CONTENTS 



CHAP. PACK 



I. THE SOIL AND CLIMATE, 1 



II. SHEEP, 14 



in. CATTLE, 31 



IV. THE CROPS, 48 



V. THE GROSS PRODUCE, 67 



VI. RENTS, PROFITS, AND WAGES, 79 



VII. CONSTITUTION OF PROPERTY, 93 



VIII. CONSTITUTION OF FARMING, . . ' . . . 108 



IX. COUNTRY LIFE, ' . . 120 



X. POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, 137 



XL MARKETS, 151 



XII. THE CUSTOMS REFORM, 169 



XIII. HIGH FARMING, 182 



XIV. THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES, 198 



XV. THE EASTERN COUNTIES, 218 



XVI. THE WESTERN COUNTIES, . 233 



XVII. THE MIDLAND COUNTIES, 244 



XVIII. THE NORTHERN COUNTIES, 261 



XIX. WALES AND THE ISLANDS, '274 



