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these holdings, which I have also noticed in many 

 other districts, is that the men gradually work their 

 way up from small beginnings, a process which 

 tends to a natural weeding out of the unfit. They 

 undertake no more work than they can manage 

 themselves with their families, and do not embark 

 on ventures for which they are not sure of the 

 capital. They grow the greater part of their own 

 food, have no wages to pay, and give that personal 

 attention to details which, in agriculture, is a 

 fundamental necessity. 



SMALL HOLDINGS ON THE ESTATE 

 OF MR. G. E. B. EYRE IN THE NEW 

 FOREST. 



Mr. Eyre's estate is in the parishes of Bramshaw 

 and Cadman in the New Forest. 



The total acreage, excluding common land, is 

 2,700. This is divided up into sixty-eight holdings, 

 of which the largest is 83 acres and the smallest 

 1 acre. 



There are 18 holdings of 6 acres and under. 

 20 12* 



' -^0 



14 50 



9 over 50 and under 84. 



