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Twentieth
century farmers: Mr.
Webster Cory, an early 20th century farmer.
Mr. Webster Cory farmed the 1000 acre Manor Farm at Notgrove in the Gloucestershire
Cotswolds, which he had acquired in 1916. During the 1920s, and in the
midst of an economic decline, he undertook a complete rethink of the farm,
dividing it into four self-contained units, in which the closest attention
was paid to efficiency and the reduction of costs. All costs were broken
down and allocated to the separate departments in order to monitor profitability
on a continuing basis. By doing so, he made sure that each unit could
be expanded or contracted as prevailing economic conditions dictated.
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