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Page xi
... grain than to grow it . The changes made in the system of the Corn Laws in 1766 , founded on these opi- nions , operated to the depressing of Agri- culture , and to ... grain grain almost entirely ceased , and we became ourselves importers.
... grain than to grow it . The changes made in the system of the Corn Laws in 1766 , founded on these opi- nions , operated to the depressing of Agri- culture , and to ... grain grain almost entirely ceased , and we became ourselves importers.
Page xii
... grain almost entirely ceased , and we became ourselves importers , with a deficit increas- ing annually , and that to a most alarming degree . To what extent our dependence on foreign countries might have proceeded , it is diffi- cult ...
... grain almost entirely ceased , and we became ourselves importers , with a deficit increas- ing annually , and that to a most alarming degree . To what extent our dependence on foreign countries might have proceeded , it is diffi- cult ...
Page xxii
... grain annually consumed was imported . In the two years preceding the last , a twenty- fourth part only wasr equired . In the year preceding the last , though there was a fail- ure in some of the crops , there was a suffi- ciency of grain ...
... grain annually consumed was imported . In the two years preceding the last , a twenty- fourth part only wasr equired . In the year preceding the last , though there was a fail- ure in some of the crops , there was a suffi- ciency of grain ...
Page 26
... grain which prevailed at that time induced many thousands to flock to the British camp in search of food , and I daily witnessed , for weeks together , many hundreds of all ages and sexes coming into the lines of our cavalry , and ...
... grain which prevailed at that time induced many thousands to flock to the British camp in search of food , and I daily witnessed , for weeks together , many hundreds of all ages and sexes coming into the lines of our cavalry , and ...
Page 38
... grains got from breweries or distilleries , and there was no other method known by which it could be obtained in any profitable quantity . * By Samuel Ferns , M.D. The The daily expense of the feed of a milch - 38 On supplying Milk for ...
... grains got from breweries or distilleries , and there was no other method known by which it could be obtained in any profitable quantity . * By Samuel Ferns , M.D. The The daily expense of the feed of a milch - 38 On supplying Milk for ...
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1st Jan acre advantage afford agriculture allowance ascertain attention average barley benefit Bishop of Landaff bread bushels cabbages carrots carts cash paid cattle ciety clover commencement considerable consumption contributed Corn laws cost dairy DISBURSEMENTS ditto drill duce employed equal estimate exertion expense experiment farmer favour feeding four grain grazing green crops green food ground half horses hundred improvements increase interest J. C. CURWEN John Fletcher kohlrabi kylo labour land Little Broughton loss lucerne manure means ment milch cows milk millions mode months oats object oil-cake opinion person plough population potatoes pounds practice produce profit proportion quantity quarts rye-grass saving Schoose Farm season sheep shillings sickness six pence society soiling sold steamed potatoes steaming Steaming House stewards stone straw supply supposed tion tons town turnips twelve Ulverston week weight wheat whole Workington