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I attribute this success, under conditions which 

 one would not be inclined to look upon as favour- 

 able, mainly to the two following factors : 



1. The moorland run, which makes it possible to 

 keep a larger head of stock per acre, and so work 

 the holdings more economically. 



2. The fact that the ordinary daily work on this 

 kind of holding can be done by the women, leaving 

 the men free to earn wages outside. 



Decline of Pauperism. 



It is a significant fact that the amount received 

 yearly for parish relief seldom reaches one half the 

 sum allotted to the parish. 



The number of people at present receiving relief 

 is five, and of these two are people who have come 

 in from another parish. One of the number who is 

 in receipt of outdoor relief is an old man on a small 

 holding, who would have to receive full relief if he 

 was not able to maintain himself partly on the 

 land. 



Benefit of Small Holdings to Landowners. 



Apart from financial considerations, Mr. Harris 

 considers that one of the benefits conferred on 

 landowners by small holdings lies in the satisfactory 

 class of workmen and tenants which it creates on 

 an estate. This is especially the case where the 

 small holdings are a sort of premium for the best 

 men, who have worked their way on to them by 

 thrift and industry. 



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