The Landed Interest and the Supply of FoodCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880 - 184 pages |
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... Parish Clergy a Body of resident Landowners equal in Number to more than one - fourth of those over £ 200 a year , the removal of whom might prove a Change of great magnitude in its Social Effect - Her Majesty's Woods , Forests , and ...
... Parish Clergy a Body of resident Landowners equal in Number to more than one - fourth of those over £ 200 a year , the removal of whom might prove a Change of great magnitude in its Social Effect - Her Majesty's Woods , Forests , and ...
Page 47
... parish of his birth ; the man of most ancient known descent being in very many cases the labourer . The process is a wholesome one so long as the command to multiply and replenish the earth has not been fulfilled . And the general rise ...
... parish of his birth ; the man of most ancient known descent being in very many cases the labourer . The process is a wholesome one so long as the command to multiply and replenish the earth has not been fulfilled . And the general rise ...
Page 50
... occupier is not the owner of the land . Diminu- tion of agri- cultural It is worthy of note that the strictly rural parishes of England exhibit some decline of DIMINUTION OF RURAL POPULATION . 51 population . In one 50 THE LANDED Interest .
... occupier is not the owner of the land . Diminu- tion of agri- cultural It is worthy of note that the strictly rural parishes of England exhibit some decline of DIMINUTION OF RURAL POPULATION . 51 population . In one 50 THE LANDED Interest .
Page 57
... parish , and from his class the magistrates who admi- nister the criminal affairs of the county , and superintend its roads , its public buildings , and charitable institutions , are selected . Nor do his duties end here , for the ...
... parish , and from his class the magistrates who admi- nister the criminal affairs of the county , and superintend its roads , its public buildings , and charitable institutions , are selected . Nor do his duties end here , for the ...
Page 58
... 500 and 1,000 acres , and 600 occupy farms exceeding 1,000 acres . Many of them are men of liberal education , and some of these are found in most parishes and in every THE TENANT - FARMER . 59 county . A spirit 58 THE LANDED INTEREST .
... 500 and 1,000 acres , and 600 occupy farms exceeding 1,000 acres . Many of them are men of liberal education , and some of these are found in most parishes and in every THE TENANT - FARMER . 59 county . A spirit 58 THE LANDED INTEREST .
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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...