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are not such as to make the holdings available 

 except to a rather limited class, and while 

 Fairby Farm supplies us with a key to our 

 future organization, we have to look to the 

 other three experiments to determine a method 

 of providing land on terms which can be gener- 

 ally acceptable. A comparative analysis of 

 the four successful village farms which we have 

 outlined is therefore necessary. A proposition 

 drawn from practical results will then be 

 arrived at, which will lay the foundations of a 

 system which can create a peasant class in 

 this country on principles which will simul- 

 taneously overcome the difficulties of tenure 

 and of organization for the small owners, and 

 will safeguard the State against any danger of 

 financial loss. 



^IMie Small Holdings Act of 1892 was the 

 medium for the creation for the small owners at 

 Catshill. As has been stated, the Worcester- 

 shire County Council was practically the only 

 body to put the Land Purchase Clause of the 

 Act into operation. And the fact that they 

 took advantage of their powers was entirely 

 due to the enterprise of certain members of the 

 Council, who were interested in the problem 



