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to make use of all the knowledge they can obtain ; 

 Norfolk is the only county in England where they 

 have established and continue to run an experimental 

 farm of their own, independent of county council or 

 any educational institution. After all, the spirit of 

 experiment ought to be strong in this district; it is 

 no great distance to Holkham, where stands the 

 monument erected by the yeomanry of England to 

 Coke of Norfolk, with its bas-reliefs representing the 

 famous sheep shearings which did so much to dis- 

 seminate a knowledge of the improved practices of 

 farming. You have only to cross the high road below 

 the park to see Coke's even more enduring monument, 

 the area of salt marsh he reclaimed with the sea wall 

 and the pine wood beyond. There was a man who 

 both knew and worked ; where and when are we going 

 to find such a leader among the landlords of to-day? 



