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long it will be necessary for the Government, through the Board 

 of Agriculture, to devote, more generously than hitherto, the funds 

 needed for careful and continuous instruction in the cultivation and 

 stocking of Small Holdings throughout the country. The small 

 holder's margin of profit is not sufficient to allow him to make 

 many experiments. As is done in the United States and Canada 

 and to some extent in Denmark, Germany and France, national 

 institutions for the training of small holders, and experimental farms 

 will be found needful and profitable. 



Small holders a substantial class. In spite of the gradually lessen- 

 ing numbers of small holdings for many years, a very substantial 

 portion of Great Britain is still cultivated in small farms. 



Out of the 32 577 ooo acres (13 163 ooo hectares) of cultivable 

 land in Great Britain, 4 899 ooo acres (i 972 400 hect.) are in farms 

 of from i to 50 acres (0.4 to 20.2 hect.) whilst 27 700000 acres 

 (n 190000 hect.); are in farms of from 50 to 1000 acres (20.2 to 

 404.6 hect.). 



The value of live stock per acre on the small farms is greater 

 than that kept on the larger holdings. 



According to recent returns the value of live stock per acre: 



On farms of 50 acres (20.2 hect.) and under is 4. 17^.3^. 

 per acre. 



The average on all other farms : 4. is. 5</. per acre. 



The Author proceeds to give some accounts of the visits which 

 he has paid to small holders in several parts of England, among 

 which the following deserve special mention: 



Worcestershire. In this county, where Mr. Impey has lived for 

 upwards of thirty years, successful Small Holdings of almost every 

 type may be found. It is frequently asserted that Worcestershire 

 affords special facilities for them; but beyond those in the Vale 

 of Evesham it is doubtful if this holds true. The northern part 

 of the county is hilly and cold and the soil a poorish red marl. 

 It suits stock rearing and the small farmers avail themselves of 

 this. In one parish the A. found 150 holdings of under 50 acres 

 each many being quite small. The soil is poor, but hard work, 

 and thrift, with butter making, pig-keeping and stock rearing enable 

 the people to live and thrive. 



Near Worcester a working gardener had enlarged an allotment 

 of half an acre (2023 sq. metres) of wheat into two acres (8092 sq. 

 metres) of rose trees and was sending them all over the world. 



The well known Vale of Evesham was formerly chiefly in large 



