The Landed Interest and the Supply of FoodCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880 - 184 pages |
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Page 4
... addition to the growing importation of live animals , prove safe and suc- cessful , we shall have the vast prairies of America , North and South , and the rich grazings of Australia added to our own pastures as new sources of supply ...
... addition to the growing importation of live animals , prove safe and suc- cessful , we shall have the vast prairies of America , North and South , and the rich grazings of Australia added to our own pastures as new sources of supply ...
Page 6
... addition that may be further required by an increase of its population . In the last ten years there has been no increase in the acreage or production of corn , and little in that of meat . The extent of green crops and grass has ...
... addition that may be further required by an increase of its population . In the last ten years there has been no increase in the acreage or production of corn , and little in that of meat . The extent of green crops and grass has ...
Page 10
... addition of that breadth gained by reclamation during the ten years ; and , as some considerable extent of land is yearly taken from cultivation by the increase of towns and the construction of new railroads , this shows an important ...
... addition of that breadth gained by reclamation during the ten years ; and , as some considerable extent of land is yearly taken from cultivation by the increase of towns and the construction of new railroads , this shows an important ...
Page 11
... addition of 203,000 acres to permanent meadow and grass . The reduction of the acreage of wheat , for which the climate of most parts of Ireland is too moist , and the considerable decline in potatoes , the tempting but precarious crop ...
... addition of 203,000 acres to permanent meadow and grass . The reduction of the acreage of wheat , for which the climate of most parts of Ireland is too moist , and the considerable decline in potatoes , the tempting but precarious crop ...
Page 66
... addition to their special busi- ness as landowners and agriculturists . Each of the three classes is constantly being altered and recruited by changes and additions . Landed property of the value of several millions sterling a year ...
... addition to their special busi- ness as landowners and agriculturists . Each of the three classes is constantly being altered and recruited by changes and additions . Landed property of the value of several millions sterling a year ...
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acreage acres advantage agri agricul agricultural labourer animal annual average barley better Britain British bushels capital Cassell cent Cheap Edition chiefly Church climate cloth gilt competition continued copyhold corn Corn Laws corn-crops Crown 8vo CROWN ESTATES cultivation demand diminution districts drainage England English enterprise equal estates expenditure extent farmer farms favourable fertility foreign supply FRANK DICKSEE GALPIN gilt edges Government grass greater green crops Illustrated inclosures increase Ireland Irish Land Act land improvement landed interests landed property landowners lease live-stock loans lord manure meat ment millions sterling natural nearly nitrate of soda oats object owners parish pasture period population potato principle produce profit proportion prosperity remunerative rent rental rise Saskatchewan Scotch Scotland settlement sheep soil tenant-farmers tenure tion tithe trade tural twenty United Kingdom value of land vast wages waste lands wheat whole yield
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Page 29 - Thirty years ago, probably not more than one-third of the people of this country consumed animal food more than once a week. Now, nearly all of them eat it, in meat, or cheese, or butter, once a day.
Page 29 - The leap which the consumption of meat took in consequence of the general rise of wages in all branches of trade and employment, could not have been met without foreign supplies...
Page 131 - France," and made that famous division of them into four parts ; one to maintain the edifice of the church, the second to support the poor, the third the bishop, and the fourth the parochial clergy...