108 VILLAGE REVIVAL 



if granted on this principle to a group of 

 small-holders under tenancy agreements. The 

 security necessary for the successful operation 

 of the depot would entirely disappear. But at 

 Fairby a loss is rarely, if ever, incurred. Credit 

 can at most times be safely given. If a bad 

 debt was to be sustained in a particular in- 

 stance, the loss could hardly be attributable to 

 a flaw in the system, but to the over-generous 

 application of it. 



The creation of the " Fairby " village farm 

 brought the same prosperity and expansion to 

 the neighbourhood as has been experienced 

 under other experiments. The trade of the 

 local village doubled. The station lies on the 

 estate, and the railway service was shortly 

 improved. The demand for labour overtook 

 the supply as the output from the land in- 

 creased. Larger trade and better prospects 

 are anticipated by everyone in the district. 



A notable difference between the purchasers 

 of properties on the Fairby Farm Estate and 

 the purchasers of holdings under other schemes, 

 lies in the fact that experience was not ex- 

 pected or insisted upon. Thus soldiers, rail- 

 way servants, a carpenter, a blacksmith. 



