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RUTLAND. The demand for allotments is said to be amply Small 

 met throughout the county, and there is no demand for small Holdmgs 

 holdings. Allotments. 



NORTHAMPTON. There is no difficulty in obtaining allot- 

 ments ; the supply is ample and there is less demand than for- 

 merly. Mr. Rooke writes : " Beyond the convenience of a 'potato 

 patch,' the thirst for allotments has largely died out, owing 

 to cheap food products of all kinds being hawked round our 

 villages, and the aversion of well-paid labourers to exerting 

 themselves unduly after working hours." As regards small 

 holdings, he continues, " There is a difficulty in procuring small 

 holdings, for which there is an increasing demand; every 

 holding requires a house and homestead fitted to its size, and 

 these are not forthcoming without an expenditure of capital 

 and the remodelling of existing arrangements." Mr. Dickson 

 writes : " Small holdings to rent were encouraged in this neigh- 

 bourhood some years ago by one or two landowners, but with 

 very few exceptions they have not proved successful, and the 

 small holding hardly now exists as such, although in one or 

 two cases a man who began with a small holding now occupies 

 a farm of considerable area." 



BUCKINGHAM. There is stated to be no difficulty whatever in 

 obtaining allotments ; many have been given up as they did not 

 pay for the time and trouble spent in working. Mr. Treadwell 

 writes : " There is more difficulty in finding tenants for allot- 

 ments already laid out. In one instance, where some were 

 wanted, the parish took 6 acres of my best land, next the 

 village; they could not find tenants for 3 acres of it without 

 letting some to tradesmen, and I had to take 3 acres back." 



OXFORD. As regards allotments, Mr. King writes : " We 

 have had a few applications to the County Council, but these 

 have generally been met by arrangement with landowners 

 without having to resort to compulsory powers." Mr. Ash- 

 hurst says : " Any amount of allotment land can be had, and 

 a large number round here are out of cultivation." Of small 

 holdings he writes : " The experiment of very small holdings 

 came utterly to grief at Attington, and I do not hear of any 

 desire for them in this part." The latter statement is corrobo- 

 rated by others. Mr. Greaves writes : " I can say from actual 

 facts that the small holder is in a deplorable state as regards 

 his finances and the bad state of the land. The moderate sized 

 farm where stock can be produced is what the country needs." 



WARWICK. There is no difficulty in obtaining land for 

 allotments; the demand is decreasing, and many have been 

 given up. On the whole, there appears to be little de- 

 mand for very small holdings. Mr. Sale, however, thinks 

 there would be a good demand for 50 or 60-acre lots 

 of land. Mr. Lane writes: "Away from towns or lacking 



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