AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONS 



309 



Society's farm competition in 1888.^ This farm consisted of 

 522 acres, of which only 61 were grass, but chiefly owing 

 to the trouble taken in growing fine root crops, a large number 

 of live stock were annually purchased and sold off, the 

 following balance sheet showing a profit of £'^ is. od. 

 acre : 



Dr. £ 

 Rent, tithes, rates, taxes, &c. 278 



Wages 387 



Purchase of cake, corn, 



seeds, manure, &c. . . 688 



Purchase of Hve stock . . 2,654 



-^4)007 

 ^5,596 



Profit 



Cr. 

 Corn, hay, potatoes, and 



like produce sold 

 Live stock, poultry, dairy 



produce, and wool sold . 



per 



£ 

 65s 



4>94i 



^5,596 



The reductions of rents in various counties were estimated 

 thus 2; 



This large reduction in the rent rolls of landowners has 

 materially affected their position and weakened their power. 

 Many, indeed, have been driven from their estates, while others 

 can only live on them by letting the mansion house and the 

 shooting, and occupying some small house on the lands they 

 are reluctant to leave. The agricultural depression, which set 



' P. A. S. E. Journal (2nd sen), xxiv. 538. 

 2 Ibid. (1894), p. 681. 



