Consumption of Corn in Great Britain, &c. 298 



Horses employed in /Agriculture. 



No. 

 100,000 high kept farm horses 



200,000 moderately kept 



200,000 economically kept 



100,000 young horses for succession 



600,000 farming and young horses consume the product of 2,550,000 

 400.000 kept for other purposes, consume - 2,450,000 



1,000,000 of horses, consume the product of - - 5,000,000 



of which pasture and hay ground is - 3,250,000 



Oats - 1,500,000 



Beans - 250,000 



Total as before - 5,000,000 



From the ahove calculations it appears, that the consumption of landed produce 

 by farming horses, including young stock, is not more than half the whole, for they 

 do not come in for nearly half the horse-corn ; and consequently, the greatest pres- 

 sure upon the land lies from horses kept for luxury or pleasure, and commercial 

 uses. 



That the growth of horse-corn, as above, requires near two millions of acres, or 

 an extent of land nearly equal to what is necessary to supply mankind with bread 

 I believe there can be little doubt ; in the tables of importation, oats often form the 

 greater half of the whole, respecting land necessary to produce them ; and in years 

 of scaiciiy their deficiency is very great; in 1801 the importation of oats is stated 

 at 685,457 qrs. ; in 1796, at 740,348 qrs. ; and the aggregate importation of oats 

 for 20 years, ending 1797, amounts to the enormous quantity of 8.655,046 ^/'f. 



