The Landed Interest and the Supply of FoodCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880 - 184 pages |
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Page viii
... Landed Property PAGE 15-31 CHAPTER III . Soil , Climate , and Crops . Extent of Country and Proportion of various Crops -as influenced by Climate , Situation , and Rain- 1 CONTENTS . fall - Weight and relative Value of Corn viii CONTENTS .
... Landed Property PAGE 15-31 CHAPTER III . Soil , Climate , and Crops . Extent of Country and Proportion of various Crops -as influenced by Climate , Situation , and Rain- 1 CONTENTS . fall - Weight and relative Value of Corn viii CONTENTS .
Page vii
... Proportion of Home and Foreign Supply of Food in this Country - England now chiefly dependent on Foreign Supplies for further Increase - Cost of Carriage equal to the Rent of Land here — Agricultural Statistics suffi- ciently accurate ...
... Proportion of Home and Foreign Supply of Food in this Country - England now chiefly dependent on Foreign Supplies for further Increase - Cost of Carriage equal to the Rent of Land here — Agricultural Statistics suffi- ciently accurate ...
Page viii
... .. PAGE 15-31 CHAPTER III . Soil , Climate , and Crops . Extent of Country and Proportion of various Crops —as influenced by Climate , Situation , and Rain- CONTENTS . fall - Weight and relative Value of Corn viii CONTENTS .
... .. PAGE 15-31 CHAPTER III . Soil , Climate , and Crops . Extent of Country and Proportion of various Crops —as influenced by Climate , Situation , and Rain- CONTENTS . fall - Weight and relative Value of Corn viii CONTENTS .
Page ix
... Proportion of Landowners to whole Popu- lation as one in a hundred - These , being Heads of Families , equivalent to one in twenty - Hence one - twentieth of Population interested in Landed Property Increased to one - fifth by the ...
... Proportion of Landowners to whole Popu- lation as one in a hundred - These , being Heads of Families , equivalent to one in twenty - Hence one - twentieth of Population interested in Landed Property Increased to one - fifth by the ...
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... the English producer has the advantage of about a penny a pound in the cost and risk of transport against his Transatlantic and Australian PROPORTION OF FOREIGN TO HOME SUPPLY . 5 competitor an 4 THE LANDED INTEREST .
... the English producer has the advantage of about a penny a pound in the cost and risk of transport against his Transatlantic and Australian PROPORTION OF FOREIGN TO HOME SUPPLY . 5 competitor an 4 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...