CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS 867 



The Variety of Agricultural Conditions 

 under which county council holdings 

 have Succeeded. 



It may be said that in the case of the Lincoln- 

 shire County Council holdings alone are there any 

 special conditions of soil which make the locality 

 suitable for small holdings. Each of the other 

 places has its own peculiarity out of which the 

 natural advantages for small holdings in that 

 particular district arise. 



The Worcestershire holdings have Birmingham for 

 a market ; on the other hand, it must be remembered 

 that this is twelve miles distant, and that not only 

 the produce but the manure is all carted by road. 

 The adaptability of the place to strawberry-growing, 

 and the independent, hard-working character of the 

 people, are probably equally significant factors. 



The Norfolk holdings are on good soil ; but their 

 proximity to a village, and the fact that there is 

 much opportunity for piece-work in the district, 

 are, perhaps, the chief factors in success here. 



The proximity of the Cambridgeshire holdings to 

 a village, and of the Hampshire ones to Winchester, 

 seems also to have been enough to induce success 

 in districts which have otherwise no special adapt- 

 ability to small holdings. 



