80 WINTERSLOW 



chairman and vice-chairman. The heads of 

 each section were then summoned to periodi- 

 cal meetings under the chairmanship of Major 

 Poore, and from these representative gather- 

 ings the wishes of the entire community could 

 be ventilated and discussed. 



The fact was soon discovered that there 

 was a genuine desire to acquire land. 

 Winterslow is a purely agricultural village, 

 and a large proportion of its people are wood- 

 men ; hurdles and fences, etc., made from 

 wood gathered in the neighbourhood, are pro- 

 fitably sold. The opinion was expressed that 

 their position could be substantially improved 

 if they possessed small holdings to cultivate 

 in conjunction with their other occupations. 



In June, 1892, Cooper's Farm, lying ad- 

 jacent to the village, was put up for sale. It 

 consisted of 189 acres of arable and pasture. 

 The land had been wretchedly farmed, and 

 was of little benefit to the village, as only 

 three labourers were employed, and those not 

 regularly. At a meeting of the village com- 

 mittee. Major Poore announced that he had 

 bought the farm, and that, with the exception 

 of seventy-seven acres and the house, the 



