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<blockquote data-quote="Red Fred" data-source="post: 8204350" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>Looking at some old local history books, the vicar in 1895 was complaining about the rapid decline in agriculture in the locality. As well as claiming that the best lads were emigrating to the colonies, leaving the idle and unambitious behind, he was also complaining about the enormous growth in dairying.</p><p>Because of the long lasting ag. recession, the local estates were throwing up small dairy units which could be rented out to take advantage of the new railway connections which allowed the rapid carriage of fresh milk to the expanding towns like Bournemouth and Southampton. To a lesser extent, they were creating small market gardens on the sandy soils and selling them to good lifers who couldn't afford decent land, and who tended to sell up once reality had set in.</p><p>The traditional mixed farmers (or so the vicar said) saw this as shameful profiteering and dairying was very much seen as "cashing in" and not proper farming at all. The general feeling was that knowledge and skill was being lost due to the modern greed and newfangled ideas. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Red Fred, post: 8204350, member: 189"] Looking at some old local history books, the vicar in 1895 was complaining about the rapid decline in agriculture in the locality. As well as claiming that the best lads were emigrating to the colonies, leaving the idle and unambitious behind, he was also complaining about the enormous growth in dairying. Because of the long lasting ag. recession, the local estates were throwing up small dairy units which could be rented out to take advantage of the new railway connections which allowed the rapid carriage of fresh milk to the expanding towns like Bournemouth and Southampton. To a lesser extent, they were creating small market gardens on the sandy soils and selling them to good lifers who couldn't afford decent land, and who tended to sell up once reality had set in. The traditional mixed farmers (or so the vicar said) saw this as shameful profiteering and dairying was very much seen as "cashing in" and not proper farming at all. The general feeling was that knowledge and skill was being lost due to the modern greed and newfangled ideas. :) [/QUOTE]
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