3i8 Mr. William Pitt on the Production and 



Or 1 acre y, to each family on the average, the labour for cultivation necessary, 

 besides what is done by the wife and family, suppose one fortnight in the year as 

 an average for all the 3 classes; if we suppose 3 children reared by each family,' 

 this, with the man and his wife, will be 1,800,000 inhabitants, occupying 540,000 

 acres. 



The average rents as above, make nearly 505. per annutn for the tenement, and 

 305. per acre per annum for the land, being 360,000 occupations at £"4. 10s. — 

 1,620,000; this would pay the land proprietor as well as land let to the farmer. 



Mr. Mahhus has observed, " if the numbers in the lower classes were diminished, 

 and that in the middle classes increased, the sum of human happiness would be 

 augmented :" this plan, it is believed, would have a tendency to that effect. 



The product would be, from classes 2 and 3, 120,000 acres of wheat; in the 

 instance given above, wheal is rated at 30 bushel per acre, in this mode of culture ; 

 but not to over rate it I will suppose 25 bushel per acre increase, or bread from 

 an acre for 5 persons ; then 120,000 acres of wheat will supply bread for 600,000 

 persons. 



120^00 acrej of potatoes, in classes 2 and 3 will supply pork, 

 bacon, and potatoes at 4 from an acre for - - 480,000 



120,000 fatted calves from class 3, together with the pork 

 supplied from the cows, and from class 1, will. produce animal 

 food equal to the supply of - - - 1 20,000 



Making up animal food also for 600,000 



In Chapter III. article Cows, it is estimated that 8 cows will 

 supply 50 persons with cheese, milk, and butter; the 120,000 

 cows in class 3, will therefore be equal to a supply of those 

 articles for - _ _ _ _ 750,000 



Hence it appears that these occupations of 540,000 acres would supply the 

 whole subsistence for 600,000 persons, besides milk, &c. for 150,000 more ; or 

 more than one third of the full subsistence for 360,000 families of 5 persons each ; 

 and this subsistence being gained by so small a proportion of their labour, would 

 be a great resource in keeping them off the parish, even in times of scarcity, and 

 more particularly as having substitutes for bread in plenty an.ongs' themselves. 



In the article of beverage, labourers in husbandry arc very generally found ia 

 beverage by their employers ; but it would be a still farther improvement upon this 



