ENGLAND BACK TO THE LAND

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 146, 17 March 1934, Page 18

ENGLAND BACK TO THE LAND

Boom In Midget Farms

Midget farms are booming In the north of England. And this is the reason why. This week marks the end of the agricultural year, and, the “Sunday Chronicle” understands, a demand has arisen for small farms for which big rentals are being offered by tenants changing over. Offers of £3 an acre and more are being made for 50 to 75 acre farms in many parts of Lancashire and York shire by farmers who have found that big holdings are not economical these days. More and more farmers arc turning to dairying Instead of ploughing out

their land, and a small and compact holding surrounding the farm buildings is, agriculturists have found, a better proposition in many cases than a 200 or 300 acre farm. Many of these midget farms whore the dairy farmer has become a pro-ducer-retailer are little goldmines. “Small and well conditioned farms will always fetch good rentals,” one of the National Farmers’ Union secretaries in the north told the “Sunday Chronicle.” “In some cases this year prospective new tenants are offering more for small farms than the out-going tenant* have been paying.”