viii CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



XVI. EXTRAS, PIECEWORK, AND ALLOWANCES "IN 



KIND" ...... 98 



XVII. EARNINGS OF SCOTTISH PEASANTS . . 102 



XVIII. FOOD OF SCOTTISH PEASANTS . . .no 



IRELAND. 



XIX. GENERAL SYSTEM OF LABOUR . . .122 



XX. EXTRAS, PIECEWORK, AND ALLOWANCES " IN 



KIND " . . . . . . 127 



XXI. EARNINGS OF IRISH PEASANTS . . .130 



XXII. FOOD OF THE IRISH PEASANT . . .136 



XXIII. MIGRATION OF IRISH LABOUR . . . 147 



THE UNITED KINGDOM. 



XXIV. GENERAL AVERAGE OF EARNINGS . -151 

 XXV. POPULATION AND DEPOPULATION . . 157 



XXVI. FREEHOLD COTTAGES AND LAND . 161 



XXVII. FREEHOLDINGS THE PEASANT'S LADDER . 172 



XXVIII. FUTURE OF THE BRITISH PEASANT . . 177 



TABLES 



SHOWING AT A GLANCE- 

 ENGLAND. 



TABLE 



1. Average Weekly Wages of Ordinary Farm Labourers 



in every County of England . . . -49 



2. Average Weekly Wages of Horsemen, Cattlemen, and 



Shepherds in every County of England . . 54 



3. Average Weekly Quantity and Value of Food con- 



sumed by Agricultural Labourers' Families in 

 England . . . . . -58 



