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more stock than the large farmer, but he 

 produces considerably more milk, poultry, 

 and eggs, while he employs more labour. 

 On the smallest holdings the number 

 of persons permanently employed per 100 

 acres reached 13 •4, on holdings of 5 to 

 50 acres 6*5, on farms of 50 to 300 

 acres 3 '3, and on farms over 300 acres 

 2*6 persons per 100 acres. These facts 

 are of great significance, for they point not 

 only to the greater productive power of 

 the small farmer, but to the fact that 

 the extension of the Small Holdings 

 system means a marked increase in the 

 rural population. 



In 1908 the estimated value of the 

 farm crops grown in Great Britain was 

 125 millions sterling, but a very large 

 proportion of this produce was consumed 

 upon the farm — partly by the household 

 of the farmers themselves, but chiefly 

 by stock. The value of the produce 

 which was sold for cash was estimated 

 at £46,600,000. The total value of the 

 produce of the year, including animals sold, 

 wool, fruit, flowers, timber, dairy cows, and 

 poultry, was estimated at £150,800,000, or, 

 taking the number of persons employed upon 



