xii CONTENTS 



SECOND JOURNEY, 1911 



PAGE 



I. THE VALE OF PEWSEY . . . . 155 



II. THE UPPER THAMES VALLEY . . .163 



III. THE VALE OF EVESHAM . . 172 



IV. THE WEST MIDLANDS . . .181 



V. THE VALLEY OF THE TEME: HOPS AND FRUIT . 189 



VI. SHROPSHIRE: SHEEP AND BARLEY GROWING . 205 



VII. CHESHIRE: DAIRYING AND INTENSIVE CULTIVA- 

 TION ....... 219 



VIII. FACTORIES AND FARMING IN LANCASHIRE . 227 

 IX. NORTH LANCASHIRE : STOCK-RAISING . . 236 



X. FURNESS AND THE LAKE DISTRICT . . 244 



XI. IRELAND THE ARDS: FLAX AND POTATOES . 258 

 XII. ULSTER ROUND LOUGH NEAGH . . .267 



XIII. IRISH TOBACCO . . . . .278 



XIV. CENTRAL IRELAND : THE GRAZINGS AND LAND 



HUNGER . . . . . .285 



XV. THE WESTERN SEABOARD : RESETTLEMENT AND 



CO-OPERATION ..... 299 



THIRD JOURNEY, 1912 



I. STOCK-RAISING IN MONMOUTHSHIRE . . 305 



II. CARMARTHEN AND CO-OPERATION . . . 313 



III. LITTLE ENGLAND BEYOND WALES . . . 3*0 



IV. CENTRAL WALES : MIXED FARMING . . 326 



V. NORTH WALES : SLATE QUARRIES AND WATER- 

 ING-PLACES . . . . . -333 



VI. CORNISH MARKET GARDENING . . . 340 



VII. DEVON GREENERY . . . . -355 



