Whatever movement is originated in the neighbourhood finds him occupying a prominent position.
He goes to London as the representative of the local agricultural chamber; perhaps waits upon a Cabinet Minister as one of the deputation.

He speaks regularly at the local chamber meetings; his name is ever in the papers.
The press are invited to inspect his farms, and are furnished with minute details.

Every now and then a sketch of his life and doings, perhaps illustrated with a portrait, appears in some agricultural periodical.

At certain seasons of the year parties of gentlemen are conducted over his place.

In parochial or district matters he is a leading man.
Is it a cottage flower-show, a penny reading, a cricket club, a benefit society--it does not matter what, his subscriptions, his name, and his voice are heard in it.