Broad green meadows, where the cattle graze beside the streams and in the plains; rolling uplands, ploughed and sown, where the barley nourishes; deep rich wheatlands; high hills and shadowy woods; grey church towers; new glaring schools; quiet wayside inns, and ancient farmhouses tenanted for generations by the same families.
Farmers have long since discovered that it is best to rent under a very large owner, whether personal as in this case, or impersonal as a college or corporation.

A very large owner like this can be, and is, more liberal.
He puts up sheds, and he drains, and improves, and builds good cottages for the labourers.

Provided, of course, that no serious malpractice comes to light, he, as represented by his steward, never interferes, and the tenant is personally free.

No one watches his goings out and comings in; he has no sense of an eye for ever looking over the park wall.

There is a total absence of the grasping spirit sometimes shown.