Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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Page 126
... twenty- one years the landlord was charged with only one load . At that period all agriculture was in a great degree tradi- tional . There were no agricultural societies - no special journals for this great branch of national industry ...
... twenty- one years the landlord was charged with only one load . At that period all agriculture was in a great degree tradi- tional . There were no agricultural societies - no special journals for this great branch of national industry ...
Page 127
... twenty years from 1820 to 1839 there were only three hundred and thirty - one Inclo- sure Bills passed ; and the price of wheat had fallen to about the average of the ten years from 1790 to 1799 , and it continued at that average for ...
... twenty years from 1820 to 1839 there were only three hundred and thirty - one Inclo- sure Bills passed ; and the price of wheat had fallen to about the average of the ten years from 1790 to 1799 , and it continued at that average for ...
Page 128
Charles Knight. the twenty years from 1800 to 1819 , about one million acres only were inclosed in the thirty years from 1820 to 1849. * If we look then , as we shall briefly do , at the won- derfully increased production of Great ...
Charles Knight. the twenty years from 1800 to 1819 , about one million acres only were inclosed in the thirty years from 1820 to 1849. * If we look then , as we shall briefly do , at the won- derfully increased production of Great ...
Page 135
... twenty millions and a quarter . The total agricultural class comprises two million persons , of both sexes and all ages . The workers of the land form one - fourth of the whole working community . This quarter of the population provides ...
... twenty millions and a quarter . The total agricultural class comprises two million persons , of both sexes and all ages . The workers of the land form one - fourth of the whole working community . This quarter of the population provides ...
Page 142
... twenty feet down into the loose earth and gravel , and clears the rock at the bottom . He rests during the Sunday , and comes refreshed to his work on Monday morning ; when , behold , there are twelve feet of water in his pit . Suppose ...
... twenty feet down into the loose earth and gravel , and clears the rock at the bottom . He rests during the Sunday , and comes refreshed to his work on Monday morning ; when , behold , there are twelve feet of water in his pit . Suppose ...
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