 | Arthur Young - 1793 - 588 pages
...farms, vhere the little farmer is to be found who wiH cover his whole farm with marl, at the rate of ico to 150 tons per acre? who. will drain all his land at the cxpcnce of two or three pounds an is in proportion to food, thofe who urge that great farms ar« injurious,... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - 1805 - 602 pages
...worthy of attention. " Let me demand," says that enlightened agriculturist, " of the advocates for small farms, where the little farmer is to be found, who...cover his whole farm with marl at the rate of 100 or 150 tons per acre; who will drain all his lands at the expence of L. 2 or L. 3 per acre ; who will... | |
 | 1824 - 884 pages
...never enable him to accumulate stock to any extent. " Where," asks Mr Young, " is the little farmer to be found who will cover his whole farm with marl, at the rate of 1 00 to 1 50 tons per acre ? who will drain all his land at the expence of two or three pounds an acre... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1837 - 656 pages
...when land is occupied by large and opulent farmers. "Where," asks Arthur Young, " is the little farmer to be found who will cover his whole farm with marl at the rate of 100 or 150 tons per acre ? who will drain all his land at the expense of 2/. or 3/. an acre ? who will... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1839 - 782 pages
...when land is occupied by large and opulent farmers. " Where," asks Arthur Young, "is the little farmer to be found who will cover his whole farm with marl at the rate of 100 or 150 tons per acre? who will drain all his land at the expense of 21. or 31. an acre ? who will pay... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 pages
...inability of farmers to do justice to the soil. " Where," asks Arthur Young, " is the little fanner to be found who will cover his whole farm with marl at the rate of 100 or 150 tons per acre ? Who will drain all his land at the expense of 11. or 31. an acre ? Who will... | |
 | 1847 - 784 pages
...improvements can only be carried out by large and opulent farmers, asking us — " Where is the little farmer to be found who will cover his whole farm with marl at the rate of 100 or 150 tons per acre, who will drain all his land at the expense of £2 or i£3 per acre, who will... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1848 - 244 pages
...any novel project or considerable improvement. " Where," asks Arthur Young, " is the little farmer to be found who will cover his whole farm with marl at the rate of 100 or 150 tons an acre ? who will drain all his land at an expense of 21. or 31. per acre? who will pay... | |
 | David Cunningham (civil engineer.) - 1878 - 424 pages
...position of Arthur Young is impregnable. He says l : — ' Let me demand of the advocates of small farms where the little farmer is to be found who will cover his whole farm with marl, ai the rate of 100 to 150 tons per acre; who will drain all his land, at the expense of 2l, or 3/.... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1887 - 648 pages
...cultivation, and of the manifest connection between these two facts. ' Where,' he asks, ' is the little farmer to be found who will cover his whole farm with marl...tons per acre ? who will drain all his land at the expense of 21. or 3Z. per acre ? . . . who to improve the breed of his sheep will give 1 ,000 guineas... | |
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