CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Preface . . . . . ■ • • xi 



CHAPTER 1 



THE DECLINE OF BRITISH AGRICULTURE 



The depression continuous— 1882 and now — Results in different 

 districts — Essex — S uffolk — Norfolk — Hampshire — Berks, 

 Oxon, Bucks, Herts, Wilts, Gloucester — South Midlands- 

 Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire — North Midlands — Yorkshire 

 and Durham — Lancashire, Northumberland— Other English 

 counties — Wales — Scotland, arable districts — Scotland, south- 

 western grazing and dairy counties — The General Situation i 



CHAPTER H 



EVIDENCE OF SUCCESSFUL FARMING DURING THE DEPRESSION, 

 AND OF PROFITABLE READJUSTMENTS OF FARMING 

 METHODS 



Even in distressed districts — Farming large areas under one manage- 

 ment — Instances of success from Lincolnshire, Lancashire, 

 etc. — Stockfarming in Yorkshire, etc. — Self-supporting farm- 

 ing — Special experiments, market gardening, etc. — Poultry 

 farming — Dairy Farming — Scotch farmers in Essex, etc. — 

 Dairying in other English counties — Prospects of butter trade 

 — Jersey dairies — Other evidence — Laying down to grass ; 

 Permanent and temporary pasture — Conditions of success . 29 



CHAPTER HI 



THE FALL OF PRICES 



Sir Robert Giffen's estimates— Corn prices— Wool prices — Meat 

 prices — Fall in dairy produce prices — Potatoes — Notes as to 

 the present position . . . • -53 



CHAPTER IV 



PROTECTION AND CURRENCY CHANGES 



Raise prices or lower expenses — Protective duties; evidence for 

 and against — Currency changes — Bimetallism not an im- 

 mediate issue ...••■ "O 



