. A free farmer in a free state: a study of rural life and industry and agricultural politics in an agricultural country . nscriptuniforms which fit just as much as conscripts uniformsusually do, Holland in fishermans and fishergirls costume,to the long wide, lungs-filling, formal parade of Schevenin-gen. How many cities are there where one may enjoy theadvantages of a capital, a restful sight of deep green, ofrich pasture, old villages and a sky famous the world over,the delights of the woodland and the pleasures of the sea—and the rest of a change of language and minor customs—within so smal
. A free farmer in a free state: a study of rural life and industry and agricultural politics in an agricultural country . nscriptuniforms which fit just as much as conscripts uniformsusually do, Holland in fishermans and fishergirls costume,to the long wide, lungs-filling, formal parade of Schevenin-gen. How many cities are there where one may enjoy theadvantages of a capital, a restful sight of deep green, ofrich pasture, old villages and a sky famous the world over,the delights of the woodland and the pleasures of the sea—and the rest of a change of language and minor customs—within so small a geographical compass? But to the land! i;6 A FREE FARMER IN A FREE STATE Some Interesting Prices.—I had the advantage ofseeing the cattle of South and North Holland, on good andaverage farms alike, under the guidance of Mr. H. Schuur-man, the director of that efficient organisation, the Nether-lands Herdbook Society. Some account of the operationsof that body, which counts for so much in the agriculturallife and industry of Holland, appear in Chapter VIII. I remember that the first thing which attracted the. [After Kloot Meyburg (Schetzen van Boerenhuizen, Brusse) South Holland and Gelderland Type of Farmhouse attention of my travelling companion was the wages on ano acre farm near The Hague where 30 or 40 cows weremilked. A milkmaid was getting from £15 to ;^20 andboard. It is true the milking begins at , a notuncommon hour in Holland when the cans have to be sentsome distance. Five men were getting i6s. 8d. a week allthe year round, without food. I should estimate the farmerstaxes at about ;i^io a year on the top of a rent of from £4to £s an acre. But he reckoned to get 3^ tons of hay an SOUTH HOLLAND 177 acre. I believe he uses hardly any artificial; only the dungfrom the byres. I noticed at this farm, by the way, an ingenious contri-vance for the chickens; they raised the lid of their corntrough by means of their weight on a spring board. Near this far
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