The Landed Interest and the Supply of FoodCassell, Petter, Galpin, 1880 - 184 pages |
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... 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 Interests of Tenant - farmers as ...
... 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 Interests of Tenant - farmers as ...
Page xii
... whole Land inclosed - Enfranchisement of Copyhold Lands and Buildings - Number com- pleted - Extinction of this objectionable kind of Tenure desirable - Mode of accomplishing this 120-130 CONTENTS . CHAPTER X. Church , Crown , and ...
... whole Land inclosed - Enfranchisement of Copyhold Lands and Buildings - Number com- pleted - Extinction of this objectionable kind of Tenure desirable - Mode of accomplishing this 120-130 CONTENTS . CHAPTER X. Church , Crown , and ...
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... whole . In the ten years since that time the importation of meat has more than doubled , butter and cheese have risen nearly one - third , wheat more than a third , and other grain has doubled . Inclusive of wool , nearly one- half of ...
... whole . In the ten years since that time the importation of meat has more than doubled , butter and cheese have risen nearly one - third , wheat more than a third , and other grain has doubled . Inclusive of wool , nearly one- half of ...
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... whole . It has now risen to nearly one - half . This country thus derives from foreign dependent lands , not only more than one - half of its on foreign supply for bread and nearly one - half in value of its further increase . meat ...
... whole . It has now risen to nearly one - half . This country thus derives from foreign dependent lands , not only more than one - half of its on foreign supply for bread and nearly one - half in value of its further increase . meat ...
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... whole there has been a diminution of 267,000 acres of land under corn , and an addition of 203,000 acres to permanent meadow and grass . The reduction of the acreage of wheat , for which the climate of most parts of Ireland is too moist ...
... whole there has been a diminution of 267,000 acres of land under corn , and an addition of 203,000 acres to permanent meadow and grass . The reduction of the acreage of wheat , for which the climate of most parts of Ireland is too moist ...
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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...