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It will be noticed that out of the forty-seven 

 famiUes who own holdings only three make 

 their entire living from them. Of these, one 

 occupies a holding of sixteen acres, and the 

 other two ten and eleven acres respectively. 



The cultivation is not of a very high order, 

 but the land is of an undoubtedly poor quality, 

 and water is difficult to obtain. Potatoes, 

 cabbages, and the coarser vegetables are 

 grown. There is a good local demand for 

 milk, and many holders possess a cow. Pigs 

 are favoured, and are a source of profit : 

 poultry is also kept. 



Salisbury, a distance of about eight miles, is 

 the market for the large holders. The crops 

 of the smaller men are bought up by middle- 

 men. No co-operation among them is to be 

 found. Even the influence of the Land Court 

 has entirely failed to inculcate the benefits 

 which accrue therefrom for the purchase of 

 seeds and manures and for the disposal of 

 produce. The Agricultural Organization 

 Society has sent lecturers, and many en- 

 deavours have been made to induce them to 

 combine, but without avail. The lack of 

 success at organizing the small-holders, once 



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