The Landed Interest and the Supply of FoodCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880 - 184 pages |
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Page vii
... Land here — Agricultural Statistics suffi- ciently accurate for use- -Their main Features- Diminution of Corn in Ireland — Present Agricul- tural Prosperity of that Country - Extent of the various Crops and Numbers of Live Stock ...
... Land here — Agricultural Statistics suffi- ciently accurate for use- -Their main Features- Diminution of Corn in Ireland — Present Agricul- tural Prosperity of that Country - Extent of the various Crops and Numbers of Live Stock ...
Page ix
... Land ix PAGE 32-39 CHAPTER IV . Distribution of Landed Property . Tendency to Diminution in Number of small Es- tates - Proportion of Landowners to whole Popu- lation as one in a hundred - These , being Heads of Families , equivalent to ...
... Land ix PAGE 32-39 CHAPTER IV . Distribution of Landed Property . Tendency to Diminution in Number of small Es- tates - Proportion of Landowners to whole Popu- lation as one in a hundred - These , being Heads of Families , equivalent to ...
Page x
... Land Improvement . Hindrances by Settlements and Incumbrances— Expedients adopted to overcome the incapacity of Owners to provide Capital for Improvement -State Loans for Land Improvement - Followed by Loans from Land Improvement ...
... Land Improvement . Hindrances by Settlements and Incumbrances— Expedients adopted to overcome the incapacity of Owners to provide Capital for Improvement -State Loans for Land Improvement - Followed by Loans from Land Improvement ...
Page xi
... Land . Great Rise in the Value of Land since the Repeal of the Corn Laws - only partly due to the Out- lay of Capital in Improvements - Greatest Rise has been in the Grazing Counties , on Grass- lands , and in Scotland - The Cause of ...
... Land . Great Rise in the Value of Land since the Repeal of the Corn Laws - only partly due to the Out- lay of Capital in Improvements - Greatest Rise has been in the Grazing Counties , on Grass- lands , and in Scotland - The Cause of ...
Page xii
... Lands passed - Extent of Public Roads constructed and Value of Lands devoted to Public Objects , at the Cost of the Owners of Common Rights , equal to one - eighth of Value of the whole Land inclosed - Enfranchisement of Copyhold Lands ...
... Lands passed - Extent of Public Roads constructed and Value of Lands devoted to Public Objects , at the Cost of the Owners of Common Rights , equal to one - eighth of Value of the whole Land inclosed - Enfranchisement of Copyhold Lands ...
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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 diminution districts drainage England English enterprise equal estates expenditure extent farmer farms favourable fertility FRANK DICKSEE Galpin & Co.'s 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 supply 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...