small holding

Mrs. Burston, for that was her name, was an aged widow, whose whole income depended upon a small holding of this stock.

He would grin with amaze if told that his small holding formed the council-chamber in which was settled the affairs of a nation.

If we may trust these figures, the typical family has a small holding of from two and a half to fifteen acres.

It is absurd to compare the tenant of a small holding in Mayo with an English farmer—properly so called.

In fact, the Hawaiian living in his valley on his kuliana or small holding, leads an extremely irregular life.