CONTENTS 



PART I 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LARGE FARM SYSTEM AND THE 

 DECAY OF THE SMALL HOLDING 



CHAP. PAGE 



INTRODUCTORY i 



I. The Agricultural Revolution of the Eighteenth Century and the 



Period of the Continental System 3 



II. The Period of the Corn- Laws 45 



III. From the Abolition of the Corn-Laws to the Development of 



Foreign Competition 55 



a. The Agricultural History of the First Thirty Years of Free 



Trade 55 



6. The Continued Extension of the Large Farm System . 61 



c. The Geographical Distribution of Holdings .... 67 



d. Contemporary Views and Theories 69 



PART II 



THE ECONOMICS OF LARGE AND SMALL HOLDINGS 

 AT THE PRESENT DAY 



IV. The Alteration in Market Conditions and its Effect on Production . 75 



V. The Unit of Holding under the New Conditions .... 88 



VI. The Economic Aspects of the Revival of Small Farming . . 101 

 VII Social and Political Aspects of the Problem 114 



a. Small Holdings as a Remedy for the Rural Exodus . . 114 



b. The Problem of Landownership in relation to the Unit of 



Holding 118 



