The Landed Interest and the Supply of FoodCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880 - 184 pages |
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Page 43
... hold together less than a two - hundredth part of the land , they may be regarded as householders only . Excluding these as not properly agricultural landowners , it may then fairly be said that one person in every hundred of the entire ...
... hold together less than a two - hundredth part of the land , they may be regarded as householders only . Excluding these as not properly agricultural landowners , it may then fairly be said that one person in every hundred of the entire ...
Page 45
... hold nearly half the land , while 70 per cent . in Great Britain hold less than a fifth . Agriculture is the prin- cipal occupation of the people of Ireland , the revenue from the land there forming twice as much as that from all other ...
... hold nearly half the land , while 70 per cent . in Great Britain hold less than a fifth . Agriculture is the prin- cipal occupation of the people of Ireland , the revenue from the land there forming twice as much as that from all other ...
Page 57
... among and the them the whole of the agricultural land from capital 10 acres upwards . The owners of less than 10 their acres each hold not more than one - hundredth value of property . The tenant- farmers ; the pro- part of the land.
... among and the them the whole of the agricultural land from capital 10 acres upwards . The owners of less than 10 their acres each hold not more than one - hundredth value of property . The tenant- farmers ; the pro- part of the land.
Page 58
... hold- independent of that of the landowner . They ings , and the emula- tion that exists among them . occupy farms of very various extent , 70 per cent . of them under 50 acres each , 12 per cent . between 50 and 100 acres , and 18 per ...
... hold- independent of that of the landowner . They ings , and the emula- tion that exists among them . occupy farms of very various extent , 70 per cent . of them under 50 acres each , 12 per cent . between 50 and 100 acres , and 18 per ...
Page 71
... hold on the soil much greater than in the sister countries , and which was generally acquiesced in by the landlords , many of whom were non - residents . These three sys- tems were the natural growth of circumstances , and have become ...
... hold on the soil much greater than in the sister countries , and which was generally acquiesced in by the landlords , many of whom were non - residents . These three sys- tems were the natural growth of circumstances , and have become ...
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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...