CHAPTER VI 



THE FAIRBY FARM ESTATE 



The above village farm was created by a com- 

 pany registered as Small Owners, Limited.* 

 The present writer occupied the positions of a 

 director and the secretary at the time of the 

 development of the Fairby Farm Estate. The 

 business of the Company is to acquire, sell, 

 and organize estates at a profit to the share- 

 holders. The proposition originated and is 

 conducted as a money-making business, it 

 being deemed that agi'icultural organization 

 on commercial principles could be made a 



* The officers of the Company on April 30, 1912, the 

 date on which the accounts were closed to prepare the 

 balance-sheet after the acquisition of the Fairby Farm 

 Estate, were as follows: Sir John F. L. RoUeston, M.P. 

 (Chairman), George H. Humphrey (Managing Director), 

 D. M. Milner (Solicitor and Director), Bevil ToUemache 

 (Director and Secretary). Mr. Leonard Humphrey was 

 the technical adviser to the Company. The present writer 

 has since resigned. 



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