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revolution in the once distressful county of Essex. But 

 that revolution is not yet complete, nor is it likely to be 

 until the rising generation takes the place of the one 

 that is passing, and all that is now being done in respect 

 to changes of method, co-operative organization, and 

 scientific instruction, ripens to maturity. Thus far, 

 also, the immediate advantages of the altered situation 

 in the county have been gained by the tenants more 

 than by the landlords. Of the immigrants from Scot- 

 land only a few those who lacked the personal qualities 

 essential to success have failed. The majority were 

 men and women of grit and determination, and, 

 though they had to work hard, they made headway. 



In the case of one couple, the husband was originally 

 a small farmer in Ayrshire, where he had twenty cows ; 

 but misfortune overtook him, and he lost everything. 

 Some friends gave him a helping hand, and he and his 

 wife were thus enabled to start life afresh on a small 

 farm in Essex. At first they rose at three o'clock every 

 morning, and each of them milked twenty-five cows 

 twice daily. As compared with the old-time Essex 

 farmer and his family, they led for some years lives 

 almost of downright slavery. But where their prede- 

 cessors failed they prospered. The husband had a good 

 head for business, the wife was thrifty and an excellent 

 manager, and the final result is that to-day they have five 

 or six farms in Essex, comprising about 1,500 or 1,600 

 acres, and are the owners of 250 head of cattle. 



Others of the Scotch settlers, who started with about 

 200 acres each some fifteen years ago, are now renting 

 500, 600, or 1,000 acres, are free of debt, and, with 

 hardly an exception, are ' doing well.' As tenants, 

 too, they have been quite content to remain, even 

 without the apparent advantage of long leases. On 

 this point Mr. Primrose McConnell says, in an article 



