The Landed Interest and the Supply of FoodCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880 - 184 pages |
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Page 11
... continued extension . In live - stock there has been a moderate increase in Great Britain during the past ten years . tion of corn crease of grass in Ireland . In Ireland the change of crops has been Diminu- greater than in England or ...
... continued extension . In live - stock there has been a moderate increase in Great Britain during the past ten years . tion of corn crease of grass in Ireland . In Ireland the change of crops has been Diminu- greater than in England or ...
Page 22
... continued , but this species of plant being found , when grown too frequently on the same land , to be peculiarly subject to disease , which no con- ditions of manuring appeared capable of ob- viating , they were discontinued . With ...
... continued , but this species of plant being found , when grown too frequently on the same land , to be peculiarly subject to disease , which no con- ditions of manuring appeared capable of ob- viating , they were discontinued . With ...
Page 23
... continued for series of years , and the result published ; also on sugar- beet ; and in 1876a commencement was made with potatoes . His experiments on the corn crops go on without cessation . In 1856 an important series of experiments ...
... continued for series of years , and the result published ; also on sugar- beet ; and in 1876a commencement was made with potatoes . His experiments on the corn crops go on without cessation . In 1856 an important series of experiments ...
Page 35
... continued . rise in the value of live - stock . The soil varies greatly in fertility , and its cultivation is regulated both by the amount it yields and the cost of cultivating it . The most profitable and productive soil is that which ...
... continued . rise in the value of live - stock . The soil varies greatly in fertility , and its cultivation is regulated both by the amount it yields and the cost of cultivating it . The most profitable and productive soil is that which ...
Page 48
... continued , partly to Great Britain and the colonies , but chiefly to the United States . The population had fallen in 1871 to 5,412,000 , and was then almost the same as that of 1801 , seventy years before . There is no darker page ...
... continued , partly to Great Britain and the colonies , but chiefly to the United States . The population had fallen in 1871 to 5,412,000 , and was then almost the same as that of 1801 , seventy years before . There is no darker page ...
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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...