Excerpt from Small HoldingsThe Author's earliest connection with the Small Holdings movement dates from 1880, when making an agricultural tour in Cheshire, details of which were published in the Evian chester Guardian. On this journey he was enabled to see something of the work con ducted by the tenants on the estate of Lord Tollemache, an ardent and devoted helper of small occupiers of land. It was owing to this Visit and to subsequent correspondence with Lord Tollemache that he was induced to pay close attention to the subject; to see something of the practice in various countries on the Continent; and later to make a more extended inspection of the colonies of small holders established in England. This event ually led to the direction of attention to the lack of allotments, a matter in which.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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