men, all the tenants 

 started life as agricultural labourers. 



The six men comprise two bricklayers, two 

 grocers, one postmaster, one baker. 



The others are now for the most part coal 

 merchants, hauliers, and carriers. There appears 

 to be a good deal of work for carters of all descrip- 

 tion in the neighbourhood, the Rothschilds using 

 much labour of this sort. The men had managed 

 to save enough out of farm wages to get a horse 

 and cart, and the possibility of acquiring small 

 pieces of land to work in connection with their 

 business has been invaluable to them. The two 

 men holding single roods are both jobbing labourers: 

 one is a thatcher, etc., and has a pony ; the other a 

 hedger, rick-builder, etc. 



Cultivation. 



The crops grown on the arable land are chiefly 

 wheat, oats, potatoes, mangels, and swedes ; also 

 beans and peas, early vetches, and on one holding 

 mustard. Even the very small lots are all devoted 

 to ordinary farm crops. 



