CHAPTER III. 



SOIL, CLIMATE, AND CROPS. 

 The total extent of the United Kingdom is Extent of 



the coun- 



76,300,000 acres, of which 26,300,000 are in try and 



propor- 



mountain pasture and waste, and 50,000,000 'ions of 



various 



in crops, meadows, permanent pasture, and crops, 



woods and forests. Of the crops, one-fourth 



is in various kinds of corn, one-eighth in green 



crops, one-eighth in grass under rotation, and 



one-half in meadows and permanent pasture. 



About a thirtieth of the whole surface of 



the kingdom is in woods and forests. These 



proportions show the prevailing system of 



husbandry, and reveal the cause of its increasing 



productiveness. Three-fourths of the whole are 



green crops, which feed and clean, or grass, which 



rests and maintains the remaining fourth in 



corn. This preponderance of restorative over 



exhaustive crops greatly exceeds that of any 

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