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Show SHARE PROFITS OF THE FARMS Depopulation of English Villages Pre-, vented by This Menns. With a view to placing u check" up- on the depopulation of Kentish villages, vil-lages, which 'is reaching alarming proportions, severnl largo land own-nrs own-nrs havo decided upon n system of profit sharing wl'tli their agricultural laborers, hoping by this means to stlmuluto "Hoilgo" to tako a greater interest In his employment. The system of sharing farm profits large estate owner o. Scotney Castle. Every year tho hands aro called- together to-gether and each receives a sharo of was Initiated by E. W. Hussey. a tho profits made on the year's working work-ing of, tho farms. On tho last occasion oc-casion of tho profit-sharing each roan received $13.13,-whllu a youth's share amounted to $8.75. In cases where several members of a family aro engaged en-gaged on a farm sums approaching I4X.GG havo been taken home. Tho system has had such successful results that Mr. Iiussoy has received numerous) Inquiries aslng for details as to the working of tho schome, with tho conseouencp that othpr farmers farm-ers hi tho county havo expressed their intention of working on similar lines. All tho omployys qn Mr. Hussoy's Lambcrhurst estate now take such a keen Interest in their work that thoy exhibit no Inclination whatever to migrate to tho towns.- Lamber-hurst, Lamber-hurst, though a very small place, ha3 long been looked upon as a model village, vil-lage, everything bolng done to encourage encour-age the Inhabitants to remain within Us boundaries. The wealthy residents resi-dents In tho neighborhood havo established es-tablished a number of up-to-date ro-creatlvo ro-creatlvo Institutions and tho Ylllaga Is unaffected by tho problem of the unemployed. |