The Landed Interest and the Supply of FoodCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880 - 184 pages |
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Sir James Caird. THE 238 24 LANDED INTEREST AND THE SUPPLY OF FOOD . BY JAMES CAIRD , F.R.S. , Xxx Author of " English Agriculture in 1850 and 1851. " FOURTH EDITION . CASSELL , PETTER , GALPIN & CO .: LONDON , PARIS & NEW YORK . 1880 ...
Sir James Caird. THE 238 24 LANDED INTEREST AND THE SUPPLY OF FOOD . BY JAMES CAIRD , F.R.S. , Xxx Author of " English Agriculture in 1850 and 1851. " FOURTH EDITION . CASSELL , PETTER , GALPIN & CO .: LONDON , PARIS & NEW YORK . 1880 ...
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... such emendations as have been rendered neces- sary by the increasing pressure of foreign competition . 8 , QUEEN'S GATE GARDENS , LONDON , June , 1880 . 22224 J. C. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Home and Foreign Supply of Food.
... such emendations as have been rendered neces- sary by the increasing pressure of foreign competition . 8 , QUEEN'S GATE GARDENS , LONDON , June , 1880 . 22224 J. C. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Home and Foreign Supply of Food.
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... Supply of Food - Value of Cereal and Animal Food im- ported from Abroad - Rapid Rise in the Value of Meat - will be checked by Importations from America - Proportion of Home and Foreign Supply of Food in this Country - England now ...
... Supply of Food - Value of Cereal and Animal Food im- ported from Abroad - Rapid Rise in the Value of Meat - will be checked by Importations from America - Proportion of Home and Foreign Supply of Food in this Country - England now ...
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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...