Because of the high demand of food in Great Kourend, the Hosidius House requires a large amount of land to grow their crops in, in addition to the usage of sulphurous fertiliser, which is rumoured to speed up the growth of crops. In the Hosidius letter, it is revealed that Lord Hosidius IV persuaded the Council of Elders to give his house more land to grow crops on during a famine, explaining the House's size compared to the other Houses of Great Kourend, due to all the other houses giving half of their land to the Hosidius House.