SMALL HOLDINGS 



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No. 15. Is England a Country of Small 

 Holdings? 



Each square represents 100,000 acres. 



The large diagram represents the total area of large farms 

 (over 300)— 6,736,767. 



The shaded corner on the right indicates the area under small 

 holdings from i to 5 acres — 282,980 acres. 



The shaded portion on the left represents the area made up of 

 holdings from 6 to 20 acres, and the shaded centre portion the 

 total average of holdings of 21 to 50 — 2,636,094 acres. 



Therefore 14,413 large farmers hold about 2^ million acres 

 MORE than all the 291,722 put together. 



