, 1879-04-24

~t.f ttnk Ina
,n...sG II. WI H., srrs, c'ash,n"rr r,.nr
tr,s 'n ~ ,s., ", ,,"r ,,,t II ~,
,ei"n ~ ,'ni IN III. wt,rk ri
,nr,, steam! !n,,rrr woI1,I ihru s,,u.
,,;s H.. tshmr - ovnr f,,tAy1IN of men. md
s tL.. ' ,auu. " ti.s. oaa, n.y., - .tcan,shims.
lint, whlc thr Eurlis population has in.
creased In tbr n,ost sIirnrj.Ini. manner t1urig
lie crnt,,ry,t hicks certain conditions uf progress
hevalsr It l,a* ccasr.l to be IN ,,,rlfai eitua-
ton, Industry lm4 no longer nj its back il,c
sppfort OF III, enormous trat po3,ulntialt, nfll II
Ia mm,ssftle ,hul tc cuItynlt,rs OF tho soil will
nguis formti,c tlrnec nnl COHESIVE tnra1lH which
tic eighteenth century cnull pltt into ino. ~
tic tnst CENSUS Of ElIgland, out Of =. liz, 22txi
euu}a. the vlass OF "pursDlls who, uosscxa ar
wurk ,uml mid arc occupied III cultiyattag grau,
fruit, Or meadows, Or III raising cntttc, or ~
furnfahiug other agricultural productions"
iurts,e group Ut 1,5iv,tr}1 indivh!',als untv, u
huth sexes Twenty-Five years ayo, out of l,Oo0
EurtIsllt,cn, cirIIty-scven werc orcuple1 IN
Hgriruiturc; in 1877 only ecventr. III ,thc Inst
tli,y years tnr number Of agricultural laburcrs
English Cuinlnunsta this dianusion ia III
advantage. T!,ey s;,y that, while in Frntlce onu
mt OF every two oerso,,s is nn AGRICULTURAL
lnhorer, In urtnt Britain seventy lnhorGrs nrn
enough To pruylle food for 1,O0D i'll
ha1.tants. ThIs oplnIau NJ. Bloels
tiocs mol ngsee with, for Englislt
agriculture produces food fur only six ltiDtths.
Il,p only good atlu to the tlinillutitHi pf ngrf-
cultural 1nborers Is tint II las ineteased tl,rlr
waess w,tI1uu, tuluri,,s tla farmers. Who
wryc, at tE.e same time, through tic c0npcta-
tol, Of grain i,portu,l from abroad, obliged to
hayc rcroursc to tlUsc scIcntlitc improvements
which liayo beuu uf 8ncl advantage to ugrleut-
turc
the ENGLISH pAEMER.
t,,t nrorr,}{ur I'm. n Ii,rtt II, .I,ts vnr,d. eycn
tbn +r,,,r"1s ~ En,-ll.h n,,rttmit,,rt. Thr n.y.
tn,t ~ nrn1lH i,n ,s,,,,nt hr cuiarTct NJ viii.
Eirnrts mi, onlv hc mall, n, fnrrrnsc Inc nrn,l
urt: and liz rrslit of r,nsclents efforts u this
ttirrr,i.,,,. ntrnrnt tn Mr. Cnirl. 1Ins bncn t,l
i;crcusr tic production ter acye isulll twcslty-
ti,ree bushels wrI, It was century ago. to tic
maximum Ut lwc1lty.cigtt bushels. We cali
twcuty.ciyht bushels tic maximum because Il
hns nut brcu rrcutjy cycrcueti, n,t bccausr the
prtnl,tet pcr acre has diminished durl1lg the
Inst thirty Years. In Mr.. Cards table Of
ihe mcut nfpduct per acre for the years 1919
to 1873 We tlud that, taking twenty
eight bushels per nesc as fair estimate for tle
first lcrenni1 period, from lSiD to 1858. there
| yns M cxccsa Of / per cent: III the SECOND
lcccnuiai, from 1850 TO 1StiS, there wua an ex-
ccss uli,y OF nrr cont; Wills In tho th[r.l tleeen
uiHl peyiut] 1850 tU 1875. there Was deficit Of
rer ceut, making total dlfnin,ttton Of II per
cent T1lo English farmer. too, tlcspairs Of In
cycnssug Its usoslpcts, fur prutict(ou eau uuls
| be Increased by MI Increase OF expenses, uni
tint tllrougl, ,lle Importation Of Immense qltan.
tftIee Uf vrAIu: the prices are too luw to ntlntt
| uf this extra expenditure. For that Fcususi
mitch arabic lat,l las been turned tntu grazing
tu,d: itlLtKQ ncrcs >laye ulrculy been withdrawn
from, cutti,rc. and tltp muycmc1lt Ia ruing Oh.
at ouv ttInc Tic i1tnnution OF culture III En-
rluud wus not regarded With tlisfayor, becal,su
It vns said! !thNt tic tlsturt regions of America,