30 Rents, Wages, and Profits in Agriculture 



But regarded from the national point of 

 view, on the whole, the result of the im- 

 provements and of the enclosures was to 

 add very greatly to the agricultural produce 

 of the country. A good deal of this increase 

 was due to the improvements of various 

 kinds effected by the landlords, and 

 naturally from this cause only there was 

 a considerable rise in rents. The great 

 advocate of improvements, and the writer 

 who has given the most detailed accounts 

 of the changes effected, is Arthur Young, a 

 most remarkable man in every way, and a 

 very curious personality. He lived to a 

 great age, and wrote, as well as the famous 

 tours in France, in different parts of England 

 and in Ireland, masses of pamphlets and 

 articles. His tour in Ireland, republished a 

 few years ago, ought to be read by everyone 

 who would understand the origin of the 

 Irish economic grievances. But this is a 



