Consumption of Corn in Great Britain, Sec, 887 



articles for the whole kingdom require eight hundred thousand cows, and two mil- 

 lions four hundred thf)U!>and acres of pasture and hav ground. 



Butter, as tea is very general, the poorest family of five persons must, if possible, 

 have one pound of butter per week ; and I suppose the average consumption to 

 be at least one pound and a half per week to fiv- persons; to avoid fractions sup- 

 pose 75lbs. per annum to five persons, and 25olbs. per annum to be the produce 

 of a cow from three acres of land ; then three cows from nine acres will supply 

 fifty persons, and the supply of the kingdom will require 480,000 cows, and 

 1,440,000 acres of land for hay and pasture. 



Brought down dairy ground for cheese and milk - 2,400,000 acres. 



Ditto for butter _ _ _ 1,440,000 



In all - 3,840,000 



As the produce is here put high, and I believe above the average of the king- 

 dom, I think we may take the dairy ground necessary to supply the present mode 

 of living at 4,000,000 of acres, or half an acre to each individual. 



Beverage. — The general beverage of this country, or that in use amongst the 

 bulk of mankind, is malt liquor; even in the cyder countries a good deal of this 

 beverage is consumed. The annual consumption of the kingdom was stated by 

 Mr. Addington, when minister, in i8oz, upon his proposal for raising annually 

 two millions by an additional malt tax, at 10s. ptr quar;er; this gives 4,000,000 

 of quarters, or 32,000,000 of bushels. The average produce may be between three 

 and tour quarters per acre ; but, as in tiie dressing up ol bailey for sale by the 

 farmer a proportion of nearly one tenth of the whole is taken off as tail end, and 

 not applied to malting; as a part of the crop too, in one county or other, is in 

 almost every season weathered, or inow burnt, and in consequence given to live 

 stock, I believe the annual growth cannot require less than a million and a half of 

 acres of land; 



Vegetables for mankind. — The consumption of potatoes, at one pound weight 

 per dav to each individual, wii! require the annual growth of upwards of 130,000 

 acres of land ; if to this we add that of all other garden vegetables, we may reckon 

 the whole of the growth of 500,000 acres* 



