ken ness , ▁and ▁opposed ▁what ▁he ▁saw ▁as ▁excess ive ▁numbers ▁of ▁public ▁houses ▁and ▁und uly ▁la x ▁alco hol ▁lic ens ing ▁reg ulations . ▁But ▁he ▁was ▁never ▁a ▁prohib ition ist : ▁after ▁returning ▁from ▁a ▁tour ▁of ▁French ▁v ine y ards ▁he ▁wrote ▁to ▁The ▁Times ▁protest ing ▁against ▁Britain ' s ▁high ▁tax ▁on ▁the ▁import ation ▁of ▁French ▁wine , ▁which ▁he ▁saw ▁as ▁unf air ▁and ▁as ▁contrib uting ▁to ▁rural ▁pover ty ▁in ▁France . ▁ ▁Rus kin ' s ▁emphas is ▁on ▁practical ▁skills ▁was ▁a ▁lif el ong ▁influence ▁on ▁Ra wn s ley , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁county ▁coun c ill or ▁he ▁promoted ▁a ▁mobile ▁da iry ▁h yg iene ▁unit . ▁Its ▁horse - dra wn ▁dai ries ▁tou red ▁the ▁far ms ▁and ▁villages , ▁showing ▁how ▁to ▁produce ▁but ter ▁and ▁che ese ▁to ▁the ▁highest ▁standards . ▁Griff ith s ▁comments ▁that ▁it ▁not ▁only ▁improved ▁life ▁for ▁local ▁farm ▁workers ▁but ▁also ▁led ▁to ▁increased ▁competition ▁against ▁Dan ish ▁da iry ▁imports . ▁This ▁initi ative ▁developed ▁into ▁the ▁Newton ▁R igg ▁Farm ▁School , ▁near ▁Pen r ith , ▁which ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁and ▁( at ▁ 2 0 2 0 ) ▁continues ▁as ▁Newton ▁R igg ▁College . ▁Ra wn s ley ▁was ▁also ▁instrument al ▁in ▁found ing ▁a ▁san ator ium ▁for ▁t uber cul osis ▁patients ▁on ▁B len c ath ra , ▁