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grown in such great variety, for which reason 

 it is that we strongly urge the importance 

 to small holders of holdings which are chiefly 

 under tillage, but only on condition that they 

 have experience in connection with the 

 crops they propose to grow, and sufficient 

 capital to enable them to conduct their 

 work in the most thorough manner 

 possible. 



Although Small Holdings are worked success- 

 fully in all parts of England, and in almost 

 all climates which prevail in these islands, 

 a wise man will seek for land which is not at 

 too high an altitude, in which the climate is 

 fairly mild, and where he will be able to grow 

 crops in such variety as he pleases. In some 

 parts of England it is possible to grow in 

 the open air crops of the most profitable 

 character, whereas in other parts these crops 

 are grown only under glass or in highly 

 favoured positions. In a southern county, 

 for example, a friend of the writer produced 

 early potatoes in a field some acres in extent, 

 which realised in his first year sufficient money 

 to pay the cost of the land. The success of 

 a Small Holding depends, therefore, very 

 largely upon the climate and aspect, which is 

 an important feature, as well as upon the soil 



