27 JANUARY 1933, Page 14

Country Life

A COLLECTIVE COUNTRY MARKET.

About midsummer an experiment in both production and marketing was started in East Grinstead on the lines of an earlier trial trip. Its success and its possibilities have aston- ished perhaps most of those who have watched its progress. A few smallholders have raised their income from little to much ; and much extra money has come into many poor homes. More than this—from the national point of view— production has increased hand over fist. This modest, thoughtful beginning has now been formally christened. A name has been given to its principle and practice ; and the meaning of the name is worth the enquiry of producers or would-be producers all over the country : smallholders, ex-soldiers, members of Women's Institutes and their urban counterpart, men who are out of work, those who have command of any patch of ground may take a hand to their profit. I would venture that most dangerous thing, a definite prophecy, that we shall see about Britain a steady extension of the " Collective Country Market " as established at East Grinstead. * * * *