The Times of Monday gives an interesting account of an
" agricultural jubilee," which was lately celebrated on the Suffolk estates of Lord Tollemache, who has just completed a fifty years' possession of his land. A detailed record of all the good done and improvements carried out since 1840 by this excellent landlord, who has managed to realise the dreams of the enthusiasts without creating a single " folly," would be most valuable. On the Helmingham estates there are over three hundred cottages, each with three bedrooms and half-an-acre of allotment, and in most cases the ground is actually attached to the house and garden. On the Cheshire estates not only has as good accommodation been provided for the labourers' families, but by a system of "cow-clubs," the labourer has been able to become an owner of live-stock. Lord Tollemache, in spite of bad times, has not, it is said, lost, but has benefited by his good work. Indeed, this is the pleasantest feature of the whole, for it makes it possible for other and poorer men to follow his example.
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