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A HISTORY OF LONGRIDGE. 



[Chap. 5. 



Milk, butter, and beef are the leading agricultural products in the 

 district, and the farmers seem able to make a fair living, although 

 they justly complain of the present high rents. The land lies well on 

 the slopes of the " Long Eidge," on which the town is built. The 

 total acreage of Longridge is 3,215 acres; Alston, 1,989 acres; Dil- 

 worth, 1,226 acres. The following statistics are taken from the retiu'ns 

 made to Government in 1886 : — 



AGRICnLTTIRAL STATISTICS. 

 Number of Statute or Imperial Acres under — * 



' Quantities less than J -acre not included. 



Live Stock on 4th June, 1886. 



