102 THE CENTRAL DEPOT 



estate. All the farm staff were retained, 

 including a competent foreman ; a poultry 

 expert was appointed, and sufficient imple- 

 ments purchased to cultivate the whole of the 

 area. 



The chief functions of the depot are : 



1. To cultivate undeveloped land. 



2. To supply small owners with help when 



necessary, and advice. 



Horses, implements, and labour are hired 

 out to small owners at a price which shows 

 a profit to the organization. The advantage 

 which is taken of these services can be gathered 

 from the fact that of the fifty small owners 

 now resident on the estate, not one of them 

 has found it necessary to purchase a horse or 

 build a stable. 



Briefly, this depot is the social and business 

 centre of the estate. The small owner hires 

 there his implements or labour, buys at lowest 

 market prices food-stufFs and implements, and 

 sells his produce direct to the markets through- 

 out England. The staff, in the charge of a 

 competent manager, are instructed to assist 

 small owners in every possible way, and a 

 great feeling of loyalty to the depot has arisen, 



