The Landed Interest and the Supply of FoodCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880 - 184 pages |
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Page ix
... of Prosperity - Diminu- tion of Agricultural Population — and of Yeomen farming their own Land - Experiment of Peasant Proprietors in Ireland - Plan Recommended 40-55 ... CHAPTER V. Landowner , Farmer , and Labourer . The.
... of Prosperity - Diminu- tion of Agricultural Population — and of Yeomen farming their own Land - Experiment of Peasant Proprietors in Ireland - Plan Recommended 40-55 ... CHAPTER V. Landowner , Farmer , and Labourer . The.
Page x
... tion now better than at any previous Period , comparing their Wages with the Price of Bread -Each of the three Classes constantly recruited by changes of Property and Employment - Re- sult of the System , compared with that of other ...
... tion now better than at any previous Period , comparing their Wages with the Price of Bread -Each of the three Classes constantly recruited by changes of Property and Employment - Re- sult of the System , compared with that of other ...
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... tion of its agriculture . That of England has attained an exceptionally high productiveness . The best of our land has long been occupied , and , though there is yet much of the inferior class that admits of improvement , it has become ...
... tion of its agriculture . That of England has attained an exceptionally high productiveness . The best of our land has long been occupied , and , though there is yet much of the inferior class that admits of improvement , it has become ...
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... tion of corn crease of grass in Ireland . In Ireland the change of crops has been Diminu- greater than in England or Scotland , the extent and in- of land under corn having diminished in ten years by 12 per cent . Wheat has fallen to ...
... tion of corn crease of grass in Ireland . In Ireland the change of crops has been Diminu- greater than in England or Scotland , the extent and in- of land under corn having diminished in ten years by 12 per cent . Wheat has fallen to ...
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... land is clean and in high condition and can bear the application of special manure , and where the agriculturist is free to follow a C use of power in tion of Successive corn - crops . Use to which this might be put in time of.
... land is clean and in high condition and can bear the application of special manure , and where the agriculturist is free to follow a C use of power in tion of Successive corn - crops . Use to which this might be put in time of.
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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...