The Landed Interest and the Supply of FoodCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880 - 184 pages |
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Page xii
... Persons to whom Waste 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 ...
... Persons to whom Waste 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 ...
Page 43
... person in every hundred of the entire population is a land- owner . Subdividing that figure by the average numbers of each family , it may be concluded that every twentieth head of a family is an owner of land . But the tenant - farmers ...
... person in every hundred of the entire population is a land- owner . Subdividing that figure by the average numbers of each family , it may be concluded that every twentieth head of a family is an owner of land . But the tenant - farmers ...
Page 44
... persons , at an average for each of 16,200 acres ; another fourth by 6,200 persons , at an average for each of 3,150 acres ; another fourth by 50,770 persons , at an average for each of 380 acres ; whilst the remaining fourth is held by ...
... persons , at an average for each of 16,200 acres ; another fourth by 6,200 persons , at an average for each of 3,150 acres ; another fourth by 50,770 persons , at an average for each of 380 acres ; whilst the remaining fourth is held by ...
Page 66
... persons capable of competing for small properties , there is a certain inducement to offer it for subdivision on sale . In every county many farms change their tenants at Lady Day or Michaelmas , new men with new ideas . being ...
... persons capable of competing for small properties , there is a certain inducement to offer it for subdivision on sale . In every county many farms change their tenants at Lady Day or Michaelmas , new men with new ideas . being ...
Page 85
... persons or companies was substituted , the existing Government machinery of inspec- tion and control , which had been found on the whole to work well , was continued by remunera- racter . Object of continuing Govern- ment con- trol ...
... persons or companies was substituted , the existing Government machinery of inspec- tion and control , which had been found on the whole to work well , was continued by remunera- racter . Object of continuing Govern- ment con- trol ...
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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...