THE LAND QUESTION. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The aim of this work is to show tliat cereals can be profitably 

 o^rown in this country even when sold at low quotations in con- 

 junction with the production o£ butchers^ meat at the present range 

 <jf prices. The farm, as to its position and the variety of its soils, 

 may be taken as a type of one of an inferior class of farms on the 

 vast estates in Wiltshire of George Robert Charles, thirteenth Earl of 

 Pembroke, and tenth Earl of Montgomery. It was held with Wilton 

 House Park and Demesne Grounds until Lord Herbert's death, after- 

 wards by Lady Herbert of Lea until Michaelmas, 1873, and sub- 

 sequently (but not recorded in these accounts). It adjoins the Park, 

 and is situated between it and the Warren Woods (game coverts). 

 It has a northern aspect, and occui)ies the face of a hill midway 

 between the Water-meadows in the Valley at Wilton, and the 

 Downs and Woods on the summit of the surrounding hills. 



FARM. 



A. ] 



AREA OF 



The Homestead and Four Cottages ... — 



Hookland Arable (lands adjacent to 



water-meadows and Homesteads of 



the best quality ... ... ... 19 3 32 



Field Arable (lands adjoining, or next 



in quality to Hookland) ... ... 103 3 13 



Down Arable (lands situated between 



Field Arable and Down Pasture, 



parts of which were formerly Downs) 74 3 19 



Field i^asture (nil) 



Downs (sheep walks or pasturages) 

 Occupation Roads and Wastes, also Carriage Drives ... 

 The Spring-feed (only) of twelve acres, Waaler- meadow 

 (considered as feeding stuffs, and charged to sheep) 



2 1 27 



198 2 24 



273 2 18 



