ENGLAND'S LARGEST ARABLE FARMER
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—A letter from Mr. George Baylis, that appeared in the Spectator of May 24 has just been brought to my notice. It would have been answered at once if I had seen it. The village that disappeared is by Snape on the highland a few miles from Marlboro'. I have visited the site many times and have taken photographs. It was first described by Mr. Orwin who wrote the charming pamphlet about Mr. Baylis's genius for farming. The incident of its disappearance was given, not in reference to Mr. Baylis, but to the neighbouring grass farms with which his system was contrasted. There was one misprint in the passage quoted by Mr. Baylis : " In the Baylis country " should have read " in the Prairie country." No one can have a higher admiration for Mr. Baylis than I
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