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An inquiry into the Corn laws and Corn trade of Great Britain and their influence on the prosperity of the Kingdom / Dirom, Alexander. Added a supplement by William Mackie bringing down the consideration of the subject to the present Time, investigating the cause of the present scarcity ...
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ON THE CORN LAWS.

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se Produce of a Farm of$o4 acres, very fertile land, and in a bigh Jlate ; me [O- of cultivation.

of ad Nos. at I 72 acres pafture, to be Poe up in rotation, reckoned to produce 12-ftones

, beef or mutton per acre Pounds. Meals.

of He in all 12,096 at ilb.permeal 16,128

4 Potatoes, 250 bufhels per acre, )1= I]. 90lb. per bufhel- 90,000 at Izlb. 67,500 F+ 68 Turnip, at 24 ftones beef or

mutton per acre= 22,848 at21bs,. 20404 ace HIT,#72 acres bariey, confumed in ale and Es

fpirits. IV P: É

| IV. 72, acres clover and hay, confumed by

the horfes V. 72. acres wheat, at 32 bufhels, at 6olb. dd bread per bufhel- 148,240 at 3lb. 107,653- VI. 72 acres peafe and beans, confumed à

on- by horfes.- acres oats, at 60 bufhels, 4,320

[ of": of which one half confumed ñ| by horfes:= 2,160 On À one third in pottage È 1,440 3; 840 O pec ks oat-meal: on| at 24 meals 92,160 {on h in bread= 720 bufhels, or 19,200 lbs. rue, bread at 4 per meal 256,600 * Garden EL ground, al- 19 Jlowing about 4 EE 7 of an acre 514 acress Meals in the year 1,005)429,505(39224 to each fa- mily. In this manner, a farm of 504 acres of very fertile land, a high ftate of cultivation, could maintain 392 people, old and young, living on a mixture of animal and vegetable food, À : 7e ne-_:=__ ü PRE EE. Eee ete_ Evene ms Rues ee- RTS d