26 JANUARY 1929, Page 20

HOMECROFTS AND THE SLUI1I

• • • [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I extend an invitation to any of the societies now engaged on the housing of the poorer workers, to look out for families who love the land and long ,for two-fifths of an acre on which to grow their own food in their spare time ? If any society can muster twenty or twenty-five such families and see a prospect of suitable land, they might care to imitate and better our Homecroft experiment, in which case all the knowledge and experience we have gained at Cheltenham would be placed freely and gladly at their disposal.—I am,