The Landed Interest and the Supply of FoodCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880 - 184 pages |
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Page 20
... phosphates , have made continuous corn - cropping possible and profit- able , without injury to the land , whenever soil of crops . NITRATES AND PHOSPHAtes . 21 and circumstances render such a 20 THE LANDED Interest .
... phosphates , have made continuous corn - cropping possible and profit- able , without injury to the land , whenever soil of crops . NITRATES AND PHOSPHAtes . 21 and circumstances render such a 20 THE LANDED Interest .
Page 29
... profit to the landed interests of this country , and is now being shared among them , partly in rise of rent , partly in increase of profit , and chiefly in rise of wages and expenses , and local rates . Within the last twenty - five ...
... profit to the landed interests of this country , and is now being shared among them , partly in rise of rent , partly in increase of profit , and chiefly in rise of wages and expenses , and local rates . Within the last twenty - five ...
Page 36
... profit , and depends much on the local value of the different kinds of straw . The fertility of a soil may be expressed by examples taken , 1st , in the natural state of pasture ; and , 2nd , on similar soils after treat- ment . The ...
... profit , and depends much on the local value of the different kinds of straw . The fertility of a soil may be expressed by examples taken , 1st , in the natural state of pasture ; and , 2nd , on similar soils after treat- ment . The ...
Page 37
... profit to the stock - feeder beyond the rent paid to the landowner depends on the skill with which he conducts his business . The minimum of fer- tility may be exemplified by a bleak mountain pasture , where ten acres will barely ...
... profit to the stock - feeder beyond the rent paid to the landowner depends on the skill with which he conducts his business . The minimum of fer- tility may be exemplified by a bleak mountain pasture , where ten acres will barely ...
Page 38
... the weight of corn and four times the weight of straw , for an expenditure in manure which leaves a profit of 100 per cent . on its cost . In both WITH AND WITHOUT Manure . 39 cases the wheat is 38 THE LANDEd Interest .
... the weight of corn and four times the weight of straw , for an expenditure in manure which leaves a profit of 100 per cent . on its cost . In both WITH AND WITHOUT Manure . 39 cases the wheat is 38 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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