( U7 = 181 ) 
CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER l.—Phi/siccd and Statistical. 
Introduction — Outline of Subjects treated — Climate — Temperature — Eainfall 
Atmospheric Moisture — Prevailing Winds — Mr. J. Bailey Denton on the 
English Climate — Hydrography— Geology — Distribution of Soils — Agricul- 
tural Statistics — Diagram Map — Acreage of England and Wales — Distri- 
bution of Uncultivated Area — Distribution of Pasture — Distribution of 
Wheat Areas — Average Yield of Wheat per Acre — Difference in Yield 
according to Season — Yield as affected by Quality — Total Wheat Produc- 
tion, according to difierent Authorities — Standard Average Yield of Wheat 
— Principal Wheat-producing Counties — Yields of Wheat and Barley com- 
pared with those of Foreign Countries — The I.ive-stock Census gives only 
the Summer Stocking of different Counties — Mr. C. S. Piead, M.P., on 
Summer and Winter Stock of Norfolk — Density of Summer Stocking in 
proportion to Cultivated Area — Cattle — Sheep — Horses — Head of Live-stock 
compared with that of Foreign Countries — Consumption of Oilcake^ — Im- 
ports of Com for Feeding — Imports of Artificial Manure Pages 185-202 
CHAPTER 11.— Prices of Agricultural Products. 
Com Returns — Average Prices of Grain — Estimation of the Home Production 
of Wheat — Home Crop of Wheat in different Years — Total Home and 
Foreign Supply — Fluctuations in the Supply — Supplies and Prices — Home 
Production of Barley — Barley Imports and Prices — Advance in the Price of 
Meat — London Christmas Market for Thirty-seven Years — Summer Prices of 
Meat for Twenty-six Years — Advance of Prices in the Metropolitan Market 
— Mr. James Howard on the Advance in Price — Estimating the Home 
Production of Meat — Data for Calculating the Number of Cattle killed — 
Number of Calves and Cattle killed — Estimated Average Dead-weights of 
Cattle — Number and Weights of Sheep and Lambs killed — Number and 
Weight of Pigs killed — Total Home Supply of Meat — Foreign Animals 
imported — Importation of Dead Meat — Total Meat Supply — Mr. J. C. 
Morton's Estimates — Cheese— Butter— Earl Cathcart on Wool — Home Pro- 
duction of Wool — Weight from difierent Counties — Imports and Exports — 
Values of different Wools — Poultry — Eggs , , . . Pages 202-225 
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