The Rural Economy of England, Scotland, and Ireland

acres agriculture agriculturists amount animals Arthur Young average Bakewell barley breed British British Isles capital cattle cause cent cereals corn cows crops cultivation Dishley districts divided Duke Edition England England proper English equal expense extent farmers fattening favourable Fcap FELICIA HEMANS fertility fifty five Foolscap 8vo forest francs per hectare French give grass greater half hectolitres Highlands horses immense improved income increase industry Ireland Irish island KEITH JOHNSTON kind labour Lancashire land large farming large property leases least Leicestershire less Lord Lowlands maize manufactures manure means meat milk millions of hectares mountains natural nearly neighbours oats owing pastures population portion possess present principle produce profit proprietors prosperity quantity race reckoned rent revolution rich rural economy scarcely Scotch Scotland sheep superior Sutherlandshire tenant tenant-right thousand acres tion towns turnips United Kingdom wages Wales wealth wheat whole wool