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by the message of the governor of New York, there can be no ground for the despairing of 
like results anywhere where kind treatment and honest regard for their rights can be 
extended to the Indian race for a sufficient length of time to give them faith in the perma- 
nence of such a policy.” : / 
The enlightening influences of agriculture have been one of the most efficient aids in 
accomplishing the much that has been done forthe advancement of the Indians of New York. 
4 
EVILS OF LAND MONOPOLY. 
The following just views of the cause of land monopoly occur in an address 
at the recent annual fair of the State Board of Agriculture of Nebraska, delivered 
by Major H. F. Brooks, of Rochester, New York, and heartily endorsed by 
the actual settlers of Nebraska, and warmly seconded by the secretary of the 
board, C. H. Walker, in a communication enclosing the address : ° 
You have now in charge of your State 800,000 acres of land; that land is worth more 
than all the railroads you can build in 40 years. Whatever you do with it, require that it 
be passed at a low price and in limited quantities into the hands of actual settlers. Your 
strong point is cheap land. Every acre you pass over to speculators to be held for an 
advanced price is a clog on your prosperity. 
If you would route the speculators, and offer your lands to actual ‘settlers under the 
provisions of the homestead act, or at 10 shillings per acre, you would, within eight or ten 
years, have as dense a population as any agricultural State in this blessed Union. 
God grant our legislators, State and national, wisdom to stop the whole system of land 
appropriation for public and private purposes. Hold every acre, as a sacred trust from 
Heaven for landless whose needs are their title to it, and who from the proceeds of their 
industry ean and will build roads and make every needed improvement in half the time 
required under the present system. 
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
The following statement, made by the statistical department of the Board of 
Trade in September, gives the returns of acreage crops and numbers of farm 
animals : ¢ 
Extent of land in Great Britain under— 
Wheat. Barley. | Oats. 
Acres. Acres. Acres. 
TQS DS cig Gad ce Se eee een Dee Dada GOD E Dea Se aaa epee 3, 350, 394 2,237, 329 2, 759, 923 
WSO seeeise anata cakes sale sons ce viene caw clan jolene 3, 367, 876 2, 259, 164 2, 750, 487 
GIRS De EE RE A Wien eee eee ae eee 3, 646, 260 2, 149, 201 2,753, 240 
eae *278, 384 +109, 963 eho 
1868 over 1867 -.----------2e2eeeeeen ene ten ene n ees or 8.2 per cent. or 4.9 per cent. or 0.1 per cent. 
*295, 866 788, 128 76,683 
1868 over 1866 -.----.------+0-22222-222 2-2-2 e eee ; or & 8 per cent. or 4.0 per cent. or 0.3 per cent. 
Total number of live stock in Great Britain upon June 25. 
Cattle. Sheep. Pigs. 
‘ 
4, 993, 034 28, 419, 101 2, 966, 979 
5, 416, 154 30, 685, 980 2, 303, 857 
*423,120 |  *1, 766,879 +663, 122 
1868 OVER 1B GT «nc eine sterin ieee a is wnin em ninn nein n= m= ; or 8.5 per cent. or 6.1 per cent. or 22.3 per cent. 
* Increaxe. t Decrease. 
The amount of land in Great Britain under potatoes in 1868 was 539,554 
acres, against 492,217 in 1867, and 493,843 in 1866. ‘ 
The acreage under hops in 1868 was 64,488, against 64,284 in 1867, and 
56,578 in 1866. 
