, 1879-08-01
l. 6skes by Land.

UHtf1H AHcfFI5HtF.
A contributor to recaut issue Of tho London
7fmss, WHO sg ms himself "a Statst, +" gives IN
interesting At,d truly remarkable aaalyaIs Of the
agricultural situation In Great Britain. Uy
Means Ut tue figures Ut tho production Of wheat
per aero at,d tlss nvrrnge prizes Ut wllcut for thu
year lie arrives At tilr gross yield In uluney Ger
acre, nn tic aycrago, for each ycnr sllcu lS4s,
It appeara That III the ten ,curs, l4t0 10 1853 III
elusive, the average value WIS ~ Us u. per
mere. In the following years Il WIS only
elusive, 1t was hut rs IS. ID.
Eren thls statcmcnt docs not show the full.
cxtc'ls VI tho present depression, slneo tho
riod-namolY, lal9 10 131-was E0Gs II: ot
tho ycars ls73 to 1874, inclusive. Is ia "a, while
d thu last tour years Tie aycrago has bcen only
~ loa ~. a consideration OF tic amount ii
iAhd uudcr cultivation for wheat shows tho OK.
tcat ot tho farnlers losscs, OF Fntler their de-
tr!eneles, Us compared with former ycars, il,
this way the wrltar arrives At t1u conclusion
tiat Luz ya','s o. thS ~ ". weat crop during Tue lust
swenty.four years, or III, ,uso,OlD less tor The
whoto stx years. lu tic earlier part OF tue
norlod Of thirty years, bud British harvcst was
crops tn lsa3 and lsE graln advanced largely, 10
thut III 1891 n,d 1855 te return was nucl, aluyu
tue aycrnEe. h1ul thus tho equilibrium was re-
The last tour Years tbu production per acre has
prices have bucn very lnuctl below thu ayersgv,
The figures relating u barley mil uats 4ru
not glyeu ~ iutlY, but 1t appcars and tl!e aver
Aye gross product Of All actu Ut land Bown to
barley, during The last sir years, lsas bceu but
E6 It's. Dd., against ~ ~. ID. for tho preysuus
twenty'io,lF yra:s, hl'd tat t!,o value OF ,e out
crop las declined lronl III ia. Gt. tu III 1:}s I'll,
The gross ttl!ergnre between t!la Auuual Value
u The hurley crop Ia tiIu lust ak years ntAl III
.ht nrcyl1na tWentY-fuur yeur4 II estimated NJ
4J46s1, w; md Tho itko dtlefynce ii, lie oat
ernp Ut Eialt, ,U01. On The ull.er lGlu!, tera
has been letter return for the outlay UPON
llInl devoted tU c;.ttlu nll slleep rnb!ng mai to
dairy prNlrtB, hut tIits is small ptset. tgck-
uHt's lalu tnertaset wn.cs paid to laIorcrs this
writer c1ltlra to tnc conclusion Tint tie nycrayo
tctur, fur all Ills farming iM ureat Britain dur
lug tho Inst stx ycatS lIas beclI reduction! Ut 10
less l'lan GlB,9l7 ,GN uptn lie aycra.o o( lie
ycnrs IRON leio tu t67!!, inclusive, lIusng IN
ngErrEate reduction Ut tho iafgu stlll, Ut 4p7-
Utt.utO. THIS kcvtlIs tU hea fa,r Statement Ut
thu stuatiuH, and !naslIurtl H. tho wAulu sum
sues out Of thu psults VI farlniny 1t will seAd.
~ W seen bow scrtt1tls u thu CAUSE for ulrs,..
Ih1 writer. However, putnts cut lllat III tho
thr1t YcoEa, lB50, 1851, Aha l3Ia, tile situation.
With respect to wheat wAs almost as bad u Il
IL AuH, Tint tho BaI,lt utur was felt, ulut that
Liz d'strcss resulting Irota puor crupa WAS nlnde
sl!u aublGet 0f ucbatu III purlinnlrnt Ut u
nottuli offered By The prtsent Prime .tiuister,
hut s11lee l!eh U1er conditions Ilayo gllall.eu,
As lalG ~ lb3a !hs Great sran lfelos ul America
wcru utmost wholly un.lcyelollrd. We cxport
eight &inlrs u iluet breudatula w,lll4plly us Wo
aunt nbroau lu loSs. It. IL not to be expected
lint %heat cuH ngufn scagh lllt Af.h prleu II
coluulalted III less ulsi tue ttrcu tuiUwls,g
years. lu tl,at purlud lilo foreign unuet!tiui1
%aa q much lcss Important element lu 1ctesniu-
itls the prtco taau It IL bow.
kpoH:es' Insect Fowass uuu IL hv Tar tbs hAss