SMALL HOLDINGS 173 



" The Home holding (in the village) covers 

 about half an acre of land. This is occupied 

 by various buildings, a flower garden, stack- 

 yard, poultry-run, and a vegetable garden, in 

 which several fruit trees are planted. The 

 house is a roomy old cottage. All the out- 

 buildings were erected by the tenant at his 

 own cost. They are timber-built and are 

 roofed with glass, wood, or corrugated iron. 



"The tenant pays a rent, inclusive of rates, 

 of 10 guineas a year for the Home holding, 

 5 guineas an acre and rates for the land planted 

 with fruit trees, and 50/- an acre and the rates 

 for the bare land which he himself has planted 

 with fruit trees or bulbs. The total rent, 

 exclusive of rates paid for the seven acres and 

 the cottage, is 31 15s. 6d. a year. 



" One horse a strong cob is kept. This 

 horse is able to plough and work the land, 

 take the trolley to the railway station, or the 

 light cart to the market. Hired team labour 

 is required, as a rule, only when the wheat 

 and oats are drilled. The whole of the bulb 

 land and part of the land under fruit is under 

 spade cultivation. 



" The tenant and his married son are fully 

 occupied in cultivating the seven acres. An 

 extra man is employed occasionally. Other 

 members of the tenant's family assist at 



