Consumption of Corn in Great Britain^ Sec, 317 



with the assistance of his family, cultivate properly by little efforts night and 

 morning, without interfering with his daily labour, and the refuse of vegetables not 

 consumed by the family may go towards the support of a hog; most labourers have 

 something like this accomodation at present, except that they are often confined in 

 compass of land. 



Class 2, In addition to a garden, the potaloe and wheat ground, as described 

 by Sir William Pulteney, for half an acre of these crops alternately; in this case 

 jhe garden may be lessened to one-eighth of an acre, as no potatoe ground is 

 wanted there; the occupation will be an acre and one-eighth, the probable produce, 

 as proved experimentally, has been stated before. 



Class 3. The tenement and garden, one- eighth of an acre, potatoe and wheat 

 ground one acre, with two acres of grass land in addition for keeping a cow, a 

 small cow shed near the centre of such grass land ; the cow to be supplied with 

 mown grass in summer, and hay in winter, with occasional assistance from 

 potatoes, or garden vegetables ; these two last classes respectively would require 

 about a fortnight of the labourer's sole attention throughout the whole year, for the 

 setting of his potatoes ; the other business might and ought to be done at odd times, 

 or with the assistance of the wife and family. - 



To estimate the general effects of such a system it must be calculated in the 



aggregate, or by the extent of land it would occupy, as follows : 



Acres. 

 Class 1, or lowest, 120,000 garden occupations, at one quarter of an 



acre each - - _ _ _ 30,000 



And the rent of the tenement and garden £2. los. 



Class 2. 120,000 occupations containing each a tenement and garden 

 one-eigth of an acre; with potatoe and wheat ground one acre each; in all 

 1 acre 20 perches _ _ _ _ 135,000 



Rent £4. 



Class 3. 120,000 occupations, with tenement and garden as before one- 

 eighth of an acre, potatoe and wheat ground cne acre; and two acres of 

 grass land in addition for keeping a cow; in all, 3 acres 20 perches each 375,000 



Rent of the latter £"7. average rents £^, los. each. 



360,000 families upon Acres 540.000 



