The Landed Interest and the Supply of FoodCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880 - 184 pages |
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Page viii
... Wheat - Autumn Culture and Steam- power , with imported Manures , have given great command of Crops - Mr . Lawes ' Experiments : their Value and some of their special Lessons— The Experiments at Woburn - Extension of Land - drainage and ...
... Wheat - Autumn Culture and Steam- power , with imported Manures , have given great command of Crops - Mr . Lawes ' Experiments : their Value and some of their special Lessons— The Experiments at Woburn - Extension of Land - drainage and ...
Page viii
... Wheat - Autumn Culture and Steam- power , with imported Manures , have given great command of Crops - Mr . Lawes ' Experiments : their Value and some of their special Lessons— The Experiments at Woburn - Extension of Land - drainage and ...
... Wheat - Autumn Culture and Steam- power , with imported Manures , have given great command of Crops - Mr . Lawes ' Experiments : their Value and some of their special Lessons— The Experiments at Woburn - Extension of Land - drainage and ...
Page xiv
... PAGE 142-156 CHAPTER XII . Agricultural Prospects . The Bad Harvest of 1879 - Great Agricultural De- pression - Estimated Loss sustained by British CONTENTS . Wheat Growers - Stimulus given to American Agriculture xiv CONTENTS .
... PAGE 142-156 CHAPTER XII . Agricultural Prospects . The Bad Harvest of 1879 - Great Agricultural De- pression - Estimated Loss sustained by British CONTENTS . Wheat Growers - Stimulus given to American Agriculture xiv CONTENTS .
Page xv
Sir James Caird. CONTENTS . Wheat Growers - Stimulus given to American Agriculture by Unfavourable Seasons in Western Europe Comparative Produce of United States with that of England and France - The Great North - West Wheat Belt of ...
Sir James Caird. CONTENTS . Wheat Growers - Stimulus given to American Agriculture by Unfavourable Seasons in Western Europe Comparative Produce of United States with that of England and France - The Great North - West Wheat Belt of ...
Page xvi
... Wheat in the United Kingdom , per acre , during each of the last thirty years , and in three periods of ten years each Description of the " Fertile Belt " of the North- West Territory of Canada , published by Mr. Caird , in 1859 , with ...
... Wheat in the United Kingdom , per acre , during each of the last thirty years , and in three periods of ten years each Description of the " Fertile Belt " of the North- West Territory of Canada , published by Mr. Caird , in 1859 , with ...
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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...