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The success of this endeavour—of which once again Oxford perhaps

gives the best example—may in the sequel add a very considerable sum to the wealth of the country, as did the allotments in the War. It will help much to the end of the re- building of village life. If villagers can see their way to a ready sale of spare produce—vegetables, eggs, jams or what not—they will answer the demand, and, one may hope, be given larger gardens. If men are the best farmers—a dictum not always true—women are certainly the best marketers; and the example of the Women's Institutes may add no inconsiderable quota to the reform of marketing, appearing on a larger scale in the sale of milk and pig produce under the Marketing Act.