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NUMBER OF FARMS. 



Number of Acres. 



Under 3 acres 



3 acres and under 10 



10 

 20 



50 



100 



500 



1,000 



and over 



20 



50 



100 



500 



1,000 



Total 



Rented 

 on Shares. 



876 



26,529 



90,816 



223,589 



158,725 



194,720 



5,569 



.1,420 



702,244 



We quote tlie following from the lOth Census of the 

 United States, 1880, Vol. III., 522 :— 



" The yield per acre on sinall farms pursuing mixed farming is 

 greater than on large ones. Greater care can be, and usually is, 

 taken in the selection of seed, in the cultivation of the crop, in 

 manuring, and in harvesting, and on lands of the same value the 

 interest account of sach farms is lessened as the production is 

 increased, and all this induces thrift. Small and large farmers 

 are more nearly on the same footing than small and large operators 

 in any other industry." 



Visitors may see at an interview any of the letters 

 quoted in this pamphlet, as well as numerous others on 

 the same subject ; the fullest inquiry is invited into the 

 working of the sj^stem and the nature of the organisation. 



Messrs. Ford, Rathbone and Co. are a private firm, 

 having a complete organisation on both sides of the 

 Atlantic, enabling them to offer a thorough fulfilment 

 abroad of every contract entered into here. 



Solicitors may refer in the first instance to Messrs. Ford, 

 Ranken Ford and Ford, No. 4, South Square, Gray's Inn, 

 London ; and Robert Lyle, Esq., 38, Upper Fitzwilliam 

 Street, Dublin ; and Bankers to Messrs. Hoare and Co., 37, 

 Fleet Street, London, E.C., and to Messrs. Melville, Evans, 

 and Co., 75, Lombard Street, E.C. 



