INDEX 



45 1 



Smith, Adam, on bounties, 296 



Smith, Mr. Augustus, his successful 

 opposition to inclosure of Bcrkhamp- 

 stead common, 63-4 



Social revolution, the, 415 



Socialism in Germany, peasantry op- 

 posed to, 272 



— its attitude towards the land ques- 

 tion, 276 



— its growing influence in England, 



417-23 

 Soil and climate of France and other 



countries compared with those of 



England, 201-2 

 Somerset, Duke of, the Protector, his 



sympathy with the peasantry, 145-50 

 Sport, in its relation to the fiirmer, 253 

 Squarey, Mr. Elias, on small holdings, 



229 

 Stackyard of the farmer the proper 



place to store wheat, 323 

 State aid to tenant farmers, 8 

 State assistance to agriculture, why it 



should be given, 309-10 

 State Children Association, the, and 



pauper children, 405-6 

 "Statesmen," a class of freeholders, 



disappearance of, 263-4 

 Statute of Edward II, a, on the tenure 



of land, 44 

 Statute of Labourers, 107-9 

 Statute of Merton, 52 

 Statute of Westminster, 52 

 Stealing a goose from the common a 



capital offence ; stealing the common 



not illegal, 53-4 

 Stein and Hardenberg, land legislation 



of, in Germany, 265-9 

 Stow's "Chronicles" quoted, on the 



beginning of Wat Tyler's insurrec- 

 tion, 114 

 Straw, Jack, one of the leaders of Wat 



Tyler's insurrection, 121 

 Straw, the value of, 297 n. 

 Stubbs, "Constitutional History," on 



freeholders, 47, 48 

 — on Wat Tyler's insurrection, 116 

 " Swing Riots," the, 71 n. 



Tariff reform, Mr. Chamberlain's great 

 scheme, 343 



how made use of by its opponents 



for party purposes, 366 



Teachers in rural schools, the difficulty 

 of obtaining competent men, 35 



Tenure, all land in England the subject 

 of, not of Ownership, 43 



Textile industries, table showing de- 

 crease of employment in, 363 



Theory of exchanging British goods 

 for foreign agricultural produce a 

 doubtful one, 286 



"Theory of Rent" — and the practice, 

 69 



Thornton, Mr., on peasant proprietary, 

 16 



"Three acres and a cow," origin of 

 the phrase, 180 n. 



Tisserand, M., on French agriculture, 

 I 90- I, 204 



Tomatoes, cultivation of, 226 



Town population, remarkable increase 

 in the growth of, in contrast to the 

 decay of the rural population, 381 



Towns and villages where population 

 has decreased, 377 



Trade, ruinous effect on, of free im- 

 ports, 361 



Trade Unions, 164-5 



and their policy, 416 



TresiUan, Sir Robert, Chief Justice, 122 



Turgot, M., on the real wealth of the 

 State, 393 



Turnbull, Mr. R. E., his estimate of 

 the losses to the farming industry by 

 the decline of agriculture, 288-9 



United States, our import and export 

 trade with, statistics which confute 

 the Free Trade argument, 304-5 



Virgil and agriculture, 395 



" Vision of Piers the Plowman," 104 



Wallace, Dr., his scheme of land 



reform, 277-8 

 Walworth, Lord Mayor of London, his 



assassination of Wat Tyler, 11 6- 17 

 Wantage, Lord, on the advantages of 



freehold small holdings, 228 

 War, our unpreparedness in the matter 



of food, 313 

 Warner, Rev, R., on the decadence of 



the peasantry, 72-3 

 Warwick, Lady, on agriculture as an 



occupation for women, 224 n. 

 Warwickshire Agricultural Labourers' 



Union, formation of, 166 

 Wat Tyler, leader of the Peasants' 



Revolt, 113; an estimate of his 



character, 124 

 Wheat, our total supply of, in 1903 : 



294 ; how it could be produced at 



home, 295 



— how increased cultivation of, can be 

 secured, 296-7 



— labour required in the cultivation 

 of, 298 n. 



