viii LANDMARKS IN ENGLISH AGRICULTURE 



1777. Bath and West of England Society established, the first in 



England. 



1789. England definitely becomes a corn-importing country. 

 1793. Board of Agriculture established. 

 1795. Speenhamland Act. 



About same date swedes first grown. 

 1815. Duty on wheat reached its maximum. 

 1815-35. Agricultural distress. 

 1825. Export of wool allowed. 



1835. Smith of Deanston, the father of modern drainage. 

 1838. Foundation of Royal Agricultural Society. 

 1846. Repeal of the Corn Laws. 

 1855-75. Great agricultural prosperity. 

 1875. English agriculture feels the full effect of unrestricted competition, 



with disastrous results. 

 First Agricultural Holdings Act. 

 1879-80. Excessive rainfall, sheep-rot, and general distress. 



