THE GROSS PRODUCE. 



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cultivation. Wood, the lowest item of production, figures 

 on the one side for 250,000,000, and on the other for 

 60,000,000 only. 



But we must not omit to notice that there are two 

 portions of the United Kingdom which, from different 

 causes, show results very much inferior to those of Eng- 

 land proper Scotland, on account of the irreclaimable 

 sterility of the greater portion of her soil ; and Ireland, 

 owing to peculiar social and political circumstances. I 

 shall refer to these two portions by-and-by in some detail ; 

 in the mean time let us examine England separately, 

 without including Wales, where the soil is scarcely bet- 

 ter than in Scotland, and the history of which, in some 

 respects, bears a resemblance to that of Ireland. 



England herself produces five-eighths of these four 

 milliards that is to say, 2,600,000,000 francs divided 

 as follows : 



OF THE ANIMAL PRODUCE. 



Francs. 



Meat (1,100,000,000 of kilog.), ... 880,000,000 



Wool, hides, tallow, offal, . . . 200,000,000 



Milk (1,500,000,000 of litres), . . . 150,000,000 



200,000 horses at 400 fr., . . . 80,000,000 



Poultry, ..... 15,000,000 



Total, ..... 1,325,000,000 



OF THE VEGETABLE PRODUCE. 



Wheat (38,000,000 of hectolitres), . . 600,000,000 

 Barley (15,000,000 of hectolitres for human con- 

 sumption), ..... 120,000,000 

 Potatoes (65,000,000 of hectolitres for human con- 

 sumption), ..... 130,000,000 

 Hay and oats for non-agricultural horses, . 300,000,000 

 Flax, hemp, vegetables, and fruits, . . 85,000,000 

 Wood, 40,000,000 



Total, 1,275,000,000 



Distributed per hectare over the whole area of the 



