Where shall we get meat? The food supplies of western Europe. To which is appended a paper on the production of food |
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... Rents - Export of Cattle - English Purchasers - Advance in the Price of Meat -Imports into Great Britain - Short Supply of British Cattle -Cheap Bread - Dear Meat . 142 LETTER XIV . WATERLOO . Classes who visit it - Was it one of the ...
... Rents - Export of Cattle - English Purchasers - Advance in the Price of Meat -Imports into Great Britain - Short Supply of British Cattle -Cheap Bread - Dear Meat . 142 LETTER XIV . WATERLOO . Classes who visit it - Was it one of the ...
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... even though no mortgage or similar security was created , to the detriment of his creditors . In Guernsey there is also a very singular regulation . MORTGAGES - RENT OF LAND . 11 Mortgagees there receive 10 FOOD SUPPLIES OF WESTERN EUROPE .
... even though no mortgage or similar security was created , to the detriment of his creditors . In Guernsey there is also a very singular regulation . MORTGAGES - RENT OF LAND . 11 Mortgagees there receive 10 FOOD SUPPLIES OF WESTERN EUROPE .
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... rented : thus when the estate is small and cannot well be subdivided , one member of the family takes all and pays a rent to his co - proprietors until he can redeem it , or when a man wishes to get a large farm he must rent from two or ...
... rented : thus when the estate is small and cannot well be subdivided , one member of the family takes all and pays a rent to his co - proprietors until he can redeem it , or when a man wishes to get a large farm he must rent from two or ...
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... rent a portion of the product of the labour of the tiller of the soil . No one can disturb him in the possession of his farm . He enjoys , or leaves to his family , all the improvements which he makes . This stimulates the occupier and ...
... rent a portion of the product of the labour of the tiller of the soil . No one can disturb him in the possession of his farm . He enjoys , or leaves to his family , all the improvements which he makes . This stimulates the occupier and ...
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... rental of one of his estates had , in consequence of the facilities of the English markets , advanced , and yielded from 2,400 francs , to 3,000 francs per an- num increase , and that the condition of the farmers has improved in a ...
... rental of one of his estates had , in consequence of the facilities of the English markets , advanced , and yielded from 2,400 francs , to 3,000 francs per an- num increase , and that the condition of the farmers has improved in a ...
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agricultural produce Amsterdam animals arable land average Barley Basle Belgian Belgium Berne Britain British Brussels bushels butter calves cattle cent cereals cheese consumed consumption corn cows crops crown 8vo cultivation decrease district Dutch Edition England English acres estimated exports of cattle farm farmers flax flesh-formers foreign France French George Nicholls grain hectares hectolitres Holland horses imports increase inhabitants Ireland labour lake large number lessened live stock London Lucerne Malo manufactures manure Mayence miles milk Mudden nations nearly Netherlands North Holland number of cattle Oats pigs political economy population Post 8vo potatoes price of meat production of food province quantity railway rent Rhine Rotterdam Russia Scotland seed sheep silk Sir George Nicholls soil statistics steamers supply of meat Swiss Switzerland tillage Total town turnips United Kingdom vols West Flanders Wheat wine
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