A REASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF COUNTY COUNCIL SMALLHOLDINGS
重新评估了郡议会小农地产的作用，指出其面临租户减少和土地成本上升的困境，并探讨了其在农村土地利用中的潜在未来角色。
County Council smallholding estates were established early this century, reaching a peak in terms of numbers of tenants and area of land at about the time of the Second World War. Since then there has been a gradual reduction in their area and a rapid decline in the numbers of tenants. Debate about their role is concentrated on the inevitable conflict embodied in a policy which operates to resist market forces and yet which expects smallholders to achieve an adequate income within a market context. The declining numbers of tenants and the escalating land costs of providing smallholdings, especially where further output price reductions are anticipated, reemphasises the need to examine the position and prospects for smallholdings. A potential future role is outlined in relation to the wider issues of rural land use.