This vintage text contains a wealth of practical and useful information on laying out a smallholding. It deals with small holdings of about an acre-and-a-half, though will be of use to anyone with slightly smaller or larger plots of land too. A short text, it is packed with knowledge gained from personal experience, and is not to be missed by the smallholder, or collectors of literature of this ilk. Many antiquarian books such as becoming increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are proudly republishing this book now in an affordable modern edition - complete with a new introduction on homesteading.