68 Rents, Wages, and Profits in Agriculture 



the beginning of the second quarter of the 

 nineteenth century. 



The rise in prices that took place 

 at the end of the eighteenth century 

 of course gave a great stimulus to this 

 experimental farming. And all over, 

 the progress in improvements was so 

 great that the farmers who stuck to the 

 old methods were lost. Under the com- 

 petition for land that now became effective, 

 and stimulated by the rise in prices, rents 

 rose greatly, and whilst the new farmers 

 paid the high rents and made fortunes, the 

 old-fashioned were unable, even with the 

 aid of other bye-industries, to make both 

 ends meet. No wonder that Young 

 regarded the payment of a high rent as 

 the greatest aid to improvements and good 

 husbandry. 



Coincidently with the improvements in 

 tillage and the adoption of roots and 



