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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



THE CREATION OF SMALL HOLDINGS UNDER THE 



It is proposed to publish monthly in this Journal a series of 

 articles on the small holdings in various districts of England 

 which are already well established, in the hope that the available 

 experience of the past may furnish some guidance to those who 

 are confronted with the problem of working the Small Holdings 

 &ct of 1907 ; alike to those who are desirous of working small 

 holdings themselves and to those who are promoting schemes 

 for the benefit of their neighbours. These articles will, it is 

 hoped, furnish full details as to the specific cases in question ; 

 but I have been asked, by way of introduction, to contribute 

 a survey of the general principles which it is necessary to take 

 into consideration. 



I propose to say a few words, in the first instance, as to those 

 districts where small holdings already exist, and where the only 

 problem is to encourage their extension and development to the 

 fullest possible degree. After that I shall deal with the more 

 difficult question of the creation of small holdings in new dis- 

 tricts ; and I shall endeavour to proceed on two lines. I shall, 

 in the first place, assume that it is essential to derive the utmost 

 possible guidance from the teaching of the past as to the natural 

 development of small holdings, and endeavour to summarize 

 the inferences which may be drawn from a study of it. 

 Secondly, I shall consider the data we have which serve to 



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APRIL, 1908. 



ACT OF 1907. 

 Mrs. Roland Wilkins (L. J ebb). 



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