24 MAY 1930, Page 19

ENGLAND'S LARGEST ARABLE FARMER [To the . Editor of the SPECTATOR]

Sin,—In your issue of May 3rd there was a review of the pamphlet issued by the Oxford University Press, re above. The following incorrect statement was made by your reviewer :

" Cottages, homestead, farm buildings, and in one place a whole village, church and all, vanished. What do the smallholders of Lambotune, which lies in the Baylis country' say ? "

I ask your reviewer .to prove this statement in the columns of the Spectator. , I am the largest employer of agricultural labour in South England.. Directly or indirectly I find a liveli- hood for 1,000 men, women and children.—I am, Sir, .4!fic.,