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VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. 



a rich family that used a peck of wheat in the course 

 of the year, and that was used at Christmas. The 

 usual treat for a stranger was a thick oat-cake (called 

 haver-bannock) and butter. An old labourer of 

 eighty-five remarks that when he was a boy he was at 

 Carlisle market with his father, and wishing to indulge 

 himself with a penny loaf made of wheat-flour, he 

 searched for it for some time, but could not procure a 

 piece of wheaten bread at any shop in the town.' 



At the time of the Revolution, according to the 

 estimate of Gregory King, 14,000,000 bushels of 

 wheat were grown in England. In 1828, according 

 to the estimate of Mr Jacob, in his Tracts on the 

 Corn Trade, 12,500,000 quarters, or 100,000,000 

 bushels, were grown. The population of England at 

 the Revolution was under five millions, so that each 

 person consumed about three bushels annually. The 

 population, at the present time, is under fifteen 

 millions, so that each person consumes about seven 

 bushels annually. 



Thames Corn-Barge. 



