COUNTESS TO LEARN ABOUT FARMING
With her estates now free of clebt and to seek new ideas in farming and afforestation, the Countess of Seafield, wHose father was born in Xew Zealand and whose gra.ndfather .inherited thf: earldom when he whs a farmer in New Zealand, lias sgiled in tlie Queen Eliza betlt for Amgrica with her husband. M r . St udl ey-IIe rbe r t. The Seafield family has been wealtln in land with estates in the neig'hbourhood of S00 square miles, but, poor in net income. Over 50 years ago their debts were about £300,000. In 1935 .they were reduc.ed to £70,000 and now tlfey are'flil. Lady Seafield, whose father died of ivoitiids received in action in the Fwst World War, is norv nearly 42 years 01 age. She and her husband hope thai, as a result of their visit to Ameriea, they will be able to make their. estates more profitable than ever.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 February 1948, Page 5
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156COUNTESS TO LEARN ABOUT FARMING Chronicle (Levin), 5 February 1948, Page 5
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