TYPES OF SMALL HOLDINGS 263 



From the point of view of present considerations, 

 there are two broad types of small holdings : 



1. The Market-Gardening Type, or the growing 

 of special crops on arable land. 



Apart from the question of housing, this type 

 can be established by merely staking out suitable 

 land, and involves no expense to a landlord. 



2. Tlie Small Farm Type, whether 



(a) Grass holdings ; 



(b) Mixed holdings ; 



(c) Purely arable holdings, with stock. 

 This type involves more or less expense in 



fencing, water-supply, and adaptation of buildings. 



Tlie Size of the Holding. There is perhaps no 

 more important point to consider than the size of 

 the holding. 



In every district it will be found that there 

 are certain sizes which have proved the most 

 economic for that district ; and that if a man gets 

 a holding too large or too small, he is considerably 

 handicapped, either by not being able to cope with 

 an acreage beyond his capital and the amount of 

 labour he can provide, or by having an area on 

 which he cannot fully employ his time. 



III. Existing Facilities on an Estate. 



It remains now to be considered what facilities 

 exist on the estate for establishing, by adaptation, 

 and without any great initial cost, the type of 

 holding which appears to be required. 



